Setting Up And Tuning

Not with the Quasar. The construction is so obvious that even the most timid person can put it together straight out of the box, or dismantle it to change the tonearm or polish the proud possession. There is no mystery, no underneath, no works. No lid. The most amazing aspect of the simplicity -- no works -- is due to the avoidance of pure AC power for reasons described above, and the avoidance of complex sub-chassis and damping, also explained above.

You do not experience the frustration of levelling the chassis, then the sub-chassis, then the chassis is off again; and no adjustments are from underneath, nor do they require any tools. You place the chassis on your surface and level the Quasar's platter by turning the four pillars by hand. About fifteen seconds work?

The high mass sub-chassis avoids the influence of tonearm cable on the resonance, so there is no need to dress or clip it critically (in time it always uncoils and degrades other turntables, acting as an additional damped spring).