E.A.T. - European Audio Team C-Sharp turntable
The C-Sharp pairs low-noise poise with a wide, layered soundstage, drawing out fine detail while keeping treble calm and incisive. Paul Rigby found its presentation mature, rhythmically assured and impressively focused, while the carbon-fibre plinth, high-mass platter and hybrid-bearing arm support stable, resonance-conscious vinyl playback. It is a polished high-end deck with genuine musical authority.
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Sound Quality
91/100
Build Quality
90/100
Features Usability
84/100
Value for Money
94/100
Pros
Exceptionally low-noise, controlled presentation reveals subtle detail and prevents upper-midrange hardness during demanding passages.
Full, wide and three-dimensionally layered soundstage with strong image focus and clear retrieval of buried instruments.
Thoughtful resonance management through the carbon-fibre upper plinth, bonded high-mass platter and damped hybrid tonearm.
Cons
A touch of midrange dryness can limit air and dynamic openness without careful use of the supplied stabiliser.
The supplied clamp/stabiliser requires correct loose-on-spindle use during playback; an alternative stabiliser was judged to improve focus and space further.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 91/100
The C-Sharp is praised for a controlled, mature and highly focused presentation, with a spacious three-dimensional soundstage and notably low background noise. Its strengths are rhythmic assurance, clean treble control, incisive detail and a secure bass foundation, although one reviewer heard a slight midrange dryness that limited some air and dynamic openness.
Overall Sound
92/100
StereoNET found the sound solid, mature and confidence-inspiring from the outset, with zip, vibrancy and a full, wide soundstage. The deck kept potentially strident guitars and forward upper-midrange vocals controlled, while revealing layered detail and a characterful bass foundation. A touch of midrange dryness was noted, slightly restricting air and dynamic extension until the clamp was used.
Speed Stability
90/100
The high-mass bonded alloy-and-vinyl platter is designed to support stable rotation while also managing energy. An external microprocessor-controlled unit provides dedicated stop, 33⅓ and 45rpm operation, and the published speed-variance figures are very tight. The reviews provide little direct listening commentary on pitch stability across an entire record side.
Tonearm Performance
91/100
The new arm combines a unipivot element intended to reduce bearing loading with a Cardan bearing for stable, low-friction movement. In listening, StereoNET heard strong image organization, clear retrieval of easily obscured instruments and expansive, layered staging, attributing much of that performance to the arm.
Noise Isolation
92/100
StereoNET repeatedly praised the C-Sharp's low-noise output, saying it made individual notes easier to follow and avoided upper-midrange hardening during demanding musical climaxes. The carbon-fibre upper plinth is intended to damp energy, while silicone damping in the arm is claimed to reduce resonances substantially.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
90/100
The C-Sharp uses a stiff two-part structure: a high-density MDF lower section finished in piano lacquer and a carbon-fibre upper section chosen for strength and energy damping. Its substantial bonded-material platter and carefully specified hybrid-bearing arm suggest a thoughtfully engineered, resonance-conscious platform. The available reviews say little about long-term durability or finish consistency.
Features Usability
84/100
The separate illuminated control panel makes 33⅓ and 45rpm selection straightforward, avoiding manual belt repositioning. The supplied clamp is important to achieving the deck's best openness, focus and reduced blur, so it is part of the intended setup rather than an optional afterthought. Reviews offer little detail about cartridge installation or day-to-day setup ease.
Value for Money
94/100
At roughly $3,995 to $4,749, the C-Sharp sits in a serious high-end price bracket, but StereoNET explicitly called it "incredible value for money." That conclusion was tied to its low-noise behavior, controlled and mature sound, strong focus, and incisive detail relative to competing expectations at this level.
