Little Fwend

A serious turntable is almost always manual.

Little Fwend is mounted on your turntable and set up to trigger a lifting mechanism that raises your tonearm and stylus above the surface of the record after the music inevitably fades out. It is 100% mechanical and will not affect the audio signal in any way.

Little Fwend has provided customers with peace of mind since 2016. Some use rare or expensive cartridges they want to keep from unnecessary wear, others just think the sound of the run-out groove is annoying to wake up to.

If you are the type that listens to music in a mindful and focused fashion, that is great – but sometimes life happens, a drifting thought or someone calling on your attention and two hours later you wonder if you turned the turntable off at all. Not that we are trying to sow seeds of fear, but raise your hand if you have not once got distracted when playing a record – or fallen asleep in the listening room.

The precious diamond at the end of the cantilever has a useful life of 1000-2000 hours before it needs to be re-tipped. There is no point in wearing this out prematurely if you can easily avoid it. The cost of re-tipping is not the worst part (unless it´s a Lyra or Koetsu etc.), but the months of wait time at the manufacturer or re-tipping service where your (most likely most played favourite) cartridge is waiting in line to undergo surgery.