Naim Solstice Special Edition Turntable - Package

Solstice Special Edition gives you everything you need to enjoy your record collection as you never have before; just add amplification and speakers.
Lovers of the organic authenticity of vinyl can now enjoy it with musical purity and passion only a Naim Audio system can deliver - with the launch of Solstice Special Edition, the first turntable in the British brand’s almost 50-year history. It comes partnered with a next-generation version of the iconic Naim Aro tonearm, an Equinox MC cartridge, Power Supply and bespoke accessories set. Naim has created just 500 units of this Solstice Special Edition package.
This unique package combines contemporary, living-friendly design with a classic Naim look. It offers incredible sound quality without the complications associated with performance turntables.
Legendary Naim Technical Director, Roy George, came out of retirement to work on the Solstice Special Edition project, working with the Naim R&D team to develop a package that combines the company’s decades of audio expertise with the very latest engineering techniques.
It’s the turntable we’ve always wanted to make, paired with the updated successors to iconic Naim products including the Aro tone arm and Armageddon power supply.
Every element of Solstice Special Edition is precision engineered for consistently excellent performance, and painstakingly handcrafted by production technicians with years of know-how.
Aro has always set the benchmark for delivering incredibly natural, organic and lifelike musical performances. It design allows the cartridge to extract enormous amounts of information from your records, but with an incredible sense of flow and correctness to the resulting sound. The updated Aro for Solstice Special Edition refines the design - and performance - further still. It retains the familiar three-point fixing - maximising the integrity of the critical interface with the Equinox cartridge - but also has two-point, slotted fixings for alternative cartridges. There’s even finally a lift-lower device!
Engineered with Swiss-watch precision, the Equinox cartridge features a Moving Coil (MC) inner assembly sat in a solid aluminium housing machined from a single billet. To maximise stability and energy transfer, the stylus, cantilever and motor components are securely clamped to the cartridge body, which itself is attached to the headshell with a three-point fixing.
Solstice Special Edition features exquisite design touches throughout, combining core Naim technical philosophies - such as multiple levels of mechanical decoupling - with a celebration of beautiful materials.
The turntable plinth consists of 47 wood layers skinned with metal to create an extremely low-resonance structure. The plinth features an island between the platter bearing and arm to keep these components critically aligned one to the other. A three-arm decoupling system isolates this island from the plinth, blocking any vibration caused by airborne sound or residual motor vibration.
The Solstice turntable features a magnetic bearing supporting a high-mass, highly polished aluminium platter, with a unique, self-calibrating motor drive system, meticulously delivering the Naim sound.
The new Aro Tonearm retains the original’s design principles and excellence, but boosts performance further still by using improved materials - including tungsten and carbon-fibre - and adding an all-new, no-compromise bias, arm height and azimuth adjustments.
The Equinox MC Cartridge features a micro-line stylus shape - closer to the original cutting lathe head to enable the retrieval of accurate high-frequency information - and a boron cantilever, a stiff-but-light design that faithfully transfers the stylus movements to the moving coils.
The Solstice Series Power Supply is a bespoke design that powers both the turntable and the phono stage. For the ultimate performance, these two different power supplies are completely isolated, with no risk of interference.
Raising the game (and lowering unwanted noise) even further, the turntable power supply - like the Solstice Phono Stage - features Naim DR technology, providing the cleanest possible power. Clean power is a key component of any audio system, but it’s even more vital in a turntable set-up, where the cartridge is incredibly sensitive to interference from electromagnetic radiation.
This Solstice design has another trick up its aluminium sleeve. It’s also a smart power supply, which can detect the turntable has stopped and go into a 0.5 W power sleep mode for standby. A small switched-mode power supply (SMPSU) enables this standby function, which is automatically disengaged when the turntable is in use - when an oversized toroidal transformer takes over power duties.

NVC TT MM/MC phono stage
Vinyl records have never sounded better than when played with the NVC TT phono preamplifier. This device is designed to work seamlessly with any turntable that uses MC cartridges or MM cartridges. It connects effortlessly to preamplifiers NAC 332 or NSC 222 to deliver crisp, clear audio with stunning clarity and detail. To achieve the ultimate audio experience, it is recommended to pair the NVC TT with its dedicated power supply, the NPX TT. With its user-friendly interface, the NVC TT phono preamplifier is the perfect addition to any audiophile's collection.
Features
Separate inputs for MM and MC with discrete dedicated head-amplifiers
16 resistive and 16 capacitive loads for optimum MC cartridge loading
Selectable gain for high and low output moving coil cartridges
Easy to use and flexible
High accuracy RIAA frequency response

