Product Description
Our brand new Acoustic Signature HURRICANE NEO represents the entry into our multi-motor drive concept. The ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE HURRICANE NEO lives up to its name in terms of dynamics and belies all those “analog lovers” who claim that a high mass turntable cannot perform ‘explosively’ and with fine dynamics at the same time. The HURRICANE NEO is prepared for 3 tonearms – offering an enormous amount of flexibility and musicality with exceptional value for the money. In short: HURRICANE NEO is a ‘Future Classic’ that will raise a lot of audiophile dust!
- 2 integrated, completely insulated AC-motor
- External digital motor controller DMC-10 with super stable multi-voltage power supply and innovative AVC-system level 1 (Anti-Vibration Control)
- Ultraprecise, extremely rigid and robust DTD®-bearing with diamond-coated spindle (Dura Turn Diamond® Bearing)
- Exclusive Silencer technology for effective reduction of platter vibration
- Massive aluminum chassis with CLD technology (Constraint Layer Damping) for significantly improved resonance behavior
- 3-point setup with special gel-damped feet
- Prepared for up to 3 tone arms
- Flexible placeable control panel
- 15-year warranty (with registration)
As a nationally recognized leader in the field of high-end audio and home theater, Overture is a proud dealer of ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE TORNADO NEO turntable, selling customers the best Turntables from ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE in Sales Tax Free Delaware. Interested in purchasing a new ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE Turntable? You can trade-in any brand component towards a ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE Turntable by filling out Overture’s Trade-In Form.
Dimensions (W x D x H / mm): 450 x 460 x 175
Weight: 30 kg
Drive System: 2 AC-motors, belt drive with speed fine adjustment, AVC-system level 1
Speed range: 33 1/3 RPM and 45 RPM
Power adapter: External power supply (100 – 260 V AC)
Bearing: High-precision Dura Turn Diamond® bearing
Chassis: 50 mm aluminum alloy chassis with height-adjustable aluminum feet
Platter: Anodized aluminum platter (Ø 310 x 50 mm / 11 kg) with 8 Silencers (all Silencers made of polished brass, optional: 24 carat gold-plated or polished chrome)
Tone arm base: up to 3 adjustable mounting boards for 9- to 12-inch tone arms
Colors: black (anodized), silver (anodized)
Machine Tool
The fact that machine tools produce machine tools is, in industrial terms, the most common thing in the world. Yet in record player manufacturing, we need to be a little more precise with the terminology. Because experience tells us that there are a lot of products out there which fulfil their purpose, but are far from those standards that apply in current mechanical engineering.
Okay, admittedly, there are not only worlds in between as to tolerances and fits, but also with regard to the financial investment. A wooden slab with a tiny synchronous motor and a 500 gram sheet metal platter is, to put it in a casual, yet not malicious way, something completemantly regulated direct drives with light platters on the one hand and mass concepts with long drive belts running around a heavy platter and relatively weak motors. With the Hurricane Neo, we see an unusual solution that also has the advantage that the drives are encapsulated and thus insensitive to dirt and UV light, both of which can ruin belts in the long run. But more on that later on. Complete Package In addition to its premium packaging, Acoustic Signature includes in the Hurricane Neo‘s scope of delivery a highquality toolkit, templates, detailed, well written instruction manuals and even white cloth gloves.
Definitely exemplary, if you ask me. What else is contained in the boxes, i.e. the actual turntable plus the two TA-2000 Neo tonearms in both 9-inch and 12-inch versions, offers a build quality appropriate to the price and a bunch of good ideas. Even the seasoned reviewer feels a bit like beamed into a different, better world. When e.g., owing to the solid templates, the assembly of the two tonearms and our cartridges we used for this test turns into a child‘s play, or when the centre screw for the cartridge mounting allows the geometric adjustment in just a few minutes. Not to mention the huge height adjustment wheels on the three gel-dampened „feet“: fine threads, rocksolid and, above all, easy to grip. Anyone who already got their fingers bruised or even had to lift the whole turntable on other occasions, can only state that the Hurricane is a well designed, super practical top-notch piece of gear. Back to the drive: two AC motors with Acoustic Signature‘s ingenious „AVC“ power supply are housed in the heavy chassis, short belts drive a sub-platter that ly different than sending 40-kilo aluminium blanks through CNC production until you have a 30-kilo drive that gives you the impression of coming from precision engineering.
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