The all-new Victrola Stream Onyx has the same connectivity features as the Stream Carbon, but uses cheaper components to keep the price down.
If you’re interested in the Victrola Stream Carbon turntable’s ability to stream music to a Sonos speaker system, but the $800 price tag is hesitant, the manufacturer wants you to consider the Stream Onyx. To bring the price down to $600, he uses components from his higher-end siblings (for example, an aluminum tonearm instead of a carbon fiber tonearm).
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Also, the Carbon is equipped with an Ortofon 2M Red moving magnet cartridge, while the Onyx has a choice of either Audio-Technica VM95E or Ortofon OM 5E. These also travel magnet cartridges, but at a slightly lower cost. The Onyx is also a belt-drive turntable and uses the same removable headshell to simplify upgrades to high-end cartridges and the same easy-to-adjust counterweight to set the correct downforce for your cartridge. is equipped with .
In our review of the Victrola Stream Carbon, we praised the turntable for its excellent integration into the Sonos ecosystem and overall ease of use, but we found the motor noise to be higher than we’re used to from turntables in its price range. That said, I gave it four stars, so I’m looking forward to seeing if the Stream Onyx does as well at that price point.
Given that the street price of carbon has already dropped by $100, we expect the street price of onyx to follow a similar arc. If you can’t wait, you can pre-order the Victrola Stream Onyx on Amazon or buy directly from Victrola.
