Post by Owen Y on May 19, 2019 2:19:39 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on May 19, 2019 20:55:13 GMT 12
Looking through the de rigueur hi-tech specs, possibly of most interest is the tonearm bearing design: “ Noiseless and stiction eliminating nylon thread tonearm bearings each made up of hundreds of 3 microns thick twined Nylon 6.6/6 strands “ One immediately thinks of Schroeder’s string-magnet bearing tonearm.
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Post by michaelw on May 19, 2019 21:36:27 GMT 12
does not look very appealing. did he pinch the tonearm off an old nad 5120 ? $4000 ?
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Post by Owen Y on May 19, 2019 22:14:09 GMT 12
VERTERE, London-based, currently offer 4 'Record Players':.  It’s ‘different’ looking... the entry-level DG-1: 
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Post by Owen Y on Jun 20, 2020 14:29:43 GMT 12
HI-FI NEWS (11 Jun 2020) reviews the VERTERE DG-1 Dynamic Groove turntable package: " Frankly, how a small, slim and light deck such as the DG-1 can produce a sound that is so fulsome, weighty and capacious is little short of remarkable. This deck is Dynamic in name and also dynamic by nature. " " Soundstaging impressed too.... there was an almost 'reach out and touch' sense of realism. " " It may look unusual and it certainly feels unusual at times when in use, but all that is forgotten when it starts playing. Put simply, the DG-1 redefines what is sonically possible at its price point. " - Belt drive, silicone rubber. - 24-pole synchronous AC motor - Outboard controller PSU - 3-layer alloy platter with bonded polyester-resin top mat & cork-rubber resonance control layer on underside. - Brass bearing with SS shaft & tungsten-carbide thrust ball. - Tonearm is flat profile laminated aluminium-polymer, with a sandwiched, flexible 'PCB' continuous layer carrying signal from cartridge pins to output sockets. - Nylon thread 'bearings', noiseless, lightweight, self-damped, with in-built anti-skating. - 3-layer acrylic plinth & sub-plinth, on a steel support chassis with silicone rubber isolation, adjustable feet. - Acrylic dust cover, non-resonant. - Price £2850   VERTERE offer Record Players (4), tonearms (2), cartridges (2), a phono preamp, TT motor drive, audio cables. an equipment rack system, isolating shelves & cable supports. I have no problem with the aesthetics of this record player, sometimes it good to get away from convention & preconceptions.
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Post by Citroen on Jun 20, 2020 15:51:47 GMT 12
does not look very appealing. did he pinch the tonearm off an old nad 5120 ? $4000 ?
Impressive credentials. I always liked the way that flat tonearm looked. Even if it wasn't the best sounding!
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Post by Owen Y on Jun 24, 2020 17:00:09 GMT 12
Touraj Moghaddam, designer of the Roksan and Vertere turntables & tonearms, interviewed by WHAT HI-FI? (4 Mar 2020): " Sprung sub-chassis design was a good solution for the 70s & early 80s but it’s old engineering. " " ... keep the record as unaffected as possible by its support system. That’s why I never use clamps or vacuum-suction and so on. " 
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Post by Owen Y on Sept 17, 2020 9:43:47 GMT 12
HI-FI+ (Chris Martens, 16 Sept '20) reviews the VERTERE DG-1: " I was floored with the DG-1 system’s handling of ‘Chant’ from Nils Frahm’s Solo [Erased Tapes], which was performed on the giant, 3.7m tall, Klavins MS370 upright piano located in Tübingen, Germany ...The Dynamic Groove system not only captured the extraordinary bass depth and presence of the Klavins piano, but also did a more revealing and better-than-digital job with the piano’s upper register harmonics. The analogue system also excelled in terms of conveying a sense of the size and acoustics of the recording venue. This is quite impressive. " £2,750 (turntable and arm); $3,895 in US 
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