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Trettire's Retro Ambient Audio System offers a full hi-fi system with no wires

Close-up of a vintage audio mixer with a microphone and recording equipment on a desk.
Illustrative photo.Photo by Zhengyang TIAN on Pexels

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Trettire's Retro Ambient Audio System offers a full hi-fi system with no wires, according to Tom's Hardware. The resurgence of physical media has been in full swing in the alternative music scene for a while. Nowadays, likely as an effect of streaming services' shenanigans, even mainstream audiences are catching on to the tactile experience and ownership offered by a CD or a vinyl record.

The spiffy-looking setup comprises a vinyl turntable with RGB backlighting, a compact disc player, and a cassette player โ€” all atop a magnetic metal rack complete with a phone holder. The star of the show is the record player, a unit packing an actual Audio-Technica AT-3600L phono cartridge, a self-balancing tone arm, and even a manual speed knob for up to ยฑ5% adjustment.

The physical controls appear to be both simple and reassuringly sized โ€” no menus or touchscreens here. Hi-fi vinyl player units do spend a large portion of their mechanical design on ensuring full vertical stability, however.

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