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La Luce - The Analog Turntable
La Luce is a low energy storage, direct coupled, non-suspended design by Judith Spotheim-Koreneeff, in The Netherlands. It is driven by a stand-alone motor. The platter is machined from a three-inch acrylic block. Platter mass is increased by embedding stainless steel weights around the periphery. The platters massive, one piece bearing housing is hand matched to its chrome-hardened steel, spindle shaft. A central, asymmetric, acrylic block holds the bearing house and the SpJ dedicated arm board. An acrylic cylinder is bolted to the underside of the central block and forms a broad, T-shaped support. The La Luce platform rest on three contact points and is leveled by adjustment knobs on each side support. All major components are individually machined from billets of acrylic, stainless steel and brass. The ideal mechanical impedance match of the acrylic material and record vinyl allows stylus induced resonance to pass smoothly into the mass of the platter and platform.
Platter speed is adjusted by moving the drive belt up or down dedicated 33.3 and 45 RPM grooves on the stand alone, direct drive, synchronous AC motor pulley. It can be fine tuned by varying drive belt tension, even while the stylus is tracking. In addition to the on-off switch, a separate switch allows the user to reduce the AC voltage during play.
