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Michell Gyro 2025

Turntable

Relative price

typical

Among the 40 turntables in the catalogue, this one is typical.

A band places a component against its peers and carries no price. It is deliberately the only price indicator on this page: a second one, measured against a different set, would narrow the two together far enough to give the figure away.

What it is

2025 update of iconic Gyro. Skeletal "Inspector Gadget" design.

Competition record

Assessed against 5 rivals across the sixty systems: 1 head-to-head won, 36 lost.

Where it gives ground

The dimension the engine names as the weakest link, counted across every head-to-head it lost.

  • mechanical hush ×31
  • speed stability ×2

Who it comes up against

Vertere DG-X Sabre Lite Pack

17 lost · Anchored, Artisan, BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Characterful, Intimate, PRaT, Reference, Romantic, Silent Path

Against the Anchored brief, the Vertere DG-X Sabre Lite Pack keeps the slot decisively.

With the Vertere Groove Runner X, the pairing gives up most on mechanical hush.

On its own merits the Michell Gyro 2025 is the stronger record deck — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the Vertere Groove Runner X gives up mechanical hush under the Anchored weighting.

exceptionally quiet, suspended sub-chassis isolates platterHi-Fi News Michell Gyro 2025 review

Technics SL-1200G

17 lost · Anchored, BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Intimate, PRaT, Reference, Romantic, Silent Path, Vocals-First

Against the Vocals-First brief, the Technics SL-1200G keeps the slot by a whisker.

On its own merits the Michell Gyro 2025 is the weaker record deck for that brief.

It sits well above the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.

exceptionally quiet, suspended sub-chassis isolates platterHi-Fi News Michell Gyro 2025 review

AVID Volvere SP (no arm)

1 lost · Vocals-First

Against the Vocals-First brief, the AVID Volvere SP (no arm) keeps the slot by a whisker.

On its own merits the Michell Gyro 2025 is the weaker record deck for that brief.

Origin Live Sovereign Mk5 (no arm)

1 lost · Silent Path

Against the Silent Path brief, the Origin Live Sovereign Mk5 (no arm) keeps the slot by a whisker.

With the Origin Live Encounter Mk5, the pairing gives up most on mechanical hush.

On its own merits the Michell Gyro 2025 is the stronger record deck — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the Origin Live Encounter Mk5 gives up mechanical hush under the Silent Path weighting.

It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.

exceptionally quiet, suspended sub-chassis isolates platterHi-Fi News Michell Gyro 2025 review

Technics SL-1500CS (with cart)

0 lost· 1 won · Vocals-First

Against the Vocals-First brief, the Michell Gyro 2025 takes the slot by a whisker.

On its own merits the Michell Gyro 2025 is the stronger record deck for that brief.

It sits well above the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.

Systems it is part of

What the reviewers said

Gyro 2025 with iconic skeletal subchassis design Michell Gyro heritage + 2025 refresh· Spatial naturalness
exceptionally quiet, suspended sub-chassis isolates platter Hi-Fi News Michell Gyro 2025 review· Mechanical noise floor
Class B turntable, exceptional speed stability via DC motor + Orbe controller Stereophile Recommended Components (Gyrodec/Gyro lineage)· Timing precision
spring-suspended sub-chassis isolates platter from external vibration Michell Gyro 2025 design notes + Hi-Fi News· Acoustic isolation
detailed and resolving, classic Michell open soundstage Hi-Fi News + What HiFi Michell Gyro 2025 review· Spatial resolution
Tecnoarm 2 is the designed-pair tonearm for the Gyro family Michell catalog + Hi-Fi News (Gyro+Tecnoarm pairing)

How it scores

Clarity

  • Mechanical noise floor 82 from listening evidence
  • Spatial resolution 74 from listening evidence

Voice

  • Spatial naturalness 72 from listening evidence

Rhythm

  • Timing precision 82 from listening evidence

LowerVolume

  • Acoustic isolation 78 from listening evidence

Specifications

drive typebelt
speeds rpm33.33/45
platter materialvinyl-damped alloy
suspension typesprung 3-pillar
weight kg8.0
psu typeexternal HR
notes