Acoustic Signature Merlin NEO

The Merlin NEO is the successor to the legen­dary Merlin from 2016. We are now respon­ding to the many requests we’ve received over the years for a suc­cessor to the Merlin with the Merlin NEO: The affor­dable price and sensa­tional perfor­mance remain the same – every­thing else has been updated with our latest techno­logical inno­vations

Acoustic Signa­ture’s CLD philo­sophy ensures that the three-piece mass drive, crafted from a “soft” alumi­num alloy, offers minimal surface area for vibra­tions to take hold – creating ideal opera­ting condi­tions for the latest itera­tion of our award-winning TA-500 NEO. The reso­nance-reducing design is effec­tively suppor­ted by a bitumen-damped aluminum platter and an external motor block with a fully isolated motor, which houses our reliable digital control elec­tro­nics. Of course, the Merlin NEO features our legen­dary, main­tenance-free DTD®-bearing and, in addi­tion, a Level 1 imple­men­tation of Acoustic Signa­ture’s Automatic Vibra­tion Control. We are very proud of our new “Every­body’s Darling”: The Acoustic Signa­ture Merlin NEO not only lives up to its prede­cessor – it actually outper­forms it in every way!

Special features:

• Turn­table with ton­earm TA-500 NEO and Audio­quest “Golden Gate” audio cable, avai­lable only as a set
• External motor block with fully insu­lated AC motor, speed fine adjust­ment and speed selector switch for 33 and 45 RPM
• Digital motor elec­tronics with a highly stable multi-voltage power supply, crystal-stabi­lized
• Innovative AVC technology level 1 (Automatic Vibration Control)

• Ultraprecise, extremely rigid and robust DTD® bearing with diamond-coated spindle (Dura Turn Diamond® Bearing)
• Reso­nance-opti­mized aluminum chassis with CLD techno­logy (Cons­traint Layer Damping) and an alumi­num platter with a bitumen layer on the bottom
• 3-point setup with special gel-damped feet
• 15-year warranty (with registration