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In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable

Post Subject: Specs TechDas Tables One and TwoPosted by Stitch on: 5/19/2014

Specs for TechDas AirForce One

Air bearing main platter 19 kg of non magnetic SUS316L stainless steel
Upper Platter of choice
A7075: super duraluminum 3.5 kg
SUS316L: 10.0 kg
Acrylic resin: black methalcryalate 1,5 kg
All those upper platters are for vacuum and the customer can also order those for non-vaccuum hold down - resulting in a total of six options
Suspension: full air suspension
Chassis: three-part suspension sandwich, weight 43kg in total + Platter max. 29 kg, Motor 6.6 kg
Motor management active, speed detected by a sensor on the bottom of the main platter
Tonearm right hand side: 9 or 10 inch, left hand side optional extra base for 9.10 or 12 inch Arms

Specs for TechDas AirForce Two

Air bearing platter 10 kg of aluminum (A5056) with vacuum hold down (from AirForce One)
Suspension: oil damping air suspension System
Chassis: Aluminum casting (AC4C), dual layer structure weight 45kg in total + 10 kg Platter
Motor management active, speed detected by a sensor on the bottom of the main platter (I forgot to ask but I think it is comparable to AirForce One)
Tonearm right hand side: 9 or 10 inch, left hand side optional extra base for 9.10 or 12 inch Arms
Price: 50% of AirForce One

I listened to AirForce One with 9” Graham Elite + TechDas TDC01 Cartridge in a Demo with Records I know very well. It was a very impressive analog Demo, I never heard something like this in the past 10 years be it Rockport’s latest, Goldmund Reference, Clearaudios biggest ….
That Table showed from the first second a H-U-G-E soundstage, deep and wide, the speakers didn’t exist, the Tones had a “Gestalt” and rightness of tone which is very, very, rare to hear.

Separation of the musicians was right from size and height and the dynamics are not smeared.
For me - or my kind of Standard - it is a truly great table.

They developed the Seiki 8000 series in a way which made sense and improved it. I saw - and listened - at various High End Shows (or private owner systems) a lot of ultra expensive Turntables which missed the sonic target by a mile and their designers may have an idea about polishing parts but they have none about music reproduction. Here is the main difference to all others. They made it right.

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