Where should you buy a turntable before Black Friday 2026?
Part of: Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Black Friday 2026 is Friday 27 November and Cyber Monday is Monday 30 November, 87 and 90 days after this page was checked. No US retailer has announced a turntable deal for those dates yet.
What is true today: 48 priced turntable listings across 16 US advertisers, a median ask of $152.49, and discounting already running on the suitcase tier while the hi-fi tier sits at full price.
The dates, so nothing is guessed
| Day | Date in 2026 | Days from this check |
|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | Thursday 26 November | 86 |
| Black Friday | Friday 27 November | 87 |
| Small Business Saturday | Saturday 28 November | 88 |
| Cyber Monday | Monday 30 November | 90 |
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, which is the fourth Thursday in November; Cyber Monday is the Monday that follows. Both are fixed by that rule rather than announced, so those dates are certain even though the deals attached to them are not.
Who sells turntables, and what they sell
| Where | Listings | What they carry |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture and homeware marketplace | 17 | Suitcase decks, console record players, some Audio-Technica |
| Department stores | 7 | Victrola suitcase decks and a small hi-fi selection |
| Pro-audio and hi-fi specialists | 12 | Technics, Reloop, Yamaha, Audio-Technica separates |
| Electronics and deal sites | 7 | Discounted and open-box separates, stock that moves fast |
| Everyone else | 0 | Single listings from a music retailer, an office supplier and a lifestyle shop |
What it costs today, by tier
| Price band | Listings | What lives there |
|---|---|---|
| Under $100 | 13 | Suitcase decks and Bluetooth all-in-ones |
| $100 to $300 | 15 | Entry separates: Jensen, Sony, Reloop, Mitchell Acoustics |
| $300 to $800 | 16 | Audio-Technica LPW series, Yamaha, DJ-standard decks |
| $800 and over | 4 | Technics, acrylic-plinth Audio-Technica, hi-fi separates |
The shape to notice: this market is not one market. A $39.99 suitcase deck and a $2,000.00 acrylic-plinth turntable are both "a turntable" to a search engine and nothing alike on a shelf. Deciding your tier before November is more valuable than any discount inside a tier.
What is already discounted, 87 days early
Of the 9 turntable listings here that publish both a list price and a current sale price, 5 are already marked down. Every one is mass-market: three suitcase decks cut from $89.99 to $39.99–$49.99, one marketplace all-in-one, and one used professional deck on resale.
Nothing in the specialist tier — not one Technics, Yamaha, Reloop or Audio-Technica separate — carries a discount today. That is the pattern worth carrying into November: the suitcase tier discounts early and often, the hi-fi tier discounts rarely and shallowly, if at all.
Our advice, stated plainly and without a crystal ball: if you want a sub-$100 deck, waiting for late November is reasonable, because that tier is already being discounted and will be again. If you want a real hi-fi deck, buy when you find the model you want in stock, and treat any November discount as luck rather than a plan.
Turntables on sale now, cheapest first
Prices as published by each seller on 1 September 2026, before any November promotion. We publish the price and its date, never a percentage off, because a list price a retailer never charges is not a discount.
Last verified 1 September 2026 against 49 live US turntable listings from 16 advertisers in the CJ product feed, after removing wall art, jewellery and appliance parts that share the word turntable. Peer-to-peer asks of $500 or more are excluded as seller placeholders, as are repdigit asks such as $999 and $9,999. Asking prices are what sellers want on this date; they are not sold prices.
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Turntables and Black Friday, asked plainly
When is Black Friday 2026?
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday 26 November 2026, so Black Friday is Friday 27 November, Small Business Saturday is 28 November and Cyber Monday is Monday 30 November. That is 87 days after this page was written.
Should I wait for Black Friday to buy a turntable?
Only for the mass-market end. In this pull 5 of 9 turntable listings that publish both a list and a sale price are already discounted on 1 September, and every one of them is a suitcase deck or an all-in-one. Nothing in the hi-fi tier is on offer.
What does a turntable cost?
Across 48 priced US listings the median ask is $152.49. Suitcase decks cluster under $100.00, entry separates run $100.00 to $300.00, and the DJ-standard and hi-fi tiers run from there to four figures.
Where are turntables actually sold?
16 different US advertisers in this pull, and the mix matters more than the count: a furniture marketplace holds the largest share, department stores carry the suitcase tier, and pro-audio specialists carry everything a DJ or a hi-fi buyer would want.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Black Friday (shopping) — Black Friday as the day after Thanksgiving, and the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday sequence.
- Wikipedia, Cyber Monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving as the online counterpart.
- CJ Affiliate product feeds, US advertisers, queried 1 September 2026 — every listing, price, count and discount statement on this page comes from that pull.
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