CLEARAUDIO TURNTABLES

While Clearaudio's $170,000 Statement is  often called the finest turntable made, the Concept, at only $1500, includes a quality Clearaudio cartridge. This turntable was awarded PRODUCT of the Year by ABSOLUTE SOUND & WHAT HI-FI. STEREOPHILE praises this turntable. All Clearaudio are made in Germany.

CLEARAUDIO TURNTABLES & REVIEWS

CONCEPT, $1400; Includes tonearm with magnetic bearings. With $200 Clearaudio m.m. cart., $1500; with $800 Clearaudio m.c. cart., $2000 "Really easy to set up; rich midrange & mesmerizingly 3-dimensional & particularly adept at producing voices - sounded full bodied & fleshy, with smooth, natural sounding sibilants. The rich presentation provides a pleasing alternative to the flat imaging of digital sound. Fantastic midrange, where it's smooth, clean & notably transparent. Exceptionally attractive, easy to set up & better built than its price would suggest. It's a quiet, smooth performer that excels at midrange smoothness & transparency that makes speakers seem to vanish." STEREOPHILE 6/11

"The Concept does everything but unbox itself. Preset at the factory, it features a svelt belt-drive chassis, stunning friction-free, magnetic-bearing Verify tonearm & a moving-magnet cartridge. The build & finish of this German-made 'table are superior. For sheer musical engagement & superb speed stability, it's the one to beat in this price range."
ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE
ABSOLUTE SOUND PRODUCT of the YEAR

PERFORMANCE DC, $2799; Includes carbon fiber tonearm with magnetic bearings. "Startling transparency, openness & clarity."
ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

PERFORMANCE MAGNUM DC, $4200; Includes a tonearm with magnetic bearings & a larger platter.

ACCESSORY OF THE YEAR "Offers an increase in convenience, reliability & functionality that puts it in a class of its own." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/12

GOLDFINGER STATEMENT, $15,000
CARTRIDGE OF THE YEAR "The best cartridge Clearaudio has yet made & in [our] view, the best moving coil money can currently buy."  ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/12

OVATION WOOD, $5500, Includes carbon
fiber tonearm with magnetic bearings. TURNTABLE OF THE YEAR "Impressive clarity of definition, transparency to the source & excellent overall tonal balance. It all adds up to terrific value." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/12

"Impressive clarity of definition, transparency & excellent tonal balance; a near ideal balance between weight & delicacy. Fine ability to focus on the heart of the music, weaving complex instrumental lines, while always remaining dynamically nimble & rhythmically precise. The upper end was sweet, extended & airy. I view the Ovation as a major success. This easy to set up, maintain & operate package will bring its owners years of musical satisfaction." Featured on cover of ABSOLUTE SOUND 10/11

INNOVATION COMPACT WOOD, $7,000

INNOVATION WOOD, $10,000 "The dual-plinthed Innovation Wood combines stunning innovations with Clearaudio's ceramic/magnetic bearing technology & lightweight yet extremely dense Panzerholz to damp resonances. Its  massive stainless-steel subplatter, which  coupled with a new DC motor with optical speed control, results in superb speed accuracy. We have not heard any belt driven "table best the Innovation Wood in this critical area." ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

STATEMENT, $170,000 "This over-the-top, 4' tall, 770-pound turntable/arm delivers a level of LP playback that is unmatched. Utterly quiet, stable & capable of extracting the finest detail."  ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

    "This is the best unit on the market. I could recommend almost any of the company's earlier models, all of which shine with the excellence Clearaudio bestows of them, but this is the one at the cutting edge. It is beautifully built, a visual masterpiece. Magnetic drive for its heavyweight acrylic platters completely isolate the belt drive from the tables' motor."
     "I liken the effect of hearing an LP through this mechanism to riding in a car on air, not on tires (no road noise!). Lps now have the same freedom from low frequency garbage that CDs do (or should). The bottom octave is reproduced with a transient response & articulation that is unprecedented. A masterpiece."  ABSOLUTE SOUND 10/11

BENZ CARTRIDGE REVIEWS
LP S-MR, $5000, CARTRIDGE OF THE YEAR "Superb transient speed & world-class low-level resolution, one of the most neutral, lifelike & least mechanical sounding statement quality m.c. on today's market - and at $5000, perhaps the best buy." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/12

CLEARAUDIO CARTRIDGE REVIEWS

"Clearaudio cartridges have always been extraordinary soundstagers with exceptional resolution, transient speed & dynamic impact."
ABSOLUTE SOUND 10/11

VIRTUOSO WOOD, $875, Rated exceptional value, in same class as cartridges for $2950 "Couldn't come up with one criticism of this wood-bodied version of the excellent Aurum Beta S. It shares it's transparency, midrange naturalness, extended treble & bass definition & dynamics, but adds an additional layer of detail resolution, sweetness & subtle low level articulation. [It] might be the affordable cartridge for lovers of jazz, classical & rock music. The performance of the Virtuoso Wood was so ear-openning that I recommend that anyone thinking of spending up to $2500 on a moving coil cartridge cosider buying the $875 Wood instead." STEREOPHILE 4/11

MAESTRO WOOD, $995 "Sharing the solid Boron cantilever & stylus of the esteemed Insider MC cartridge, the Maestro Wood, a moving magnet design, gushes sweet sonics like squeezing a ripe, red, plum. It's not a softy in the dynamics department, nor does it smear inner details." ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

CONCERTO V2, $2400 "This is the entry-level cartridge in Clearaudio's "super-class of moving coils & super it is! The Concerto uses wood to add a touch of warmth & richness, yet retains the superb focus, resolution, transient quickness & top-end extension that have been hallmarks of  Clearaudio's reference cartridges." ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

