The Clearaudio Concept is one of the most acclaimed turntables of its generation, a plug-and-play record player from Clearaudio, the analogue specialists of Erlangen, Germany. It was designed to bring genuine high-end performance to a much wider audience. The Concept arrives factory-set and ready to play, with tonearm and cartridge aligned, so you can enjoy precise, detailed, German-engineered sound without complicated setup.
Design & Engineering
The Concept is a belt-driven design, with a DC motor decoupled from the chassis to keep motor noise away from the record. Three speeds (33⅓, 45 and 78rpm) are selected electronically, with speed accuracy of ±0.04%, so it plays everything from modern LPs to old 78s. The 30mm platter is machined from POM (polyoxymethylene), a dense, resonance-damping material. It spins on a polished tempered-steel shaft in a sintered bronze bushing with a Teflon thrust pad, for quiet, stable rotation. The matching Clearaudio tonearm uses a frictionless magnetic bearing, an unusual feature at this price, which gives clean tracking and fine detail retrieval. The result is a sound that is clean, dynamic and well timed, with the stable imaging and low noise Clearaudio is known for.
Technical Specifications
The Clearaudio Concept is a belt-drive turntable with a decoupled DC motor and three speeds: 33⅓, 45 and 78rpm (±0.04%). It has a 30mm POM platter and a polished steel bearing in a sintered bronze bushing with a Teflon thrust pad. The tonearm is a Clearaudio magnetic-bearing design. It measures 420 x 140 x 350mm (W x H x D) and weighs 7.5kg. Made in Germany.