THE AMAZING LA LUCE TURNTABLE FROM
THE NETHERLANDS
La Luce is a low energy storage, direct coupled, non-suspended design by
Judith
Spotheim-Koreneeff, of Eindhoven, in The Netherlands. It is driven by a
stand-alone motor.
The platter is machined from a three-inch acrylic block. Platter mass is
increased
by embedding stainless steel weights around the periphery. The platter’s
massive,
one piece bearing housing is hand matched to its chrome-hardened steel,
spindle
shaft. A central, asymmetric, acrylic block holds the bearing house and
the SpJ
dedicated arm board. An acrylic cylinder is bolted to the underside of
the central
block and forms a broad, T-shaped support. The La Luce platform rest on
three
contact points and is leveled by adjustment knobs on each side support.
All major
components are individually machined from billets of acrylic, stainless
steel and
brass. The ideal mechanical impedance match of the acrylic material and
record
vinyl allows stylus induced resonance to pass smoothly into the mass of
the platter
and platform.
Platter speed is adjusted by moving the drive belt up or down dedicated
33.3 and
45 RPM grooves on the stand alone, direct drive, synchronous AC motor pulley.
It
can be fine tuned by varying drive belt tension, even while the stylus
is tracking. In
addition to the on-off switch, a separate switch allows the user to reduce
the AC
voltage during play.
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