Turntables — Orange Amplifiers Orange O

Orange Amplifiers, the British company founded by Cliff Cooper and known for its guitar and bass amplifiers, makes the O Turntable, a belt-driven deck. Cooper opened Orange Studios in London's West End in 1968, later adding Orange Records and Orange DJ consoles with twin decks, and the O Turntable continues that link with records. It is built in the UK and priced at GBP 499, EUR 599 or USD 699, with US availability from late July 2025.

Key specs that matter

The platter is turned by a 24 V low-noise synchronous motor with its own custom circuit board and an aluminium pulley. The platter itself is made of phenolic resin, 23 mm thick and heavy. A moving-magnet phono stage is built in, and a moving-magnet cartridge with a replaceable stylus comes pre-fitted. The tonearm has ultra-low-friction bearings and automatic bias adjustment. The deck measures 447 x 117 x 360 mm and weighs 4.35 kg.

Engineering and use context

Running the synchronous motor at low voltage from a dedicated board keeps motor noise down, and the elastic belt between pulley and platter absorbs motor vibration before it reaches the record. The mass of the thick phenolic platter gives it flywheel inertia, which smooths out small speed variations, and the resin itself is dense and well damped. Automatic bias, the anti-skating force, takes care of a setting that newcomers often find awkward, and the replaceable stylus lets the owner renew the cartridge when it wears.

The plinth is finished in white gloss and carries Orange's Voice of the World crest, with branding repeated on the tonearm and cartridge. The power switch sits underneath. A slipmat and a transparent dust cover are supplied. Orange amplifiers have been used by artists such as Jimmy Page and Geddy Lee.

Pairing

With its phono stage on board, the O Turntable can feed powered speakers, an amplifier line input or Orange's own Pyramid System powered speaker set directly, with no separate phono preamplifier.