hi-fi turntable group
SUMMARY
JBL Spinner BT
Price: $649.95
+ Good sound for the price
+ Great looks
+ Phono stage & Bluetooth streaming included
– Unconventional looks
JBL was founded in 1946, but seemingly hasn't had the urge to produce a vinyl-playback machine until now. And it's made two — both are freshly arrived, and both in this group test. This Spinner BT is the more modern and purposeful in both looks and operation, perfectly addressing the younger JBL audience who know their soundbars and smart speakers better than they do their K2s and Everests. Their system might currently comprise just a Bluetooth speaker and a smartphone. For such users a Bluetooth-capable turntable like this would be the coolest possible addition to such a set-up.
And who sells more Bluetooth speakers than anyone else in the world? Why, JBL of course.
And it's true, the JBL Spinner proves the perfect companion for such a Bluetooth-based system (JBL supplied us with one of its new Authentics smart speakers, which did the job very well). And yet
