Vinyl gear rarely arrives with this much attitude. Victrola teamed up with Jack White’s Third Man Records to build the VPT 1520 TMR, a turntable wrapped in the label’s unmistakable yellow-and-black livery and stamped with the Third Man globe logo. It landed on Record Store Day, April 18, 2026, and it’s not shy about announcing where it comes from.
Under the paint job, this is a serious deck. The plinth is cut from MDF for mass and vibration control, the tonearm carries an adjustable counterweight for dialing in tracking force, and — crucially for anyone who likes to tinker or upgrade — the headshell is removable. That last touch matters: swapping cartridges or headshells is the single most effective way to change how a record sounds, and Victrola has left the door open.
Connectivity is where the TMR edition earns its modern keep. Alongside the traditional analog path, it offers high-resolution Bluetooth with Auracast support, Bluetooth’s new broadcast standard that lets one source feed many receivers at once.
To make the most of that, Victrola pairs the turntable with the VPS 400 TMR Tempo bookshelf speakers, finished in the same Third Man colors. They’re generously equipped: optical, USB-C and RCA inputs cover wired sources, while Bluetooth and Auracast multi-room streaming can knit together up to 10 speakers for a synchronized, house-filling setup.
Pricing keeps things straightforward. The turntable runs $499.99, the speakers $249.99, or you can grab both together as a bundle for $649.98. You’ll find the gear on Third Man’s official site and Victrola’s dedicated page, and in the flesh at Third Man Records stores in Detroit, Nashville and London.
The collaboration arrived alongside a quieter but no less welcome refresh to Victrola’s standard Wave line. The updated models add a walnut finish option and, more importantly, ship with an Ortofon OM5E moving magnet cartridge mounted on a removable headshell — a genuine step up in both looks and playback quality. The standard Wave turntable is priced at £349 / $499.
It’s a smart split: the Wave upgrades chase audiophile credibility with a respected Ortofon cartridge, while the Third Man edition leans into personality and streaming flexibility. Both share that replaceable-headshell design, a small engineering decision that signals Victrola wants these decks to grow with their owners rather than lock them in.
