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Turntables from £500 to £999
Edwards Audio TT4
The TT4 use features a three layer acrylic plinth, each level sandwiched by a vibration damping layer. The result is a low resonance and lightweight plinth that also looks great. The tonearm is Edwards Audio own contained uni pivot design with an aluminium arm tube. The powerful AC motor features manual speed change as standard, but an electronic power supply can be added for improved performance and electronic switching between 33.3and 45rpm.
A quality MM cartridge, the Edwards Audio C50, is factory fitted and the result is an excellent sounding turntable that is open, fast and very musical. Quite rightly is has already won a ‘product of the year’ award by the German ‘LP Magazin’.
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm, manual change (or electronic if you purchase the optional SC5 power supply)
Cartridge: Edwards Audio C50 MM cartridge pre fitted.
Lid: Clear Z lift off cover
Finishes: Grey, Black, White, Blue and Red gloss acrylic
Edwards Audio TT4 turntable with C50 cartridge: £599.95
Edwards Audio SC5 Power supply (optional upgrade): £299.95
The TT5 is the latest generation of turntables from Edwards Audio. It features the remarkable new EA5 tonearm (close up pictured below) which is a contained uni pivot design which combines low friction with good stability, making it a pleasure to use, and it’s ingredients are arguably far beyond what would normally be seen at this price level. RCA sockets on the rear allow different interconnects to be used, but it is supplied with a decent quality thick and well screened cable in the box.
The solid 18mm thick mdf plinth is available in various satin paint finishes and mounted to it are the 24v AC motor (an external wall wart power supply is included) and 18mm brass bearing housing. The sub platter is machined from acetal, and the platter is a machined 11mm thick frosted acrylic platter.
Sonically the TT5 is open and airy, with great pace and a toe tapping sound that draws you into the music. It’s remarkably neutral for a deck at this price level too.
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm, manual change
Cartridge: Not included
Lid: clear Z shaped lift off cover
Finishes: Satin Black or White
Edwards Audio TT5 Anniversary turntable & arm combination: £649.95
Edwards Audio SC5 Power supply (optional upgrade): £299.95
Rega Planar 3
The Iconic Planar 3 name is back for 2016 as the replacement for the very popular RP3. The changes over its predecessor are numerous and include a high gloss acrylic laminated plinth with improved bracing, an upgraded bearing assembly, new sub and glass glass platters, even newly designed feet.
Arguably the most important ingredient has also changed, the tonearm, always the stand out feature on Rega decks and this time it is no exception. The RB330 tonearm features a new bearing housing which allows lower friction in both horizontal and vertical movements, and it’s naturally combined with their trademark excellent one piece cast arm tube.
As with the previous model the turntable can easily be upgraded with the external TT-
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm, manual change (or electronic if you purchase the optional Neo power supply)
Cartridge: See pricing below
Lid: Included
Finishes: Black, Red or White.
Rega Planar 3 turntable excluding cartridge: £660.00
Rega Planar 3 with Rega Elys 2 cartridge package price: £799
Rega Planar 3 with Exact cartridge, package price £880.00
Rega Neo TT-
Pro-
The ‘Pro’ is a special 30th Anniversary edition of the iconic Debut turntable. It features various refinements including an electronic speed change power supply, damped aluminium platter and nickel plated brightwork.
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm/78, electronic change
Cartridge: Pick It Pro cartridge included
Lid: Included
Finishs: Satin Black
Pro-
The new TT5 (not to be confused with the TT5 Classic featured below) is the latest design from Edwards Audio, utilising their latest multi layered plinth design which is made from five constrained layers of acrylic, which results in a lightweight well damped chassis. The aluminium arm tube’d constrained uni-
More details to follow shortly.
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm, manual change (or electronic if you purchase the optional SC5 power supply)
Cartridge: Not included
Lid: Z shaped lift off cover
Finishes: Gloss Black, Blue, Green, White, Red or Grey
Edwards Audio TT5 turntable & arm combination: £759.95
Edwards Audio TT5 turntable & arm combination with C50 cartridge pre fitted: £799.95
Edwards Audio SC5 Power supply (optional upgrade): £299.95
Pro-
The X1 offers a great combination of features, style and performance. Based around a thick mdf plinth which is finished in three great finishes, it combines the convenience of electronic speed switching with performance niceties of a thick acrylic platter and carbon fibre wrapped aluminium tonearm tube. It is packaged with the Ortofon made Pick-
Speeds: 33.3, 45 & 78rpm, electronic speed change
Cartridge: Pro-
Lid: Included
Finishes: Gloss Black, gloss white and satin waxed real Walnut veneer
Project X1 turntable: £799.00
Michell TecnoDec
The TecnoDec is the entry level Michell Turntable. It shares a lot of design elements with the more expensive Gyro SE, including a free standing DC motor (pictured below left), an acrylic/vinyl composite platter and oil pumping inverted bearing making it something of a bargain. As you’d expect from Michell it is beautifully engineered and very easy to setup and use thanks to its lack of suspension. The deck can be upgraded by the use of the Michell HR power supply (please see the power supply page for more details). The armboard (pictured below right) is a Rega cut and will accept both the original single point and newer 3 point fixings, and can be supplied with or without a range of tonearms, as priced below.
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The TT6 is a seriously impressive turntable from Edwards Audio. The specification list leaves few stones unturned-
Perhaps where it’s particularly impressive however is the tonearm. This contained uni pivot design combines low friction with good stability and features an incredibly lightweight, low resonance and stiff pultruded (i.e. pulled and not woven) carbon fibre arm tube. I can well imagine many other manufacturers charging as much for this quality of tonearm as this entire turntable costs, the quality is exceptional.
The TT6 combines an open airy sound with great authority -
Few turntable at anywhere near this price level combine such a toe tapping performance with this level of refinement and resolution. The attack and decay of notes is very faithful and when this is combined with accurate timing the ultimate musicality on display becomes utterly engrossing. There’s no obvious tonal aberrations either, it seems remarkably low on colouration
The TT6 is a breath of fresh air at this price point impressive and comes highly recommended.
Speeds: 33.3 & 45rpm, manual change (or electronic if you purchase the optional SC5 power supply)
Cartridge: Not included
Lid: Z lift off cover included
Finishes: Satin Black, White, Red
Edwards Audio TT6 turntable without cartridge: £999.95
Edwards Audio SC5 Power supply: £299.95
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