VPI Signature Turntable with Unipivot Arm and AudioTechnica AT-ART1000X MC Cartridge

Product Overview

VPI Signature Turntable with Unipivot Arm and AudioTechnica AT-ART1000X MC Cartridge. Also comes with VPI Periphery Ring Clamp

Chassis Composition: Vinyl Wrapped MDF, Aluminum, & Stainless Steel. Platter Type & Size: 12" Aluminum Platter, 20-Lbs. Tonearm Included: JMW-10 UNI-PIVOT Arm Motor RPM: 300 RPM. Motor Pulley Accuracy: +/- .0005" Wow and Flutter: .03% Speed Accuracy: .04% Rumble: 82 db Down. Footprint: 19 ½" x 13 ¾" Overall Size: 21 ⅜" x 15 ¾" x 11"

The AT-ART1000 ("ART" for Audio-Technica Reference Transducer) is Audio-Technica's new flagship phono cartridge, handmade in Japan. Born of the pursuit of audio excellence that has driven A-T for more than 50 years, the AT-ART1000 introduces an innovative, audiophile design heretofore unseen in mass-produced cartridges. The cartridge's direct power system places the dual moving coil directly on top of the stylus tip, ensuring that the audio quality does not suffer the negative effects normally introduced by the cantilever's length and material type. Having the coils move in such close proximity to the stylus tip allows the cartridge to vividly render even the most subtle sonic details and provide unsurpassed transient response. Each of the cartridge's two coils is constructed of 20 ¥ìm diameter PCOCC (Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting) wire, wound eight turns to a diameter of 0.9 mm to create a non-magnetic core coil. The 3-ohm coils are placed in the tiny 0.6 mm gap of a powerful magnetic circuit, enabling each coil to generate an output voltage of 0.2 mV.