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Funk Firm - Funk Vector Turntable
Funk is a new name in the turntable world, brought to you from the people behind Pink Triangle. These modern looking turntables are about much more than funky aesthetics. In fact, Funk employs key patented technologies that combined have produced sound we at Acoustic Sounds can't believe costs so relatively little.
Among its innovations is a Vector Drive system (in the Funk Vector model only) whereby a triple pulley arrangement balances the drive to the platter/bearing system. This results in low-level resolution throughout the frequency range by freeing the motor from the tug that hinders conventional motor pulley systems.
All of the Funk tables include a patented Achroplat, which is 100 percent impedance matching. The Achroplat features a unique aerated construction that offers additional damping to further enhance performance. The Funk tables also employ an inverted Sapphire bearing with a polished thrust plate, which virtually eliminates rumble and resonance.
The Funk is equipped with:
Achroplat (pat pend): Improving on acrylic, it is the perfect Achromatic (non-resonant) support.
Inverted Sapphire Bearing. Very hard, very highly polished. Seen in the highest performance decks.
DC Motor drive. Low vibration and optimally matched to the platter's inertia for consistent drive.
Sorbothane connected feet to isolate critical midband energy from the outside world.
Achroplat V: A precision 0.75 dished platter and gorgeous clamp to optimize disc contact.
Vector Drive (pat pend): Simply State of the Art for any turntable. Conventionally, a belt yanks at the bearing/platter. As the platter rotates, this continually causes bearing jitter, seriously degrading low frequency resolution. To balance and linearize the drive to bearing and platter, Vector uses an asymmetric triple pulley arrangement. Permitting a faster servo loop, the motor now has less work to do and so gets on better with its job of smoothly turning the platter.
All this is of little use unless it actually benefits us in listening. Well, with noticeably enhanced low level, low frequency resolution, Funk Vector is clearly a superbly engineered giant killer of a design!
Funk Vector is finished in a sumptuous lacquered Metallic Burgundy paint floating on crystal clear feet.
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