The world’s first ‘concentric’ turntable and CD player combo is the turducken of hi-fi

• It's music disc Inception
• Vinyl, CD, CD-R and CD-RW playback
• £299 (about $400 / AU$605)

If you're feeling fancy this Christmas you could treat your guests to a turducken, a Cajun creation where a chicken is stuffed into a duck and the duck is then stuffed into a turkey*. Mixx Audio appears to have created the audio equivalent: its new Analog+ all-in-one music system features an integrated CD player built into a turntable, in the center of the platter so they're concentric circles.

"We wanted to create something truly distinctive," Mixx Audio CEO Prash Vadgama says, and I would say it's mission accomplished. It's very weird, but it makes sense for people who are short of space and want a single do-everything device.

MIXX Analog+: Key features and specifications

Inspired by the look of 1980s hi-fi components and available in black or white finishes, the Analog+ is a fully automatic record player with an Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge and the ability to play both 7-inch and 12-inch records at 33 or 45rpm.

There's both Bluetooth 5.3 and aux output. Everything is controllable via the included remote.

It's a simple design with little visual clutter; all the controls are mounted on the front where there's also a small display to show you track progress and mode selection. But while it's simple, it's also very unusual, due to that top-loading CD mechanism in the center of the turntable.

The CD player works with normal CDs, of course, but it also plays audio and data CD-R and CD-RW discs. It'll play WAV, MP3 and WMA files at up to 16-bit/44.1kHz, as well as 48kHz for WAV files.

It's very odd, and to the best of my knowledge it's the first of its kind (Mixx certainly claims as much): there have been plenty of combined LP/CD players from all kinds of firms, but they have the CD transport as a more obviously separate mechanism to the turntable.

Whether this is inspired or insanity will emerge when the reviews come in, but you can't deny Mixx's ability to think differently here.

The Analog+ is available now for £299 (about $400 / AU$605).

* I do wonder: what combinations were tried before they ended up with that one?

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