Post by Owen Y on Mar 18, 2020 13:39:34 GMT 12
ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE, in Stuttgart, is Germany's second largest turntable manufacturer, making high performance turntables, tonearms and phono preamplifiers - in an in-house, (almost) fully 'vertically integrated' company - very few parts & processes are out-sourced.
AcOUSTIC SIGNATURE manufacture around a dozen turntable models, priced from US$1,000 to $130,000.
Impressive CNC-controlled machinery & processes & German environmental industrial procedures in their factory.
Not abnormal for any precision engineering company, but good to see in a hi-fi TT manufacturer.
Highlights:
37:38 - The effect of Acoustic Signature's 'silencer' plugs in their platters.
38:24 - 'Primus', entry-level TT assembly.
40:45 - Flagship 'Invictus' TT contains ~500 parts.
45:45 - Interesting use of Lego blocks in manufacture.
57:00 - Listening room.
1:08:30 - Tonearm assembly
1:16:12 - Selective Laser Melted (SLM) method of manufacturing tapered aluminium armtubes, internally stiffened, for the flagship TA-9000 tonearm. (See also The Funk Firm FX tonearms.)
AcOUSTIC SIGNATURE manufacture around a dozen turntable models, priced from US$1,000 to $130,000.
Impressive CNC-controlled machinery & processes & German environmental industrial procedures in their factory.
Not abnormal for any precision engineering company, but good to see in a hi-fi TT manufacturer.
Highlights:
37:38 - The effect of Acoustic Signature's 'silencer' plugs in their platters.
38:24 - 'Primus', entry-level TT assembly.
40:45 - Flagship 'Invictus' TT contains ~500 parts.
45:45 - Interesting use of Lego blocks in manufacture.
57:00 - Listening room.
1:08:30 - Tonearm assembly
1:16:12 - Selective Laser Melted (SLM) method of manufacturing tapered aluminium armtubes, internally stiffened, for the flagship TA-9000 tonearm. (See also The Funk Firm FX tonearms.)
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