STRADIVARI V2, $3500 "In our recent survey of 5 moving-coil pickups, the Stradivari received a "Golden Mean" award because it ideally mediates wamth & detail, control & relaxation, liveliness & listenability, at virtually no sacrifice in tonal neutrality. There is an organic rightness about this pickup that elevates it to reference-caliber."  ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE
"The low-mass Stradivari has a body of aged Ebony & coils wound with 24k gold. Leaner, smoother, more litreral translation of the recorded event. Its decidedly smooth, liquid sheen produced a satisfying sense of musical relaxation." CLASS A RATED, STEREOPHILE 4/11

GOLDFINGER V2, $10,000 "The latest Goldfinger, with twice the number of magnets & lower weight coils, is astonishingly accurate in timbre, very fast, smooth & extended & (as is always the case with Clearaudios) extraordinarily high in detail with the widest, deepest & tallest soundstage of all coils."  ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE


"Perhaps the best cartridge money can currently buy. Measured nearly 35db channel separation & 0.20% harmonic distortion, astounding figures. Ravishingly beautiful to listen to & the most phenomenal soundstaging cartridge I've heard   with the best, deepest reaching, most powerful, most highly evolved, most completely natural bass I've heard - ever from an analog source. This cartridge simply blows the walls out, delivering an almost surround-like soundfield of unparalleled width & depth, with the added bonus of the most thunderous, floor & wall shaking bass I've heard. [It's] a snap to set up, its very high output 0.9mv output makes it an easy match to any phono stage & it tracks wonderfully." ABSOLUTE SOUND 10/11

CLEARAUDIO ACCESSORIES

Clearaudio's comprehensive accessory line can improve the performance of most turntables. Since the clamps are not threaded, they fit virtually any turntable.

CLAMPS
Clever Clamp                                        $30 
Concept Clamp                                    $125 
Twister Clamp                                     $125 
Quadro Clamp                                     $200 
Statement Clamp                               $1,000 

TEST RECORDS
Trackability Test Record 180g                 $100 
Music Pickup Test Record 180g                 $60 
Break-in Record Test Record 180g           $100 
Azimuth Optimizer Test Record                $100 

Outer Limit & Locator Ring                   $1,350 
Locator Ring                                         $250 
SPEED Strobe Test-LP                              $60 
SPEED Strobe-Light                               $200 
Bubble Level                                          $20 
Precision Bubble Level - stainless steel      $60
Smart stylus tracking force gauge             $25 
Weight Watcher electronic tracking force gauge  $250 
IEC Cartridge Alignment Gauge               $275 
Diamond stylus brush - dry cleaning         $15 
Elixir of sound stylus clean. fluid & brush  $30

CLEARAUDIO ACCESSORY REVIEWS

SPIRIT LEVEL, $60 "Turntables sound their best when they are level - something careful listeners will want to check at set-up time & verify periodically. Remember: Furniture & floors sometimes settle a bit over time. Use a good multi-axis spirit level such as this one to keep your table on the level." ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

STROBO-DISC & STROBE LIGHT, $60 & $180, "Featuring grooves that create the additional stylus drag necessary to accurately measure your turntable's speed - while doubling as a cartridge break-in device - Clearaudio's Strobo-disc & Strobe Light are great tools for the serious vinyl junkie." ABSOLUTE SOUND 3/11, EDITOR'S CHOICE

OUTER LIMITS TURNTABLE RING, $1200, "Heavy stainless-steel ring acts as a speed-stabilizing flywheel, damps the record & flattens outer-groove warps. Its weight means you can use it only with turntables with massive platters &/or very powerful motors. lt blackened backgrounds, solidified images & made them pop in 3 dimensions." STEREOPHILE 4/11

CLEARAUDIO RECORD CLEANING MACHINES

Clearaudio's record cleaning machines are a must for the serious record collector. Most noise on most records is from dirt, not scratches. Even new records have dirt in their grooves. Beyond improving the sound, your records & cartridge styli will last far longer when you use a record cleaning machine. Clearaudio record cleaning machines have a gear driven turntable platter, along with a vacuum pump that sucks away any remaining dirt or cleaning fluid from the grooves. The Clearaudio machines have attractive, aluminum chassis. SMART MATRIX PROFESSIONAL, $1500

DOUBLE MATRIX PROFESSIONAL, $4000 The Double Matrix Professional cleans both sides simultaneously, is bi-directional & variable speed & has a an antistatic brush. Since it does not use a turntable, dust can not be transferred from the machine to a clean record side.

"Foolproof; the most convenient option on the market. If you have a lot of dirty records, it is the cleaner I would recommend." ABSOLUTE SOUND 10/11

ACCESSORY OF THE YEAR "Offers an increase in convenience, reliability & functionality that puts it in a class of its own." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/12

CLEARAUDIO PHONO PREAMPS

      All have RCA in/out & aluminum cases
NANO, MM or MC, variable gain                        $400
SMART, MM or MC, RCA in/out                    $650
BASIC PLUS, MM or MC, RCA in/out         $1000
" Everything a modestly priced phono stage should be; compact yet elegantly finished; superb isolation from hum & RFI; supernaturally quiet, delivering a spacious & delightfully resolved soundstage with heart-stopping bass resolution. EDITOR'S CHOICE, ABSOLUTE SOUND, 3/11

SYMPHONO +, MM/MC, RCA & XLR out   $1950
BALANCED +, MM or MC, RCA or XLR in/out
   headphone & headphone level control          $2750
BALANCED REFERENCE, MM/MC, fully dual mono,
   RCA or XLR in/out, output volume control      $7000

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