Amazon Model One Turntable with Morch DP-6 Tonearm (chrome) and Transfiguration Spirit III Moving Coil CartridgeWelcome. You are looking at an amazing and beautiful AMAZON AUDIO (Germany) Model One turntable with 9" chrome MOERCH DP-6 tonearm (Denmark) and Transfiguration Spirit Mark 3 moving coil cartridge (Japan). All three items are in excellent visual condition (almost as new) and top working order. The only visual blemish is a discolouration to the lower back corner of the drive unit but due to its location you would never see it in normal operation (see photo). All items were bought new by myself and have no more than 200 hours use over their lifetime. All original packaging and manuals are included. This combination of components is the one recommended by Amazon Audio to get the best out of the turntable. Amazon Turntable One has a separated motor unit with battery power supply (EU plug).
The tonearm has silver internal wiring. Total RRP is almost $14,000 USD if bought new today.
Grab yourself a bargain! Amazon Model One Turntable (RRP $8995 USD)
------------------------------------------ All AMAZON Audio model turntables share some basic engineering ideas. The chassis of the drive is made from a special ICI material to ensure virtually no resonance. This has very good internal damping features, partly because it is casted. AMAZON also use 6 LRP elements (Low Resilience Polymer) in its sub-chassis-construction. The LRP elements are arranged in the chassis corners and around the platter bearing. It is pretty easy to set up any of the AMAZON Audio turntables. You only have to pay attention to the horizontal adjustment. AMAZON MODEL ONE has a platter that weighs about 5kg and is made from casted metacrylat. It actually is very similar to vinyl records. During a very complex, temperature optimised process the platter gets drilled to its exact dimensions and afterwards follows the quenching and tempering of the surface. This process prevents stress in the material, which would affect the acoustic qualities. A resonance diffuser in the inner area of the platter eliminates the well-known material resonances in massive plastic platters in the area between 9 kHz and 13 kHz. The rotation-centre of the platter is a ceramic ball in the middle of the inverted bearing. Both the bearing bush and vertical axis are made from multiple hardened steel. Accurate selection of components guarantee a perfect, noiseless operation and years enjoying your AMAZON Audio and music. All moving parts are supplied with a very thin but very good greasing special oil from an oil reservoir at the bearing base. Due to the massive body and the special geometry of the bearing, AMAZON Audio platter bearing doesn’t tend to oscillate like many other turntables. That is proven by objective measurements AMAZON Audio has made using a pulse measuring process. Pulses at different areas on the platter are dying out consistently and without excessiveness. An important advantage of inverted bearings is their high fulcrum, which minimises tilting and moving. The drive unit is totally separated from the running gear. A very thin string carries the power from the pulley to the platter. You can switch electronically between 33 rpm and 45 rpm. A LSC-Controller (Linear Speed Controller) monitors the speed and keeps it absolute constant. These AMAZON developed controllers are only used in Amazon turntables. In addition, you can fine-tune each speed separately. Therefore we use a padder with a gearbox ratio of 1:25. The heart of the drive is a DC-motor, which is usually used in nautical navigation devices. This motor is stored isolated and swimming in a massive box. The result maintains its constant speed with smoothness. The integrated rechargeable battery power supply is unique for analogue drives. In play mode, the rechargeable batteries as well as the motor are totally separated from the mains supply. Thereby, all the disturbing influences from the mains supply are kept away and smooth operation of the motor is guaranteed. All AMAZON motor units have an intelligent circuit, which monitors all parameters of the NiMH-batteries while charging and discharging. The system recharges the batteries automatically, when it is not in use. One charging cycle is enough to listen to 180 LP’s. Dimensions (drive) (WxDxH): 470 x 450 x 150 mm
Dimensions (motor unit) (WxDxH): 120 x 450 x 115 mm
Overall weight: 24 kg
Platter weight: 5 kg
Platter diameter: 320 mm
Speed: 33 rpm and 45 rpm fine adjustable
Bearing: Inverted Steel / ceramic-bearing
Drive: DC-Motor with AMAZON LSC Speed Control
Power supply: NiMH batteries with automatic charging unit
Tonearms: Compatible with all tonearms up to 12 inches and tangential tonearms. The Amazon Model One can be upgraded to the AMAZON Referenz Turntable H. H. Mørch DP-6 Tonearm (RRP $2995 USD)
---------------------------------------- 9-inch, Silver Chrome, Red Dot (effective mass 6g). To Hi-Fi circles all over the world, the name MOERCH was known for their turntable manufacturing in the sixties and seventies.
