{"product_id":"clearaudio-statement-v2-turntable","title":"Clearaudio Statement V2 Turntable","description":"“Take the best and make it better,” has always been the driving motto of the Suchy\nfamily, the team behind the Clearaudio brand. But how exactly do you improve on the\n‘world’s finest turntable’?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOriginally launched in 2006, the Clearaudio Statement was lauded worldwide as a\n“masterpiece of engineering” which had truly “advanced the state of the art”. From the\nmassive 350kg structure and stunning architectural design to its ground-breaking technology -\nwhich included a trick or two borrowed from the Mars Rover - the Statement indisputably took\nturntable construction to a whole new dimension. “Clearaudio’s Statement is, without any\nshadow of a doubt, the finest turntable in the world,” said Australian Hi-Fi magazine2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nClearaudio’s goal with the original Statement was to leverage everything their development\nteam had learnt in 30 years of audio engineering and to bring together new technologies\nnever before seen in combination, to make a cost-no-object, state-of-the-art masterpiece.\nFast forward a decade and the team remains equally dedicated to breaking the rules and\nboundaries of music reproduction: hence the outstanding new Statement ‘v2’, painstakingly\nadvanced with a raft of striking developments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe sheer presence and beauty of the Statement’s structural design has always been a major\ntalking point and the new v2 looks magnificent with its sumptuous piano-black lacquer finish\nand matching black turntable platter. Its massive integrated stand, which comprises four\nstainless steel legs separated and supported by eight curved supports, is completely damped\nagainst resonance. The supports feature a sandwich construction of aluminium plates filled\nwith Panzerholz, a high-density bullet-proof manufactured wood renowned for its acoustic\ndamping properties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe top layers of the massive stand now incorporate thousands of tiny metal ball bearings\nembedded within the aluminium and Panzerholz sandwich, for incredible levels of resonance\ncontrol.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOne of the original Statement’s most prized innovations was its magnetic bearing technology,\nin which the platter is magnetically suspended so that there is no mechanical connection\nbetween platter and drive motor. So successful was this technology that it has since been\npatented and applied to most of Clearaudio’s turntable range. The motor uses a belt to drive\nthe lower of two sub-platters, which contains a series of very strong magnets. Floating above\nit is an upper sub-platter containing an opposing set of magnets. The two sub-platters never\ntouch and are held at a precise distance by the strong magnetic field. Attached to the upper\nsub-platter is a bearing spindle, which is connected to the main platter. In short, the main\nplatter effectively floats on a cushion of air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn the Statement v2, the bearing spindle is replaced with an enhanced design manufactured\nfrom Wolfram carbide, to which a nano nitrate coating is applied by laser, providing vastly\nsuperior strength and stability. The spindle’s design now features a two-piece construction in\nwhich the two parts are joined by a special high-technology adhesive, resulting in improved\nenergy transfer and resonance control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nA key feature of the original Statement was the high-speed microprocessor-controlled motor\nused to drive the sub-platter, which drew directly on the technology used to propel the Mars\nRover. The result was an outstanding level of real-time speed control. “When the platter is\nspinning, you can apply substantial downforce… with your finger and watch microprocessor\ninstantly correct the speed”1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe v2’s electronic speed control circuitry is completely new. A\nbrand new circuit board featuring upgraded components gives even more precise speed\ncontrol and stability. At the same time, the motor pulley and belt have been redesigned, finetuning\nthem for superior noise reduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nGoing back to the platters, the previously acrylic main platter has been replaced with a POM\nversion, with its higher density and superior damping properties. The driven lower sub-platter\nhas a newly-machined outer surface to better mate with the drive belt for even finer\ntransmission and performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMoving down, the main gyroscopic bearing that supports the entire floating structure has\nbeen improved and upgraded for better performance. Those familiar with the original\nStatement will recall its innovative self-levelling mechanism. A 95kg damped self-levelling\npendulum hangs from the gyroscopic bearing and comprises a series of stainless steel plates,\neccentrically weighted by drilling out a portion of each plate’s inner periphery. Careful rotation\nof the various plates yields a platter that is perfectly level with the earth’s surface (as distinct\nfrom your floor) and with whichever tonearms are being used.