The Bellavista
is a Rigid belt driven turntable with a Very open sound, detailed
and with a full body. Its 20mm thick platter is made of black polyvinyl
and 9 gold plated weights to increase the peripheral weight (and
so rotational stability). They also serve to dissipate vibrations.
All the parts are made actually of machine worked aluminum, brass,
bronze, stainless steel, all to improve sonic performances. The
pulley, with one of the best available rotational stability, is
fixed without screws (for better wow & flutter). In addition,
it is made of Delryn which, compared to Teflon®, resists transmission
of vibrations, and has a significantly lower slippage coefficient.
The very innovative bearing/spindle system, much larger and longer
than usual ones, has a threaded external diameter bearing for in
axis fixing and a Teflon® screw on its bottom to actually enable
one to, thusly, adjust the VTA (the VTA is also adjustable at the
conventional tone arm level).
In addition the Teflon® screw can be substitute from another
one holed in its center for insertion of an optional air pump to
render the spindle air suspended. The motor is placed in a sandwich
of brass plates to avoid unwanted vibrations.
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