Got a spare $128k mendacity round? Nagra’s luxurious Reference turntable may be for you

High-end Swiss producer Nagra has added a brand new document participant to its Reference line of luxurious audio merchandise. Joining the restricted version Reference Anniversary mannequin developed round six years in the past, the Nagra Reference turntable is, says the maker, "an analogue product ruled by immutable legal guidelines of physics and mechanics". Building on the engineering know-how put into the Anniversary participant, this new deck has been constructed to final as a "product for all times" reasonably than one which adjustments with the instances. 

The new turntable is designed to be a single, ground-up unit, so that you may wish to assume twice earlier than you begin including your individual tonearms and cartridges willy-nilly. That mentioned, when you do not belief the arm that comes equipped with a spinner costing as a lot as a small flat, Nagra does supply an armless model of the Reference turntable with arm board choices to accommodate most tonearms. 

The principal physique of the Reference turntable is constructed utilizing a non-resonant, high-rigidity layer chassis accompanied by a floating mechanical and hydraulic suspension. The belt-driven turntable makes use of the identical transmission impressed by the long-lasting Nagra IV collection of reel-to-reel recorders, complemented by a twin decoupled, super-cap motor drive system.

The Nagra Reference comes outfitted with a twin concentric carbon fibre toenarm with a "distinctive geometrical bearing profile" for larger accuracy and higher replica. The constrained layer-damped platter is constituted of aerospace-grade aluminium and phenolic supplies (a sort of powerful resin), whereas the platter floor incorporates Alcantara, the suede-like microfibre previously utilized in Williams F1 race vehicles and presently used within the luxurious, high-end Meze Audio Empyrean II headphones. 

The Nagra Reference turntable is obtainable now for a whopping $128,000 (additional costs pending). That may seem to be a wallet-meltingly lofty sum, however given the Swiss model’s status for premium excellence from merchandise such because the Classic Phono and the legendary Nagra PL-P, there’s seemingly a very good purpose for the worth being so astronomically excessive.  

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