Burmester 257 Reference Line Turntable

indispensable design principles

• Compact shape to fit into New Reference Line systems (and the listening space): A height-adjustable turntable coupled with the tonearm as a single unit

• Optical Speed Control (OSC): An encoder with a pitch of 1600 uses an optical sensor to detect changes in the speed of rotation in less than a millisecond

• Innovative Motor Suspension (IMS): The counter-rotating suspension motor using 18 O-rings compensates for speed changes, ensuring stable rotation

• Finetuning: Base speed can be increased or decreased using two push buttons

  drive that makes a difference

• Hybrid motor control: A high-resolution 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) generates a motor reference voltage that is fed into the purely analog motor control unit

• Automatic compensation for friction and temperature changes in the disk bearings and belts keeps the speed in the perfect range at all times

• Speed-controlled rotation is performed by two belt drives with two high-torque 12V DC motors moving two flywheels reducing wow and flutter to an absolute minimum

  low friction bearings

  Magnetic bearing technology at its best: Inverted, ground and polished ceramic bearing axle with a sintered bronze liner provides the smoothest operation possible.

  a platter to serve the best

  The balanced 50mm platter in sandwich construction made of technical plastic and stainless steel holds the most legendary records dearly. It provides a solid yet elegant base for all vinyls.