Clearaudio at Cloney Audio

Back in 1978 Clearaudio’s founder Peter Suchy and his team developed their first moving coil cartridges. The patented fully symmetrical design and the choice of a boron cantilever were pioneering approaches which found a ready home in high end Hi-Fi. Today’s Clearaudio cartridge lineup covers all bases from affordable moving magnet designs up to the exotic Goldfinger. They have one thing in common - they all sound great.

Of course a great cartridge is nothing without a partnering turntable and tonearm - and often, a dedicated phono stage. Based in the science city of Erlangen, Clearaudio is unusual in designing and manufacturing products in all these categories. It is also marked out by the versatility of its designs - for example, with linear and tangential tracking tonearms employing a variety of bearing technologies, unipivot, ball, and magnetic bearings.

Speaking of bearings, Clearaudio’s signature is its Ceramic Magnetic Bearing (CMB). By using the physics of magnetic repulsion, Clearaudio has managed to create a bearing where the spindle is effectively suspended in thin air, radically reducing noise which can feed back into the turntable platter, obscuring the recording’s fine detail. The CMB complements the use of inert acrylic platters and the wonderfully named Panzerholz, a material which has demonstrably superior damping properties.

With the resurgence of interest in vinyl, we are especially delighted to represent Clearaudio in Ireland. With the value for money Concept through to the Innovation and no holds barred Master Reference Series, Clearaudio shows just what the familiar black disc is really capable of.

For more info on Clearaudio, visit their website clearaudio.de or visit us for a demo!