| Clear Sudio Master Reference Turntable | 0 comments |
 18 Feb 2006 @ 13:21, by Raymond PowersOkay. I'm a self admitted audiophile geek dreamer. It's been about 15 years since I've owned any "high end" audio, though it's all about matching components not price, I have this awestruck love of audio design. My last sytem, for those of you that may know branding was a pair of ADS M-20 speakers bi amped with a PS Audio250 (?) on the bottom and Sunfire amp on top, PS Audio Pre-amp, PS audio D/A, Nakamichi CD transport, Tara Lab TFA Return speaker wire (the only thing I have left) and Monster/Tara Lab interconnects. Some would say this was a midfi system, in price , yes, however it rivaled the clarity and imaging of systems many times the price. I used to work at a hifi store, thus I had a lot of opportunity to try out gear at home. Here's something that may only appeal to the die hard vinyl crowd, yet it's sure purty. ---------------------------------- Clear Audio Master Reference Turntable For those well-heeled folks who just can’t seem to shake off the idea of using an analog turntable, Clear Audio offers its Master Reference Turntable, a $19,000 precision instrument handmade in Germany. Let’s face it: If it doesn’t sound good on this turntable, it doesn’t sound good anywhere. The unit has three separate motors that are synchronized by a special Accurate Power Generator (APG) motor control system, and it sits on six legs that keep it perfectly resonance-free. This baby is called the best turntable on the market by those in the know, and had it been released 30 years ago, that might have actually been saying something. At $19K, most DJs won’t be doing a lot of scratching on this table. But as a piece of precision engineering and mechanical perfection, it’s second to none. Just as a design exercise, you can’t help but be impressed. |