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Balance Turntable

Brinkmann Audio has produced the BALANCE turntable for over 15 years and has continuously worked to optimize it. Our aim was to combine timeless beauty, high sound quality and perfection in workmanship. The turntable is available in a design of black and stainless steel.

The ‘Analog Package’ includes turntable chassis, Brinkmann tonearm base machined specially for the Brinkmann tonearm, platter, record clamp, motor, switch unit and the transistorized power supply for oil platter bearing temperature control and motor as well as tools for adjustment and all cables.

Additionally available are: separate tonearm bases for many other tonearms, the vacuum tube power supply and a platform support made from aluminum / granite. We recommend the HRS (Harmonic Resolution Systems) isolation platform.

The chassis is milled from a 40mm strong dural-plate and is equipped with attachments for the bearing and the tonearm base. The tonearm base has a special clamping technique to enable the customer to change between various tonearms; each one installed on a separate base, within a few moments and adjusts each one precisely.

The Brinkmann Balance turntable features an attachment for the tonearm base that fits with a machined culet and can be fixed or loosened via a single screw. This enables the user to adjust the effective length of the tonearm while the base is being allowed to be moved freely.

Surely the most precise element of the turntable is the bearing, especially with the BALANCE it was most important to drive the 20kg weighing plate without any reeling. We reduced the temperature dependence of the material with the help of an electronic temperature control to nearly nothing to guarantee a smooth turning of the table. A power mosfet, installed beneath the bearing, produces with the help of a control circuit power dissipation that is needed to create a stable temperature.

The tonearm base can be equipped for various different tone arm mounts (each precision machined for a specific tonearm) according to the needs of the customer for tonearms with a length of 9 to 10.5 inches. The internal tonearm wiring is soldered directly from the tonearm to a pair of mounted RCA (un-balanced/asymetrical) cable sockets or XLR (balanced/symetrical) sockets on the Brinkmann Balance arm base.

The turntable platter is made from a massive block of a special aluminum that has low resonance because of a mixture of lead and copper. Supported by the 90mm strength of the plate and the firmly inserted crystal glass plate follows a total absence of resonance.

The crystal glass platter gives a very smooth and even surface; therefore the record clamp for a safe placement of the records is included and suggested to be used. A plastic ring in the middle of the plate lifts the crystal glass minimally and is pressed back onto the plate by the record clamp at the outer rim of the label. That way, there is a good contact between record and platter, minimizing the resonance quickly from the record to the platter.

The motor with its switch unit is placed separately beside the turntable. A motor control constructed specially for this turntable drives the Pabst motor electronically to the speeds 33 and 45, both speeds can be fine adjusted separately with two rotary switches. A precisely cut round belt transfers the drive from the motor to the plate.

The turntable is delivered with its own transistorized power supply, but is optimally driven by our vacuum tube power supply additionally giving the motor the purest source.

The TONEARM 10.5 is ideally suited for this turntable.

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