Acoustical Systems Astellar Turntable

The complete info about the Acoustical Systems Astellar Turntable. Acoustical Systems writes: The ultimate turntable. Reduced to the absolute maximum performance. The essence of 33 years turntable design and evolution in the APOLYT finds it’s cumulation in an all-new turntable concept. The task was to transfer the relevant and unique design features of the extremely large and heavy APOLYT into a considerably more compact and feasible format – without losing even the tiniest aspect of the all-alone sonic level provided.

All the design features and inventions which defined the unique apogee level of the APOLYT’s sonic performance have now been incorporated in a much more compact and positively matured new design.

The ASTELLAR is literally the design result of “the road of excess leading to the palace of wisdom.”

A turntable second to no other – in its concept and sonic performance on a par with the APOLYT and superior to all others.

• A unique 36 (thirty-six !) layers design platter, incorporating 18 different materials with defined energy transfer speed – combined in the optimum sequence.
• Incorporating Vinyl, Tungsten HD18, Titanium, AW6082 Alloy, 1.4401 Vanadium Steel – plus a defined mixture of organic material layers pressed together and bounded by natural resin.
• Featuring the unique APOLYT-concept inner platter design – and going beyond that.
• The ASTELLAR’s platter is 100% non-resonant, with a truly unique design concept featuring an absolute non- reflecting inner surface.
• Designed to provide the utmost possible pitch-black deep dark “sonic background” – to allow the most tiny details to appear in an unforced and natural way and thus to integrate swift into the all-harmonic sonic picture provided.
• The platter spindle is fully decoupled and isolated from the bearing and featuring an inner thread to allow optimized coupling of vinyl record to material-identical platter surface by screw-on clamp as well as any record weight.

• A bi-radial, unique adjustable push-pull magnetic bearing, completely
• maintenance-free – proving a perfect isolated and totally vibration-free rotation.

• Full air suspended plinth with 1.2 Hz resonance frequency.
• True 3-point precision leveling with tilt-prevention.
• Plinth featuring 3 levels made from 3 different Aluminium alloys –
• with inlays of Titanium and vibration-absorbing gel.
• Tonearm mounting boards with “Zero-tolerance” –
• automatic perfect re-location design:each tonearm mounted and aligned on one position can be moved to any of the
• ther 3 positions without ANY re-alignment / recalibration needed.
• Arm boards with defined and maximized energy transfer.

• Double-point brushless DC motor belt drive – with active dynamic control motor
• management – and free of any parasitic side force / drag applied to the platter.
• Double flywheel drive – with maximized inertia incorporated in the active
• motor management.
• Totally decoupled bearing level and tonearm mounting board level from
• motor level.
• Speed 33, 45 and 78 – all full stabilized with below 0.01 derivation from
• set speed.