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMoving back up-top, while the Statement accommodates up to four tonearms, the arm ‘par\nexcellence’ is the Statement TT1 tangential tonearm. Designed specifically and exclusively for\nthe Statement turntable, it too has been upgraded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe great plus of a tangential tonearm is that it delivers zero lateral tracking error and no\nskating force, because the cartridge moves in a way that is perfectly aligned with the record\ngroove rather than pivoting as conventional arms do. To achieve this, the TT1 is constructed\nin two main parts. A supporting rail, in the form of a complex glass tube, occupies a fixed\nposition parallel to the record’s radius. A high-precision carriage holding a straight carbon\nfibre tonearm runs along the rail. This construction means that the tonearm only pivots\nvertically, not horizontally, and so the cartridge stylus can only move in a straight line\nprecisely along the record’s radius, following the exact same path as the cutting head when\nthe record groove was initially made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn the new TT1 v2, the arm carriage now hangs below the glass rail, rather than above it\n(think Skytrains or monorails), which provides greater stability and hence improved\nconsistency of performance. The carbon fibre arm tube now has improved internal damping\nand carries a black anodized aluminium headshell. Ease and precision of VTA adjustment,\nalready strong features in the original TT1, are now even better: a new reference scale\nenables even simpler, more precise and repeatable VTA adjustments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFinally, to finish up-top, the Statement v2 is crowned with a peerless dual record clamping\nsystem: the stainless steel and Panzerholz Statement Clamp features three-point resonance\nabsorption technology, while the Outer Limit record clamp holds down the entire outer edge of\nthe record without touching the grooves, its 1.5 kg weight adding to the flywheel effect and\nflattening minor warps leading to a significant sonic improvement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe initial set-up of the Statement v2 is, of course, reassuringly detailed and complex. No\nneed to worry, though, since a senior member of the Clearaudio team will travel to wherever\nin the world a customer happens to be and perform a full, expert set-up. Happily, subsequent\noperation of the Statement is surprisingly simple. And, as you might expect from such a\nmasterpiece of audio engineering, the sound quality will stop you in your tracks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nTechnical Specification:-\u003cbr\u003e\nConstruction Stainless steel, aluminium, acrylic and bullet-proof wood\u003cbr\u003e\nSpeed ranges 33⅓, 45 \u0026amp; 78 rpm\u003cbr\u003e\nDrive unit Non-contact magnetic drive system\u003cbr\u003e\nBearing Clearaudio patented magnetic bearing technology\u003cbr\u003e\nPlatter 98 mm \/ 3.86 inch main platter\u003cbr\u003e\nSpeed accuracy (measured) Less than ± 0.03% variation\u003cbr\u003e\nPower consumption Max. consumption: 19 Watt\u003cbr\u003e\nConsumption in operation: 8 Watt\u003cbr\u003e\nOff-mode (main switch in '0' position): 0 Watt\u003cbr\u003e\nTotal weight Approx. 350 kg\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions (without\ntonearm)\nApprox. 27.2 (w) x 22.4 (d) x 52.17 (h) inches\u003cbr\u003e\nApprox. 690 (w) x 570 (d) x 1325 (h) mm\u003cbr\u003e\nWarranty 10 years (provided warranty card completed and returned to\nClearaudio within 2 weeks of purchase)","brand":"Clearaudio","offers":[{"title":"Black Lacquer","offer_id":57409132036428,"sku":"CLEARAUDIOSTATEMENTV2-BL","price":108608.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Natural Wood","offer_id":57419560157516,"sku":"CLEARAUDIOSTATEV2-NW","price":100258.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/6891\/2204\/files\/Clearaudio-Statement-V2.jpg?v=1777478518","url":"https:\/\/www.stoneaudio.co.uk\/products\/clearaudio-statement-v2-turntable","provider":"Stone Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}