Naim Grading Policy….
The following policy explains how we manage and process graded units through Naim Audio.
At Naim, we strive to make high-performance audio equipment accessible while maintaining our commitment to quality and reliability. Our graded products are fully functional, rigorously tested, and certified by our internal, QA and Service departments. These units may display varying levels of cosmetic imperfections, which are categorized into three grades for transparency: A, B, or C. This policy covers all Naim Audio graded products.
A graded product is a unit that has been returned to Naim for reasons such as customer return or ex-demonstration. As well as being fully functional, it will also have all ancillary products in the box, as you would expect from a brand-new unit. Graded products are supplied with our standard 2-year warranty (Warranty Policy), but they are not eligible for the extended warranty.
Please see a summary of each grade below.
Grade A
• No visual damage on any customer facing surfaces (front, top, sides)
• No more than one minor visual cosmetic defect on the rear panel
• No more than one medium visual cosmetic defect on the base surface
Grade B
• No more than two minor visual cosmetic defects on each of the customer facing surface (front, top, sides)
• No more than two medium visual cosmetic defects on the rear panel
• No more than two major visual cosmetic defects on the base surface
Grade C
• No more than three medium visual cosmetic defects on each of the customer facing surfaces (front, top, sides)
• No more than three major visual cosmetic defects on the rear panel
• No more than three major visual defects on the base surface

NVS TT Turntable
Power Supply input connector: Type 2
Speeds: 33.3 rpm, 45 rpm
Motor Type: High torque 24V DC brushless
Motor Control: Optical feedback
Tonearm Audio Output: 5 pin Mini DIN
Front Panel: Clear Acrylic
Naim Logo: White illuminated
Logo Brightness Setting: 3 position switch - High, Medium. Low
Dimensions: 420 (W) x 358 (D) x 182 (H) mm
Weight: 25.4 kg

Equinox Moving Coil Cartridge
Audio output: Individual 4 pin
Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 40 kHz
Output Voltage: 0.4 mV
Cartridge Impedance: 11 Ω
Recommended Tracking Force: 2.2 g - 2.4 g
Recommended MC Input Resistance Value: 100 Ω
Recommended MC Input Capacitance: 1000pF (= 1nF)
Recommended MC Gain Setting: High
Weight: 8.0g

NPX TT - Solstice Series DR regulated linear Power Supply
Standby Power Consumption: < 0.5 W
Other Connectors: Mini USB (update only)
Front Panel: Clear Acrylic
Naim Logo: White illuminated
Logo Brightness Setting: Button - High, Medium, Low
Mains Supply: 110 to 120 V and 220 to 240 Vac
Dimensions: 214 (W) x 330 (D) x 70 (H) mm
Weight: 5.6 kg

NVC TT MM/MC phono stage
Type: Switchable MM/MC phono stage with MC load adjustment
Gain: 42 dB (MM); 61 dB low gain and 67 dB high gain (switchable) (MC)
Signal To Noise Ratio: 83 dB ref. 5 mV A-wtd (MM); 84 dB ref 0.5mV A-wtd (both gain settings) (MC)
RIAA Accuracy: ± 0.1 dB
IEC Cut: (Partial) - 2 dB at 20 Hz and - 3 dB at 14 Hz
Cross Talk: > 75 dB
Max Output Signal: 8 Vrms
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise: < 0.005% ref 50 mV input (MM); < 0.005% ref 1.5 mV input (MC)
Loading: 47 kΩ and 100 pF (MM); 16 selectable resistive values: 1000Ω, 600Ω, 430Ω, 330Ω, 250Ω, 215Ω, 185Ω, 165Ω, 150Ω, 140Ω, 125Ω, 115Ω, 105Ω, 100Ω, 90Ω, 85Ω; 16 selectable capacitive values: 100pF, 400pF, 700pF, 1000pF, 1300pF, 1600pF, 1900pF, 2200pF, 2500pF, 2700pF, 3100pF, 3400pF, 3700pF, 4000pF, 4300pF, 4600pF (MC)
Headroom: 22 dB ref 5 mV input (MM); 23 dB ref 0.5 mV input low gain setting, 17 dB ref 0.5 mV high gain setting (MC)
Power Supply Input: Type 1
Input Sockets: Stereo RCA
Output Sockets: 1 x Stereo RCA; 1 x 5 pin DIN; 1 x 8 pin DIN
Power Input: ± 18 V DC @ 300 mA
Dimensions: 214 (W) x 317 (D) x 70 (H) mm
Weight: 3.4 kg

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