Clearaudio CONCEPT Satisfy with Nagaoka JT-80LB

The Clearaudio Concept , as a solid entry-level turntable, has become an integral part of the world stage. For some it's a stepping stone to higher realms, for others it's THE turntable of choice for decades to come. Here we present the stylishly designed belt drive with the very popular Nagaoka pickups JT80LB and MP110 .

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CLEARAUDIO CONCEPT WITH NAGAOKA

This configuration

• Drive: Concept Black
• Tonearm: Satisfy
• Pickup: Nagaoka JT80 LB

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

The Concept turntable is the basic configuration of the Concept turntable. This belt drive already fulfills all expectations that one can have of a good turntable. 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 RCA 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 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 turntable is driven by a completely decoupled DC motor via a ground 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.

Specifications Clearaaudio Concept turntable

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 (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)

The Clearaudio Satisfy cardan tonearm

A magnetic anti-skating setting with respectful sensitivity without mechanical interference ensures clean music reproduction on both channels. The Satisfy Kardan tonearm has a direct cable routing, with which the signal is routed without interruption from the cartridge through the entire tonearm to the phono preamplifier. The quiet nature of the medium-heavy tonearm ensures that many pickups bring out their best qualities.

Pickup Nagaoka JT80 LB

The Nagaoka JT-80LB (Lapis Blue) with its shiny blue needle slot is the basic model of the series and has an aluminum cantilever with a set diamond. With its open, powerful sound, it offers an exceptionally good price-performance ratio. The pickup unfolds its full potential after a break-in period of around 80 hours.

Technical details

JT-80LB (Lapis Blue)
Principle: moving magnet
Output voltage: 5.0 mV (5 cm/sec)
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20,000Hz
Channel Separation: 23dB (@1Khz)
Channel equality: < 1.5 dB
Cantilever: aluminum
Needle: set diamond, elliptical cut (0.4 × 0.7 mm)
Recommended tracking force: 1.3 g - 1.8 g
Weight: 6.9g
Replacement needle: JTS-80LB