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Opera Audio
Consonance WAX Engine Turntable
Consonance WAX Engine Turntable
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The Consonance WAX Engine by Opera Audio is quite a remarkable turntable, with more sensible design features for LP record playback than some costing several times more. All of its precision components are mounted on a rigid aluminium "T" section chassis with isolation feet. Overall mass and footprint of the turntable is reduced, and the focus is solely on extracting the music from your records, making the WAX Engine a performance bargain
Main bearing and Spindle
The WAX Engine has been updated to include the Well Tempered Lab "Zero Clearance" design platter bearing. The Well Tempered Lab spindle rotates in a teflon bearing within a triangular hole. The apex of the triangle is orientated towards the motor. This results in vanishingly low friction and a high degree of stability.
Design philosophy- Reduce Bearing Noise
The stainless steel spindle has a precision point and rests into a small hole in the Well Tempered Teflon thrust bearing to achieve very low noise. The DC motor is a high quality Mabuchi unitwith a patented DC servo supply.
The tonearm is a new aluminium design with cotton fibre internal damping, and a newly designed bearing system with precision machined cups encapsulating four tapered shafts in a gimbal fashion to control vibration and resonance in both vertical and horizontal motion. This design ensures secure tracking with the most demanding of recordings. The anti-skate mechanism is also quite unique, providing a constantly gentle anti-skate across the entire surface of the record.
Specifications:
Voltage: 12VDC, 1A
Tonearm: 9” effective length
Speed accuracy: Within 0.01%
Motor power supply: 12VDC, 1A
Dimensions: 145 x 385 x 345mm (H x W x D)
Weight: 13.2 lbs
Main bearing and Spindle
The WAX Engine has been updated to include the Well Tempered Lab "Zero Clearance" design platter bearing. The Well Tempered Lab spindle rotates in a teflon bearing within a triangular hole. The apex of the triangle is orientated towards the motor. This results in vanishingly low friction and a high degree of stability.
Design philosophy- Reduce Bearing Noise
The stainless steel spindle has a precision point and rests into a small hole in the Well Tempered Teflon thrust bearing to achieve very low noise. The DC motor is a high quality Mabuchi unitwith a patented DC servo supply.
The tonearm is a new aluminium design with cotton fibre internal damping, and a newly designed bearing system with precision machined cups encapsulating four tapered shafts in a gimbal fashion to control vibration and resonance in both vertical and horizontal motion. This design ensures secure tracking with the most demanding of recordings. The anti-skate mechanism is also quite unique, providing a constantly gentle anti-skate across the entire surface of the record.
Specifications:
Voltage: 12VDC, 1A
Tonearm: 9” effective length
Speed accuracy: Within 0.01%
Motor power supply: 12VDC, 1A
Dimensions: 145 x 385 x 345mm (H x W x D)
Weight: 13.2 lbs
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