Acoustic Signature
TA-5000 Neo
$8,995.00USD
High-precision hybrid ball bearings made of ceramic and stainless steel, 3 layers of carbon, connected via special damping elements with 2 tonearm tubes lying one inside the other, an internal cabling made of high-purity silver and our typical benchmark manufacturing quality culminate in an innovative tonearm that is always up against the best of its guild.
| Length | 12 inch (289 mm – 9″ version) / 14 inch (362 mm – 12″ version) |
| Effective length | 9 inch (239.3 mm – 9″ version) / 12 inch (309 mm – 12″ version) |
| Mounting distance (from pivot to center of platter) | 8 inch (222 mm – 9″ version) / 11 inch (295.8 mm – 12″ version) |
| Total weight | 573 g (9″ version) / 687 g (12″ version) |
| Effective mass | 12.4 g (9″ version) / 14.4 g (12″ version) |
| Cartridge balance range | 4 – 16 g |
| Overhang | 1 inch (17.3 mm – 9″ version) / 1 inch (13.2 mm – 12″ version) |
Features:
- Tonearm with triple-layer carbon armtube
- Low resonance, rigid tube design
- Available as 9″ and 12″ version
- Optimal tracking results due to pre-tensioned high-precision hybrid ball bearings by SKF
- Better rigidity and smooth operation due to stainless steel tonearm axis design
- Internal high-purity silver wiring (4N)
- Supplied with external Audioquest 5-pin phono cable (RCA)
- Counterweight made of brass
- Adjustable VTA & azimuth
- SME-type mounting versions
