EAT FORTE Turntable without tonearm

EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5

Turntable with C-Note 12'' tonearm and Jo No. 5 cartridge

EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
EAT Forte / Ikeda-IT407 / Jo5
15.495,00 Price include 21% VAT Price exclude VAT € 12.805,79


A massive machine that gets the best out of your vynil. Separate Sub Chassis and a mass loaded turntable gives us the best of both worlds. The design of the E.A.T. Forte turntable is based on a combination of two basic principles: Separate Sub Chassis and a mass loaded turntable This gives us the best of both worlds. The chassis of the table is very heavy and mass-loaded using metal-fi lled sand. The feet are magnetic and act as a sub chassis to support the table.

Platter
The platter consists of two parts. The first part uses a soft alloy, the second part, a harder one. This reduces energy flow. The first part also incorporates the neodymium magnets. The platter weighs more than 20 kg (44 lbs). The diameter of the platter is 400 mm (15.75 1/2) (not the usual 300 mm [11.8 1/2]). Kinetic energy stored in such big platter turning at 33 RPM is an incredible 2460 Joules! This means that with the same weight you gain more moving mass on the platter. The platter also incorporates sorbothane damping to make it resonance free.

Vinyl matt
The vinyl matt is made from recycled vinyl records crating a perfect interface for the record. A clamp holds the record on the vinyl matt.

Bearing construction
The bearing is not standard but inverted with an oversized polished shaft. A ceramic ball is used on the top because it is very hard and inert. This, in combination with a Teflon plate as a bearing mirror, is also a good damping device. Teflon's accurate satin surface produces perfectly smooth movement without any rumble. The platter has a magnetic suspension using neodymium magnets. By increasing the distance from the bearing to the cartridge, the small neodymium magnets eliminate magnetic infl uence on the cartridge. Due to the magnets we can still move a large mass allowing the bearing to see virtually no pressure. This avoids rumble. (A mass loaded platter usually causes high levels of rumble.) The pressure of the bearing is adjustable. There are existing different philosophies about bearing pressure. With the Forte turntable you can adjust it according your preferences and taste.

Magnetic Feet
The table has large magnetic feet with a bearing and stabilization system. It guaranties close to 100% isolation from the floor and from airborne resonances. The magnetic bearing system allows us to use the extra silent Tefl on-ceramic combination. Usually high pressure would cause the bearing to wear out over the time. This does not happen because of the very low pressure created by the use of the magnetic system.

Motor
The motor is a stand-alone, decoupled AC unit. It uses a sophisticated electronic circuit to create 100% clean AC. It is very heavy motor with lot of mass to reduce all the existing vibrations. Motor energy is absorbed by using a sandwich system of metal and MDF. We decided to use a "dual motor design" to eliminate noise in the motor. By using two relatively weak, but silent running motors, we achieve perfect torque.

Belt
Long belts usually have some amount of wobble. To avoid this we use a special silicon string. This movement is also absorbed by the bearing block and by the huge mass of the platter itself.

E.A.T. the Energy
- The E.A.T. Forte turntable is all about eating energy.
- Energy from the ground is decoupled by magnetic feet.
- Energy from the air is decoupled from the heavy chassis that is made from MDF and fi lled metal sand.
- Energy from tone arm and cartridge is absorbed by using a heavy metal tone arm base isolated by sorbothane.
- Energy from the belt is captured by the mass of the platter and by the string itself.
- Energy from the motor is captured by the dual-motor design, the decoupled motor unit and the mass-loaded motor chassis.
- Energy of the bearing is catch by the ceramic ball, the Tefl on plate and the magnetic bearing construction.

Specifications
- Electronic speed change * 33.33/* 45.11
- Speed variance ± 0.09%
- Wow and flutter ± 0.008%
- Signal-to-noise ratio -73dB
- Power consumption 2W
- Outboard power supply 16V/1.000mA AC, suitable for your country's mains supply
- Dimensions (WxHxD) 700x250x440mm
- Weight 65kg

Ikeda IT407 12'' tonearm
Isamu Ikeda’s passion for the perfect analog sound began in the 1940’s when, being dissatisfied with the production at a previous audio company, Mr. Ikeda decided to form his own company – the world famous Fidelity Research Inc. Its products have been welcomed by audiophiles and music fans the world over, including the Imperial Household Agency and the Imperial Family. By the time the company released such systems as the FR-7 and FR-64s in 1978, it had grown to be a world-class audio manufacturer, developing the world’s first air-core quadropole structure for FR-7. “Nevertheless, Ikeda’s enthusiasm for the revival of analogue records continued unabated. In the same year (2000), he established Ikeda Sound Laboratories Company. For Ikeda, this company was a place where he was able to do things that had been impossible under mass production at Fidelity Research, that is, enhancing the precision of manufacturing, pursuing handmade production and experimenting with new ideas freely. Of course, all the products were designed, built and inspected by Isamu Ikeda himself. He also accomplished such feats as realizing air-core structure and developing the world’s first MC cartridge without a cantilever, both of which had been his long-sought goals. As cutting heads used in manufacturing of analogue records have no cantilevers, he thought a MC cartridge without a cantilever could be created. Ikeda is a perfectionist. All Ikeda Labs. products, including those sold overseas, are repaired by Ikeda himself in Japan.

Specifications
- Ikeda IT-407CR1 (Long Arm)
- Type: Dynamic balance
- Overall length: 388mm
- Effective length: 307mm
- Overhang: 12mm
- Tracking error: +2°~ - 0°35′
- Stylus force range: 0g ~ 5g (in 0.5g step)
- Mounting hole diameter: 31mm
- Arm height adjustment range: 25mm – 60mm
- Max. arm board thickness: 35mm
- Cartridge/Headshell balance range: 6g – 38.5g
- Headshell weight: 17.2

E.A.T. Jo N°5 Cartridge
High End E.A.T. cartridge. It comes in unmistakeable mint green colour and features a truthful and immersive sound that is pure E.A.T. E.A.T. is very proud to announce its second cartridge creation in history, after the highly acclaimed and successful Yosegi MC. Jo No.5 is an elegant masterpiece, both sonically as well as visually. Cartridge body and stylus guard are produced by an additive manufacturing process which is called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). This process sinters thin layers of powder with a laser to build the final structure.

Specifications
- Moving Coil Cartridge
- E.A.T. Jo N°5 Cartridge technical information
- Stylus type: Nude Fine Line
- Cartridge Weight:        15 g
- Stylus tip radius: 8/40 μm
- Frequency response: 20 – 26.000 Hz ±1.5dB
- Output voltage at 1000 Hz: 5cm/sec. 0.33 mV
- Channel Separation at 1 kHz: 25dB
- Channel Separation at 15 kHz: 16dB
- Channel Balance at 1kHz: 1.2 dB
- Compliance, dynamic/lateral: 12 μm/mN
- Tracking force range: 2.2-2.5 g (22-25 mN)
- Tracking force recommended: 2.4 g (24 mN)
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force        80 μm
- Tracking angle: 20°
- Coil wire material: Pure 4N copper
- Recommended load impedance: 20Ω
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 5Ω