Chassis Base |
mounted on 3 spikes, sandwich construction made of MDF/cork/Corian |
Subchassis |
made of high-damping, porous aluminium material |
Subchassis Suspension |
by means of self-damping torsion springs |
Torsion Bars |
self-damping, adjustable in spring rate and resonance frequency |
Torsion Bar Adjustment |
3 adjustment points at the bottom |
Motor Board |
Corian, decoupled and damped |
drive |
Synchronous motor and specially developed control electronics |
Keypad |
illuminated, for 0, 33 1/3, and 45 rpm |
Fine Adjustment |
at the rear with potentiometers, for 33 1/3 and 45 rpm |
Power Supply |
external |
Motor Pulley Material |
POM |
Belt |
round cord, adjustable distance 10 mm |
Sliding Plate Bearing |
10 millimetre plain bearing, mounted on steel ball and Delrin support plate |
Turntable |
Corian sandwich construction (2x) with damping self-adhesive intermediate layer |
Arm Board |
made of Corian, high-strength bolted in the tonearm area base, decoupled and the remaining area dampened |
Plinth |
two-part; MDF plus real wood side framing |
Phono Preamplifier pearl
Suitable For |
Moving Coil (MC) / Moving Magnet (MM) |
Construction (MC) |
symmetrical |
Resistance Loading (MC) |
2 kOhm, 1 kOhm, 500 Ohm, 250 Ohm, 125 Ohm |
Gain (MC) |
20, 22, 24, 26, 28 dB |
Common Mode Rejection |
> 90 dB between 20 Hz and 20 kHz |
Signal-to-noise ratio at 61 dB gain (MC) |
> 62 dB linear / > 70 dB Awtd / > 69 dB CCIR 2k |
Resistance Loading (MM) |
47 kOhm |
Capacitance Loading (MM) |
50pF, 100pF, 150pF, 200pF, 250pF |
Equalization (MM) |
RIAA without Neumann Time constant |
RIAA Tolerance (MM) |
< +- 0.3 dB (< 0.1 dB is typical) |
Channel Offset (MM) |
< 0.15 dB |
Gain (MM) |
37 dB, 39 dB, 41 dB, 43 dB, 45 dB |
Signal-to-noise Ratio at 41 dB gain (dB) |
> 83 dB linear / > 90 dB Awtd / > 89 dB CCIR 2k |
Subsonic Filter |
switchable; 15Hz/18dB/Octave Butterworth |
Overload Indication |
> 16 dB over 10 mV/1 kHz MM input |
THD & Noise Distortion |
< 0.001% between 20 Hz and 20 kHz |
Intermodulation 19 kHz / 20 kHz |
< 0.001% |
Headroom |
> 20 dB; each for MM and MC |
Output Resistance |
50 Ohm |
Power Supply |
external, ring core transformer 250 V, line filter |