Gold Note Mediterraneo Turntable with B7 Ceramic Tonearm

Gold Note Mediterraneo Turntable with B7 Ceramic Tonearm

The Italian Turntable

Inspired by Gold Note’s Tuscan heritage, beauty and technical perfection are united in this unique creation of a musical instrument.

Gold Note’s premium turntable strikes the eye thanks to its delightful Italian design bringing in mind the breath taking Tuscan landscape. With its perfect and harmonious look, it will immediately become the centre of attention of any High-End sound system just like master pieces do. Its voluptuous shape recalls the beautiful Renaissance bridge “Ponte Santa Trinita” crossing the Arno river in the heart of Florence. Created by the Master Michelangelo, the bridge’s catenary curve provides incredible strength and unmatchable elegance, an intuition that Gold Note transferred to their turntable design, producing outstanding audio results. Listening to your favourite music will transport you to the most beautiful city in the world, Florence, letting you enjoy your music collection as never before through this unique and fascinating Italian source.

The Gold Note Mediterraneo turntable shows with a superb aplomb all its Italian flair and distinction coming from its strong Tuscan origins, combining pure beauty to the greatest attention for technical perfection. This turntable comes from Gold Note’s Florentine roots and elevates itself far beyond the simple musical dimension: it’s an ode to musical passion and dedication to vinyl.

Every detail of the Mediterraneo enhances the turntable’s ultra-rigid structure resulting in a refined technical innovation achieved through elegant smooth lines. The 60mm thick curved plinth design is based on the Catenary curve, a highly efficient concept developed by Gold Note’s greatest inspiration the Renaissance pillars, artists and scientists Michelangelo Buonarroti and Galileo Galilei.

Made of aged Italian walnut hardwood, the chassis benefits from the quality of such a unique and noble material: exceptional elasticity, strength and high density. The triple plinth structure is reinforced by a compelling 20mm board in polished acrylic and a 3mm thick stainless steel board to improve its exceptional dampening quality and stability. The wooden base sits on three large elegantly shaped and adjustable spikes made of anodised aluminium.

The 45mm thick high-precision platter made of Ultra-Dampened POM is belt- driven and powered by Gold Note’s very best proprietary control system developed on a Quadral-Core micro-controller enhanced by an audio converter. The power control reshapes the AC wave to perfectly drive the 12V synchronous motor removing vibrations while improving its torque to deliver the greatest dynamic and the finest detail. The Power Supply Unit electronically controls the 33,3 rpm and 45rpm mode as well as the fine speed adjustment, storing all settings into memory.

The Gold Note Mediterraneo features a 60mm long bearing/spindle design with the best coupling tolerance. The spindle is made of the hardest rectified carbon steel to achieve perfect working fluidity. The bearing system is made of polished bronze guaranteeing the smoothest platter rotation.

Designed in complete coherence with all the other elements, the B-7 high-precision tonearm made of ceramic and titanium. Also included in the package is the high-quality external power supply PST-1, with a grounded IEC plug that allows using the favourite AC power cord in order to ideally tune the audio performance. The turntable can also be taken to its pinnacle with the optional super external inductive power supply PST-10.

Adding one of Gold Note’s high- performance MC or MM cartridges, the Gold Note Mediterraneo will become the true High-End analogue solution made in Italy, responding in a spectacular way to the highest expectations about sound, craftsmanship and mechanical fine tuning.

 Italian Design

A creation inspired by the artistic tradition of the Florentine Renaissance joined by today’s taste and technical innovation

Fine Materials

Fine woods chosen for their elevated stability and elasticity which provide Mediterraneo with ideal structural characteristics and an unmistakable look.

Motor with micro-controller

Equipped with a 12V synchronous motor, driven by a proprietary power supply run by a micro-controller which electronically controls the velocity 33/45RPM.

Ready to play

Out of the box thanks to the full package offered with the turntable including B-5.1 tonearm and hand-made removable dust cover made of plexiglass

B-7 Tonearm description

NOISELESS FUNCTIONALITY

A perfectly designed tonearm should perform at its best with every cartridge. Carefully handmade in Italy and specifically designed to let the phono cartridge dive deep into the vinyl, Gold Note’s outstanding tonearm B-7 Ceramic brings to life the most natural and detailed audio performance possible.

The Gold Note B-7 Ceramic features high-precision ceramic ball-bearings made in Germany by GRW – exclusively manufactured for Gold Note. Treated singularly and sealed to preserve their integrity and extreme precision, a crucial factor to enable noiseless functionality, to let you enjoy as never before every single and finest nuance of your records.

SUPERIOR MATERIALS

The Gold Note B-7 Ceramic’s effective length of 242mm with a 19mm overhang. Featuring a finely machined stainless steel counterweight, it offers the perfect set up adjustment for virtually all phono cartridges. Made of aluminium, ceramic and titanium, the B-7 Ceramic is Gold Note’s flagship model tonearm, an absolute must to obtain the best out of every true High-End audio turntable.

Please Note - This turntable DOES NOT come with a cartridge fitted.