Vertere DG-1 S/Magneto Turntable £3550

Careful evolution has reinforced the Vertere DG-1 S as a class leader

View online review whf.cm/DG_1S One of the most distinctive things about the original DG-1 deck was the flat arm, made this way to avoid the resonances of traditional metal tube designs. That basic shape remains in this ‘S’ update but the construction has moved from a triple-layered aluminium/polymer sandwich to one that uses two bonded pieces of a five-layered polymer. The signal wires are flexible PCB signal conductors that sit between the two polymer sections. Rather than use traditional metal bearings, Vertere has gone for a Kevlar thread for the vertical movement and nylon for the horizontal – the original design used nylon for both. There is additional adjustability now and greater consistency in the build. But the idea behind using the threads remains the same: to minimise friction and…

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