Description
DUAL CS 618Q Manual HiFi Turntable
The DUAL CS 618Q Manual HiFi Turntable’s twin gimbal precision tonearm is further optimised by the Ortofon 2M Blue to deliver outstanding sound quality.
Discover an even more precise and improved audio reproduction for a first-class listening experience.
With an electronic motor stop and automatic lift at the end of the record, the CS 618Q offers the highest level of operating comfort for a manual turntable.
In addition, there are the other comfort elements of the CS series. The stepless antiskating can be easily adjusted using a rotary knob with a clear scale. The electronic adjustment of the three speeds is conveniently carried out via a rotary switch, while the appropriate pickup can be easily changed using the headshell
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Review
“Dual’s latest CS-618Q is a polished performer, with a characteristically smooth and unbiased sound. Its speed stability is exemplary, and the build quality is what you would expect at this price point…” View StereoNet Review >>
“What Dual is supremely good at though is delivering a consistently engaging take on a wide spread of musical styles, all encased in a turntable that feels like it will last a very long time indeed. This all round ability and day to day user friendliness is likely win Dual a whole new generation of enthusiastic converts and it is well auditioning…..” View What Hi-Fi+ Review >>
Features
- Plinth: Solid MDF
Options: Black vinyl, gloss paint, walnut veneer, switchable auto-stop function, elastomer vibration absorber inside the feet. - Platter: Aluminum Die-cast
Heavy and precise aluminium die-cast platter, hardened steel spindle integrated in the direct-drive, heavy rubber mat for resonance damping. - Tonearm: Twin Gimbal
Switchable automatic tonearm lift function, solid aluminium gimbal construction, four fine pivot ball-bearings. - Drive: Direct-Drive
Quartz stabilised for 33 / 45 / 78, no vibrations through coreless inductors, double shielded to eliminate magnetic fields.
Specifications
Drive
- Drive: Direct drive
- Speed settings: 33/45/78
- Wow & Flutter: < ±0,07 % (DIN-rated)
Platter
- Material: Aluminium die-cast
- Mat: Rubber 2,5 mm
- Bearing: Hardened steel spindle Brass bushing
- Diameter: 305 mm
- Weight (incl. Mat): 1450 g
Tonearm
- Auto-Start/-Stop-Function: Auto-Stop / Auto Tonarmlift
- Bearing: 4 x Pivot ball-bearing / twin gimbal mounting
- Effective length: 221,5 mm
- Offset Angle: 25,6°
- Overhang: 19 mm
- Type: statically balanced
- Stylus Pressure Range: 0 g to 4 g
- Cartridge Weight Range: 5 g to 9 g
- Factory installed pick up: Ortofon 2M Blue
Plinth
- Material: MDF
- Surface finish: Vinyl veneer / Black / Option: Gloss / Black / Option: Veneer Wallnut
- Feet: Ø 62 mm / Elastomer
- Connection: RCA socket
- Connection to Phono Input: ✓
- Connection to Line Input: ✓
- Digital Output: ✕
- Dimension, closed dustcover: 435 x 367 x 145 mm
- Dimension, open dustcover: D: 415 mm / H: 400 mm
- Weight: 7,5 kg
- Power plug AC / DC: External power supply
