This Affordable All-in-One Turntable Can Play All the Vintage Hi-Fi Hits

The resurgence of vinyl isn’t really news anymore — sales have increased every year since 2006 — but the revival of other types of physical media, such as CDs and even cassette tapes, kind of is.

In 2023, CD sales rose for the first time in two decades. And then increased again in 2024. While cassette tape sales reached a 20-year high in 2023, as well.

This is small potatoes, granted, as streaming still dominates, making up 84% of all music revenue. And of the roughly 11% that physical media takes, vinyl is undoubtedly king — over 70% of all physical music sales are from vinyl.

But it’s cool that there’s still interest in CDs and cassette tapes —largely thanks to Gen Z, who grew up in the age of streaming without the comforts (and audio quality) of physical media.

And Victrola’s newest turntables aim to capitalize on just that.

Victrola Century Record Players

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A one box solution

Victrola is known for its all-in-one turntables — and, more recently, higher-end turntables like its Stream Carbon can wirelessly stream to your Sonos speakers — and its new Century and Century Signature+ are exactly that.

Everything you need to play vinyl is in one box: speakers, amplifier, preamp, and turntable.

Generally, these all-in-one turntables aren’t the best in terms of audio quality — due to vibrations of the speaker affecting the other components in the box — and, at $150 and $250, respectively, I wouldn’t expect either of these models to blow you away with their sound.

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CDs, cassette tapes and streaming (oh my!)

It’s not uncommon for Victrola’s all-in-one turntables to have built-in Bluetooth, which allows you to stream music when you’re not listening to vinyl. Victrola’s Century turntables also feature this.

However, they also have a built-in CD player and cassette tape player, each of which is located on either side of its box. So, including vinyl, these boxes let you play all “big three” types of physical media. Pretty neat.

Additionally, the Century turntables support Bluetooth output, so you can stream your records (or CDs or cassettes) to your other Bluetooth speakers. There’s also a 3.5mm aux input for playing audio from another source.

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Mid-century, modern

The Century speakers get their name from their “mid-century modern” design. Each record player features a soft fabric speaker grill and a wooden finish (of which there are three different color combos you can choose from).

Victrola’s Century and Century Signature+ all-in-one turntables are almost exactly the same. The latter, which costs an extra hundred bucks, floor-standing legs and an analog clock on the front.

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Price and availability

Victrola’s newest all-in-one turntables, the Century and Century Signature+, are available now — you can buy from the company’s website or third-party sites like Amazon. The Century costs $150, while the Century Signature+ costs $250.

Each of these turntables is available in three different fabric-and-wooden finishes: Walnut (w/ grey fabric), Black (w/ black fabric), or Natural (w/ white fabric).

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Victrola The Century

• $149.99 at Amazon

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Victrola The Century Signature+

• $249.99 at Victrola

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