Acoustic Signature Invictus Jr. NEO 

Unboxing / Demo YouTube

The Invictus Junior NEO was born out of the inten­tion to offer the uncom­pro­mising con­cept of its ‘spiri­tual father’, our refe­rence turn­table Invictus NEO, in a more com­pact design. To get as close as possi­ble to the sonic ‘over’ capa­bi­lities of the Invictus NEO, we have put all our know­ledge of turn­table cons­truc­tion and the essence of music into the deve­lop­ment of the Invictus Junior NEO. The result: a high mass turn­table for those who don’t want to settle for less than the best!

Acoustic Signature CLD:
Constraint Layer Damping

Constraint Layer Dam­ping (CLD) is a mecha­nical engi­nee­ring method for the absorp­tion or mini­mi­zation of vibra­tions. In audio compo­nents CLD techno­logy is usually imple­mented by using sand­wich designs that ’embed’ a damping material layer between mate­rials that do not them­selves have suffi­cient dam­ping proper­ties. A cart­ridge will only track a record unaffec­ted, if it finds a quiet sur­face without reso­nance inter­feren­ces. Accor­dingly, it is neces­sary to deve­lop vibration-free chassis and platter designs – this must be done in addi­tion to the reso­nance-reducing mea­sures for motors, drive and bea­ring cons­truc­tion.

In order to achieve this, we already exten­ded the typical CLD techno­logy approach more than 20 years ago. Beyond the classic sand­wich cons­truc­tion, we presen­ted an absolute novelty to the high-end world: the Acoustic Signa­ture silencer platter, which imme­diately set new stan­dards in vibra­tion absorp­tion. Our twin-track CLD approach, which is mainly used in our high-mass turn­tables, is still unsur­passed in its effec­tiveness.

In the course of plan­ning and deve­lo­ping our NEO product line, we have been working inten­sively on impro­ving our CLD con­cept. First, our tests led to an opti­mized material combi­nation consis­ting of two layers of a special alu­minum alloy and an inter­mediate brass layer. Second, this also led to a new arrange­ment as well as an adjust­ment of size, weight and position of our silencer brass bolts when imple­mented in our platters. 

In addition, we had to sensibly pair the two CLD tools descri­bed above with the NEO chassis to maxi­mize the effect. The elabo­rate material experi­ments and listening sessions were worth the efforts: in our NEO turn­table series we have succee­ded in taking the inter­action of all techno­logies to a stun­ning new level! A rigid, yet energy-absor­bing chassis based on finite element design princip­les, and our new CLD approach creates unbea­table units in terms of reso­nance behavior.

The CLD techno­logies that we imple­ment in the Acoustic Signa­ture NEO turn­table gene­ration have clearly excee­ded our metro­logical expec­tations and also show off in terms of sound perfor­mance – with an even blacker back­ground, larger ima­ging, increa­sed trans­parency and, above all, breath­taking musicality.

Acoustic Signature AVC:
The Automatic Vibration Control

The vision of an Auto­matic Vibration Control was born long before the plan­ning of our NEO series. During the deve­lop­ment of our new turn­table gene­ration we found it was the right time to bring our ideas to life: The high-quality AC motors that drive our turn­tables are cons­truc­ted with 2 coils and 24 poles. To make the coils rotate, they are fed with a sine wave and a 90° phase-shifted signal. Unfor­tu­nately all AC syn­chro­nous motors show pro­duction-related tole­ran­ces that pre­vent the poles and coils from being posi­tioned one hun­dred per­cent cor­rectly – a key reason for unwan­ted vibra­tions. In order to effec­tively mini­mize or even avoid these, all produc­tion tole­ran­ces must be com­pen­sa­ted by other means.

This is where our AVC techno­logy comes in: It is able to mea­sure the resul­ting distor­tions in real time. Based on those measure­ments, AVC adjusts the phase shifts to the motor signals – also in real time and fully auto­matic! These digitally moni­tored cor­rec­tive mea­sures ensure a drastic reduc­tion of the vibra­tions – an extra effec­tive bene­fit for turn­tables driven by a multi-motor concept.

The sonic gain is so dra­matic that we deci­ded to equip all NEO series turn­tables with that break­through tech­no­logy. Depen­ding on the drive system and the number of motors used, our Auto­matic Vibra­tion Control is imple­men­ted in three confi­gu­ration stages, each with diffe­rent intensity:  AVC Level 1, AVC Level 2 & AVC Level 3.  All stages – Level 3 stands for the highest effi­ciency – use diffe­rent soft­ware and hard­ware. In addition, from Level 2 on, the motors are strictly selec­ted and paired to maxi­mize the effect.

Special Features:

• 4 integrated, completely insulated AC-motors
• External digital motor controller DMC-20 with super stable multi-voltage power supply and innovative AVC technology level 3 (Auto­matic Vibration Control)
• Ultraprecise, extremely rigid and robust DTD® bearing with diamond-coated spindle (Dura Turn Diamond® Bearing)
• Oversized, massive anodized aluminum 335 mm sandwich platter with brass layer (total weight of 16.5 kg)
• Exclusive silencer technology with 56 silencer modules (24 internal, 32 external) for platter vibration reduction
• Massive aluminum chassis with CLD technology (Constraint Layer Damping) for significantly improved resonance behavior
• RPM-regulated double belt drive with speed fine adjustment for the sub-platter
• External control panel for flexible placement
• 3-point setup with height-adjustable and special gel-damped feet
• Prepared for up to four 9 to 12 inch Tonearms (Tonearms Sold Separately)
• Adjustable armbase with exchangeable arm­boards for nuemrous tonearms
• Optional finish upgrade in black-gold with 24K gold-plated components
• 15-year warranty (with registration)