“The reference Air Force One analog turntable by TechDAS ushers in exquisite design concept to positively exploit the aerodynamic force equivalent to sound energy rather than springs or buffer materials. It is the ultimate mechanism based on a vibration damping design using “Air Force” and utilizes only high-precision finished parts with enough mass to completely avoid  any “colour” to the sound, nothing is added or removed. Through the aerodynamic instrumentality of “Air Force” the real magnitude and essence of ultimate analog playback is now a reality. Adverse effects caused by various obstructive oscillations, which used to be arch-nemesis of analog turntables has been thoroughly wiped out by the “Air Force”.

Incredible music is the outcome generated from air vibration, where the hearts of people are moved and immersed in the sound. In the case of analog recording and its playback a very high-precision system was created. Waveforms containing this analogue data are imprinted in a microgroove which is then extracted as vibrations to be then reproduced in a music system. In this process the turntable is a crucial element to allow a cartridge to accomplish it’s role of picking up the music imprinted in the records. Due to its extreme sensitive to micro-vibration a careful approach is thus required to ensure any displeasing and unwanted vibrations are systematically and thoroughly eliminated at source.”

Hideaki Nishikawa
THE DESIGNER

Just one press on the SUCTION button right after setting a disc on the platter holds down the disc while the platter itself is floating. You can see in a split second, as a result, a completely flat disc surface and most of the vertical motion by the tonearm disappears and the potential capability of the cartridge exerts its performance to the full.

As a disc becomes one with the platter due to vacuum suction, maleficent sympathetic vibrations are cleared. And moreover, as the disc plate is attracted by means of reducing the atmospheric pressure in the air chamber located internally in the platter, this system enhances damping characteristics of the platter itself, suppress sympathetic vibrations and accordingly signal-to-noise sensitivity improves drastically. After that, a press on the SUCTION button again allows full evacuation instantly enough to release suction of a disc plate at the same time.

The third mechanism by aerodynamic “Air Force” is an air suspension system.

One of the toughest issues for an analog turntable is how to isolate it from vibrations propagating through floors. There often occurred different vibration problems when a turntable was installed on the floor even when finished with vibro-isolating materials, because vibrations by speakers or people’s movement might propagate through the same floor. To prevent those symptoms in the past, various corrective actions like isolation by springs or buffer materials were applied to many products. In this system again, an air suspension system with the help of aerodynamic force is adopted. Three large-sized feet which support the turntable, internally include air suspensions capable of varying air pressures and enhance the tremendous effect of isolating vibrations.

These three pieces of legs accommodate a rotary height adjusting mechanism as well as air suspensions and by controlling them, both level adjustment of the main body and change of damping characteristics become available. Accordingly various sophisticated applications including to realize better playback by means of setting the most suitable damping characteristic to particular cartridge or tonearm in use, are possible.