After presenting the Reference Jubilee at the start of the year, at a price of more than €25,000, the German turntable manufacturer Clearaudio updates its entry-level, the Concept, with a new Concept Signature model. Based on the Concept, which has sold more than 20,000 units since 2009, the Signature Concept is still designed on an MDF chassis, optionally available with wooden inserts. The suspension of the belt motor is decoupled by a new O-rings system from the Reference Jubilee, but its most important new innovation is clearly the speed self-calibration technology, patented TSC “Tacho-Speed-Control », real electronic control with real-time speed feedback, to considerably improve the quality of rotation compared to the Concept model.
In order to set it apart from the Concept, the Concept Signature incorporates a new speed control dial, still adjustable in 33, 45 and 78 rpm, but now backlit and allowing the speed to be finely adjusted, verified in permanence by the TSC. Adaptable as a pack to MM and MC cells, as well as to arms (from Concept/Verify to Profiler), the Concept Signature can be further improved with an external power supply from the brand. It will be sold in Europe from €2,500, or €750 more than the classic Concept version.
