Turntables

thumb|A typical modern component turntable, showing the curved tonearm with a headshell at the end, under which lies the magnetic cartridge and its attached stylus touching down on the grooves of a black record placed on the turntable's platter

thumb|right|DJ Qbert manipulating a record turntable at a turntablism competition in [[Lyon in 2006]] thumb|World premiere of the Tri-Phonic Turntable, July 14, 1997, London thumb|right|230px|Record producer DJ Jazzy Jeff|Jazzy Jeff manipulating a record turntable in England in 2005. Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. The mixer is plugged into a PA system (for live events) or broadcasting equipment (if the DJ is performing o

line of turntables

electromechanical transducer used in the playback of records

turntable that plays records using laser beams