TEAC TN-570 Vinyl Disk Player

Designed for experienced vinyl fans as well as newcomers to analogue sound, the TN-570 has an extensive feature set and excellent performance.

At the heart of the TN-570 is a two-layer, high-density artificial marble and MDF chassis that suppresses internal resonances from dissimilar materials and contributes to sound clarity. The designers used a passive disc drive with TEAC's Rotational Speed Stability System (PRS3), which provides precise speed control - as accurate as solid disc or direct drive players - although the TN-570 features a fairly thin and stylish transparent acrylic disc.

Thanks to . integrated background recorder PhonoEQ (MMtype) and ADC, the player can provide optical digital output signals with a resolution of up to 192kHz/24-bit. There are also USB output at which the maximum audio resolution is 48kHz/16-bit.

The release of this player opens up a new way to listen to analog audio sources - using both digital and purely analogue technologies. The owner can record the resulting music files on his computer and experiment with different DACs and playback systems.

The TN-570's designers made no compromises and carefully shielded the digital circuits to minimize the impact of interference on analog signals. The rubber suspension prevents vibrations from being transmitted from the motor to the chassis, and the flat polyurethane passix reliably transfers rotation to the acrylic drive and very little pulling out. The 16 mm thick acrylic disc is highly transparent and looks great against a background of an artificial marble slab weighing about 9 kg..

Statically balanced S-Toner features versatility in setting for the cartridge and shell used. The player comes with preamplifier Audio—TechnicaAT100E (MM like), Shell (head holder) allows you to easily install cartridges of other companies and types.

A built-in phono rectifier allows the player to be connected to any amplifier that does not even have a phono input. The phono rectifier circuit uses operational amplifiers NJM8080produced by the New Japan Radio Company and providing high quality sound, without loss or distortion of the original recordings.

To output a digital signal to the USB port, Texas Instruments' ADC provides a PCM CD-quality signal (48kHz/16-bit max.). Valuable vinyl records can be saved by creating a digital archive for later playback on both hard disc and CD-R discs. Precision ADC, also from Texas Instruments, outputs signals at 192 kHz, 96 kHz or 48 kHz 24-bit sampling rates to the optical digital output.