TechDAS is all set for letting its latest hi-end Air Force turntable, the IV, take flight.
And like the rest of the Air Force range, it’s designed around harnessing the power of air to underpin its no-compromise performance, using a silent electric pump to float its high-mass, one-piece platter on a high-pressure ‘air bearing’ for a stable yet frictionless, vibration-free rotation.
This also means that the vinyl it serves is vacuum-clamped for a perfectly flat fit.
With the ability to support up to three tonearms and cartridges at once, the Air Force IV slots in directly above the ‘entry-level’ Air Force V Premium in the current TechDAS turntable hierarchy. (Then, in ascending order, come the Air Force III Premium, Air Force III Premium S, Air Force One, Air Force One Premium and mighty Air Force Zero, the latter costing just shy of half a million quid.)
Yet despite it being on the lower rungs of TechDAS’s model ladder, the Air Force IV still manages to incorporate key features from the company’s top-tier turntables, in a more compact form factor.
Priced at £19,998 sans arm and cartridge, visit TechDAS and Absolute Sounds in the UK to find out more.
