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Audio Note TT-3 Reference

Turntable Details

Drive

Belt

Motor

AC

Wow & Flutter %

Rumble [dB]

Speed

Dimensions [mm]

Platter Material

Platter Diameter [mm]

Total Weight [kg]

Tonearm

Year Built

Platter Weight [kg]

Plinth Material

Price

$100000

Additional information

Drive System

High mass torque without any of the usual 'high mass platter' energy storage problems.

Very  light, highly inert platter made from Lexan, which has virtually no  reflective properties nor any resonance storage problems. Rubber belt driving the platter around its outside rim. Three immensely powerful motors, whose speed is locked together by the

power supply unit’s completely analogue control system.

This  combination provides a platform with levels of stability and torque  which high-mass turntables can only dream of! When the high mass stored  in the motors provides torque to drive the light, inert platter, the  energy is focused as rotation, nothing else, and the best of both worlds  is achieved.

Suspension System

Three  point suspended design, centred at the bearing, which is also the  epicentre of the motors’ inertia. This completely removes the most  common problem in suspended turntables, where the motors and suspension  are misaligned in relation to each other and as a result, the platter is  vacillating constantly between the centre of the drive system and the  centre of the suspension.

The  sub-chassis is designed with three arms. One has the tonearm in the  standard position on the far right, the other two hold mass balancing  weights, which provide an exact equivalent of the combined arm /  cartridge mass, thus loading each suspension tower equally.

Tonearm Choice

The TT-Three Reference is supplied with the arm board cut for our  own 10-inch AN-1S tonearm. This is the only way we supply the TT-Three  Reference, and we do not offer any other arm boards to fit the inferior  offerings from other manufacturers. The AN-1S is the perfect choice for the TT-Three Reference, so why use anything else?


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