| 48The latest variant in Koetsu's very highly
regarded Urushi series, the Urushi Sky Blue uses an Alnico magnet
producing a .4mv output. The coil windings are silver wire, rather than
the alternate copper-and-silver wire found in the Urushi Vermillion. ... [more]
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The Urushi’s come in 3 cosmetic finishes Gold (Wajima), Black (Tsugaru) and Vermillion.
The Gold (Wajima) finish encrusts the whole cartridge body with gold flakes and is the most difficult to produce.
The Black (Tsugaru) starts with a base piano-black finish and has bands of gold speckle along its sides.
The Vermillion is finished in a less striking reddish lacque... [more]
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Viper Tonearm: Minimal Mass, Maximum Rigidity
To many enthusiasts and experts, the Viper tonearm supplied with Obsidian might look impossibly massive. Once they lift it, they will immediately realize that not only is the Viper much lighter than it looks, it’s also much more rigid than other tonearms.
Why such a large tonearm? Because every percentage of increase in the width or ... [more]
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New Features of Air Force Two Premium
- New Power Supply Unit is improved to almost equivalent to that of the Air Force One, containing an air condenser having a doubled capacity from the standard model.
- Equipped with two separate air pumps for air bearing and vacuum, just like the Air Force One Premium while the original models with only one air pump for both air bearing and vacuum.... [more]
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TechDas Air Force III is the newest member of the Air Force family of turntables and draws heavily from the experience TechDAS gained in building Air Force One and Two. All three Techdas turntables feature air bearing and vacuum hold down technology that contributes in no small way to the super silent background noise performance. Through isolation and damping of extraneous vibrations and... [more]
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Platter the core feature of the The Air Force ONE is the uniquely designed platter. It consists of an air-bearing main platter and an upper sub-platter with(optional) vacuum hold-down.
Main Platter: ¨The Main Platter of The Air Force ONE is fabricated of 19kg of non-magnetic SUS316L stainless steel. The material is first forge processed (heat treated) to increase hardne... [more]
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Major features
-Air bearing and vacuum hold-down techniques, which have been transmitted from Air Force One
-Sits on four feet, employing a newly developed oil damping air suspension system
-Platter weighing 10 kg is machined precisely out of solid aluminum (A5056)
-Chassis frame structure made of aluminum casting (AC4C) achieves maximum intensity and workability. Dual layer str... [more]
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Our most affordable model that preserves the “Air Force” technologies
The Air Force turntables feature unique and refined “air” technologies which include our air bearing that allows the platter to flow on a very thin layer of air. This mechanically isolates the rotating platter and the record from any vibra-tion. Additionally our vacuum hold-down system clamps an... [more]
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The Caliburn is the uppermost of two models currently available from Continuum. It comes complete with the ultra-rigid Castellon stand – an integral part of its design, made from aircraft-grade aluminium with a magnetically levitated upper shelf. The matching tonearm is Continuum’s top-end Cobra.This is this most technically advanced way of playing back vinyl records yet devised. Co... [more]
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