Performance Magnum is the big brother of the multiple award winning Performance turntable. What has been upsized is the Ceramic Magnetic Bearing now floats the 70mm acrylic platter. With the tonearm now sits on a tonearm tower to match the new platter height, the whole turntable has an added high-end feel to it. Sound wise, the heavier platter improves in the overall music stability and authority.
What’s more, you now have a choice of tone-arm tube as well as matching Clearaudio MC cartridge. Besides the standard and well regarded SatisfyCarbon Fibre tonearm you may also select the slightly dearer Ebony arm tube. To complete the package, you have an array of excellent MC cartridges from Clearaudio namely Stradivari, Concerto, Symphony or Melody to match your budget and performance. All these choices are now available as a special package deal - so come down to Modular Audio today for an audition.
Type:
Rigid turntable with standalone motor
Plinith:
Composite MDF/artificial Marble
Bearing:
Magnetically opposed with ceramic shaft
Platter:
70mm acrylic
Speeds:
33/45 manually adjustable via pulley
Dimensions (W/H/D):
420 x 130 x 330mm
Weight:
9kg
Tonearm:
Satisfy tone-arm in either Ebony or Carbon Fibre with choice of Clearaudio MC 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."