Phase Linear 8000 turntable

Model 8000 Series Two Linear Motor Turntable

No other turntable can match the Phase 8000, because no other turntable has such advanced motors. You can't buy a quieter turntable. Or one with as low wow and flutter. Or one that tracks better.

The Phase 8000's tangential tracking tone arm keeps the stylus in perfect 90° tangent with the grooves. It's the same way the master disc was cut, so the motion of your stylus is identical to the cutterhead stylus. There's absolutely no tracking distortion. No crosstalk. No skating force that can actually re-cut your grooves.

 

New Linear Motor Eliminates Mechanical Linkage

Other manufacturers have tried to move tangential tone arms with worm gears. Belts. Rollers. All with the same sad result; Mechanical connections pass on the noise and vibration of the motor. The Phase 8000 solves this problem with an ingenious Linear Motor. The tone arm base is a permanently magnetized armature that glides along guide bars above electro-magnetic coils. The arm moves by direct induction - not mechanical connection. So there's virtually no noise. Inside the tonearm, an opto-electric detector cell senses the slightest tracking error, and instantly sends correcting signals to keep the arm on track.

 

New Quartz-PLL Direct Drive

Our new slotlles, coreless Stable Hanging Rotor DC motor virtually eliminates "platter wobble". Quick start/stop. Speed deviation is lower than 0,002%.

 

Specifications

Motor and Turntable Section

Drive System:  Direct drive

Motor:  Quartz PLL Hall motor

Platter:  310 mm diam. aluminum die-cast alloy

Inertial Mass:  330 kg-cm² (including platter mat mass)

Speeds:  33-⅓ and 45 rpm

Wow and Flutter: 

DIN :  less than 0,35%

WRMS :  less than 0,025%

Signal-to-Noise Ratio:  better than 78 dB (DIN-B)

Rotational Characteristics

Build-up Time:  with 90° rotation at 33-⅓ rpm

Speed Deviation:  less than 0,002%

Speed vs. Load Characteristics:  stable up to 220 grams drag load

Speed Drift: 

less than 0,00008% per hour at 33-⅓ rpm

Less than 0,00003% per degree of temperature change at 33-⅓

Tonearm

Type:  Linear motor direct-drive static-balance type; linear-tracking arm

Effective Arm Length:  190 mm

Overhang:  0 mm

Usable Cartridge Weight:  4 g to 24 g

Arm Height Adjust Range:  ±3 mm

Headshell Weight:  10,5 g

Semiconductors:  22 ICs; 17 Transistors; 16 Diodes; 3 Hall Elements; 14 LEDs; 5 Photo Transistors; 1 CdS

Miscellaneous

Power Requirements:  110 - 120 V AC, 40/60 Hz

Power Consumption:  35 watts

Dimensions (W x H x D):  494 x 154 x 456 mm (19-7/16" x 6-1/16" x 17-15/16")

Weight:  12 kg (26 lb 8 oz)