Full product details
The NAD C555 Turntable is quite easily one of the best turntables money can by. Created in the image of an audiophile, the C555 features an elite selection of premum-grade parts combined with three over three decades of engineering experience to deliver what represents the very best of NAD. The C555 also features the highly acclaimed Goldring Elektra moving magnet cartridge pre-mounted and ready to play. A non-resonant Perspex dust cover is also included.
C555 Turntable Features
• High-torque synchronous motor
• High-density non-resonant base
• High-quality Goldring Elektra moving magnet cartridge
• Precision machined bearing tone arm
• Statically-balanced tone arm
• Linear magnetic anti-skate compensator
• One-piece aluminum pressure-cast tone arm
A Closer Look
The NAD C555 Turntable has everything needed to extract the very best from your LP collection. A perfectly matched record playing system that includes the highly reviewed Goldring Elektra moving magnet cartridge pre-mounted and ready to play. A nonresonant Perspex dust cover is also included.
The C555 uses a “rigid plinth” design concept that keeps all elements of the turntable in perfect alignment, providing the solid foundation required to reproduce even the most subtle of musical nuance. This design releases the maximum amount of energy from the record itself, leading to a dynamic and highly detailed sound without the colourations common to other designs. Specially designed isolation feet filter out parasitic vibrations in the musical frequency range.
The precision AC synchronous motor drives the massive platter via a synthetic rubber belt to isolate the record surface from even the smallest vestige of motor vibration. This proven design has the dual advantage of low background noise and long term reliability. The platter itself, made of a special non resonant MDF material, is located on a precision machined bearing utilizing a steel shaft that sits upon a hardened steel ball at the bottom of a sintered brass sleeve.
The large diameter cast aluminum tone arm offers perfect geometry and excellent control of spurious resonance, and is an ideal match for the supplied Goldring cartridge. The statically balanced design also incorporates a linear magnetic anti-skate compensator for ideal tracking characteristics across the entire playing surface of the record. Every aspect of the C555 turntable is carefully considered and fine tuned for the best possible performance. This minimalist design, using ideally chosen materials and precision manufacturing, will astound you with its musicality.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Basics
Drive system: Belt drive
Motor: High torque
Speeds: 33.3 and 45.1 rpm
Suspension system: 3 energy absorbent synthetic rubber feet
Tonearm
Operation: Manual
Length: 244mm total length
Effective mass: 9 grams
Overhang: 19.1mm
cartridge weight: 4.2 grams
Vertical tracking force: 1.7 grams nominal
Cable capacitance: 150pF
Cartridge Specification: Transducer Characteristics
Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz ±3dB
Channel balance: 2dB at 1kHz
Channel separation: 20dB at 1kHz
Output level: 5mV ±2dB at 1kHz at 5cm/s
Static compliance: 16mm/N
Equivalent tip mass: 0.7g
Vertical tracking angle: 26 degrees
Stylus radius: Elliptical 0.00072 in x 0.0003 in (18µ x 7µ)
Stylus type: replaceable
Cartridge Specification: Electrical Characteristics
Load resistance: 47k ohms
Load capacitance: 150-400pF
Internal inductance: 560mH
Internal resistance: 700 ohms
* NAD reserves the right to change specifications or design at any time without notice. All specifications are those in effect at time of printing.
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