EOI: EAT C-Sharp Turn Table

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Well regarded Turn Table from European Audio Team, EAT C-SHARP 

Separate Power supply and speed controller, does not come with cartridge.

With Carbon Fibre and Termoplastic Elastomer, Eat was designing a new superflat table. The low profile base chassis is made out of highest density MDF. Because of its flatness this base sits perfectly stable on any surface! On this base the ultra low noise motor is mounted as well as 10 damping feets out of energy absorbing TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomers = Hightech high energy absorbing damping material). The cone shape TPE columns carry a SANDWICH sub-chassis out of Carbon Fibre and MDF composite with ultimate rigidity.

The stiffness is important to be a super rigid base for the tonearm/cartridge and bearing/platter as there must be 100 % no moving tolerance between the distance of the groove and the tracking cartridge. All the rumble of the platter / bearing is directed in the TPE columns. On opposite the TPE avoid that any unwanted energy of motor and surface or surrounding vibration leads to the sub-chassis or even to the tonearm cartridge.

The bearing is an oversized inverted with a inert, resonance free ceramic ball on top Around the bearing we set a super heavy 700g mass point which sucks up all energy around.The stiff carbon sub-chassis helps to transport all vibration in this mass point. So vibrations are transferred in heat The platter itself is from a special alloy of very inert aluminium and is also damped by TPE inserts-It from 2 parts a sub-platter and a main platter to keep it flat although having very high mass and kinetic energy.

The belt is made from special anti-static rubber. It's glued and then polished.

The tonearm itself is a completely new design which combines all advantages of a unipivot arm with a Cardan design. The uni-pivot in the middle only helps bearing to be less loaded. The traditional Cardan bearing insures high stability and easiness of use with very low friction. Also inside the tonearm is a special silicon-based grease to damp the tonearm / cartridge resonances by more then 50%

The tube is again out of carbon , super stiff and rigid. The headshell we made out of special light and rigid aluminium to get a perfect combination of the advantages of carbon with the better inner damping of the aluminium as well as the possibility of more tighter mounting of Highend MC cartridges.

An external DC power supply unit with an AC Generator creates new total clean power for the motors . You have also 33 /45 electronic switching.

EAT C-SHARP TURNTABLE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

NOMINAL SPEED    33/45 rpm, driven by microprocessor, separate control panel, lighted control buttons
SPEED VARIANCE    33 rpm: ± < 0,08%, 45 rpm: ± < 0,09%
SIGNAL TO NOISE    S/N Ratio ( mechanical noise): – 40 dB, Signal to noise (electrical noise): -70 dB
DOWNFORCE RANGE    0 – 30 mN
SUPPLIED COUNTERWEIGHTS    without additional insert =>for cartridge 5 – 9g (125g)
EFFECTIVE TONEARM MASS    16.5 g
EFFECTIVE TONEARM LENGTH    254 mm
OVERHANG    16 mm
POWER CONSUMPTION    8,5 W max / 0,5 W standby
VOLTAGE    Universal switch mode power supply 15 V DC / 1,6 A, 90-264 V AC, 47 – 63Hz
DIMENSIONS (W × H × D)    500 × 400 × 115mm without connectors, 500 × 435 × 115mm with connectors in the rear panel
WEIGHT (WITHOUT BOX)    13,5 kg + 0,5 kg Separated control panel

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