Ariston was once one of hi-fi's most illustrious brands. The proud name on one of Scotland's finest turntables, it was revered by many a well-heeled Seventies audiophile. Nowadays, though, the brand is a shadow of its former self, the name branded on inexpensive, mass-market DJ turntables
The company went down-market in the early Eighties, making some pretty good budget tackle like the RD40, 80 and Icon. But the advent of CD finished Ariston as a hi-fi company, and, despite some last-ditch attempts at diversifying into electronics, it was game over.
