Turntable Manual

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The Heavy-Duty Manual Turntable maximizes workspace and minimizes wasteful motion. Bench top turntables allow workers to stay in one position and rotate items for access from all sides. No need to walk around the table to access areas out of view. Easy and smooth bearing motion. Used in hundreds of applications; displays, paint spraying, assembly units, repairs, etc. Easy, smooth rotation won't jostle delicate parts. Rugged 5/16" steel plate construction. The double tier units, suffix DPED and CDPED, feature a stationary shelf for storing parts and tools. Series PED and DPED feature a turn knob height adjustment operation while the CPED and CDPED feature a gas cylinder up and down mechanism (similar design as office chairs).

The differences between manual turntables and automatic turntables are the first thing to pop in your mind, once you have decided to buy a new turntable. A comprehensive understanding of both can help you see the drawbacks and benefits of both. For people falling in love with vinyl and looking forward to purchasing their turntable, we have curated a guide that breaks down each of these three types along with factors like price, features, quality, and personal preference.

As the name suggests, with a manual turntable, you do all the heavy lifting. You lower the tonearm onto the record to start playing and when the record is over, you lift it off, put it back in the resting position, and turn the table off. The designs are simpler, and there are no extras on the tonearm, which ensures there is no interference with the tracking.

Besides, they give you the widest range of options. With a manual turntable, you will know exactly where to put your stylus on your record groove as opposed to an automatic turntable where you would have to rely on your automatic record player to lift the stylus and the tonearm off the record surface and return it to its rest and turn off.

They are low on maintenance as there are no internal mechanisms and fewer things that can break. A good quality manual turntable is a great pick for anyone who is looking for top-notch performance and a fully engaged vinyl listening experience. However, be mindful that you will have to take out a lot more dedicated time out of your day to specifically listen to your record collection.

The best bit? You can always upgrade it without having to buy a brand new record player. The common verdict is that most serious record collectors favour manual turntables. (if you can put aside the mild frustration of a little hard work).

An automatic turntable will lift the tonearm out of the resting position and lower it onto the record at the right place. That way they offer much in the way of convenience. If you are new to vinyl and building up your collection, you would surely want to opt for automatic turntables, as they will give you all the power to avoid accidentally damaging your records or vinyl. A fully automatic table will eliminate all your worries.

But, it is also worth mentioning that because an automatic turntable accommodates some extra components, it will produce more unwanted noise than a manual one. Remember, with an automatic design, you are paying for functionality and convenience. So, for a casual vinyl listener looking for convenience, automatic turntables win hands down! (But for the best sound, fewer mechanisms the better, which is not the case with the automatic ones.)

The Turntable is a lightweight easy-to-use spreader. When positioned at the end of a cutting table, the material is manually spread across the table. The maneuverable spreader adjusts for face-up-one way, face-to-face-nap-one-way and face-to-face spreading. To improve efficiency when spreading face-up-one way, a guided Long-Handled Chickadee rotary shear (not attached) can be added to end cut each ply with perfect accuracy.

Setup instructions are slightly different for our Gen 1 and Gen 2 Orbit Turntables. Setup videos and guides for both turntables are included below. If you are unsure which version you have, click here to identify your Orbit.

Having exact pitch (speed) is important, but human hearing is much more sensitive to momentary changes in speed which we express with the terms Wow and Flutter. As its name sounds, Wow is a slow cyclical speed variation. The most severe example is the sound of a severely warped record, where the stylus travels faster on the rising side of the warp and slower on the descending side, causing abrupt changes in musical pitch. Flutter is what we call very fast and small variations that are usually generated by the motor. The C 588 addresses both of these problems with proven and effective solutions. A specialized, high precision, synchronous clock motor is both very smooth and accurate, especially when driven from a stable AC voltage. To ensure a clean and stable AC voltage we isolate the AC Mains by first converting it to a clean DC voltage, and then electronically generating the precise AC frequency to regulate the synchronous motor. Using a specially formulated belt to drive the platter further filters and isolates any remaining vibration. All rotating parts are made from aluminum alloy machined to very tight tolerances to eliminate any eccentricity or vibration in the drive system.

To fully realize the micro-dynamics of music requires a very tight mechanical coupling of the platter and the tonearm. This forms a triangle, as vibrations can travel from record being played, to the platter, through the shaft and bearing to the base (plinth), up the arm mount through the arm pivot and down the arm to the cartridge and stylus. There are many separate parts in this path and some of them are required move relative to one another through mechanical bearing interfaces. If there is any play in these mechanical interfaces musical energy will be lost. This why NAD has paid strict attention to precision machining, assembly, and testing that is so important in a turntable.

Reducing all spurious vibrations to a minimum is critical to getting the best result when playing vinyl. Since these vibrations can come from various sources, both internal and external, the materials and dimensions must all be carefully calculated reduce and balance all the resonances to prevent a buildup of energy at particular frequencies. To isolate external vibrations from the loudspeakers or footfalls bouncing the floor, we use a massive MDF base with specially tuned vibration damping feet, along with a thick non-resonant dust cover. The choice of glass platter, felt pad, MDF base, and carbon fiber tonearm, were carefully considered to work together to limit and reduce spurious vibration.

They say a great chef can make delicious food from very basic

ingredients, while a cook without training can make a mess of even the finest and most exotic ingredients. NAD is a Five Star Chef in the audio world, designing award winning products for 45 years now. We think the C 588 hits a sweet spot for performance and value by using very simple high quality parts and precisely engineering them to work together in perfect harmony. We believe the result to be a feast for the ears that will last for years and bring new life to your existing record collection while preserving it for the future.

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