Flott spiller, men koster visstnok solide $ 300.000,- Blir vel uansett vanskelig å få tak da det bare skal produseres 25 stk totalt og maks 5 stk i året. Hva blir bruktprisen, mon tro ;D
The new Goldmund Reference II will soon be going into main-build production.
Its optional Goldmund T8 straight-line tone arm will be available later this year.
The fantastic PH8 Phono Preamplifier, working in the digital domain (with frequency response and time correction, a performance never achieved before in a phono section) should be available around the end of the year (but also in a limited edition of 25, only for use with the Reference II).
The turntable subscription is now opened (requiring a down-payment of 75'000 CHF) and the first turntables have already been subscribed.
For those who are potentially interested, we remind you that we reserve, at the point of subscription, a serial number between 00/25 (this one will remain at Goldmund premises) and 25/25.
And by now the 01, 08 and 25 have already been reserved, and the 18 is proposed but not booked yet.
We expect deliveries of the first turntables without T8 tone-arm but with pivoting arm supports only this summer.
The Tone-arm prototype will be displayed soon but the driving software will take slightly longer.
Spesifikasjoner:
25 years after the first Reference, we introduce a very limited series of 25 Reference II turntables with a degree of refinement and a number of new features never seen befoe.
* Supporting table of extreme rigidity and inertia (250kg) with 100cm platter height for easy manipulation
* Dynamically balanced 20 kg platter with level and concentricity calibration to <1/100mm
* 5-layer platter design (3 metacrylate and 2 brass) with 12 lead damping inserts
* Ultra-high precision Swiss-made axis using the 25-years experience in Reference rotational parts design
* Cog-free motor with lowest electrical and mechanical noise, shielded and dampened by 15kg of brass
* Liquid-nitrogen-rectified belt, as the original Reference - Servo speed capture by optical encoder
* Touch controls integrated in the tabletop for the turntable (33 / 45 / 78 rpm) and the T8 tone arm
* 3 optional pivoting tone arm supports at 120 deg (supports even the 12" SME tone arm)
* Specially designed new Goldmund T8 straight-line tone arm with total weight of 7 kg
* Using the revolutionary Goldmund "Spherical inserts" (Goldmund patent) for zero-play and zero-vibration
* Ultra-precise ball-circulation Linear carrier with zero-play and micron precision
* Stylus, pivot and counterweight perfectly aligned for optimal dynamic balance
* Universal joint machined from a block with Mecasyl-lubricated zero-play ultra-precise ball bearings
* Hyperbolic tracking correction using endless speed-adjusted translation with 1 micron precision
* 7-layer tone arm tube with progressive lengths, including custom ultra-thin carbon tube
* 3 built-in Teflon tubes carrying signal wire with no vibration and no magnetostriction effect
* Unique hardened-Aluminum headshell especially designed and machined in 3D for zero-resonance
* The headshell holds the cartridge and the preamplifier first stage to increase the noise-floor ratio
* Motor-driven VTA adjustment with remote-control, allowing height calibration within 1/10 of a millimeter
* Calibrated micro-metric Azimut adjustment and electronic stylus alignment
2-layer Titanium counterweight with 2-step adjustments, auto-locked for perfect Mechanical Grounding
* Off-angle measurement by progressive analogue optical detector without Led avoiding radiated noise
* Exclusive integral limited edition Phono PH8 Preamplifier using the new Goldmund 140dB A/D circuit
* Analogue output using the latest new Goldmund Alize 6 D/A circuit with 140dB of dynamics
* Digital output using "Swiss Chrono" zero-jitter 96kHz 24 bit connection to Universal Preamp
* Built-in digital processor providing RIAA correction, and complete time/phase cartridge compensation
* Protected by the Goldmund GPS (Goldmund Parallel Suppressor)
* Each turntable installed by a Goldmund Team, with complete calibration included
* Limited edition of 25 units only sold on subscription with a maximum production of 5 units per year