In celebration of 60 years as a model, audiophile specialists Audio-Technica has launched a quintet of restricted amount sixtieth Anniversary designs, together with a $9,000 turntable stylus made with a lab-grown diamond and fantastically crafted urushi lacquer embellished wood headphones. Even amongst such uniquely conceived design, it’s the extra “modestly” priced $1,200 AT-LP2022 Totally Guide Belt-Drive Turntable which has caught our eye with its clear acrylic chassis.
Paired with a limited-edition Shibata stylus and carbon-fiber tonearm, the AT-LP2022 is one hanging mixture the place the inner-engineering is totally on show. The 30mm-thick, high-density clear acrylic is heavy sufficient to maintain resonance in verify, however even when on stand-by a charming presence.
The particular version is provided with a sensor-monitored motor, high-isolation, height-adjustable ft, and an AC adapter that retains the AC/DC conversion exterior the chassis to additional cut back dreaded launched noise.
Adjustable vertical monitoring angle and dynamic anti-skate management make sure the turntable can be utilized with cartridges of varied heights and weights, together with the non-compulsory 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical stylus AT-VMN95EBK that’s simply interchangeable with the clear-body Shibata stylus (each included).
This clearly particular expression of the Audio-Technica model is “coming quickly” however out there as a pre-order with free delivery through audio-technica.com.
