A historic blast from the home audio past is back, the Victrola Stream Carbon turntable is designed from the ground up to pair with Sonos speakers seamlessly.

Victrola is a name steeped in history revered by audio enthusiasts, vintage and antique collectors, and historians. It is also a name quickly waning from public memory, the victim of history and technologies march ever forward. One of the early American phonograph makers (a progenitor of the record player), the brand’s iconic horn speaker phonograph, beautifully crafted VTLA cabinet players, and its “dog and phonograph” logo became nearly synonymous with the then-modern technology that brought audio into the home.
In a vein similar to the recent DeLorean motor revival, the Victrola trademark has been resuscitated by new ownership seeking to conjure a contemporary image built upon the waning nostalgia of the more than century old brand. The Victrola Stream Carbon is a notable attempt in this resurgent effort.
The sleek minimalist modern design of the Victrola Stream Carbon turntable seems the antithesis of those early Victrola phonographs, until one remembers those early record players were cutting edge at that time. This new generation is not only edited of extraneous flourishes, taking on a gently rounded metal slab design with a single knob control in front industrial design, but also forgoes the need for speaker cables.
Instead, the Stream Carbon was designed specifically to pair with th...