Top 10 Best Turntable Cartridges Of 2025
Some Of The Top 10 Best Turntables Cartridges Of 2025 – also known as Record Player Carts. In a grand procession to bring you all the best gear of the year so far, we now present Turntable Carts – a highly popular top 10 list preceded by our Top 10 Speakers for 2025, Top 10 Integrated Amplifiers for 2025, and Top 10 Best Turntables of 2025.
A new season of the audio-centric The Occasional Podcast is here and the first episode is now live! Host Brian Hunter along with Marc Phillips from pt.AUDIO also cover some educational conversation with discussions about the pros and cons of Moving Magnet vs. Moving Coil cartridges and how to properly budget a cart vs. the total price of the turntable and components in this episode of The Occasional Podcast. It’s a great listen for advanced collectors all the way to easy-going beginners looking for their first upgrade.
If you would like to see a full list of all recommended components for 2025, check out pt.AUDIO’s summer buyers guide with 13 categories of HiFi gear as the summer slowly fades out this year and the fall new product cycles emerge from hiding.
The Occasional Podcast recently interviewed the acoustic design lead for Wharfedale, Quad and Mission, discussed the future of the CD, the idea that the term “Yacht Rock” might be offensive to some, interviewed Stereophile’s Michael Trei, covered AXPONA 2025, The Best Vintage Amplifiers To Buy At A Garage Sale, interviewed Jason Stoddard of Schiit Audio, and covered the future of digital and class D with Michal Jurewicz of Mytek and High End Munich 2024, but previous episodes include how tos, tips, tricks and education in all things high fidelity audio from episodes like last week’s Hot Headphones For The Holidays, an Interview With John Devore, Measurements explained with Andrew Jones, 3 things to know about streaming audio, 5 things to consider when buying a tube amplifier, interviews with Steve Guttenberg, how to’s and more from audio’s greatest talents, including Michael Fremer, another interesting conversation about the History Of The BBC’s LS3/5a Loudspeaker, A Beginner’s Guide To Tube Amplifiers and A View From The Booth: Reference Systems, Accuracy & Why Audiophiles Love Jazz So Much: including rare interview with the late audio legend engineer Al Schmitt. The finale from season 5 includes the yearly “best of awards” and you can also find episodes covering British HiFi, Subwoofers/Setup/Tips, and the how to: Budgeting From Entry Level To High End. Season 4 highlights include Joseph Audio, Pro-Ject Turntables, and Rob Watts. One can still download this season’s educational show with TOP’s Beginners Primer To High Fidelity Digital Audio alongside the latest on Two-Way Speaker Design. Fan favorite What Is Mastering? What Happens When An Album Is Remastered? is also still available as well. If you are interested in further exploring the analog realm, the Guide To Buying A Turntable (and records) might point you in the right direction.
Options to stream this week’s The Top 10 Best Turntables Cartridges of 2025, direct from the embed below or subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform including iTunes, Android, Google, Deezer, Spotify, iHeartRadio and more.