Victrola Hi-Res Onyx turntable review: a slick-sounding, slender-looking player with a sweet streaming spin
Victrola Hi-Res Onyx: Two-minute review The Victrola Hi-Res Onyx is a welcome surprise in this touch-above-entry-level bracket, offering customary entry-level versatility coupled with the form and features of quality manual turntables twice the price. It helps, too, that it looks a bit swankier than most of its competitors. The Hi-Res Onyx is a highly capable turntable with a built-in Bluetooth encoder, that enables you to cast your vinyl audio out to any Bluetooth device of your choosing. Its Qualcomm aptX Adaptive capabilities up the fidelity factor (hence the ‘Hi-Res’) – making for the slickest wireless audio you’ll have heard in a while. The Hi-Res Onyx performs admirably as a straight-up turntable too, with a decent Audio-Technica cartridge and a fine-enough phono preamp built in for ease of use; a toggleable auto-stop protects the condition of your stylus, while counterweight and anti-skate mechanisms let you dial your turntable in perfectly for the protection of your re...