Musical Fidelity Roundtable S Turntable with Cartridge (Black)

Description

ROUNDTABLE S | TURNTABLE

The Roundtable S is a new venture into the world of
turntables.

Musical Fidelity’s first turntable, the M1, was made in
2003. It was engineered to a very high standard. It was well received in the
press.

Musical Fidelity’s latest Roundtable S is a new venture into
the world of turntables. This is a high quality competitively priced complete
solution. It has a high-quality low resonance 9” pickup arm (magnetic
anti-skating) with steel tipped vertical bearings housed in zirconium with
rubber damping, not dissimilar in principle to the Incabloc shock protection
system on watches. The horizontal bearings are ABEC7 ball bearings. It is
fitted with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge.

Design

Musical Fidelity has a long heritage of designing
exceptional turntables and the Roundtable S is no exception:

Top spec components include: a polished high carbon tool
steel bearing – for an exceptional long life and friction free performance – an
extremely inert chassis and suspension system and a very high-quality pick-up
arm, usually used on products several price categories higher.

The platter is made from finely machined high density MDF
and has high mass and low resonance. The plinth is made from similar bulky low
resonance material. The feet are also part of the isolation system. The
Roundtable S offers a stable low resonance platform for vinyl disc playing.

The very high-quality pickup arm is matched with a well-regarded
cartridge which complements the arm’s characteristics exceptionally well. The
turntable system itself has excellent isolation properties, low resonance, high
stability and consistency. The motor, belt and main platter bearing are all
selected for complimentary characteristics.

Roundtable S – Specifications

Performance

• Nominal
  speed 33/45 rpm, outside belt drive system, manual speed change

• Speed
  Variance 33rpm: ± 0.30 %, 45rpm: ± 0.20 %

• Wow
  and flutter 33rpm: ± 0.10%, 45rpm: ± 0.09%

• Signal
  to noise ratio Mechanical noise: – 39 dB

• Electrical
  noise: -65dB

• Downforce
  range 0 – 25 mN

• Tonearm
  9” straight shape massive aluminum construction

• Supplied
  counterweights no. 82, weight 114g (± 1g), for cartridges from 5 to 13g

• Effective
  tonearm mass 14g

• Effective
  tonearm length 230mm (tonearm mounting distance 212mm)

• Overhang
  18mm

Power

• Power
  requirement 15V 0.8A (Adaptor supplied)

• Consumption
  >0.25 Watts standby 5 Watts maximum

• Adaptor
  mains voltage 110-240 V 50-60Hz

Weight

• Unit
  only, unboxed 6 kg (131/5 lbs)

• In
  shipping carton 8 kg (173/5 lbs)

Supplied Cartridge Ortofon 2M Red

• Cartridge
  type Moving Magnet

• Frequency
  Response 20 – 20.000 Hz + 3 / – 1 dB

• Channel
  Separation 22 dB at 1 kHz

• Channel
  Balance 1.5 dB

• Tracking
  Force 1.6 – 2.0g (1.8g recommended)

• Vertical
  Tracking Angle 20°

• Recommended
  Load Impedance 47,000 ohms

• Recommended
  Load Capacitance 150 – 300pF

• Output
  Voltage 5.5 mV (mV at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)

• Stylus
  Shape Elliptical

• Stylus
  Construction tipped Elliptical diamond

• Mount
  Half-inch

• Weight
  7.2g

• Replacement
  Stylus 2M Red (exchangeable with 2M Blue and 2M Silver)

Dimensions

• Width
  542 mm (23½”)

• Height
  (including feet) 100 mm (4”)

• Depth (front to back) Inc. terminals 342 mm
  (13½”)