Hotaru
Hotaru Record Player by Audio-Technica Corporation is a winner of the 2025 Platinum A' Design Award in Audio and Sound Equipment Design.
Hotaru is a Platinum A' Design Award winner, an extremely prestigious recognition granted to truly exceptional, elegant, and magnificent designs.
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Transform your space with this stunning turntable. Its floating platter seamlessly merges sound and light, creating an immersive sensory experience. The minimalist cartridge and tonearm deliver pristine audio and visual elegance, while the concealed belt sub-platter drive minimizes vibrations for pure sound clarity. Crafted from premium acrylic, aluminum, and brass, this system not only offers exceptional audio quality but also serves as a striking centerpiece in any room.
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Hotaru by Audio-Technica Corporation
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Audio and Sound Equipment Design Award Winner in 2025.
Platinum Winner
Hotaru Record Player
Hotaru is a Platinum A' Design Award winner, an extremely prestigious recognition granted to truly exceptional, elegant, and magnificent designs. Platinum winners are marvels of creation, testaments to the limits of intellectual creativity, and demonstrate the unmatched professionalism and genius of their designers. These designs are expected to be the most renowned works that define the aesthetics of an era, contribute to the well-being of society, and push the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Hotaru exhibits a transcendent level of excellence and unequivocally makes the world a better place with its advantageous and worthwhile characteristics. Hotaru is a Platinum A' Design Award-winning work that triggers desires, inspires, excites, delights, and sparks great joy.
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Audio-Technica Corporation
Since its founding in 1962, Audio-Technica has been a leading Japanese audio manufacturer, committed to innovation in sound technology based on its unique "analog" philosophy, which emphasizes that human sensitivity and humanity are the essence of richness. Starting with analog cartridges, the product lineup has expanded to include headphones, microphones, turntables, and wireless earphones. Its high-quality products, focused on sound quality, are beloved by audio enthusiasts around the world as well as engineers and artists working in professional environments. These products support music and sports events, as well as business communication. In 2022, marking its 60th anniversary, Audio-Technica unveiled its new brand message, "Always analog" and continues its efforts to convey the appeal of analog through various initiatives.
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Audio-Technica
Audio-Technica was founded in 1962 with the mission of producing high-quality audio for everyone. Building upon our analog heritage, we design critically acclaimed products including turntables to help people enrich lives through sound.
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Audio-Technica Corporation
Audio-Technica was founded in 1962 with the mission of producing high-quality audio for everyone. Building upon our analog heritage, we design critically acclaimed products including turntables to help people enrich lives through sound.
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