Vinyl Passion LP-12 Unity - Reference Chassis
Please see our other kit listings for Unity - Two kit
We are happy to ship direct to your local dealer for fitting
HI FI World Review 5 Globe award
The Unity One Kit consists of one 10mm thick heat treated Aerospace Alloy
LP-12 Unity Sub chassis
One pre torque fitted 10mm thick heat treated Aerospace Alloy Arm board for Linn Rega or SME Please see other listing for Naim Aro
3x M4 Stainless Steel Bolts & Clamp for main bearing
Or 3x M 3.5 Alan bolts for early Silver & Gold Linn main bearing
Please state preference with order
Customer Review of the Unity One
Hello Mark,
Please find below as requested a review of the Unity One.
“ In the eighties ‘British Rail’ had a slogan “Let the train take the strain” .The adverts showed a train speeding along with stress free passengers avoiding the hassle of traffic jams.
Listening to the ‘Unity One’ made me think of this advert. The sound is so effortless, tracking is vastly improved, inner groove distortion disappears, sibilant vocals are reproduced with a complete sense of correctness, all from a quiet background.
The Naim Aro retains its liquid and sweet presentation but the treble is more incisive with greater impact and the sound is more tactile with a greater sense of space. The base sill retains its slight softness but is more dynamic.
I have been purchasing Hi Fi for 50 years and have never achieved such an upgrade for such a small outlay. “
Peter G. Somers.
Unity
- Reference Concept
To
get the most information from your turntable it is important not to lose any
information from the record groove and to avoid colouration of the
original
recording.
To
attain this balance it is important that no part of the tone arm, arm-board,
sub-chassis main bearing or platter can absorb energy or excite at
audio
frequency.
To
achieve this most desirable combination we have carried out an extensive testing
program using accelerometers and laser measuring devices to
discover the very best materials from which to create our Unity - Reference Chassis combination and have now developed a totally new inert armboard,
sub-chassis and suspension system that allows the very highest performance levels to be produced from the LP-12 turntable.
Unity
- Reference The Best Material
We
considered several engineering polymers including a full carbon acrylic but
after extensive testing all were rejected due to very tiny but still
unacceptable
levels of energy absorption.
Finally
we have chosen the same Aerospace Alloy that is used to mount the Rolls Royce
Trent 1000 Turbine Engines to British Airliners.
And
after specialist cutting and shaping the Aerospace Alloy Unity
- One is
firstly chemically soaked and then baked in a furnace to reach its full
hardness before being hard-anodised to tune the whole unit to its perfect temper.
Unity
- One Unique Shape
The
unusual shape of the Unity
- One has
been developed by an ingenious Cad Program that has analysed every millimetre of
the cross section of
the
Aerospace Alloy when cut in its first sample Unity
- One design
to create this new unique shape that ensures a non-uniform cross section that
eliminates energy loss.
Unity
- One Icing on The Cake
The
standard LP-12 chassis is often distorted making perfect alignment impossible.
The Unity - One main bearing and arm-board seats are milled to be exactingly flat
guaranteeing
perfect alignment of the stylus to the record
Unity
- One For The Very Best
Results
Vinyl
Passion are Pioneers in the development of the Acrylic Armboard for the LP-12,
Vinyl Passion utilises a highly specialised Carbon impregnated
Cast
Acrylic for their VP-1 Polymer Armboard. This has now been in production for
over 7 years and has won acclaim all over the world.
Recognising
the need to improve the internal structure of the LP-12 even further has brought
forth the development of the Unity
- One Chassis.
This new VP combination of Sub-Chassis and Arm Board is the perfect marriage of materials - inert at audio frequency providing the tone arm a perfect platform to perform at its very best.
The 10mm thick heat treated Aerospace Alloy Arm Board is fastened directly to the hardened Aerospace Alloy Chassis with non magnetic Stainless Steel bolts to make a totally rigid perfectly aligned and resonant free join this is easily as strong as any one piece unit with the added flexibility of interchangeable arm boards
The Unity - Reference Is the ultimate in performance made from the finest materials available
We have enjoyed this development project immensely and believe the Unity - One is the finest product on the market to get the very most from
your
LP-12 at a fair price.
Having
owned LP-12’s and SME turntables for many years it feels good to have at last
added the final touches to the creation of an LP-12 with the
dynamics
and detail of the SME yet retaining the warmth and musicality for which the Linn
is so much loved and hopefully at a price that is
affordable
to the enthusiast. Enjoy
Vinyl Passion... To arrange a demonstration book an appointment on 01623 844478
You will not be disappointed !