This experience over the years led to experimenting with all types of tonearms in order to gain greater insight into the turntable/tonearm interface.
While observing correct design fundamentals, crucial parameters such as choice of materials, a new approach to mass distribution, and elimination of arm resonances, required in depth study for the design of an exceptional arm.
This research resulted in the invention and patenting of an entirely new concept of tonearm. The DP-6 is a dual-bearing design. The horizontal bearing is an internally damped roller-bearing assembly. The vertical bearings are sapphire knife-edges. The vertical motion can be damped also, if desired; the vertical damping mechanism and the knife-edge bearing assembly itself ride together on the horizontal roller bearing so that independent damping of the horizontal and vertical modes of motion is possible. The DP-6 has interchangeable arm tubes so that the effective mass of the arm can be adjusted to suit different cartridges. The vertical pivot point of the arm is arranged to lie precisely in the plane of the record. This minimises warp wow. In fact when the arm mass is chosen to give the correct resonance point, so that arm deflection not stylus deflection accommodates the warps, warp wow is essentially nonexistent (for moderate warps) with this design. The DP-6 is visually elegant and exquisitely finished; it should be en route to the Museum of Modern Art. The MOERCH tonearms consist of an arm base with its mounting facilities, bearing assembly, balancing rod and weights, and the arm tube for the cartridge. One appealing feature of the MOERCH design is the arm tube, which can be separated from the arm base by removing a nut. Four standard 9” arm tubes, each one of different mass (from ultra light to extra heavy), are available for specific cartridge requirements. Green dot: Effective mass 4 g.
Red dot: Effective mass 6 g. (Supplied)
Yellow dot: Effective mass 8 g.
Blue dot: Effective mass 14 g. The fundamental tonearm resonance (present in all arms) is partly determined by the compliance and the weight of the cartridge that is to be used and partly by the weight of the arm, known as the “effective mass” of the arm. However, the frequency of the fundamental resonance can be moved up or down by altering the mass of the tonearm. Thus, by choosing the correct weight of arm tube out of 4 available, the fundamental resonance can be moved to a frequency where it does not interfere with the audio signal. With the lightest of the arm tubes you achieve the lowest effective mass, and with this particular arm tube the MOERCH tonearm is the lightest available today. This arm tube is designed for cartridges using a low tracking force, since they have a high compliance. For cartridges requiring a high tracking force (usually low compliant) one of the heavy arm tubes should be chosen. Users that own more than one cartridge can mount each of them in its proper arm tube. Changing cartridges then becomes a simple swap between arm tubes. Thus the mass of the arm is always optimised for its cartridge. To counteract resonances the arm tube and its mounting platform for the cartridge are made out of one piece of metal angled twice along its length, and internally damped with a foam-type material. A cavity in the central body housing the bearings is off-centre in the forward direction, providing an asymmetric mass distribution for the prevention of symmetrical barrel resonances. Both the rod with its balancing weights and the arm tube are rigidly attached to the arm’s central body. The body itself is solid and very heavy. Thus vibrations originating in the cartridge are efficiently damped before they reach the bearings, their stability being assured. In addition three counterweights of different size, and one tracking force weight contribute to the ideal concentration of the arm’s mass close to the fulcrum. The lateral balance is adjusted by way of the counterweights, which have the centre of gravity eccentrically positioned as to the counterweight rod. The bearing assembly in the above mentioned cavity is in height located as an extension of the horizontal plane of the record surface. Therefore with warped records the motion of the stylus will remain vertical when “bumps” are negotiated and warp wow will not be heard. The antiskating force is applied by a watch spring. Its tension is adjustable for maximum accuracy even while a record is playing. The tension is transferred via a nylon string which is attached to the outside wall of the arm’s central body. As the arm tube moves over the record, the correct geometry between the spring/filament assembly and the central body’s rotation provide for the exact variation of skating compensation over the entire playing surface of a record. The tonearms are adjustable for the vertical tracking angle as well as the azimuth. A Special version of the 9” arm tube called PRECISION is supplied with a wide cartridge mounting platform having the underside precision ground for perfect contact with especially wide cartridges. Also 12” armtubes are available. They are available only with the narrow headshell such as the one on the standard 9” armtubes. PRECISION armtubes and 12” armtubes are available only with red and blue colour codes. Model DP-6 has a unique combination of bearings. A silicone-damped, high precision ball-bearing assembly is used for the horizontal mode of motion. Two precision sapphire bearings are incorporated for the vertical mode of motion, which may be damped also, if desired, by injecting silicone fluid into a well for vertical damping. The damping of the horizontal mode of motion is independent of the damping of vertical mode of motion, and the latter can further be adjusted to all intermediate levels of damping.
