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# TWIL #138 - How Vinyl Record Players work.
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-138-how-vinyl-record-players-work/
- Published: 2026-09-19T11:28:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T11:28:01.000Z
- Author: Matt
- Tags: TWIL

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! 

This week I learned how a Vinyl Record player works - I'll confess that I knew much of this already, but this is an excellent explanation, and it's very on-brand!

[How The Heck Do Record Players Work? (An Interactive Exploration)An interactive exploration of how record players work: from a stylus, grooves, and magnets to the RIAA curve and playback speed.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/icon/favicon-d9292cb7-8a9a-48a3-9d41-cd8f9d8d9236.ico)Shri Khalpada![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/thumbnail/vinyl-cover-7dd3cf7a-2b3d-4aa9-9f42-5f5d706624b9.png)](https://perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-do-record-players-work?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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