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Technical features
& general design
The AQUILAR is a pivot tonearm featuring a
double nano-gimbal bearing architecture.
The AQUILAR is a static, full lateral balanced
design.
The AQUILAR features an unique compound
arm wand - a combination of surface hardened
Titanium and Carbon Fiber pipes blocked
together and internally damped by an all new
design concept, a concept never before
applied in tonearm design and rst featured
in the AXIOM resulting in unmatched fast
energy transfer and total absence of any
parasitic resonances in the tonearm.
The AQUILAR was designed to explore the
possibilities of analog playback to the utmost
degree. To accomplish the best possible analog
playback performance, the AQUILAR offers an
unique complete set of alignment features.
Alignments
Leveling the bearing axis
The AQUILAR can be precisely leveled by
the user, independent from the turntable or
mounting surface. This is essential to avoid
parasitic side-forces prior to alignment and
antiskating setting.
SRA/VTA adjusted at the
cartridge
In the AQUILAR the important alignment(s)
of VTA / SRA can be made at the cartridge –
without altering the static parameters of
the tonearm, while preserving the other set
alignments and leaving the arm wand always
horizontal. This again is of paramount
importance in a static balanced design to avoid
unwanted changes in static settings (namely
tracking force) when changing tonearm height
to accommodate VTA or SRA.
Offset and Overhang
adjustment
Offset is adjusted in the prolonged and slightly
widened slots for the cartridge mounting screws.
Overhang can be adjusted at 2 spots,
both located at the head. First of course in the
prolonged 1/2” slots for the cartridge
mounting screws. Here the slots allow for up
to 5 mm adjustment in overhang and thus
effective length. The 2nd spot is at the collar
of the headshell where it is clamped to the arm
wand. This is an additional spot for further over-
hang adjustment only IF NEEDED.
The whole headshell can be moved back and
forth by up to another 5 mm in this way.
This should hardly ever be necessary.
Azimuth
The headshell’s collar is also the point for
azimuth adjustment. By loosening the clamp
screw the user may rotate the whole headshell in
either direction.
Small indication marks at the rear of the
headshell’s collar and on top of the arm wand
allow for reference and easy return to former
settings.
Dynamic anti-skating
Skating compensation – or anti-skating –
adjustment in the AQUILAR is dynamic and
follows the tangential geometry of the
AQUILAR. If carefully operated, it can be
adjusted during play. However we recommend
that you do ALL adjustment or alignment at the
AQUILAR ONLY with the cartridge / stylus
lifted off the record.
