STAGE-1 is designed to address the micro movements/vibrations and ‘noises’ that are present in almost any floor. These can be of such low frequency and amplitude that generally go unnoticed. But not without adverse effect on the music played back.

This Reference Record Player system deals with such movements and noises like no other, providing the tonearm/cartridge/record interface with the calmest environment to do their job.

• Fully Mechanical Isolation System
• Top Plate Level Adjustment
• Isolation Filter Frequency Adjustment
• 20mm Cast Acrylic Support Chassis
• 10mm Anodised Aluminium Alloy/Cast Acrylic Sandwiched Top Plate
• Stainless Steel/Cast Acrylic Sandwiched Weight Compensation Disc
• Integrated 6mm Non-resonant Clear Cast Acrylic Dust Cover
• Anodised Aluminium Alloy Adjustable Support Foot with Felt/Polymer interface
• LED Illumination System & Power Supply

At the heart of STAGE-1 is the complex mechanical system from the specialist US Company, Minus K Technology.

This incredible mechanical isolation system has several degrees of freedom and it is enclosed in STAGE-1’s bespoke Cast Acrylic main chassis.

The chassis is designed to enclose and support the Minus K isolation mechanism, accommodate the hinged dust cover and provide them with the correct coupling to the supporting structure (Such as STAND-1) via 4 custom-made Aluminium Alloy feet with Felt/Polymer interface.

The complex mechanical isolation mechanism in turn supports the bespoke Aluminium Alloy/Cast Acrylic sandwiched weighted top plate via several Sorbothane decoupling pods.

STAGE-1’s bespoke enclosure coupled with the Minus K Technology Isolation mechanism is designed to ensure the externally induced vibration/movements are isolated without any adverse impact on RG-1’s, internally induced movements, isolation system. This provides the entire system with an enhanced isolation mechanism for both internally and externally induced movements/vibrations and noise. Removing such unwanted disturbances and noise creates such a ‘dark’ background with lifelike dynamic range contrast.

The main, undamped, vertical motion frequency can be adjusted down to almost 0.5 Hz to provide filtering of unwanted vibrations above this frequency.

The result is an undisturbed support, as close to a perfect ‘ground’ as possible for the top plate that the record player sits on.

As stated above, simply isolating ‘large’ floor movements that cause feed-back and stylus jumping is not and should not be our only objective.

The system should also eliminate ‘small microscopic’ movements that are present in the ground, floor and the structure of the building.

This task should be achieved without affecting the record player’s ability to extract maximum information from the groove with complete musical integrity. It is imperative to ensure the playback is as close to the original as possible preserving musicality, dynamics, timing, and harmony between all the musicians.

The STAGE-1 Reference Isolation Platform is an extension of the RG-1 record player.