Find the true spell of music
living in wood and brass
The designer’s Goal was to create a turntable set up for the modern vinyl connoisseur. People are continuously looking for the sound of neutrality and tonal complexity – Those who love a challenge and remain open for discoveries, those who dares to try other things, like to play with different pick ups, accessories and new solutions, whatever can help them to hear the sound they truly appreciate. Perfect sound! Meaning they experience music in a manner akin to being part of the live performance rather than be constantly concern about the quality of the playback itself. – getting to the heart of feeling, rhythm and emotion, Losing themselves in pure act of creation and melt completely into the core of the Art.
All great inventions of the Golden Era of Vinyl have been employed here. Some have been redesigned or improved, some have been kept as they have proved themselves many time to be the best. With full respect we proudly learned from them.
The traditional proportions of the deck reflect our passion for classic beauty. A lovely choice of woods with rich grain and deep texture compliment the simple purity of its silhouette. Finish quality of all metal elements adds a final touch of glamour to the overall sophisticated presence and becomes the final touch to complete the design concept.
ZONTEK belongs to the family of decks often describedas rigid.
It sports a separate high quality precision Swiss motor suspended from the transportunit. For the best Sonics a belt-drive solution has been adopted. The silent motor runs on DC and has an ability to precisely adjust to the desired speeds on the go fly. The transmission belt has circular diameter and depending on personal preference, up to three can be used.
The wooden plinth is split horizontally to be sandwiched with a cast frame. This core holds the bearings, but what’s invisible but very important, is that it also clamps the plinth and mechanically decouples the motor vibrations from it
We use different hardwoods for that duty, always well seasoned and mostly exotic because of their better inner vibration damping abilities. For this reasons their parameters remain constant in changing atmospheric conditions, meaning that the vibration absorbing qualities do not change in more humid or overheated locations.
The plinth surface is finished with few coats of highest quality piano lacquer, which can be transparent or black.
Precision bearings are made of highest quality, hardened steel and special bearing bronze allied with a magnetic suspension to support the maximum weight of the platter (up to 35 kg). As a lubricating system we used our unique and not found anywhere else, micro tabular scheme lubricating oil to relevant surfaces. Our other copyrighted design is a simplified system for replacing the used oil, without turning or lifting the heavy turntable.
Aluminium plates are dynamically balance and its diameter is increased to provide additional stability and applying a greater gyroscopic effect. It sports a classic scale to control the rotation of 33.33 and 45.11 rev / min. We are offering two versions of the plate: Standard 13kg and 23kg Ultra version, with circular weights pressed, into it for additional suppression of unwanted resonance.
The turntable comes with a singular armboard included as standard. It allows the attachment of any kind of tonearm available on the market and will accept any tone-arm length. Again, it is not just a plane plate however, but complex design using a micrometry transmission engine for height and VTA adjustments, allowing set up accuracy in steps of 0,01mm. (The full range available is 15mm) It is another unique design we have created exclusively for our record player.
Up to three arm boards for multi tonearm set up can be mounted into the frame.
The massive feet are made of aluminium, which is further coated with premium quality nickel inside which there are steel spikes, resting on an inner steel plate. Such a flexible and vibration free connection stops vibration travelling any further. This also levelling the turntable perfectly a simple exercise. Access to the screw-spike for adjustment is provided from the top of the leg after removing the covering cup. It adds into the complexity of the simple design and aids simple maintenance, which is important when it comes to 60 kg weight turntable unit.
On demand high quality INOX steel feet can be chosen as an alternative finish – they add to the weight and in some environments can help to achieve the best results, when the best support is hard to obtain.
Turntable weight:
Standard version: 45kg ( sporting 13kg plate )
Ultra version: 55kg.( sporting 23kg plate )
Drive unit weight: 8 kg.
BackOffice
– wood preparation (Iroko)
