The R.E.A.L.® Turntable: A new approach…a new standard.
George Merrill is a living legend in the field of turntable design and modification. First notable for the development of modifications for Acoustic Research turntables many years ago, Mr. Merrill went on to design and produce the Heirloom Transcription Turntable. All along the way, people in the high performance audio business have stopped and paid close attention to what he was doing.
The spirit of the Heirloom lives on today as the MS21 and MS2 turntable models produced by the company that is George Merrill’s collaboration with Anthony Scillia: Merrill-Scillia Research.
Now comes a totally new design concept in turntables from the mind of George Merrill- The Merrill-Williams R.E.A.L.® Turntable.
We at Osage Audio Products are happy to have been chosen to represent this very fine product. For more information or to purchase this product, please call us at 573-696-3551, email us at customer_service@audiointelligent.com, or visit our Online Store.
When George Merrill started design work on the R.E.A.L.® Turntable with a clean sheet of paper and discipline of energy management in mind, a new approach to non-suspended turntable design emerged from his thoughts.
All of the active parts of the R.E.A.L.® Turntable: the motor, the tonearm, and spindle and bearing assembly, are positioned on an acoustically neutral, isolation damping elastomeric plinth core. The feet that were chosen act as a damping suspension (hence suspended plinth) and a second layer of isolation is provided by the elastomeric material in the plinth.
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1. Rubber and cork composition mat. |
| 2. Nine pound Bakelite and cellulose composite platter. |
| 3. Fourteen pound Rubber Elastomer Acoustic Laminate (R.E.A.L.) plinth. |
| 4. Azimuth adjustable, energy absorbing tonearm mounting platform. |
| 5. Elastomeric-suspended, graphite-impregnated nylon spindle bearing. |
| 6. Elastomeric-suspended synchronous motor. |
| 7. Three-point elastomeric-mounted, adjustable inverted hemispherical isolation feet. |
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The result of Mr. Merrill’s revolutionary new design is a dramatic elevation in resolution and musical realism when compared with past non-suspended turntable system designs.
We invite you to give the R.E.A.L.® Turntable a try for yourself. We offer it by itself, with a tonearm mounting platform drilled for any tonearm of your choice, or conveniently packaged with a number of top-performing tonearms.
Call us at 573-696-3551 or email us at customer_service@audiointelligent.com for information about special package prices which include the R.E.A.L.® Turntable, your choice among the tonearms that we carry, and your choice among the phono cartridges that we carry for a complete high performance analog front end for your audio system.
Retail Prices For Model 101 (For 9 Inch Tonearms) Only:
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with blank arm
mounting platform or with the arm mounting
platform drilled for the tonearm of your choice: $4495.00
Retail Prices Including 9 Inch Tonearm As Indicated. Tonearm mounting platform is pre-drilled and prepared, and the tonearm is ready for mounting, setup, and adjustment.
Retail Prices with Ortofon Tonearms:
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Ortofon
AS-212S Tonearm: $6144.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Ortofon
RS-212D Tonearm: $6844.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Ortofon
TA-100 Tonearm: $6894.00
Retail Prices with Clearaudio Tonearms:
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Clearaudio
Satisfy Carbon Fiber Tonearm: $5895.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Clearaudio
Unify Tonearm: $6495.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Clearaudio
Universal Tonearm: $9495.00
Retail Prices with Helius Designs Tonearms:
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Scorpio 4 Tonearm with Copper Internal Wiring: $5445.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Scorpio 4 Tonearm with Silver Litz Internal Wiring: $5695.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Aurora Tonearm with Copper Internal Wiring and
Integral Headshell: $6245.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Aurora Tonearm with Copper Internal wiring and
Detachable Headshell: $6445.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Aurora Tonearm with Silver Litz Internal Wiring and
Integral Headshell: $6495.00
R.E.A.L.® Turntable Model 101 with Helius Designs
Aurora Tonearm with Silver Litz Internal Wiring and
Detachable Headshell: $6695.00
Retail Price with Graham Phantom II B-44 Tonearm: $9395.00
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