Consumer Reports shows you how to set up a turntable correctly to get great sound and longer life from your record player and LPs.

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Start by getting whatever surface the turntable will be resting on—a table, rack, or media console—as level as possible first, using shims under the legs if needed.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Stephen Webber, Berklee College of Music professor and author of Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ. Webber teaches students to use the turntable as a musical ...