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NAD’s is well known for innovative, high performance, yet affordable, turntables. While the basic operation of a turntable seems simple, extracting all the musical energy from the record grooves without exciting destructive resonances requires both science and art. Let’s take a closer look at each of the elements of the C 588 with an explanation of the choices we made.
FEATURES
- Belt Driven Turntable 33/45
- 10mm Glass Plater with Felt Pad
- Precision Alloy Sub Platter
- Precision AC Motor
- Isolated AC Power Supply with Universal Voltage
- 9” Carbon Fibre Tonearm with Fixed Head Shell
- Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge Preinstalled
- Vertical Tracking Angle and Azimuth Adjustment
- Rigid MDF Plinth
- Metal Feet with Tuned Isolation
- Low Resonance Dustcover
- Detachable High-Quality RCA Cable with separate Ground
TECHNICAL SPECS
- Nominal speed: 33/45 RPM, manual speed change (78 RPM possible with special pulley)
- Speed variance
- 33 RPM: < ±0.35%
- 45 RPM: < ±0.30%
- Wow and flutter
- 33 RPM: < ±0.12%
- 45 RPM: < ±0.11%
- Signal-to-noise ratio: -70dB
- Downforce range
- 0-30mN
- 0-3.0 grams
- Supplied counterweight system: Counterweight for cartridges: 6 - 13g
- Voltage: Universal switch mode power supply: 15V DC/0.8A, 100 - 240V AC, 47 - 63Hz
- Power consumption: 5W max/0.3W standby
- Effective tonearm mass: 9.5g
- Effective tonearm length: 230mm
- Overhang: 18mm
- Frequency range: 20 - 22,000Hz
- Channel separation: 22dB/1kHz
- Output voltage: 5.5mV
- Recommended load impedance: 47k ohms/amplifier connection: MM - input
- Compliance/stylus type: 20μm/mN - elliptical
- Recommended tracking force: 18mN
- Cartridge weight: 7.2g
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 17 1/8" x 13 7/16" x 4 15/16"
WARNING: California Residents - Proposition 65. This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov