EAT Forte turntable with Ikeda 12 tonearm, with orig packaging Jozefína Krahulcová, CEO of Euro Audio Team (E.A.T.) is a redoubtable character. Bubbling with enthusiasm for this, her company’s first (but not last, I am assured) high end turntable, she exudes confidence despite the time not being quite right for the launch of such an esoteric, luxury product. “I am a big fan of vinyl - it’s the best way to listen to music,” she tells me, “and I’ve got a very nice classical music collection. I wasn’t happy about the turntables on the market, so I decided to do this...” Ebullient she may be, because the new E.A.T. Forte isn’t just another derivative design – another ‘me too’ premium priced product there to have a presence in the market. It shows some interesting thinking – certainly in its unique combination of clever techniques used by various other designs – and the reappearance of a seminal tonearm from a past master of the art – Ikeda. It is a fixed subchassis “mass design”, in the tradition of the great nineteen seventies direct drives. Indeed, featuring a separate motor unit, massive platter and string belt drive, it actually reminds me very much of Marantz’s fabled TT-1800, their late high end design that never was – and also certain top Micros of that period. Whilst the outward appearance may ring bells, so to speak, the inside engineering is quite different. The plinth is a metal filled, MDF box of backbreaking weight, with beautiful gloss lacquered wood veneer. Debates rage hard on online forums about the merits of this, but suffice to say that just as the sprung subchassis approach works best when the springs are as unintrusive as possible (a la Avid), so the high mass approach works better the higher the mass is – and the Forte is certainly heavy... The platter is the next most noticeable thing, largely on account of its huge 400mm diameter. It weighs 19.9kg, and is a two part affair with the inner section of the platter made from soft alloy, and the outer part made of a harder material. As you might expect, the main bearing (in the Forte’s case inverted with a ceramic ball mating to a Teflon cup) needed to handle this sort of weight and resultant pressure is vast, but it is given a helping hand by magnetism no less – with the be bottom half of the platter incorporating neodymium magnets to lower the pressure on the bearing. This ‘semi magnetically suspended design is an elegant working compromise, but tweakers won’t be delighted to learn that the bearing pressure is not easily adjusted and is best left to the factory setting. Finally, the platter comes with sorbothane damping, and the matt is made from recycled vinyl records Interestingly, the Forte is a twin motor design, the designers choosing to specify two low torque AC motors generating 2,700Kj of torque via twin pulleys and long diamond cut string belts. This is coupled with an active speed controller, and located in a separate enclosure which is made of sandwiched metal and MDF. This has two speeds, switchable by a push button, and there’s a digital display offering stepped speed increase or decrease (if you so wish). One particular fun feature is the way this speed display counts its way up to 33.333RPM (or 45RPM) when you switch on, steadily climbing to normal operating speed. As you might expect, Technics SL1200-style 0-33.333 RPM in half a second starts are not available from a turntable with a platter that weighs more than most turntables. But this is of course to miss the point; the designers of the Forte assert that the higher the torque to the motor, the more intrusive it can be. By using twin motors, only gently connected to the platter which itself is so heavy it resists the short-term, momentary dynamic wow imposed by the stylus, the idea is that the motors spin the platter up to speed in a reasonable time and momentum does the rest. The motors then don’t engage with the playback loop directly, that 20kg platter acting as a filter to speed variations. The twin motors seem to work as twin turbochargers on car engines, supplying unstressed lazy torque rather than delivering needlessly (and possibly intrusively) high amounts. Regular readers will know I personally am a big fan of direct drives, but I do find E.A.T.’s approach interesting and very thorough. They have obviously designed the Forte well aware of the vagaries of belt drives, and all the problems it imposes, and would contend – I am sure – that it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it! This is reflected in remarkably fine speed stability [see MEASURED PERFORMANCE]. I find the deck itself a paragon of simplicity; it really is the sort of turntable you buy if you’re not into fiddling. Once located (which given its size and mass is easier said than done), you – ermm – just switch it on and off and that’s your lot. No suspension springs to twiddle, no fine speed to set, no intricate assembly of umpteen bits from a kit before it works. Essentially, the EAT Forte is a plug and play turntable – but for millionaires! It is, of course, immaculately finished, and whilst I may prefer functional, machine-like looks of the Avid Acutus or the arresting geometric grace of the Michell GyroDec, I can see that it is an attractive thing to have in your house – providing you’ve got one big enough, of course... Another key part of the Forte is of course the tonearm. Although notionally badged as an EAT product, Jozefína makes no bones about the fact that it is designed and manufactured by Ikeda. Indeed it is a chrome finished Ikeda IT407 12” design, mounted on a sorbothane damped heavy metal base. If you’re not a Japanese hi-fi nut, you might be shrugging and saying so what – so think of it as being a bit like Lexus getting Bristol to supply engines for their top limousine [see ARMS AND THE MAN below] . More remarkable is that Osamu Ikeda was reputed to be in semi retirement, and extremely unlikely to ever make any tonearm for anybody ever again... Originally launched in 2006, the 12” IT407 is a fairly high mass dynamically balanced design that traces its lineage all the way back to Fidelity Research days. Precision radial ball bearings are used along with a thread linked, weighted bias compensator and there’s a locking counterweight at one end of J-shaped polished arm tube, and a detachable headshell at the other. The build quality and finish of this arm is equal to the SME Series V, which really needs no more explanation – but suffice to say it is absolutely exquisite to hand cue, feeling as silky as the top SME in use. My only gripe would be the slightly fiddly arm rest lock, which isn’t the best ever devised, even if it does the job. Once again, the debates around tonearms are manifold; everyone ‘in the know’ has their favourite, and just to make life interesting, they rarely agree. The Ikeda arm brings no innovation, no fancy tonearm materials, no special damping systems or clever ‘active counterweights’; rather it’s an utterly conservative high mass design that relies on impeccable and consistent construction to achieve its sonic goals. Put a decent moving coil in (in my case a van den Hul Frog), dial in the tracking force, bias and vertical tracking angle (all very easy and elegantly done) and you’re off! Immense and cowering as the Forte may be sonically, it is not like the Avid. It is an altogether less intense experience. Don’t take this to be in any way disparaging, as actually it is more versatile. Slip on some John Coltrane and you can sip a snifter of Scotch, light up a Silk Cut and tap your toes just as the Right Honourable Ken Clarke would his Hush Puppies. You can relax into the music, think about next weekend’s visit to the in-laws or what colour you’re going to paint the front door when the weather gets better. With the Avid, you’d have the vagaries of the recording etched into your cranium, and may well be thinking, “a great piece of music, but this early sixties cross-paired mic recording isn’t ideal”. Back to the E.A.T. though, and you’d be bathing in the languid, luxuriant sounds of Johnny Hartman singing, ‘Lush Life’, sitting up straight totally transfixed with your heart up where your Adam’s Apple should be. My point is simple; the Forte takes you into the music as far as you want to go, yet demands nothing from you. On the very surface of things, it is less detailed than the Avid. It doesn’t put a magic marker under every attack transient, underlining when the note starts, and yet it is no less fast and no more unstable – indeed it seems even more speed-stable than the Acutus, which is really saying something. I found with Yes’s ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’, my reference Sony only just nosed ahead in the leading edge of the bass guitar stakes. The TT-S8000 is utterly exceptional in this respect, and a little ahead of the Avid, whereas the E.A.T. was, figuratively speaking, just millimetres behind its back bumper. But whilst the lithe direct drive with its light platter and clever quartz lock speed control servo system could just about inch ahead on leading notes, it lacked the E.A.T.’s immense stability. It was as solid as the proverbial lump of granite sticking out of the briny. The scale, the epic expanse of its soundstage and the utter unflappability of its performance beat the Sony into a cocked hat. Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’ was another case in point. Brilliant of course as the song is, it’s a slightly murky mid-seventies analogue recording and one that doesn’t flatter a turntable of any size, price or weight. I found the Forte was able to unpeel the song, rather like an onion skin, giving me great insight into every layer of the production, yet without sounding in any way forced or strained. I remember the Avid doing this too, albeit with more drama and seemingly more detail, although I still found the E.A.T’s presentation more naturally ‘right’ on an instinctive level. Its dynamics were formidable, and yet less explicit. With such innate power, it was able to deliver the contrasts in a more effortless way, like a slumbering giant waking up to brush away an irritation without bothering to raise an eyelid. Again, by contrast, the Sony seemed a tad breathless – which is not something you ever say about it in less illustrious company... Tonally, the Forte was superb. Its bass is immense, unflappable and without fault – save for being fractionally slower to switch on than the Sony. Alternatively, it may be right and the Sony is simply a little nervous with the leading edges, etching them artificially hard in a characteristically direct drive way? The E.A.T. is also sumptuous in the best tradition of vinyl; cue up The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ from an original seventies pressing of ‘Who’s Next’ and you really know that’s a valve bass guitar amp being used. It’s the sort of bass that doesn’t need to make any apologies – there’s no issue with the recording, or the rest of the replay equipment, it’s just there like the elephant in the room. Yet it doesn’t overpower, or slur notes, or dominate the mix in any way; put on some nineteen sixties freakbeat from Ice (the most famous band to come out of my own Sussex University, which isn’t saying much) and yes, sure enough, you can tell it’s recorded in someone’s bathroom in Brighton. Cue up 4hero’s ‘Escape That’ however, and you’re into low frequencies the like of which you rarely hear outside of Wembley Arena. Powerful as the E.A.T is below the stairs, let’s just say it’s not gratuitous. Across the midband, you have a massively expansive sound. It makes the Sony – and to a less extent the Avid – seem rather stuck between the speakers. Yet instruments are not quite as accurately located as with the Acutus, which if it were a policeman would be a Miami-based member of CS1. The E.A.T. isn’t imprecise, it’s just big enough in its soundstaging for you not to have to ask questions; “the guitar’s over there, the lead vocal is over there, okay, fair enough!” Nor is the midband quite as icily clear as the Acutus or the Sony, but it’s actually no less detailed or informative, it’s just the way it presents the information is altogether more relaxed. Now, I have a sneaking suspicion that the Ikeda arm is at least partly behind this state of affairs. It’s so redolent of all those hours I used to spend languishing in Japanese hi-fi shops in and around Tokyo, listening to that country’s high end fare. Think massively polished, with easy information retrieval that would never even think of throwing it at you. Yes, it’s an ever so slightly ‘hi-fi’ sound, but a gorgeous one – and mates brilliantly to the E.A.T’s mellowy, moody, subtle sound. As befits a turntable of this immense speed stability, the treble is a joy. It is slick and easy, beautifully polished and wonderfully atmospheric – yet sharp and incisive in a way that never dominates. Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue’ was majestic; smooth, vast in stage and deliciously, naturally musical, and with a wonderfully natural top end. If ever there was a turntable/arm combination to flatter a cartridge’s natural treble ability, this is it. Once again, my reference players both turned in a superficially slightly more detailed rendition, but it wasn’t in any way more informative. Rather, it was if the brightness control had just been turned up a bit. The Avid was brilliant, pushing you right up close to the cymbals, the Sony had wonderful ‘snap’, whereas the E.A.T. took a gentle step back from the hi-hats, giving a less ‘in your face’ rendition that was – all said and done – a tad easier and more satisfying to listen to. At this level, you’re not going to get a bad turntable, so the question then is – what kind of good one do you want? As with fine wines, great watches, top restaurants and seven star hotels, at this price you’re buying something that suits you like the best bespoke tailored suit. And so whom would the E.A.T. Forte suit? Well, the standard fitment of the Ikeda arm means this is far more like a turntable package than most decks at this price, which come sans tonearm, requiring you to make this big decision. The Forte is a case of ‘add cartridge and go’; it even requires relatively little set up as it is not a skeletal design which demands various layers be bolted on to various others. What it gives then is brilliant sound out of a (very big) box, with a superb fitted arm that sings with almost any highish mass moving coil cartridge. It presents a relaxed, easy, nonchalant sort of sound, but one that is nevertheless immensely satisfying. The best thing is that it’s very devoid of character, or obvious strengths or weaknesses for that matter. Simply put, it’s a massive machine that gets the best out of your vinyl without you – or it – having to try very hard. The EAT Forte carries an Ikeda IT407 12in (307mm) arm with detachable headshell. This is a solid affair made from various metals Ikeda say, rolled not diecast. The arm feels solid and ‘dead’ in the hand and indeed it measures like that too. For a long, tubular arm it is surprisingly free of a main arm tube mode, expected around 200Hz or lower. In this region there is no sign of vibration, although a small bump at 120Hz could possibly be due to primary flexure. Otherwise, the IT407 is a very ‘quiet’ arm all the way up to 3kHz and should give excellent bass quality and fine sound staging as a result, as well as a pure midband. Above 3kHz, as accelerations rise, the headshell becomes as active as most, so here the Ikeda is less distinguished. Also, 12in arms roughly halve the tracing distortion generated by a 9in arm and usually sound smoother and silkier as a result, although often not as ‘fast’. The EAT Forte turntable produced some amazing results. It was just 0.1% slow, a negligible amount and low speed drift below 1Hz was lower than usual too, resulting in a very low unweighted Wow and Flutter value of 0.072%. This suggests the EAT Forte will have much the same grip on pace as a Direct Drive. Weighted wow and flutter was low too, as is to be expected, measuring 0.061%. An unusual combo this may be in appearance, but it is a good deal more sophisticated under the skin than one might imagine. It’s a great pairing. NK   EAT Forte turntable with Ikeda 12 tonearm, with orig packaging   Jozefína Krahulcová, CEO of Euro Audio Team (E.A.T.) is a redoubtable character. Bubbling with enthusiasm for this, her company’s first (but not last, I am assured) high end turntable, she exudes confidence despite the time not being quite right for the launch of such an esoteric, luxury product. “I am a big fan of vinyl - it’s the best way to listen to music,” she tells me, “and I’ve got a very nice classical music collection. I wasn’t happy about the turntables on the market, so I decided to do this...”   Ebullient she may be, because the new E.A.T. Forte isn’t just another derivative design – another ‘me too’ premium priced product there to have a presence in the market. It shows some interesting thinking – certainly in its unique combination of clever techniques used by various other designs – and the reappearance of a seminal tonearm from a past master of the art – Ikeda. It is a fixed subchassis “mass design”, in the tradition of the great nineteen seventies direct drives. Indeed, featuring a separate motor unit, massive platter and string belt drive, it actually reminds me very much of Marantz’s fabled TT-1800, their late high end design that never was – and also certain top Micros of that period. Whilst the outward appearance may ring bells, so to speak, the inside engineering is quite different. The plinth is a metal filled, MDF box of backbreaking weight, with beautiful gloss lacquered wood veneer. Debates rage hard on online forums about the merits of this, but suffice to say that just as the sprung subchassis approach works best when the springs are as unintrusive as possible (a la Avid), so the high mass approach works better the higher the mass is – and the Forte is certainly heavy...   The platter is the next most noticeable thing, largely on account of its huge 400mm diameter. It weighs 19.9kg, and is a two part affair with the inner section of the platter made from soft alloy, and the outer part made of a harder material. As you might expect, the main bearing (in the Forte’s case inverted with a ceramic ball mating to a Teflon cup) needed to handle this sort of weight and resultant pressure is vast, but it is given a helping hand by magnetism no less – with the be bottom half of the platter incorporating neodymium magnets to lower the pressure on the bearing. This ‘semi magnetically suspended design is an elegant working compromise, but tweakers won’t be delighted to learn that the bearing pressure is not easily adjusted and is best left to the factory setting. Finally, the platter comes with sorbothane damping, and the matt is made from recycled vinyl records   Interestingly, the Forte is a twin motor design, the designers choosing to specify two low torque AC motors generating 2,700Kj of torque via twin pulleys and long diamond cut string belts. This is coupled with an active speed controller, and located in a separate enclosure which is made of sandwiched metal and MDF. This has two speeds, switchable by a push button, and there’s a digital display offering stepped speed increase or decrease (if you so wish). One particular fun feature is the way this speed display counts its way up to 33.333RPM (or 45RPM) when you switch on, steadily climbing to normal operating speed.   As you might expect, Technics SL1200-style 0-33.333 RPM in half a second starts are not available from a turntable with a platter that weighs more than most turntables. But this is of course to miss the point; the designers of the Forte assert that the higher the torque to the motor, the more intrusive it can be. By using twin motors, only gently connected to the platter which itself is so heavy it resists the short-term, momentary dynamic wow imposed by the stylus, the idea is that the motors spin the platter up to speed in a reasonable time and momentum does the rest. The motors then don’t engage with the playback loop directly, that 20kg platter acting as a filter to speed variations.   The twin motors seem to work as twin turbochargers on car engines, supplying unstressed lazy torque rather than delivering needlessly (and possibly intrusively) high amounts. Regular readers will know I personally am a big fan of direct drives, but I do find E.A.T.’s approach interesting and very thorough. They have obviously designed the Forte well aware of the vagaries of belt drives, and all the problems it imposes, and would contend – I am sure – that it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it! This is reflected in remarkably fine speed stability [see MEASURED PERFORMANCE]. I find the deck itself a paragon of simplicity; it really is the sort of turntable you buy if you’re not into fiddling. Once located (which given its size and mass is easier said than done), you – ermm – just switch it on and off and that’s your lot. No suspension springs to twiddle, no fine speed to set, no intricate assembly of umpteen bits from a kit before it works. Essentially, the EAT Forte is a plug and play turntable – but for millionaires! It is, of course, immaculately finished, and whilst I may prefer functional, machine-like looks of the Avid Acutus or the arresting geometric grace of the Michell GyroDec, I can see that it is an attractive thing to have in your house – providing you’ve got one big enough, of course...   Another key part of the Forte is of course the tonearm. Although notionally badged as an EAT product, Jozefína makes no bones about the fact that it is designed and manufactured by Ikeda. Indeed it is a chrome finished Ikeda IT407 12” design, mounted on a sorbothane damped heavy metal base. If you’re not a Japanese hi-fi nut, you might be shrugging and saying so what – so think of it as being a bit like Lexus getting Bristol to supply engines for their top limousine [see ARMS AND THE MAN below] . More remarkable is that Osamu Ikeda was reputed to be in semi retirement, and extremely unlikely to ever make any tonearm for anybody ever again...   Originally launched in 2006, the 12” IT407 is a fairly high mass dynamically balanced design that traces its lineage all the way back to Fidelity Research days. Precision radial ball bearings are used along with a thread linked, weighted bias compensator and there’s a locking counterweight at one end of J-shaped polished arm tube, and a detachable headshell at the other. The build quality and finish of this arm is equal to the SME Series V, which really needs no more explanation – but suffice to say it is absolutely exquisite to hand cue, feeling as silky as the top SME in use. My only gripe would be the slightly fiddly arm rest lock, which isn’t the best ever devised, even if it does the job.   Once again, the debates around tonearms are manifold; everyone ‘in the know’ has their favourite, and just to make life interesting, they rarely agree. The Ikeda arm brings no innovation, no fancy tonearm materials, no special damping systems or clever ‘active counterweights’; rather it’s an utterly conservative high mass design that relies on impeccable and consistent construction to achieve its sonic goals. Put a decent moving coil in (in my case a van den Hul Frog), dial in the tracking force, bias and vertical tracking angle (all very easy and elegantly done) and you’re off! Immense and cowering as the Forte may be sonically, it is not like the Avid. It is an altogether less intense experience. Don’t take this to be in any way disparaging, as actually it is more versatile. Slip on some John Coltrane and you can sip a snifter of Scotch, light up a Silk Cut and tap your toes just as the Right Honourable Ken Clarke would his Hush Puppies. You can relax into the music, think about next weekend’s visit to the in-laws or what colour you’re going to paint the front door when the weather gets better. With the Avid, you’d have the vagaries of the recording etched into your cranium, and may well be thinking, “a great piece of music, but this early sixties cross-paired mic recording isn’t ideal”. Back to the E.A.T. though, and you’d be bathing in the languid, luxuriant sounds of Johnny Hartman singing, ‘Lush Life’, sitting up straight totally transfixed with your heart up where your Adam’s Apple should be. My point is simple; the Forte takes you into the music as far as you want to go, yet demands nothing from you.   On the very surface of things, it is less detailed than the Avid. It doesn’t put a magic marker under every attack transient, underlining when the note starts, and yet it is no less fast and no more unstable – indeed it seems even more speed-stable than the Acutus, which is really saying something. I found with Yes’s ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’, my reference Sony only just nosed ahead in the leading edge of the bass guitar stakes. The TT-S8000 is utterly exceptional in this respect, and a little ahead of the Avid, whereas the E.A.T. was, figuratively speaking, just millimetres behind its back bumper. But whilst the lithe direct drive with its light platter and clever quartz lock speed control servo system could just about inch ahead on leading notes, it lacked the E.A.T.’s immense stability. It was as solid as the proverbial lump of granite sticking out of the briny. The scale, the epic expanse of its soundstage and the utter unflappability of its performance beat the Sony into a cocked hat.   Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’ was another case in point. Brilliant of course as the song is, it’s a slightly murky mid-seventies analogue recording and one that doesn’t flatter a turntable of any size, price or weight. I found the Forte was able to unpeel the song, rather like an onion skin, giving me great insight into every layer of the production, yet without sounding in any way forced or strained. I remember the Avid doing this too, albeit with more drama and seemingly more detail, although I still found the E.A.T’s presentation more naturally ‘right’ on an instinctive level. Its dynamics were formidable, and yet less explicit. With such innate power, it was able to deliver the contrasts in a more effortless way, like a slumbering giant waking up to brush away an irritation without bothering to raise an eyelid. Again, by contrast, the Sony seemed a tad breathless – which is not something you ever say about it in less illustrious company...   Tonally, the Forte was superb. Its bass is immense, unflappable and without fault – save for being fractionally slower to switch on than the Sony. Alternatively, it may be right and the Sony is simply a little nervous with the leading edges, etching them artificially hard in a characteristically direct drive way? The E.A.T. is also sumptuous in the best tradition of vinyl; cue up The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ from an original seventies pressing of ‘Who’s Next’ and you really know that’s a valve bass guitar amp being used. It’s the sort of bass that doesn’t need to make any apologies – there’s no issue with the recording, or the rest of the replay equipment, it’s just there like the elephant in the room.   Yet it doesn’t overpower, or slur notes, or dominate the mix in any way; put on some nineteen sixties freakbeat from Ice (the most famous band to come out of my own Sussex University, which isn’t saying much) and yes, sure enough, you can tell it’s recorded in someone’s bathroom in Brighton. Cue up 4hero’s ‘Escape That’ however, and you’re into low frequencies the like of which you rarely hear outside of Wembley Arena. Powerful as the E.A.T is below the stairs, let’s just say it’s not gratuitous.   Across the midband, you have a massively expansive sound. It makes the Sony – and to a less extent the Avid – seem rather stuck between the speakers. Yet instruments are not quite as accurately located as with the Acutus, which if it were a policeman would be a Miami-based member of CS1. The E.A.T. isn’t imprecise, it’s just big enough in its soundstaging for you not to have to ask questions; “the guitar’s over there, the lead vocal is over there, okay, fair enough!” Nor is the midband quite as icily clear as the Acutus or the Sony, but it’s actually no less detailed or informative, it’s just the way it presents the information is altogether more relaxed. Now, I have a sneaking suspicion that the Ikeda arm is at least partly behind this state of affairs. It’s so redolent of all those hours I used to spend languishing in Japanese hi-fi shops in and around Tokyo, listening to that country’s high end fare. Think massively polished, with easy information retrieval that would never even think of throwing it at you. Yes, it’s an ever so slightly ‘hi-fi’ sound, but a gorgeous one – and mates brilliantly to the E.A.T’s mellowy, moody, subtle sound.   As befits a turntable of this immense speed stability, the treble is a joy. It is slick and easy, beautifully polished and wonderfully atmospheric – yet sharp and incisive in a way that never dominates. Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue’ was majestic; smooth, vast in stage and deliciously, naturally musical, and with a wonderfully natural top end. If ever there was a turntable/arm combination to flatter a cartridge’s natural treble ability, this is it. Once again, my reference players both turned in a superficially slightly more detailed rendition, but it wasn’t in any way more informative. Rather, it was if the brightness control had just been turned up a bit. The Avid was brilliant, pushing you right up close to the cymbals, the Sony had wonderful ‘snap’, whereas the E.A.T. took a gentle step back from the hi-hats, giving a less ‘in your face’ rendition that was – all said and done – a tad easier and more satisfying to listen to. At this level, you’re not going to get a bad turntable, so the question then is – what kind of good one do you want? As with fine wines, great watches, top restaurants and seven star hotels, at this price you’re buying something that suits you like the best bespoke tailored suit. And so whom would the E.A.T. Forte suit? Well, the standard fitment of the Ikeda arm means this is far more like a turntable package than most decks at this price, which come sans tonearm, requiring you to make this big decision. The Forte is a case of ‘add cartridge and go’; it even requires relatively little set up as it is not a skeletal design which demands various layers be bolted on to various others.   What it gives then is brilliant sound out of a (very big) box, with a superb fitted arm that sings with almost any highish mass moving coil cartridge. It presents a relaxed, easy, nonchalant sort of sound, but one that is nevertheless immensely satisfying. The best thing is that it’s very devoid of character, or obvious strengths or weaknesses for that matter. Simply put, it’s a massive machine that gets the best out of your vinyl without you – or it – having to try very hard.  The EAT Forte carries an Ikeda IT407 12in (307mm) arm with detachable headshell. This is a solid affair made from various metals Ikeda say, rolled not diecast. The arm feels solid and ‘dead’ in the hand and indeed it measures like that too. For a long, tubular arm it is surprisingly free of a main arm tube mode, expected around 200Hz or lower. In this region there is no sign of vibration, although a small bump at 120Hz could possibly be due to primary flexure. Otherwise, the IT407 is a very ‘quiet’ arm all the way up to 3kHz and should give excellent bass quality and fine sound staging as a result, as well as a pure midband. Above 3kHz, as accelerations rise, the headshell becomes as active as most, so here the Ikeda is less distinguished. Also, 12in arms roughly halve the tracing distortion generated by a 9in arm and usually sound smoother and silkier as a result, although often not as ‘fast’.   The EAT Forte turntable produced some amazing results. It was just 0.1% slow, a negligible amount and low speed drift below 1Hz was lower than usual too, resulting in a very low unweighted Wow and Flutter value of 0.072%. This suggests the EAT Forte will have much the same grip on pace as a Direct Drive. Weighted wow and flutter was low too, as is to be expected, measuring 0.061%.   An unusual combo this may be in appearance, but it is a good deal more sophisticated under the skin than one might imagine. It’s a great pairing. NK     Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

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Valve Tube Damper E A T Cool Damper für z.B. ECC 83, EL 84 Sound Tuning, gebr. wie neu - minimiert Mikrophonie - verbessert dadurch das Klangbild bei Röhrenverstärkern: mehr Details, mehr Struktur;- minimiert die Wärmeentwicklung des Glaskörpers der Röhre, erhöht die Lebensdauer- detaillierte Informationen finden sich in den abgebildeten Textauszügen aus Prospekten und PDFs- genau anpassbar auf den Glaskörper durch Umplatzierung der V-förmigen Silikonstege; anwendbar bei zahlreichen Röhrentypen (siehe Prospektfoto) gebraucht, keine erkennbaren Spuren, wie neu, 2 Stück Versand per Einschreibe-Warenbrief (DHL) mit Sendungsverfolgung innerhalb EU; außerhalb bitte Konditionen erfragen Valve Tube Damper E A T Cool Damper for e.g. ECC 83, EL 84 Sound Tuning, branded like new - minimizes microphonics - thus improves the sound of tube amps: more details, more structure; - minimizes heat generation of the glass body of the tube, increases lifetime - detailed information can be found in the shown text excerpts from brochures and PDFs - precisely adaptable to the glass body by repositioning the V-shaped silicone bars; applicable to numerous tube types (see brochure photo) used, no visible traces, like new, 2 pieces shipping by registered letter (DHL) with tracking within the EU; outside please ask for conditions Valve Tube Damper E A T Cool Damper pour p.ex. ECC 83, EL 84 Sound Tuning, occ. comme neuf - minimise la microphonie - améliore ainsi limage sonore des amplificateurs à tubes : plus de détails, plus de structure ; - minimise le développement de chaleur du corps en verre du tube, augmente la durée de vie - des informations détaillées se trouvent dans les extraits de textes de prospectus et de PDF illustrés - sadapte avec précision au corps en verre en déplaçant les entretoises en silicone en forme de V ; applicable à de nombreux types de tubes (voir la photo du prospectus) utilisé, pas de traces visibles, comme neuf, 2 pièces envoi par lettre de marchandise recommandée (DHL) avec suivi dans lUE ; en dehors, veuillez demander les conditions

EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

[State rank] B: There is a feeling of use [Product status] * No noticeable small scratches are not described. Because it is a used product, there is always a fine scratch and feeling of use. Headband slightly degraded/Fine scratches on left housing, paint peeling/Each plug deteriorates/pouches * No noticeable small scratches are not described. Because it is a used product, there is always a fine scratch and feeling of use. [Attached contents] ? 1.2m 4N-OFC (detached code) ? 3.0m 4N-OFC (detached code) ? Stereo mini standard plug adapter ? Carling pouch [Contents of missing] There is no shortage

EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

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FILTRO RETE NOISE EATER BY ESSENTIAL AUDIO TOOLS (EAT). Il filtro di rete Noise Eater by EAT cancella il rumore elettrico in HFNoise Eater, creato da Essential Audio Tools, è un filtro di rete in grado dieliminare la massima parte delle interferenze che si verificano sulla reteelettrica. Le interferenze o disturbi nascono soprattutto quando si accende osi spegne un dispositivo in casa. Computer, frigoriferi, lavatrici,asciugatrici, trapani elettrici e molti altri apparecchi collegati alla reteelettrica causare frequenti interferenze. Altri disturbi sono indotti dalleindustrie nelle vicinanze (o dagli ascensori nell’edificio).Una bassa distorsione sull’alimentazione di rete è difficile da rilevare, ènecessaria l’assistenza di speciali apparecchiature di misurazione. L’effettodella distorsione è tuttavia molto udibile. È necessario un filtro speciale perpulire efficacemente l’alimentazione di rete. Il Noise Eater è un filtroparallelo, questo significa che la corrente di alimentazione che alimenta leapparecchiatura audio HiFi non fluirà attraverso i componenti del filtro.Infatti il ??filtro si limita a monitorare l’alimentazione di rete intrappolando solo isegnali inadeguati e la distorsione.Il circuito Noise Eater è stato ampiamente testato, per garantire che ilcarattere sonoro della musica rimanga intatto! Il circuito stesso è statocolato in resina per impedirne ogni vibrazione interna. Anche il guscio delNoise Eater è un solido pezzo di materiale POM-C creato da un tornio CNC.Quindi il Noise Eater non è solo un ottimo filtro, ma ha anche l’aspetto di unottimo filtro!Il Noise Eater è un efficace filtro di rete Permette di:eliminare o ridurre rumore e disturbi audio esaltare il silenzio assoluto, la musica più tranquilla e le parti a bassovolume rendere più trasparente il palcoscenico musicale SPECIFICHETECNICHE Dimensioni: 39.5 mm diametro x 129 mm (senza pin) Peso: 135 g Finitura: nera Protezione: fase-neutro Tensione massima: 250 Volt Massima tensione di picco: 2500 Volt Massima corrente di picco: 4500 Ampere Massima energia di picco: 65 Joule Tempo di risposta: <25 nanosecondi Filtra: le frequenze al di sopra dellospettro audio

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 8am - 5pm Home Our Listings Newsletter Signup Contact Us EAT62093301 WI FI MODULES & 3D TRANSMITTERS FOR LG 65EG960V-ZA.AEKYLJG (EAT62093301 WI FI MODULES & 3D TRANSMITTERS FOR SONY KD-49XE7002) Product Showing as unavailable? Click here to check availabilityWorking And Tested TV PartsBuy with confidence!We Offer up to 20% discount and 0% restocking fees for trade customers please contact us for further details on how to get this discount. EMOS TVs have over 20 Years experience in the Tv trade working on all types of equipment old and new. We aim to offer the best service possible to people in the trade or who are competent enough to repair their own products.If you need advice on your faulty product please feel free to ask, we will be more than happy to advise you.Parts all carry a 28 day return to us guarantee, we will do all we can to help if the part does not cure your fault.Please do not purchase any parts if you are unsure it will cure your fault, Please message our technical help team via eBay using the Ask a question link below, One of our advisors will be happy to help. Please check all part numbers on the PCB you require as the same model of TV can have different parts fitted. Please do not order by model number alone. We do what we can to help when this happens but you will have to cover the additional shipping costs. EMOS are a professional service company and our opening times are Mon-Fri 9am-5pmThank youEMOS TVs Harvested parts information 90 day Warranty * Buy with confidence! EMOS Are the UKs leading supplier of harvested TV parts. Technical support available The UKs largest stock holding Trade Discount Available No quibble returns policy Quantity discounts available Worldwide shipping Next day delivery available About Emos TV Parts EMOS are the UKs leading supplier of harvested Television spare parts, we work with the leading Extended Warranty and Insurance companies to provide the highest quality lowest cost parts in the industry. Help before you buy Unsure this product will cure your fault? Please message our technical help team via eBay using the Ask a question link below. Terms & Conditions All repairs are carried out at you own risk. EMOS accept no liability for loss, damage or injury caused whilst fitting our replacement spare parts. *90 day warranty is a return to us warranty, all products need to be returned to us for repair or replacement*

EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

Ultron EAT 801 Rhre Rhre sollte neu sein, stammt jedoch aus Erbschaft, so dass ich diese als defekt (ungetestet) verkaufen muss. Rhre kann als Warensendung auf Anfrage versendet werden, jedoch ohne Sendungsverfolgung und mit dem Risiko, dass diese zu Bruch geht. (51)

Ultron EAT 801 Rhre Rhre sollte neu sein, stammt jedoch aus Erbschaft, so dass ich diese als defekt (ungetestet) verkaufen muss. Rhre kann als Warensendung auf Anfrage versendet werden, jedoch ohne Sendungsverfolgung und mit dem Risiko, dass diese zu Bruch geht. (51)

Ultron EAT 801 Rhre Rhre sollte neu sein, stammt jedoch aus Erbschaft, so dass ich diese als defekt (ungetestet) verkaufen muss. Rhre kann als Warensendung auf Anfrage versendet werden, jedoch ohne Sendungsverfolgung und mit dem Risiko, dass diese zu Bruch geht. (51)

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 8am - 5pm Home Our Listings Newsletter Signup Contact Us EAT62093301 WI FI MODULES & 3D TRANSMITTERS FOR LG 55UB850V-ZD.BEEWFJP (EAT62093301 WI FI MODULES & 3D TRANSMITTERS FOR SONY KD-49XE7002) Product Showing as unavailable? Click here to check availabilityWorking And Tested TV PartsBuy with confidence!We Offer up to 20% discount and 0% restocking fees for trade customers please contact us for further details on how to get this discount. EMOS TVs have over 20 Years experience in the Tv trade working on all types of equipment old and new. We aim to offer the best service possible to people in the trade or who are competent enough to repair their own products.If you need advice on your faulty product please feel free to ask, we will be more than happy to advise you.Parts all carry a 28 day return to us guarantee, we will do all we can to help if the part does not cure your fault.Please do not purchase any parts if you are unsure it will cure your fault, Please message our technical help team via eBay using the Ask a question link below, One of our advisors will be happy to help. Please check all part numbers on the PCB you require as the same model of TV can have different parts fitted. Please do not order by model number alone. We do what we can to help when this happens but you will have to cover the additional shipping costs. EMOS are a professional service company and our opening times are Mon-Fri 9am-5pmThank youEMOS TVs Harvested parts information 90 day Warranty * Buy with confidence! EMOS Are the UKs leading supplier of harvested TV parts. Technical support available The UKs largest stock holding Trade Discount Available No quibble returns policy Quantity discounts available Worldwide shipping Next day delivery available About Emos TV Parts EMOS are the UKs leading supplier of harvested Television spare parts, we work with the leading Extended Warranty and Insurance companies to provide the highest quality lowest cost parts in the industry. Help before you buy Unsure this product will cure your fault? Please message our technical help team via eBay using the Ask a question link below. Terms & Conditions All repairs are carried out at you own risk. EMOS accept no liability for loss, damage or injury caused whilst fitting our replacement spare parts. *90 day warranty is a return to us warranty, all products need to be returned to us for repair or replacement*

FILTRO RETE NOISE EATER BY ESSENTIAL AUDIO TOOLS (EAT). Il filtro di rete Noise Eater by EAT cancella il rumore elettrico in HFNoise Eater, creato da Essential Audio Tools, è un filtro di rete in grado dieliminare la massima parte delle interferenze che si verificano sulla reteelettrica. Le interferenze o disturbi nascono soprattutto quando si accende osi spegne un dispositivo in casa. Computer, frigoriferi, lavatrici,asciugatrici, trapani elettrici e molti altri apparecchi collegati alla reteelettrica causare frequenti interferenze. Altri disturbi sono indotti dalleindustrie nelle vicinanze (o dagli ascensori nell’edificio).Una bassa distorsione sull’alimentazione di rete è difficile da rilevare, ènecessaria l’assistenza di speciali apparecchiature di misurazione. L’effettodella distorsione è tuttavia molto udibile. È necessario un filtro speciale perpulire efficacemente l’alimentazione di rete. Il Noise Eater è un filtroparallelo, questo significa che la corrente di alimentazione che alimenta leapparecchiatura audio HiFi non fluirà attraverso i componenti del filtro.Infatti il ??filtro si limita a monitorare l’alimentazione di rete intrappolando solo isegnali inadeguati e la distorsione.Il circuito Noise Eater è stato ampiamente testato, per garantire che ilcarattere sonoro della musica rimanga intatto! Il circuito stesso è statocolato in resina per impedirne ogni vibrazione interna. Anche il guscio delNoise Eater è un solido pezzo di materiale POM-C creato da un tornio CNC.Quindi il Noise Eater non è solo un ottimo filtro, ma ha anche l’aspetto di unottimo filtro!Il Noise Eater è un efficace filtro di rete Permette di:eliminare o ridurre rumore e disturbi audio esaltare il silenzio assoluto, la musica più tranquilla e le parti a bassovolume rendere più trasparente il palcoscenico musicale SPECIFICHETECNICHE Dimensioni: 39.5 mm diametro x 129 mm (senza pin) Peso: 135 g Finitura: nera Protezione: fase-neutro Tensione massima: 250 Volt Massima tensione di picco: 2500 Volt Massima corrente di picco: 4500 Ampere Massima energia di picco: 65 Joule Tempo di risposta: <25 nanosecondi Filtra: le frequenze al di sopra dellospettro audio

EAT COOL TUBE DAMPER MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE RING 3 pezzi con scatola originale, colore rossi In alluminio specifici per valvole ECC83 ECC88 ECC82 EL84 6H30

Ultron EAT 801 Rhre Rhre sollte neu sein, stammt jedoch aus Erbschaft, so dass ich diese als defekt (ungetestet) verkaufen muss. Rhre kann als Warensendung auf Anfrage versendet werden, jedoch ohne Sendungsverfolgung und mit dem Risiko, dass diese zu Bruch geht. (51)

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