EAT Forte S turntable no tonearm - Makassar high gloss finish
a better product for high requirements of exclusive amplifiers”. 'HiFi News review by Ken Kessler.
Cinnamon Girl' - that delightful juxtaposition of Young's castrato non-voice backed by quasi-heavymetal - taxes most systems, but the Forte S provided every gram-of mass without swamping his weety warblings.'Down By The River'?
Majestic, powerful, as epic as it needs to be. While at times these were almost Spectorian in their grandeur, presenting yes, a wall of sound, the retrieval of detail and faultless clarity allowed you to zoom in on specific players with ease.
During the course of the listening sessions a, notoriousy acerbic rival turntable manufacturer called to visit me. Humility is not an issue that plagues him. He sat in my listening room not just attentively, but was wholly complimentary about the system. This is not an individual who bites his tongue, and so for him to comment so positively is an accolade surpassing anything I might write.
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EAT Forte S turntable retains much of the magic of its bigger, older brother…Amazing machine!
After the first impressive model Forte, Euro Audio Team follows with the small brother EAT Forte S. The last letter "S" is for small. Actually there is nothing "small" and this can be seen as a good joke.
Clients comment:
Thanks for last night.
I always look forward to our weekly listening sessions and now and again we have one that is out of the ordinary. Last night was one of those. I wasn’t that fussed about you bringing the EAT turntable to my place as I already have four “well thought of” turntables – as you are aware. I didn’t have any high expectations of the EAT but I was well and truly wrong.
Its ability to reproduce music in a fast, detailed and musical manner was amazing. The bass was so tight and deep, the midrange clear and the treble natural – especially noticeable was the realistic sound of cymbals and stringed instruments.
Actually, it is a mistake to mention specific instruments as the EAT did everything so well – including voice – and there is not a hint of speed instability. As you heard, the transformation in my system was enormously positive – to the extent that I wonder how I could possibly listen to anything else.
The EAT bears comparison to a very expensive turntable that we had here some time ago but was of such a price that it was unobtainable. The EAT while not cheap appears, on the evidence of our ears last night, to be exceptional value.
As usual you have shown me that the journey is not over and I’m now thinking about rationalising my turntable collection.
Thanks for leaving the EAT with me. I can’t wait to go home tonight and have another listening session. I’m thinking of fitting my da Vinci cartridge to the EAT but not sure that I want it to get any better – surely that’s not possible…..
Kind regards,
DB
We have reduced size of the huge platter from the 40 cm to 36m and its weight from the 20kg to the 15 kg. It is still amazing in comparison to the standard 30 cm. The sense behind it is to store inside as much as possible of moving mass that is getting most effective on the outer side of the big radius. You can say the following: double size of diameter and four times more effective sound.
The platter incorporates from the inner side sorbothane damping and from the outer side black damping matt produced from the recycled vinyl that make platter completely quiet.
Terrific inverted bearing construction with ceramic ball on the top faces to the Teflon. The pressure on the ceramic ball is reduced by two enormous neodymium magnets that are holding the platter and take over most of the load from the heavy platter. The big brother Forte has built in two motors in separate chassis that makes its imposing 70 cm width. EAT Forte S is "only" 55cm width and single-piece construction. It has also two AC motors but they are built symmetric on the right side besides of the platter, therefore you do not need two belts with different length as by big EAT Forte. Operating of the motor by display panel was getting simpler into the 3 main keys: 33.3, 45 and on/off button.
Both turntables are mass-loaded with huge magnetic feet, which act as a sub chassis. Forte S uses four magnetic feet with possible change of the height. This brings impressive low and excellently dumped resonance frequency of entire system. Standard distortions have no meaning at all for S and his brother as well.
The dimensions of EAT Forte S are 55 × 45 × 25cm. The weight of the complete turntable is 44 kg. The weight of the package is 35 kg. It is available in 2 options, high gloss piano black and high gloss Makassar (ebony wood).
Enjoy your life full of music and sponsor your self by EAT Forte S!
Features
Dual motor design” to eliminate noise in the motor. By using two relatively weak, but silent running motors, we achieve perfect torque.
33.3rpm & 45rpm pushbutton selection
The platter incorporates from the inner side sorbothane damping and from the outer side black damping matt produced from the recycled vinyl records crating a perfect interface for the record. A clamp holds the record on the vinyl matt that make platter completely quiet.
Terrific inverted bearing construction with ceramic ball on the top faces to the Teflon
ForteS turntable is mass-loaded with huge magnetic feet, which act as a sub chassis, uses four magnetic feet with possible change of the height.
The EAT ForteS turntable is all about eating dispersed energy:
■Energy from the ground is decoupled by magnetic feet.
■Energy from the air is decoupled from the heavy chassis that is made from MDF and filled metal sand.
■Energy from tone arm and cartridge is absorbed by using a heavy metal tone arm base isolated by sorbothane.
■Energy from the belt is captured by the mass of the platter and by the string itself.
■Energy from the motor is captured by the dual-motor design, and the mass-loaded motor chassis.
■Energy of the bearing is catch by the ceramic ball, the Tefl on plate and the magnetic bearing construction.
