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The World's Only Counterbalanced Turntable
$28,000 USD / approximately %s
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This is the only fully suspended turntable in the world that uses dual counter-rotating platters to eliminate the troublesome sonic aberrations generated by common consumer models.
Winner of the Best Sound High Fidelity award from the renowned Munich High End, the largest high-end audio show in the world, it provides the lowest noise floor of any turntable available. Isolated from the turntable's bottom platform with Viton/silicone composite o-rings that dampen all mechanical and environmental vibration, twin plinths made from a sonically "dead" composite each secure a precisely machined 30-lb. aluminum platter.
As a vinyl record rests atop the top-most, clockwise-spinning platter, the bottom rotates counter-clockwise to cancel torsional forces that otherwise cause fluctuations in rotational speed and distort music. The inverted twin-bearing design of the platter assembly reduces torque-induced drag while double hydraulic insulation provides further dampening.
Two Swiss-made DC motors deliver imperceptibly quiet, linear power to the platters, monitored every two rotations by optical sensors that relay rotational speed (33.3 and 45 rpm) to a sophisticated CPU controller that adjusts voltage to the motors in real time, ensuring consistent speed stability.
Requires your preferred tonearm.
11" H x 22" W x 14" D. (90 lbs.)
Please allow 2-3 months for shipping.
Shipping Information
- Estimated Arrival 7/23 - 8/22
$280 should be the appropriate price.
To their credit, the mechanical engineering task seems to have been very much achieved, however, I'm confused regarding the decision to use optical sensors over hall effect sensors? the latter seems more appropriate (albeit more expensive, but for that price, you want to know they cut no corners!). Surely this design could be manufactured for a fraction of the price, even if you might have to throw an engineer or two some cash to build you one... on the other hand, they did pay for all research and development, and it carries the label of a very high-end piece of audio equipment (certainly not a novelty!)--they are targeting a small demographic who can justify purchasing even studio microphones which cost in this range (for completely valid reasons, too)... Having said all that, it'd be pretty neat to play around with one, see how the counter-torque design feels
from Hammacher Schlemmer (sp?) catalogue.
$28000! Really so what dumbass would pay that price?
That was a HUGE wall of text on my phone. Ain't nobody got time for that.
28000?! What's this anyway?
I'll have two whilst they're so cheap...
Soooo coooool having said that!
It looks very similar to the one in the movie "Looper" , which is one third the price. I think that this price point targets the very small group of very rich people who obtain random specific items for one reason only:status. It may have some great engineering behind it. It may sound amazing, but for that price it fucking better. Side by side some of the other highend audiophile turntables which have an enormous price tag in their own right, does it sound better?