AXSIM FORMULA SIMULATOR
Pro-Ject’s turntables regularly top our lists of the best record players for good reason: their great features, quality sound and super affordable pricing make them very hard to beat. So when the brand announced it was launching its first ever automatic turntables, the Automat series, it was a safe bet we would be more inquisitive than a mob of hipster meerkats. Its debut entry, the A1, has definitely earned our curiosity. The fully automatic belt-drive system allows you to pop a record on by just setting the speed and hitting play – the turntable does everything else. Even better, the mechanism is entirely mechanical and physically disengages while the record is playing, which means there’s no horrible hum of electronics here. Meanwhile, the A1’s four silicon-damped feet, damped metal platter…