Clearaudio Innovation Compact Wood /Magnify 9" Tonearm & Soundsmith The Voice

Description

About this product:
The Intersection of Highbrow Aesthetics and High-End Performance: Clearaudio Innovation Compact Wood Turntable with Magnify Tonearm Plays with Lyrical Sound and Remarkable Accuracy
You've arrived at the intersection of highbrow aesthetics and high-end analog sonics. The
Clearaudio Innovation Compact Wood turntable
looks like it belongs as the centerpiece in a whole-floor penthouse suite. Equipped with the German company's cutting-edge
Magnify tonearm
– a hybrid bearing design on high-precision balls and magnets that ensures interference-free playback – it sounds as if it could fill the world's finest performance halls with lyrical, lucid, magnificently balanced sound that mirrors the exact properties of live music. Engineered to the nth degree and built with perfectly matched materials, it is a visual and mechanical work of art that plays vinyl with a timeless elegance stemming from a bygone age.
A high-torque DC motor with precision bearings, ultra-dense 2.75-inch polyoxmethylene platter, and optical speed control translate to
immense stability and revelatory dynamics
. Its optimally designed chassis keeps resonances out of the audible range and guarantees maximum stability in a housing made of a massive panzerholz (bulletproof wood) and aluminum sandwich. The option to mount a second tonearm makes it possible to play a rich variety of music from across the decades without hassle. In every way, Innovation Compact Wood is true to its name – and then some.
Clearaudio Magnify Tonearm
Magnify's hybrid bearing on high-precision balls and magnets allow for a design that ensures interference-free and resonance playback. It's also remarkably simple to set up and adjust. Plus, the headshell and azimuth can be easily fine-tuned. Compatible with a large array of cartridges, Magnify features Clearaudio's Direct Wire in a continuous run from the cartridge connectors to the tonearm cable plugs.
Soundsmith "The Voice" Cartridge
Reference-Grade High-Output Phono Cartridge Disappears and Leaves Nothing Between You and Your Vinyl LPs: Soundsmith The Voice ES Moving-Iron Design Offers Breathtaking Transparency
Once you put Soundsmith's flagship
high-output moving-iron phono cartridge
,
The Voice ES
, in your analog chain, you'll soon forget it's even there. OK, we can guess what some of you might be thinking: Why spend a healthy amount on a cartridge if we won't even notice it in the system? Because of the way it magically disappears and leaves only the sound of the vinyl LPs. Seemingly devoid of any sonic signature, The Voice ES
gets out of the way of everything in the manner of the finest reference-grade audio components
. True to its name, The Voice ES is all about the purity, naturalism, and unfettered presentation of the music you love.
Equipped with a
single-crystal ruby cantilever
and Soundsmith's optimized contour line-contact stylus, the hand-built The Voice ES distinguishes itself with a specialized metallurgy for the low-mass moving-iron system that still allows for incredibly high output. The result:
Profound degrees of imaging, dynamics, scaling, tonality, and airiness complemented by see-through transparency
that makes spinning vinyl a breathtaking experience. And like all Soundsmith models, The Voice ES includes a
two-year manufacturer's warranty
to the original owner – and can be rebuilt for a fraction of its original price, giving you another win on your investment.
The
U.S.A.-crafted
Voice ES offers further benefits in the form of a
significant evolution of Soundsmith's DEMS (Dynamic Energy Management System) design
. ES cartridges direct internal vibrational forces without reflection and disperse them properly to the tonearm. Such absence of reflections enables the stylus to stay in far greater statistical contact with the groove walls, leading to increased liquidity, reduced "grain," and preservation of valuable detail.
Azimuth adjustment is also built into each model
, along with the option for electrical isolation for hum-prone systems.
Advantages of Moving-Iron Designs
A moving-iron cartridge has both the magnets and the coils fixed in place. A very low-mass and extremely precisely wound iron cross is affixed to the cantilever/stylus assembly and placed between the magnets and coils. As the iron cross moves in the magnetic field, it generates signal voltage. Since only the iron cross moves, more coil windings (higher output) and heavier magnets (more powerful) may be used without penalty. Other advantages to MI designs are very low moving mass (greater resolution) and superior channel separation (better imaging).
Buy With Confidence: The Voice ES Can Be Rebuilt for 20% of the Original Cost
The Voice ES benefits from infallible customer support and a wonderful safety net. Soundsmith is the only high-end cartridge company that rebuilds its own products at a fraction of the original price – no matter what the issue. Equally important, moving-iron cartridges can always be rebuilt, unlike MC designs sometimes damaged beyond possible repair.
Soundsmith Moving-Iron Cartridges Offer Best of Both Worlds
Enjoy the best of both worlds: Soundsmith's moving-iron cartridges encompass the advantages of moving-coil and moving-magnet designs while simultaneously lessening or eliminating the respective approaches' deficiencies. Boasting extraordinary tracking abilities that let them effortlessly sail through complex musical passages, a warm and detailed character, exceptional transient response, and a full sound that completes entire notes and finishes instrumental structures, Soundsmith models exude natural musicality and high-end design.
SKU:
UTRA0001173 &
UTRA0001154
Warranty:
This unit comes with a 45 day Music Direct warranty.
What's Included:
Factory packing,
Speed strobe test record w/ manual, pair of handling gloves, ground wire, anti-scratch plates for feet (3x), cartridge smart gauge w/ manual, Allen keys (5x), screws (13x), flathead screw driver tools (2x), Clearaudio level, drive belts (2x), Magnify 9” tonearm (Attached to RA# 1480830 in separate box SN: 07076), counterweight, tonearm manual, turntable manual, quality certificate, alignment gauge, white gloves (2x),, platter, power supply with interchangeable plugs (2x), bearing, spikes (3x), VTA lifter 2, cartridge, stylus guard, usb key, and Expressimo Audio record clamp.
Notes:
8/10 condition with a couple of slight nics on the plinth.  Used as a showroom demo turntable, with very little use.  Cartridge is brand new, and has no use outside of testing the overall functionality of the turntable.  Also comes with an Expressimo Audio record clamp.
Specifications:
Speed ranges: 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm, 78 rpm
Drive unit:
High torque DC motor with belt drive
Electronic Optical Speed Control (OSC)
Bearing: Clearaudio CMB ceramic magnetic bearing in main platter/upper drive platter assembly. Inverted bearing in lower drive platter.
Platter: 70mm/2.75 inch
Speed accuracy (measured): < ± 0.08 %
Power consumption: Max. consumption: 9.3 Watt
Consumption in operation: 2.5 Watt
Standby mode: 2.5 Watt
Off mode: 0.0 Watt
Weight: 26.5 lbs.
Dimensions (WDH): 18.11" x 19.09" x 6.18"
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