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Specifications
- Model
- EAT C-Sharp turntable
- Nominal speed
- 33/45 rpm, driven by microprocessor, separate control panel, lighted control buttons
- Speed Variance
- 33 rpm: ± < 0,08% 45 rpm: ± < 0,09%
- Signal to noise
- S/N Ratio (mechanical noise): – 40 dB Signal to noise (electrical noise): -70 dB
- Downforce range
- 0 – 30 mN
- Supplied counterweights
- without additional insert =>for cartridge 5 – 9g (125g) with additional insert =>for cartridge 8,5 – 13g(142g)
- Effective tonearm mass
- 16.5 g
- Effective tonearm lenght
- 254 mm
- Overhang
- 16 mm
- Power consumption
- 8,5 W max / 0,5 W stanby
- Voltage
- Universal swith mode power supply 15 V DC / 1,6 A, 90-264 V AC, 47 – 63Hz
- Dimensions
- 500 × 400 × 115mm without connectors 500 × 435 × 115mm with connectors in the rear panel
- Weight (without box)
- 13,5 kg + 0,5 kg Separated control panel
Manufacturer's Description — E.A.T. - European Audio Team
E.A.T C-Sharp turntable
Thanks to new materials like Carbon Fibre and Termoplastic Elastomer EAT was designing a new superflat table.
E.A.T , leaded by Jozefina Lichtenegger, a lady with distinct for elegance and design, went into the turntable business with completely new approach . High End turntables get big,massy and bulky close to phallic. When the technical design goes into extrem!
European Audio Team wants to offer tables with the maximum of technology and Performance but still elegant looking. The Forte and Forte S with their special designed superlative heavy platter have been a revolution in the Highend AudioMarket . Never a turntable combined such Kinetic energie in such elegant products. Later the E-Flat topped the concept with the first unseeable super falt highend platter in a wonderfull mass loaded dual Motor Design.
The success of the E-Flat motivated EAT to bring an even more elegant and slim turntable to the market.
The C-SHARP
Thanks to new materials like Carbon Fibre and Termoplastic Elastomer Eat was designing a new superflat table. The low profil base chassis is made out of highest density MDF. Because of its flatness this base sits perfectly stable on any surface! On this base the ultra low noise motor is mounted as well as 10 damping feets out of energy absorbing TPE (Termoplastic Elastomers = Hightech high energy absorbing damping material). The cone shape TPE columns carry a SANDWICH subchassis out of Carbon Fibre and MDF composite with ultimate rigidity.
The stiffness is important to be a super rigid base for the tonearm/cartridge and bearing/platter as there must be 100 % no moving tolerance between the distance of the groove and the tracking cartridge. All the rumble of the platter / bearing is directed in the TPE columns. On opposite the TPE avoid that any unwanted energie of motor and surface or surrounding vibration leads to the subchassis or even to the tonearm cartridge.
The bearing is an oversized inverted with a inert, resonance free ceramic ball on top Around the bearing we set a super heavy 700g mass point which sucks up all energy arround.The stiff carbon subchassis helps to transport all vibration in this mass point. So vibrations are transferred in heat The platter intself is from a special alloy of very inert aluminium and is also damped by TPE inserts-It from 2 parts a subplatter and a mainplatter to keep it flat although having very high mass and kinetic energie.
The belt is made from special anti-static rubber. It's glued and then polished.
The tonearm itself is a completely new design which combines all advantages of a unipivot arm with a cardan design. The uni-pivot in the middle only helps bearing to be less loaded. The traditional Cardan bearing insures high stabilty and easy ness of use with very low friction. Also inside the tonearm is a special silicon-based grease to damp the tonearm / cartridge resonances by more then 50%
The tube is again out of carbon , super stiff and rigid. The headshell we made out of special light and rigid aluminium to get a perfect combination of the advantages of carbon with the better inner damping of the aluminium as well as the possibility of more tighter mounting of Highend MC cartridges.
An external DC powersupply unit with an AC Generator creates new total clean power for the motors . For sure you have also 33 /45 electronic switching.
A HIGHEND solution as the whole table.
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