Monaco Turntable
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The Monaco Turntable is truly a 21st century design which establishes a new state-of-the-art in design and engineering. The Monaco Turntable raises the bar when it comes to speed accuracy and lack of rumble. It is the first analog device of its kind. With many features simply not possible several years ago.
Features:
DSP Signal Processing / Active Feedback Loop Technology:
Our speed control features a CPU utilizing a Digital Signal Processor that interrogates and maintains the speed of the platter thousands of times each revolution and thereby ensures frequency accuracy and distortion free playback that is simply not possible with conventional types of drive systems. A highly accurate test procedure has demonstrated the speed error to be an extremely low .002%! Speed accuracy equals frequency accuracy, which means there is virtually no distortion on playback.
Floating Platter, DC Motor, Phosphor Bronze Bearing and Internal Flywheel:
The magnesium platter and phosphor bronze flywheel are supported in a fully immersed bearing system that provides a pressurized film of oil that suspends and damps in the horizontal plane. Rotation is supplied by a low voltage brushless DC motor custom made to our specifications.
Carbon Fiber Plinth:
A high pressure high temperature cured composite structure is the ultimate for a turntable plinth.This material allows design of hollow organic shapes with compound curves and varying thicknesses to give a carbon fiber structure superior to any other for rigidity and damping with unparalleled elegance in form. When you add internal polymer damping the performance of this plinth is unrivaled in its vibration management and rigidity.
No mechanical Contact Oil Suspension Bearing and DC Drive System:
Our innovative and unique bearing and drive system achieves ultra low noise levels. There is no mechanical contact in the horizontal plane as the platter is suspended in a fully immersed pressurized film of oil. Power is supplied through the magnetic field produced by the brushless DC motor maintaining the no mechanical contact principle. No seals, no belts, no gears, no contact.
Separate Isolated Thrust Bearing:
The vertical position of the platter is fixed by a uniquely designed rigid single point contact thrust bearing. This bearing is separate from the Oil Suspension platter bearing. This state of the art ceramic bearing is fully immersed in oil.
WHITE PAPER The revolutionary Monaco Turntable is the first turntable design taking advantage of 21st Century technology for speed control utilizing a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) controller coupled with an active feedback loop to control the actual motion of the platter itself. It is simple and elegant, the true measure of design and engineering excellence. It is painstakingly manufactured and carefully handmade entirely in the USA. It is repeatable to near 100% consistency by each and every owner anywhere. It is simplicity itself to set up and is devoid of any shift in settings over time. Truly a “set and forget” design. In this paper we will present the actual physical test results showing the behavior and performance of our design.
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TESTIMONIALS
Dealer Owners
"Astonishing." Brooks Berdan, Brooks Berdan, Ltd.
“The musical performance is an all-time high — astounding. I’ve experienced some of the world’s best, but I’ve never heard a turntable even close to yours. It’s a different league of source. In a single word, neutrality; it adds or subtracts nothing from the music…” Now, I’m afraid that you’ll have to find a new dealer. I’m closing down at 6PM and retiring from work. I have 6,000 LPs to play. You have my deep respect. The Monaco turntable wasn’t a few weeks’ design work. And to achieve this at a relatively affordable price with relatively simple set-up, makes the achievement even more worthwhile. I just hope I can do my job, which is to find and attract people who are interested in it.”
Jack Lawson, The Audio Salon
“In my opinion, our Monaco is without equal the first ever commercially available turntable capable of keeping such accurate speed … it is the finest example of serious turntable engineering on the market today… the first and only ever table to allow such enormous amount of detail to be extracted from vinyl un-coloured…”
Steve Eleftheriadis, Reference Audio Visual Pty. Ltd.
"Your turntable is a revelation to me, it has achieved things that I thought would not be possible with the format and has revived my interest in the older medium. The silence in the background, lack of rumble, incredible speed accuracy and level of detail is astonishing. It is a pleasure to use as once it is setup there is nothing for me to do other than listen to the music! This is a welcome change to every other turntable and I put that down to the high level of engineering and "outside the square" thinking that has gone into the table."
Michael Marchant, Reference Audio Visual Pty. Ltd
“Henry was a digital guy all the way (2000 CD's and NO Lp's). He was especially sensitive to vinyl noise. I started playing Henry some Lp's…” It is easy to hear the magic of analog on the Grand Prix table…I picked out some super vinyl pressings and the sound was far more real and natural than even the best CD's…” I made Henry a believer and explained that there are thousands of great new pressings and reissues out there.
Barry Konigsberg, Transparent Music
Owners
“For the past four months I have been rediscovering my "new" forty year old LPs. From the tinkle of the
triangle at the end of Ravel's Mother Goose Suite to the pedal notes of Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, from the shimmering
violins in Grieg's Lyric Suite to the majestic brass in Bruckner's 8th Symphony, from the Pavarotti's rendition of
Christmas Carols to Freni's Madame Butterfly, from Led Zeppelin to Joan Baez, from Hendrix to Fairport Convention
they are all new and fresh to me even though I have been listening to them all these years. I hear them in a wider
space with consistent placement of instruments and voices in space. I hear nuances and notes I haven't heard before.
I hear them against a noiseless background. The Monaco is a tremendous accomplishment. Thanks for the hours of pure
pleasure I have already had and for the many more to come.”
Ron C.
“I got everything up and running yesterday evening. At first listen, late at night, it was stupendous. The imaging and timbre were right on. The attacks were crisp and life like. The background was dead quiet. I can't wait to listen to more!”
Ron C.
"The turntable is sounding great...I am still amazed at the clarity and solidity of everything played on the turntable. It is really special.”
Rich C.
Reviewers
Roy Gregory, Hi-Fi+
David Robinson, Positive Feedback
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Price: $19,500
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