Sound quality needs to be higher up on the list to challenge though, even at this price.
Introducing, then, the Gadhouse Duke & Roy.
Theres no arguing with the breadth of functionality your money buys.
A little remote control handset puts you in charge.
Consequently, they can’t be placed on a par with thebest turntablesorstereo speakerson the market.
In the United Kingdom it’s around 779.
The Duke can wirelessly connect to appropriate speakers or headphones via Bluetooth 5.2 using the SBC codec.
The Roy loudspeakers, meanwhile, have a similarly extensive selection of features.
Up front, each speaker has a 25mm soft-dome tweeter above an 89mm mid/bass driver.
Gadhouse reckons this arrangement is good for a frequency response of 80Hz - 20kHz.
Mind you, theres every chance you may wonder why you bothered.
After quite detailed, though, Im struggling to find too many positives.
Even the hard and edgy treble reproduction here fails to inject any energy into the sound.
This is about as good as it gets.
There are worthwhile aspects to the design of each, though.
The Duke turntable seems equally well made and just as carefully finished.
Or, at least, it is once youve made a connection to mains power.
The primary speaker needs to be connected to the mains.
Control of the system is available by a small, slim remote control handset thats not overburdened with buttons.
A well-made, nicely finished system at that?
Should you buy the Gadhouse Duke & Roy?
That’s a lot of kit.
5/5
Sound quality
Undynamic sound no matter the source.
4/5
Usability and setup
Easily done, with a slim remote control impressively devoid of buttons.
I used my Rega CD player via the optical input.
Naturally, I listened to my favourite streaming services too, using anAppleiPhone 14 Pro.