In model DP-6 the azimuth adjustment for perfect channel separation is accomplished at the pivot of one of the sapphire bearings. The armtube plating being made without the use of magnetic materials. Transfiguration Spirit Mk III (RRP $2000 USD (estimated))
--------------------------------------------------------- Transfiguration, from Immutable Music, Japan.
The world's most musically natural phono cartridges... Utilising a double ring magnet for a moving coil cartridge has produced five unique design improvements: Just two coils within 'double' ring magnets
No yokes
No magnetic irregularities
Coils at the crux of the magnetic focus
Intimate coil/magnet coupling Twin 'silver' coils on the cantilever fulcrum minimises dynamic mass and mechanical impedance, enabling instant, accurate reaction to every groove detail, including the ability to handle massive transients without overshoot or break-up. Push-pull damping. A special compound has been meticulously designed and fabricated to provide total stylus/coil alignment and control. Its non-sensitivity to temperature change keeps the damping coefficient stable and improves tracing accuracy. Special alloy core for coil assembly. Increases sensitivity by 20dB, improves signal to noise ratio eliminating a usual source of distortion. Low mass tip. Ogura PA (3 x 3 micrometers) tip shares many of the advantages of the flagship MC cartridge "The Temper V". Its function is to reproduce the character of the original recorded sound - not add or subtract its own deficiencies. Anti resonance cartridge body. The solid body utilises both shape and material to create a totally inert environment for the electromagnetic elements. These elements are more effectively insulated from arm, turntable and tracing noises, further reducing any tonal colouration of the music and lessening the intrusion of distracting mechanical noises. Body: Aluminum, resonance controlled
Cantilever: 0.3 mm diameter solid boron
Stylus: sPA (3 x 30 µm) solid diamond
Core/Coils: High grade permalloy square core with pure silver coils
Magnet: Samarium cobalt
Weight: 7 g
Output voltage: 0.36mV (3.54cm/second, 1 KHz)
Internal impedance: 10 ohms
Frequency response: 10Hz - 20Hz +1.5dB
20kHz - 40 kHz + 2dB
Channel separation: > 27 dB, 200Hz - 1 kHz
Channel balance: 65 µm
Dynamic compliance: 12 x 10 to the minus 6cm/dyne
Recommended loading: > 10 Ohms
Recommended tracking force: 2 g
Optimum working temperate: 23 degrees Celsius
Break-in period: 30 hours "The Spirit Mk.3 retained the original's clarity, focus, dynamic authority, and superb tracking capabilities (at 2gm) while adding a higher level of frequency neutrality. . . . With its yoke-less dual-ring magnet construction, boron cantilever, PA solid-diamond stylus, and body of milled aluminium with integral threaded mounting holes, the Spirit Mk.3 is a mighty attractive package, and its ability to organise and present focused images in space is one of its strongest suits. If you prefer clarity, focus, and spatial 'neatness,' the Spirit Mk.3 should appeal to you." http://www.stereophile.com/content/transfiguration-proteus-mc-phono-cartridge
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