![]() The main power switch is a push button on the rear panel. However, if you want to play 78s, you’ll have to swap the primary stylus for Ortofon’s 78 rpm model. The Stealth offers all three speeds (33, 45, and 78 rpm), and there’s no need to swap one drive belt for another because, as noted, the platter is driven directly by the motor. In case you replace the supplied cartridge with a rather heavy one, the box contains a supplemental counterweight-a nice touch. The Stealth features a full 9″ aluminum tonearm, which helps reduce distortion problems that can arise from incorrect tracking angle. You can argue all day which is the better system, but sonically, the Stealth sounds musical, and that is what really matters.” He continued, “It is totally different from the ‘split-plinth’ technology incorporated in (our) European ones. Hall told me that its mass reduces resonance in the system by virtue of its weight. The chassis is quite heavy and well damped and is constructed of multiple layers to eliminate external vibrations. At 24 pounds-four pounds of that being the cast-aluminum, rubber-damped platter-it’s a heavyweight within this price class. Moreover, the turntable is direct drive, which means the platter gets up to speed pretty quickly. In the event that you like using different cartridges, the Stealth offers both an interchangeable headshell, which makes swapping them easy, and adjustable vertical tracking angle (VTA), so the angle of the stylus always aligns with the groove. For one, it offers an auto-stop option that halts the platter at the end of a side. I asked Hall, “Why so black?” He responded in his usual uninhibited manner, “Because it looks fucking cool.” I told him that sentence might not make it past the bosses, to which he responded, “Do your worst, but where I come from, swearing is considered punctuation.”Ĭolor scheme aside, the Stealth ($1495, all prices in USD) has a number of desirable features. Even the bolts holding the cartridge in the headshell are black! Opinions on the Stealth’s overall aesthetic are sure to be polarized. The dust cover, made from velveteen cloth rather than clear plastic, is deep black. When I first removed the Music Hall Stealth turntable from its box, all I could say to myself was “Boy-is that ever BLACK!” Music Hall “President for Life” Roy Hall has appropriately christened this latest Music Hall turntable Stealth, as it presents a relentlessly black countenance, except for five inconspicuous points: a trim ring where the headshell meets the tonearm, parts of the arm lift mechanism, the bottom of the vertical tracking angle tower, the center spindle, and the Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge. ![]()
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