My cheapo one has a short gap where it will start spinning before the speakers catch up and I can listen that way guilt free. You can also just turn the volume of the speakers all the way down, but that’s not nearly as disorienting as hearing a half second of the audio all small and tiny and not coming from the right place.
Are we talking about the hand-cranked players from the olden days?
Yes, but you can also spin a modern player and just listen closely to the needle.
Don’t do that - that’s really bad for the vinyls and your stylus
My cheapo one has a short gap where it will start spinning before the speakers catch up and I can listen that way guilt free. You can also just turn the volume of the speakers all the way down, but that’s not nearly as disorienting as hearing a half second of the audio all small and tiny and not coming from the right place.