Turntable »Balance«
"The Brinkmann Balance turntable System... and HRS M3 Isolation Base is - with the exception of the Rockport System III Serius - the best turntable system I've ever heard."Michael Fremer - Stereophile (USA)
Our heaviest turntable keeps on running and running and running... with legendary quietness. Since its introduction in 1984, the »Balance« combines timeless beauty, highest sound quality and perfect build quality. The basic design has remained the same (honestly, there isn?t much to improve), but in the best Brinkmann tradition, the turntable has seen continuous evolution und sonic optimizations. Hence today, the turntable is state of the art in terms of aesthetics and technology – as it has always been – while sounding better than ever. Little wonder then that the »Balance« is used as the absolute reference turntable not only by Brinkmann, but quite a few renowned publications aswell. Not surprisingly, the »Balance« has received quite a few awards over the years: the “Gold Medal” for turntables from the “Image Hifi Millenium Awards” or the “Blue Moon” award from www.6moons.com.
Jules Coleman wrote in 6 Moons:
The Brinkmann Balance is one of the very few turntables I have heard that pretty much gets the timing right. Because it gets the timing right, it plays music and invites the listener to see deeply into the music, to embrace and be moved by it: to experience its meaning while avoiding any tendency to parse it into component elements.As with other high mass designs, the Balance has a deep, full and authoritative bottom end. Unlike some others I have heard, however, it stops and starts on a dime. It is much more agile in this regard than are some of its competitors. I like to put this in terms of recovery rate. After big, powerful moments in large orchestral pieces, there is no sense that the piece is starting back up too slowly or too quickly. There is a breath, a pause, a gathering of thoughts, and off we go again - all in order. I cannot tell you how often tables get this wrong.
The midrange is extremely detailed but natural. Improperly isolated high mass tables can be unnaturally edgy on top, but no doubt thanks in part to its HRS isolation platform, the Brinkmann is extended, airy and edgeless on top.And there is more
The Brinkmann sounds great, looks great and is a work of exceptional engineering. But there is more. The more is reliability and service. Purchase the Balance with the Brinkmann arm, EMT cartridge and the HRS isolation platform and you are likely to have trouble-free world-class performance for years to come.Click here to be directed to the full review
Brinkmann Balance | Specifications |
| Drive | precision ground round belt |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 550 x 400 x 140 mm |
| Weight | 33 kg |
| Platter | weight 18 kg, Ø 316 mm, height 90 mm. |
| Platter surface | planar polished crystal glass (recessed mounting) |
| Tonearm base | available for 9...10.5'' tonearms |
| (arm mountings available for virtually any tonearm), | |
| easy and quickexchange and adjustments are provided via a collar system. | |
| Included in delivery | turntable, screw-down record clamp, solid state power supply, tools |
| Options | tube power supply »RöNt«, additional arm bases (also for 12.1'' tonearms) |
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