GMT SYSTEM TURNTABLE - $302,000 Includes OMEGA Drive, LeVeL, ALPHA Drive, STAGE One, PIEZO VTA, Smart Remote Control. Certain metal-alloy components can be customised in Silver Standard or Gold Upgraded finishing. PRIME MERIDIAN TURNTABLE - $250,000 Includes OMEGA Drive, ALPHA Drive, STAGE One, PIEZO VTA, Smart Remote Control. The LeVeL is removed, replaced by a FrACTal damping system. Armboard for 3rd party tonearm optional at extra cost. The GMT® One System has been designed and developed by a large number of people and organizations that are collectively referred to as the GMT Consortium. The GMT® One System is comprised of thirty novel developments. It incorporates technology with international patents that are pending and a number of design registrations. The manufacturing intellectual property all resides within Wilson Benesch. As such it is inconceivable that another turntable with GMT® technologies will emerge. Two product names are trademarked GMT® and GRAVITON®. GMT® ONE SYSTEM TURNTABLE
GMT® One System is a collection of completely new solutions that have been brought together to create one harmonious analogue replay system. Every aspect of the design serves a purpose, leaving no room for redundancy or embellishment. Interdependent systems are harmonized and finely tuned through careful material choice and novel design that extract incremental and cumulative improvements that go beyond the sum of the parts. Beyond technical considerations, the GMT® One System acknowledges the precious nature of its task. It is designed for those who value their vinyl record collections not just as possessions but as a responsibility, it is designed for the archivist. Similar to a fine watch, classic car, or cherished family heirloom, ownership is transient, and preservation is paramount. This understanding of the profound significance of music and its contribution to life is woven into every aspect of the GMT® One System. To date almost all turntable designs rely on technologies that restrict any potential for significant improvement in performance. Examples of such technologies include belt drives, coil springs for isolation, screw threads for precision adjustment, and a tendency to increase the mass of a turntable to increase its perceived value. Another almost ubiquitous element of other analogue systems is the assembly of multiple sub-systems, bringing together products from two or three different brands to assemble a system. The GMT® One System eliminates the potential pitfalls of an assembly of third party products by providing a unified interdependency between components so as to create one homogeneous whole. This is achieved through the utilization of advanced materials science, cutting-edge manufacturing techniques, meticulous attention to geometrical precision and novel ways of approaching the problem. Some of the more notable developments have entirely eliminated the potential for inaccuracy and poor setup and installation. The Unified System design approach that was first seen in the Wilson Benesch Total System of 1996 aims to bring harmony to system design that goes beyond the turntable and includes the phono stage as an integral and adjustable element also. The critical aim in this case is to preserve the precious millivolt signals of the MC cartridge, again, driven by the credo of building in cumulative improvements rather than cumulative errors. When sub-systems are optimized to seamlessly work together, the overall quality of the system surpasses the sum of its individual parts. Comprised of no fewer than 27 completely novel developments the GMT® One System’s unified design produces a new reference for analogue replay |