CS-429 Automatic Turntable

Statically Balanced

Tonearm

Fully-automatic status means that you don't lift a finger when it comes to playing records. CS 429 will automatically cue, play through, and return your tonearm back to its original cradle position.

And with easy press-button start and stop functionality, flipping records is as fast as it is effortless.

High-quality cartridge upgrades are made possible thanks to its solid aluminium construction with anti-skate and counterweight adjustments. Offering you a lifetime of deeper listening experiences.

Anti-skate Adjustment

An accurate spring-loaded anti-skate perfectly counters centripetal force that would otherwise disproportionately increase stylus pressure against one side of the record groove.

Accurate anti-stake adjustment ensures perfect stylus alignment, eliminating distortion, protecting the record, and balancing sound distribution across left and right stereo channels

Finely tuned, user friendly, and compatible with a variety of cartridges and stylus assemblies, CS 429s Anti-skate Adjustment mechanism improves sound quality while preserving the integrity of your precious records.

Aluminium Die-Cast

Platter

An Aluminium Die-cast platter coupled with a heavy, anti-resonant rubber platter mat creates rotational stability while minimising errant mechanical/material distortions. So, you get smoother play with better sound quality.

Meticulously crafted from high-grade aluminium and die-cast to increase strength and rigidity, 429s platter spins upon a hardened steel spindle in a brass bushing. This ensures seamless, consistent operation over a longer lifespan.

A heavy-weight rubber platter mat dampens unwanted platter resonances that distort and stifle your music's true clarity and dynamics. It's also anti-static, protecting both your records and your stylus against dust particulates that degrade them.

Interchangable

Head Shell & Cartridge

Pre-fit, pre-aligned, and prepared for serious sound quality, Ortofon’s 2M Red is a multi-award-winning pickup that plucks high resolution, expressive midrange and loads of musical insight from all your favourite albums.

And Dual's quick-release headshell design simplifies cartridge installation and replacement, making cartridge swaps easy, without the need for complex tools or adjustments.

Plus, cartridge manufacturers cultivate sounds the way winemakers do grapes, making upgrades a tasty thought. Owning multiple headshell/cartridge combos allows you to finely tune your future listening, should you grow into a vinyl connoisseur.

Solid MDF

Plinth

A record player's soaring acoustic talents rest on strong foundations. That's why CS 429 is built using an anti-resonant MDF construction wrapped in a Blackwood veneer.

More inert than conventional timber materials, Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) dampens vibrations that colour and distort playback, improving your records' clarity and dynamics.

Resting on four specially designed feet, featuring internal elastomer vibration absorber, CS 429 is not only a 70s style turntable dripping in music tradition, it sounds even better than it looks.

No Phono, No Worries

Built in Phono

CS 429s inbuilt phono preamplifier lets you to connect to the widest range of audio electronics, including 2-channel stereo amplifiers, surround sound receivers, Bluetooth and active speakers.

With the ability to switch between Phono and Line, CS 429 offers inbuilt pre-amplification for systems that don't include Phono inputs, as well as the ability to bypass this internal pre-amplification should you wish to include an external Phono Preamp.

Higher quality Phono Preamplifiers significantly improve sound quality. Thanks to CS 429s switchable inbuilt phono preamplifier, you can continue to enhance your listening experience over the life of the turntable.