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Acoustic Signature Ascona Mk3 Turntable (No Tonearms)
We are looking to move on this exceptional state of the art turntable to make way something even a bit better. So we are offering it at a very special price.
Priced without a Tonearm please talk to us about options for Tonearms.
This is THE Turntable that sits pride of place in the reference system here at Carlton Audio Visual. To put this first into context, our reference system consists of the Sonus Faber Flagship Aida 2 Speakers, Audio Research 160M Monoblocks & Ref 6 Pre-amp with a matching CD9SE CD player and PH9 phono stage. This is it...
Even though we have an extensive range of turntables, we still didn't have the right one for this system.
It wasn't until Rab went to Munich High-End Hi-Fi show and sat down and listened to the Acoustic Signature's range, that he found THE ONE. He said the Invictus (@ c. $275,000 AUD) was the best turntable he had ever heard BUT this, the Ascona, holds many of the technical details of the Invictus and would also sit perfectly on our ready to go Basso Continuo rack (Invictus was a liiiittle large).
Most importantly, the Ascona brings to life an analogue recording like nothing we've ever had in store. The 3D image of the music is papable. When we play Adele's 21, I feel like I can take a step and touch the microphone that she's singing into.
We made sure to have the TA-9000 Tonearm mounted to this beauty.The TA-9000 is in itself an engineering marvel and I'm not the only person to believe that it is simply the very best tonearm money can buy. They make each of these with a Selective Laser Melting Process Machine millimeter by millimeter so that the inner tube is connected to the outer tubing with a precise tree-branch structure that COMPLETELY does away with resonance effects.
We've finished off the set up with a Van den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge.

Acoustic Signature Ascona Mk3 Turntable (No Tonearms)
The Ascona employs 30 small “Silencer’s” on the very outer diameter of the platter, requiring a platter diameter of nearly 13.8 inches to accomplish this. Inside the outer perimeter of silencers an additional 24 larger silencers are used for the main body of the platter. The tone arm mounting plates are fully adjustable to accommodate the mounting of any desired tone arm design, with a maximum of 3 tone arms permitted.
** depending on position of arm base
Weight
Drive System
Speed range
Power adapter
Input: 100 V to 260 V AC 50Hz, Optional: DC-Input 24 V via XLR 5 pin-connector
Bearing
Chassis (including baseplate)
Platter
Optional: platter in sandwich construction aluminum-brass-aluminum, with silencer technology, Ø 335 mm x 50 mm / Ø 13,2” x 1,97”, weight: 19 kg / 41.9 lbs
Tone arm base
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We want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase. Items can be returned or exchanged within 30 days of delivery.