EAT’s latest creation has reached North America and is shipping now — a compact, accessibly priced entry that shares its DNA with the brand’s luxe reference tables
Nesconset, NY — European Audio Team, the Austrian manufacturer acclaimed for producing elegantly styled turntables and electronics whose performance competes with the industry’s finest phono products, has introduced a new entry to its core turntable line.
The new C-Dur offers the luxury appeal of the EAT's premium reference tables, such as the Fortissimo, in a more compact footprint and accessible price category. C-Dur comes in a pair of premium finishes never before offered in the EAT line: a smooth, matte Satin Black and a furniture-grade High Gloss Plum wood finish.
High Mass, Compact Package
European Audio Team skillfully employs mass in the table's design to ensure that C-Dur's sonic prowess equals its aesthetic beauty. Enlightened engineering and meticulous build quality empower this high-mass (34.4lb) table to deliver the full-bodied, dynamic sound that is EAT's hallmark. The foundation of the C-Dur is its massive 50mm MDF plinth. The rotating mass of the platter and sub-platter add to a substantial 13.45lb. Since the moment of inertia is directly proportional to the square of the radius, the C-Dur's platter is an oversized 13.5 inches. This design choice maximizes inertia while minimizing bearing load and noise. The platter's Teflon thrust plate rests on a 3.9lb inverted bearing assembly with stainless steel spindle and ceramic ball. The combination with EAT's proven low-noise, fully decoupled motor, and onboard AC generator gives the C-Dur remarkable speed stability and vanishingly low levels of rumble.
Mechanical & Electrical Isolation
The turntable is effectively decoupled from its surface by three damped, height-adjustable aluminum feet that guarantee the perfect stance and massively reduce the risk of acoustic feedback. A high-precision onboard electronic speed control is installed in the chassis, featuring polished aluminum buttons with integrated status LEDs. For good measure, an outboard 15V power supply is provided for the lowest possible noise floor.
A Proven Tonearm Design
C-Dur shares the 10" C-Note tonearm with the EAT's highly regarded C-Sharp. A unique feature of all C-Note arms is the inclusion of a damper assembly in the bearing housing. Using a special silicon-based lubricant, this device reduces tonearm/cartridge resonances by more than 50%. C-Note arms combine a stiff low-mass carbon fiber tube with an aluminum headshell to provide the rigidity and low resonance necessary for the highest fidelity.
Luxury Styling at Accessible Pricing
Starting at $3,799, the Satin Black variant is well positioned as the next logical step up from the bestselling C-Major. The Plum wood version, starting at $4,499, delivers a luxury wood-finished product at an industry-leading price point and serves as a compact alternative to the C-Sharp. The table is available without a cartridge or in a bundle with EAT's Jo No. 5 moving coil cartridge.
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PRICING:
C-Dur w/o cartridge, Satin Black: MSRP $3,799
C-Dur w/o cartridge, High Gloss Plum: MSRP: $4,499
C-Dur w/Jo No. 5, Satin Black: MSRP $4,599
C-Dur w/Jo No. 5, High Gloss Plum: MSRP: $5,299
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Nominal speeds: | 33/45 rpm |
| Speed variance: | 33rpm: ± < 0.08%; 45rpm: ± < 0.09% |
| Wow & flutter: | 33rpm: ± < 0.01%; 45rpm: ± < 0.01% |
| Signal to noise: | –70 dB |
| Downforce range: | 0–30 mN |
| Supplied counterweights: | 5-13g cartridges |
| Effective tonearm mass: | 16.5 g |
| Effective tonearm length: | 254 mm |
| Overhang: | 16 mm |
| Power consumption: | 8.5 W max/ 0.5W standby |
| Voltage: | Universal power supply 15 V DC/1.6 A |
| Dimensions (WxHxD): | 496x170x396 mm (closed lid) 496x475x396 mm (open lid) |
| Weight: | 34.4 |
ABOUT EUROPEAN AUDIO TEAM: Jozefina Lichtenegger, the mastermind behind EAT’s elegant design and impeccable engineering ethos, has relentlessly pursued the union of beauty and performance since the release of the original Forté In 2009. That table established the brand’s characteristic innovations, including its high-mass, periphery-loaded platters. Since then, EAT has introduced a suite of highly acclaimed turntables, electronics, vacuum tubes and moving-coil cartridges to the high-end market.
ABOUT VANA : Founded in 2010, VANA Ltd is a full-service importer/distributor of fine audio products, including Atlas Cables from Scotland, Audio Physic loudspeakers from Germany, European Audio Team (E.A.T.) turntable products from Austria, Ferrum electronics from Poland, Marten loudspeakers from Sweden, and Okki Nokki record cleaning machines from the Netherlands.
Based in Nesconset, NY, VANA offers sales and marketing services to specialty manufacturers around the world. VANA provides dealer support and sales channel management at the highest level and maintains relationships with North America’s most respected high-end audio retailers.
