AS2000

About the AS2000

The AS-2000 turntable by American Sound is a reference-class, hand-built audiophile turntable designed for ultimate sound fidelity. It features an extremely heavy platter and base, with the platter weighing approximately 300 lbs and the base around 600 lbs, supported on a cushion of air less than 1/1000 of an inch thick to minimize mechanical noise and resonance. The platter floats on this air cushion, driven by a thin thread to reduce contact and vibration transfer. The motor unit is machined from a single block of stainless steel and uses a Pabst motor with a three-phase motor controller. The design includes isolation devices integrated into the motor unit, arm mounts, and footers to further reduce resonance. The base has an irregular pattern of facets to control internal resonances and draw them away from the platter. The turntable weighs approximately 500 lbs in total and is considered one of the highest-end turntables in the world, with a price near . It is designed to add or remove nothing from the information embedded in the record groove, aiming for absolute neutrality and transparency in playback.