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Luxman PD-121/131 turntable

Direct-drive turntable (without tonearm0

Brand-new direct-drive turntable with fully electronic controlled brushless DC servo motor, featuring bayonet arm-base mounting, unique mirror stroboscope system.

Features

Brushless DC srvo-controlled motor ensures excellent stability of rotational speed and offers high torque

Special arm-base mounting is used for easy replacement (one touch system) of tonearm of your choice. (No tonearm is supplied with this turntable)

Smart and ultra slim appearance yet resistant to howling and floor vibration

Turntable platter designed as to give not only necessary inertia but possible heaviest weight in consideration of motor bearing and resonance/tension of each part of the turntable

Insulator, compliance and control required for prevention of vibration is obtained by combination of spring, rubber and silicon grease.

Acrylite case, 4 mm thick dust cover.

Feather-touch On/Off micro switch

 


Generally speaking, manufacturers design a product and place great stress on cost performance and additional effort is paid as to where the compromise is made. In the case of audiophiles, importance is attached to what they seek or want to do rather than its cost.

This turntable Luxman now proudly announce is designed purely from the concept of audiophiles - slim and compact appearance, rugged construction resistant to howling and external vibration, arm base where one's favorite tone-arm could be fixed by a single touch and performance stability. Look at the internal construction and you will surely notice the above philosophy throughout.

 

Motor Suspension

The most unique feature of this turntable is the motor suspending structure. The robust chassis of aluminum die-casting integrates the tonearm base. For the upper panel, anodized aluminum of 3mm thick is used, which is, through rubber, fixed to the wood frame thus providing damping effect. Net weight is 13 kg (PD-121) and 11 kg (PD-131), which contributes effectively to prevent howling feedback or floor vibration.

 

Bayonet Mount Tonearm Base

A tonearm is not provided with the PD-121 (and PD-131). But the elaborate bayonet mount type tonearm base , similar in principle to that used in cameras, is adopted to ensure quick interchangeability of various famous tonearms with easy "one touch" operation

 

Unique Stroboscope

A unique idea is adopted for the stroboscope to ensure an easy and pleasant check of the turntable rotation. In order to make the stroboscope pattern very clear a black light tube is fired by very short duration pulses and a special "dayglo" paint has been used for the strobo markings. Further the line frequency indication can be identified by colour yellow for 50 Hz and yellow/green for 60 Hz.

 

Chassis, wooden frame and panel

Aluminum die-cast chassis with sufficient strength and weight, 3 mm thick anodized aluminium panel are firmly assembled together with rubber and elegant wooden frame with bumper effect which keeps this turntable immune from vibration

 

Insulator of Triple Structure

A special and unique insulator has been developed to ensure best possible anti-vibration. Each spring is damped by rubber, and the whole damper mechanism is suspended in silicon-grease. This is really and effective insulator and necessary compliance and damping effect are beautifully integrated.

 


Specifications:

Phono Motor Section

Driving System:  Direct-drive system

Motor:  DC servo brushless motor

Turntable Platter:  300 mm (12") aluminum die-cast

Platter Weight:  2,4 kg including platter-mat (1,9 kg PD-131)

Speed Rotation:  33-⅓ and 45 rpm

Adjustable Range of Rotation:  ±4% independently for each speed

Signal-to-Noise Ratio:  no less than 70 dB (ICE-B)

Wow and Flutter:  no more than 0,03% WRMS

Additional

Dust Cover:  4 mm thick acrylic resin Detachable with pre set hinge stop

Stroboscope:  Mirror system, speed indication by means of black light

Insulator:  adjustable height

General

Power Requirements:  110, 120 220, 240 V 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption: 

During Rotation :  6 W (PD-121) 5 W (PD-131)

At Start :  20 W (PD-121) 14,5 W (PD-131)

Dimensions (W x H x D):  472 x 144 x 3375 mm (18-5/8" x 5-11/16" x 14-11/16")

Weight: 

PD-121 (net) : 13 kg (29 lbs)

PD-131 (net) ;  11 kg (24 lbs)


 

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