Music listening, especially when reproducing a vinyl record, is a “meaningful and profound ritual” and the turntable that enables it should be built accordingly. That’s the philosophy that informs Thuono, a small Italian brand, highly regarded among audiophiles, that designs and develops high-end turntables with innovative engineering ideas and high-quality materials.
Thuono positions itself at the intersection of precision sound engineering and design, treating the turntable as an object worthy of the same scrutiny applied to the music it reproduces. “Each product is the result of meticulous research into shape and engineering, ensuring exceptional sonic performance”, say Thuono’s founders.
Thuono builds are distinctive and almost architectural in their stance, with Nero Marquinia marble serving as the primary structural material. The choice is both aesthetic and acoustic: marble's damping properties suppress resonances that degrade signal clarity, while its weight communicates solidity and seriousness.
Thuono’s current range includes three turntable models. The TH300 is the most compact, constructed on an all-marble chassis with an inverted pivot bearing system. The TH350 introduces a reinforced double chassis combining marble and aluminum, a 350mm platter, and a drive system physically decoupled from the chassis body. The TH400, Thuono’s flagship turntable, scales the platter up to 400mm.
“Both elements of the chassis are composed of a thick layer of aluminium and Nero Marquinia marble, and supported by high precision magnetic suspensions”, say Thuono’s designers. “This turntable was designed to ensure exceptional sound performance. The unusual dimensions of the platter, frame and motor system allow an extraordinary inertial torque to be obtained, giving extreme dynamics levels and authority of sound. When listening, the soundstage expands, the finest details are perfectly reproduced and energy is unleashed.”
To showcase its products in context, Thuono curates dedicated listening experiences that place its turntables in dialogue with architecture, interiors, and design. Past settings for Thuono’s sessions have included Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, the Kenzo Takada House in Paris designed by Kengo Kuma, and most recently Deoron's newly inaugurated space in Milan during Design Week 2026.