{"product_id":"ryyvo-c40-turntable-with-audio-technica-cartridge-and-adjustable-counterweight","title":"Ryyvo C40 Turntable with Adjustable Arm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ryyvo C40 is a turntable on a 36 mm painted plinth with a full-size hinged dust cover, a 1.6 kg iron platter and an aluminium tonearm. It is the first deck in this range fitted with a cartridge that has a name — an \u003cstrong\u003eAudio-Technica AT-3600L\u003c\/strong\u003e — and the first with a counterweight you can actually set. Those two facts are why it costs what it costs, and they are what the rest of this page is about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is made in Guangdong, China, by BoTo, on a private mould, under the manufacturer's own reference TR-L40. We have not renamed the internals and we have not invented the numbers. Where the manufacturer has not stated something, it is written plainly further down this page rather than smoothed over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications published by the manufacturer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCartridge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudio-Technica AT-3600L\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTonearm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAluminium, with an adjustable calibrated counterweight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlatter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.6 kg painted iron\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlayback speeds\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e33 and 45 rpm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRecord sizes supported\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 inch and 12 inch\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpeed variation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e± 1.5 %\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutputs and features\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLP playback, RCA output, \u003cstrong\u003eBluetooth transmitter\u003c\/strong\u003e, automatic pause, full-cover dust protection\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePower supply\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDC 12 V, 1 A\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlinth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e36 mm density board\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish on this model\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMatte paint, white\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSurface treatments offered by the factory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePVC veneer, matte spray paint, piano paint\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBoTo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eManufacturer's model reference\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTR-L40\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry of manufacture\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGuangdong, China\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrivate mould\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCarton\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53 × 43 × 23 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGross weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.0 kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe cartridge has a name, and that is not a small thing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery other deck in this range arrives with a cartridge the factory declines to identify. Ask what it is and you get a word — ceramic, ruby, moving magnet — and no model. That matters, because an unnamed cartridge is one you cannot replace, cannot research and cannot upgrade. When the stylus wears out, and it will, you are stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is an \u003cstrong\u003eAudio-Technica AT-3600L\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a moving magnet cartridge from a company that has been making them since 1962, it is fitted to a very large number of turntables sold in Britain, and its replacement stylus is a stock item you can buy from any decent dealer. You are not dependent on us, or on a factory in Guangdong, to keep this deck playing in five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving magnet also means the output is designed to feed a phono stage, and that the stylus is a diamond rather than a chip of sapphire. Those are the two things that decide how long your records last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eYou can set the tracking force yourself\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tonearm has a proper threaded counterweight with a calibrated dial on it. The manufacturer's own video shows the scale, marked in half-gram steps. That means the downforce on your records is a number you control, not a number the factory chose for you and never told you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the cheaper decks in this range the arm is balanced at the factory and that is the end of it. Here it is adjustable, and adjustable is the difference between a turntable and a record player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are not going to print a recommended figure we have not verified.\u003c\/strong\u003e Audio-Technica publishes a recommended tracking force for the AT-3600L, and we have asked the manufacturer to confirm in writing what this arm is shipped set to. Until that answer arrives, the calibrated dial on the counterweight is the number to go by, and it is yours to set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Bluetooth transmits. It does not receive.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost every listing for a deck like this says “Bluetooth” and stops there, which is useless, because the two directions are completely different products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is a \u003cstrong\u003etransmitter\u003c\/strong\u003e. It sends the sound of your record to Bluetooth speakers or headphones, wirelessly, with nothing plugged in. That is the useful direction for a turntable, and it is the one that lets you play a record through a speaker on the other side of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it does not do is the reverse: you cannot stream Spotify from your phone into this deck and out through something else. If that is what you wanted, this is not the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThere are no speakers, and there is an RCA output\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing in this box makes a sound on its own. The power supply is 12 volts at 1 amp — twelve watts, which runs a motor, a preamp and a Bluetooth radio and nothing more. That is exactly what you would expect from a deck that is meant to feed something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo you need speakers. Either Bluetooth ones, using the transmitter above, or wired ones through the RCA output on the back. If you already own an amplifier, powered speakers or a soundbar with a line input, you are ready. If you own nothing at all, look at the S20 or the A30 instead — they arrive with their speakers in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e33 and 45 only, on 10 and 12 inch records\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo 78 rpm. If you have inherited shellac, this is not the deck for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manufacturer lists 10 inch and 12 inch as the supported record sizes. It does not list 7 inch, and it does not mention a 45 rpm adaptor — the small puck that fills the wide centre hole on a single. The deck plays at 45 rpm, so 12 inch singles are covered, but whether a 7 inch adaptor is supplied is something we have asked and do not yet have in writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is visible in the photographs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead off the manufacturer's own images and videos, not written by them. Treat it as observation rather than specification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA single rotary control on the front left of the plinth, its collar marked \u003cstrong\u003e33 — OFF — 45\u003c\/strong\u003e, with two small indicator lamps above it marked POWER and BT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Audio-Technica headshell on the end of the arm, with the cartridge body visible and the stylus guard in place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA counterweight at the back of the arm with a calibrated dial, the numbers 2.0 and 2.5 legible on the scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full-size hinged clear dust cover, hinged at the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA black platter with a fitted mat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA plinth in three different finishes across the manufacturer's images — a wood veneer, a gloss black and a matte white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo speaker grille anywhere on the unit, in any finish, in any photograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA note on the finish, and on the manufacturer's own listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wholesale listing this deck comes from shows it mostly in a wood veneer, while the technical sheet for the same reference documents the matte white. The factory offers three surface treatments — PVC veneer, matte spray paint and piano paint — which is where the three different-looking decks in the photographs come from. It is one mould with three skins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe stock the matte white\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is the one the technical sheet describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile we are here: the listing is titled, in machine-translated English, “antique spinning top” and “recording player”. It is neither antique nor a recorder. It is a new turntable and it does not record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eNot stated by the manufacturer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the things we have asked for and do not yet have in writing. Nothing here is a defect; it is simply not confirmed, and we would rather you knew that than read a number we made up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tracking force the arm is shipped set to, and the manufacturer's recommended range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat \u003cstrong\u003eautomatic pause\u003c\/strong\u003e does exactly — whether the arm lifts at the end of the side, or only the platter stops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhether the RCA output is line level or phono level, and therefore whether a phono stage is built in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrive type — belt or direct\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhether a 7 inch 45 rpm adaptor is supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhether the arm has anti-skate adjustment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bluetooth version and codec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrequency response\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduct dimensions with the cover closed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUK plug type and the adaptor supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExact box contents and cable lengths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManufacturer's warranty period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDelivery weight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.0 kg gross. 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