Bring your vinyl to the beach with Toshiba’s new portable wireless record player

The Toshiba Aurex AX-RP10 features a built-in rechargeable artillery for up to 10 hours of wireless playback. | Image: Toshiba

Toshiba has announced a caller grounds player designed for vinyl enthusiasts who privation to marque their analog euphony collections much portable. The Aurex AX-RP10 is by nary means pocket-friendly similar Sony’s Walkman oregon Apple’s iPod, but it’s tiny capable to haul astir successful an included enarthrosis container portion inactive accommodating 12-inch records, and it tin beryllium utilized wholly wirelessly acknowledgment to a built-in USB-C charged battery.

The AX-RP10’s compact plan is reminiscent of the iconic Audio-Technica Sound Burger which was re-released successful 2022, but not rather arsenic small. You tin inactive haul it to the formation oregon the parkland for a picnic, but it volition besides entreaty to vinyl enthusiasts trying to minimize the footprint of their hobby astatine home. Pricing accusation hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s expected to vessel sometime successful April 2025.

Like the Sound Burger, the AX-RP10 has a built-in artillery with a 2,000mAh capableness that Toshiba says should past up to 10 hours. It’s compatible with some 33 1/3 and 45 rpm records, and uses MM benignant cartridges. The belt-driven turntable has nary speakers of its own, but includes a stereo mini audio jack for plugging successful wired headphones oregon connecting it to a dependable system.

If you privation to spell wholly wireless and are good with the analog dependable of your vinyl postulation being digitally compressed, the AX-RP10 includes Bluetooth connectivity truthful it tin beryllium utilized with wireless headphones and speakers. That’s not going to entreaty to audiophiles, but neither is the remainder of the AX-RP10’s hardware.