Introducting Clearaudio's very high value for money turntable package featuring their new Ceramic Magnetic Bearing. The CMB magnetically floats the 40mm acrylic platter for reduced friction, greater speed stability and additional isolation. The plinth is a composite construction of synthetic marble sandwiching a MDF core with aluminum banding. An outboard AC synchronous motor, SatisfyCarbon Fiber tonearm featuring magnetic anti-skating and 3 point ruby jewel bearings and Clearaudio’s top-of-the-line MM Maestro Wood cartridge (rated Stereophile Class B) completes the package.
Touted as a Best-Buy in under 2000 Euro price point, you have to experience this Performance value pack before swipping your credit card for your new turntable.
Type:
Rigid turntable with standalone motor
Plinith:
Composite MDF/artificial Marble
Bearing:
Magnetically opposed with ceramic shaft
Platter:
40mm acrylic
Speeds:
33/45 manually adjustable via pulley
Dimensions (W/H/D):
420 x 130 x 330mm
Weight:
9kg
Tonearm:
Satisfy Carbon Fibre arm with MM Maestro Wood cartridge
Type:
Gimbal Bearing
Effective Mass:
Medium
Bias Compensation:
Magnetic
Manufacturer website:
www.clearaudio.de
"You see, the deck introduces a level of freedom to the sound of vinyl you'd be hard pressed to find from anything this side of a Platine Verdier (another mag-bearing deck). A whole noise floor we have all become accustomed to simply falls away, leaving behind... well nothing. No inky black silences or pellucid depths, just an absence of anything not on the disc. It's sort of spooky and almost vertiginous, like walking across a tall glass bridge. It seems those inky black silences people praise when discussing very good decks are a function of the turntable introducing its own character to the sound. Once that goes away, all you are left with is the recording studio, a squashed billet of vinyl and you."
t goes away, all you are left with is the recording studio, a squashed billet of vinyl and you."