Clearaudio Ovation Turntable

Description

Clearaudio Ovation Turntable

Overview

Clearaudio Ovation, Absolute Sounds turntable of the Year! Within a precision machined chassis comprising a sandwich of aluminium and panzerholz bullet proof wood, 100,000 tiny metal balls eliminate any possibility of harmful resonances. Hidden under a 40mmc thick platter made of resonance damping POM is a very quiet decoupled DC motor with high torque.

With Clearaudio’s optical speed control (OSC) and ceramic magnetic bearing (CMB), the Ovation achieves supreme speed stability and redefines the standards in its class. Audio journal ‘The Absolute Sound’ recognised the Ovation’s superior qualities and declared it ‘Turntable of the Year’.

Main Features

• Fully manual luxury belt drive turntable
• Decoupled and resonance damped high torque DC motor
• Precision machined chassis of Aluminium and Panzerholz bullet proof wood filled with 100,000 metal balls eliminates all resonances
• Synthetic POM material, Surface CNC precision milled platter , 1.1 inch / 40 mm thickness
• Polished ceramic shaft in a sintered bronze bushing and floating magnetic bearing provides virtually friction free rotation
• Three speed control
• Silver anodised aluminium top plate
• Clearaudio’s Optical Speed Control

Specifications

• Construction Details: Resonance optimised body, bullet proof wood chassis in sandwich construction embedded between two aluminium plates
• Speed ranges: Electronic speed change 33 ⅓, 45 and 78 rpm
• Drive motor: High torque DC motor exclusively made for Clearaudio
• Drive control: Optical Speed Control (OSC) in real time through infra red sensor
• Motor mount: Decoupled DC motor in chassis; resonance damping device, flat belt drive
• Bearing: Cut and polished ceramic shaft in a sintered bronze bushing, Clearaudio patented ceramic magnetic bearing (CMB)
• Platter: Synthetic material, CNC precision milled surface, 40mm thickness, Aluminium sub platter
• Speed accuracy : Measured ± 0.03 %
• Power consumption: Max consumption – 8.6 Watt. Normal operation – 2.5 Watt. Standby mode – 2.5 Watt.  Off mode – 0.0 Watt
• Total weight: Approx. 13.5 kg
• Dimensions: W x D x H 420mm x 350mm x 135mm (without tone arm)
• Warranty: 2 years or 5 years provided the warranty card is fully completed and returned to Clearaudio within 2 weeks of purchase.

Clearaudio Ovation is available at this price as a Deck only. Any Clearaudio tone arm and cartridge combination can be supplied and fitted at additional cost. Ovation deck, tone arm and cartridge can be specified and supplied on a bespoke basis. Please call RevolutionTurntable, contact details on home page.

To view another turntable in the Clearaudio range try Innovation Compact

For a review on this turntable please head over to What Hi Fi