You can see through the new transparent audio-technica plate

Audio-Technica engineers apparently work to raise the design of the record player. After the revelation of his Floating and brilliant Hotaru Last month, the company has announced its new AT-LPA2 With a chassis and a transparent acrylic tray. With electronics like its diet and its reading controls wrapped in a separate unit which can be kept out of sight, the platinum is a reminder that transparent technology can always seem modern and elegant.

AT-LPA2 has a design similar to Audio-Technica AT-LP2022 This was published in January 2023 to help commemorate the company’s 60th anniversary. The previous version was limited to only 3,000 units available worldwide and sold for $ 1,200. The new AT-LPA2 is available from today, and although its deployment is not as limited, it now costs $ 2,000.

The base of the platinum is made from a plate 30 mm thick of high density transparent acrylic, while the top rotation tray is made from the same material which is 20 mm thick. This makes it not only a striking design, but acrylic is also an effective material to mitigate the vibrations that improve reading performance and helps maintain the functioning of the platinum quietly.

The direct flying plates, in which the rotation tray is part of the electric motor, offer higher performance on those using a separate engine connected with a belt. But in this case, a belt reader is actually used to improve the aesthetics of AT-LPA2. To guarantee a precise reading, Audio-Technica includes an optical sensor which monitors the rotation of the tray so that it maintains a constant speed of 33 1/3 or 45 rpm.

The company has redesigned the arm of your included with the limited edition model, but it is always made from carbon fiber to help reduce its weight and includes interchangeable counterweights that can be added and removed to help keep your arm balanced with different cartridges.

To help maintain the platinum chassis as transparent as possible, reading controls and other pimples are included on a separate unit which also houses food. This approach allows you not only to position the unit of control out of sight because it is not transparent and does not correspond to the aesthetics of the AT-LPA2, Audio-Technica says that it also isolates the audio components of the platinum of the power noise “resulting in a cleaner and more precise sound.”