Clearaudio Concept MC Satisfy

Clearaudio has been offering a full-fledged record player with an elegant design in black, silver, dark or light wood, which arrives at your home already set, for more than ten years with great success. Those who pursue higher goals in terms of sound can configure their concept. In addition, we always have an open ear for new ideas.

This configuration

• Drive: Concept Wood
• Tonearm: Satisfy Kardan Alu black
• Pickup: Concept MC

The concept concept - immerse yourself in the world of vinyl without any prior knowledge

The Concept MC Satisfy is the highest level in the Clearaudios Concept universe. Featuring the Satisfy Kardan Alu Tonearm, this turntable takes high-quality playback of your vinyl selection to the next level. The soundstage is cleaner, and details are much clearer. The Satisfy tonearm is a classic at Clearaudio. Its simple construction shows that it doesn't always have to be complicated to achieve the goal of optimal reproduction. Optimized with the Concept MC pickup, the result brings tears to the eyes of every lover of well-produced music, with joy. The proven Clearaudio concept with the continuous tonearm cable, from the pickup to the cinch plugs, is very accommodating to the sensitive signal of the Concept MC pickup. This connection cannot be made more consistently. Anyone who owns a Concept MC Satisfy experiences every listening session as a unique experience.

Unpack and let's go

Anyone who has freed the Concept from its well thought-out packaging has already completed the most complex part of the installation. After removing the transport locks (foam on the tonearm, rubber), the strap is placed around the aluminum subplatter. The platter is placed on the sub platter via the mandrel. If the cinch plugs are connected to the phono socket or phono amplifier, all you have to do is plug in the mains plug supplied. Here we go. All settings such as VTA, offset, overhang have already been set at the Erlangen factory. This record player is ready to play and can be put into operation without any prior knowledge.

The drive

The core of the running gear body consists of medium-density wood fiber or layers of solid wood compressed under high pressure. The look of the coat is produced in four different colors and structures to match. The top layer of the drive consists of a special satin-finished plastic. This composition makes it possible to minimize resonances. The platter is driven by a completely decoupled DC motor via a polished flat belt in order to avoid the transmission of noise. The power supply for this takes over a generously dimensioned, highly stable external power supply unit.

The Satisfy tonearm

The Satisfy tonearm is an integral part of the Clearaudio range. It has the proven cardanic suspension. This avoids breakouts of the tonearm during the scanning process. A little control is always a good concept. The Satisfy is designed simply and still delivers an outstanding sound result. It is not uncommon for it to be used on much higher quality drives. He raises the Concept turntable to an unimagined level.

Pickup Concept MC

The Concept MC is the smallest moving coil cartridge from Clearaudio. It was developed for the successful Concept turntable with the purpose of turning an entry-level turntable into a high-quality playback machine. The step there is not very big with the Concept turntable. The additional sound of the Concept MC cannot be denied. The MC plays in more detail conjures up an even wider stage between the speakers. Classical fans or followers of smoky jazz music will get their money's worth with the Concept MC.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLE: Resonance-optimized drive, drive body made of medium-density wood fiber or solid wood layers compressed under high pressure, optics of the casing available in various colors and structures, with a top layer made of specially satin-finished plastic.
  
• SPEED RANGE: 33?, 45 rpm (78 rpm optional)
  
• DRIVE: Decoupled and extremely smooth-running DC motor, drive with polished flat belt, plug-in power supply designed for worldwide use for all networks and network frequencies.
  
• BEARINGS: Polished and hardened steel bearing in a bronze bushing, running on a Teflon mirror.
  
• PLATTER MATERIAL: Black POM, 30mm thickness, aluminum subplatter
  
• TRACK: ± 0.05%
  
• POWER CONSUMPTION: Max. power consumption: 1.5 watts
  In operation: 0.5 watts
  Off: 0.0 watts
  
• WEIGHT: approx. 7.5 kg / Wood: 7.9 kg (including motor, tone arm and cartridge)
  
• DIMENSIONS: (W/D/H in inches) approx. 16.54 x 13.78 x 4.92 (with tonearm)
  
• DIMENSIONS: (W/D/H in mm) approx. 420 x 350 x 125 (with tonearm)