# Teenage Engineering APC-2

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Teenage Engineering APC-2 and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its beautiful, crafted design and for bringing record-cutting equipment back to market after decades. Critics say it is priced for the wealthy and is impractical for personal use.

## Why people recommend it

- Beautiful design blending craft and innovation (2 comments): "engineered for the sake of being beautiful and cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440819)) "Love the blend of craftsmanship and innovation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440763))
- Brings record cutting back to market (2 comments): "A record cutter has way more potential audience than any of those. They will sell every one they can even manage to make." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440631)) "This is kind of a big deal because this sort of fundamental equipment hasn't been available new for decades." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441357))

## What people warn about

- Impractical for personal use (2 comments): "Looks good for light-duty uses. Scared for my fingers for anything heavy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440725)) "Surely it's impractical for personal use, as marketed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440523))
- Priced out of reach for individuals (2 comments): "I don't see this device being priced for individuals outside of the 1% demographic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449521)) "Cool project but the opposite of democratization." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48442900))
- Seen as stunt or rebrand (4 comments): "TE here again does a great amount of art-washing and Supreme-isation of previously "niche" things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443791)) "It appears they'll just rebrand a few record cutters and call it a product." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440702)) "most of Teenage Engineering is more stunt than practical" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440983))

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Teenage+Engineering+APC-2&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://teenage.engineering/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Teenage Engineering APC-2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/teenage-engineering-apc-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).