turntable
astellar
*Final price to be determined but it will be less than $100,000.
Available in 5 finishes
The ultimate turntable. Reduced to the absolute maximum performance.
The essence of 33 years turntable design and evolution in the APOLYT finds it’s cumulation in an all-new turntable concept.
The task was to transfer the relevant and unique design features of the extremely large and heavy APOLYT into a considerably more compact and feasible format – without losing even the tiniest aspect of the all-alone sonic level provided.
All the design features and inventions which defined the unique apogee level of the APOLYT’s sonic performance have now been incorporated in a much more compact and positively matured new design.
The ASTELLAR is literally the design result of “the road of excess leading to the palace of wisdom.”
A turntable second to no other – in its concept and sonic performance on a par with the APOLYT and superior to all others.
Platter
- A unique 36 (thirty-six !) layers design platter, incorporating 18 different materials with defined energy transfer speed – combined in the optimum sequence.
- Incorporating Vinyl, Tungsten HD18, Titanium, AW6082 Alloy, 1.4401 Vanadium Steel – plus a defined mixture of organic material layers pressed together and bounded by natural resin.
- Featuring the unique APOLYT-concept inner platter design – and going beyond
that. - The ASTELLAR’s platter is 100% non-resonant, with a truly unique design
concept featuring an absolute non- reflecting inner surface. - Designed to provide the utmost possible pitch-black deep dark “sonic background” – to allow the most tiny details to appear in an unforced and natural way and thus to integrate swift into the all-harmonic sonic picture provided.
- The platter spindle is fully decoupled and isolated from the bearing and featuring
an inner thread to allow optimized coupling of vinyl record to material-identical platter surface by screw-on clamp as well as any record weight.
Bearing
- A bi-radial, unique adjustable push-pull magnetic bearing, completely
maintenance-free – proving a perfect isolated and totally vibration-free rotation.
Suspension/Plinth
- Full air suspended plinth with 1.2 Hz resonance frequency.
- True 3-point precision leveling with tilt-prevention.
- Plinth featuring 3 levels made from 3 different Aluminium alloys –
with inlays of Titanium and vibration-absorbing gel. - Tonearm mounting boards with “Zero-tolerance” –
automatic perfect re-location design:each tonearm mounted and aligned on one position can be moved to any of the
ther 3 positions without ANY re-alignment / recalibration needed. - Arm boards with defined and maximized energy transfer.
Drive
- Double-point brushless DC motor belt drive – with active dynamic control motor
management – and free of any parasitic side force / drag applied to the platter. - Double flywheel drive – with maximized inertia incorporated in the active
motor management. - Totally decoupled bearing level and tonearm mounting board level from
motor level. - Speed 33, 45 and 78 – all full stabilized with below 0.01 derivation from
set speed.
- External power supply 17″ x 15″ x 5″
- Including motor management, full dc-supply,
air suspension control. - Connection and wiring between power supply and turntable
supplied by LEMO. - Available in choice of 5 selected finishes:
metallic black, APOLYT-dark anthracite,
dark Titanium, silver and light Titanium. - Pre-drilled and perfect positioned pre-cut arm boards for
each and all tonearms desired. - Pre-assembled in 5 units – none of them exceeding 59 lbs gros weight –
for easy and swift set-up. - Gros dimensions
27″ x 18′ x 9″ - Gros footprint
25″ x 16″ - Net weight ASTELLAR turntable
194 lbs - Net weight ASTELLAR power supply
39 lbs