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The ’table is so big, in fact, it didn’t fit on the 19″ × 19″shelf on my audio rack, so I set it up atop a thick 24″-square, 3/4″-thick marble slab sitting on my floor. It wasn’t until I got the GT-5000 out of its packaging that I realized just how massive this turntable is: it measures 21 3/8″W × 10 1/8″H × 16 1/8″D and weighs a stout 58.4 pounds. The base layer of the box included yet another closed-cell foam insert containing two boxes: one for the platter and another for the sub-platter. Beneath these, contained within yet another closed-cell foam base, I found a high-density foam insert housing the headshell, small and large milled-aluminum counterweights, a 45-rpm adapter, two platter handles, and a dial cover for the platter-speed adjuster. Directly below the turntable were two sleeve-type packages containing both felt and rubber platter mats.
The turntable resided beneath the accessory box, protected by a plastic bag and a form-fitting felt cloak. Nestled within the closed-cell foam top plate that secured the GT-5000 was a small accessory box containing the manual, power cord, pulley belt, an Allen key for adjusting the tonearm height, a cable clamp for connecting a phono cable directly to the tonearm, and two items I haven’t seen included with a turntable before: a stroboscopic light and a high-quality alignment disc (more on these later). The GT-5000 arrived well secured in an imposingly large double box. Yamaha has also designed this arm without any anti-skating adjustability, which raises the question, how exactly is this stylus going to track?īefore I look at that, I’ll take a few steps back and unpack the GT-5000 ($7999, all prices USD), literally and figuratively. For starters, the tonearm is short and straight, a combination not commonly associated with ideal stylus tracking. If you look a bit closer, you may notice that despite looking very different, most turntables and tonearms appear to be exorcizing similar demons: induced vibration and improper stylus alignment.įor the most part, Yamaha’s top-of-the-line GT-5000 turntable and its included tonearm are no different but if you take a closer look at the latter, there are a few things that might elicit a raised eyebrow. If you click through any high-end publication today, you’re bound to find advertisements for many alluring turntables and tonearms.
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