{"id":133022,"date":"2021-06-23T04:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T03:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=133022"},"modified":"2021-06-23T04:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T03:48:40","slug":"dual-cs-518-classic-out-of-the-box-ready-to-go-turntable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/dual-cs-518-classic-out-of-the-box-ready-to-go-turntable\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual CS 518: Classic out-of-the-box ready to go turntable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dual CS 518 belongs to the vinyl playback systems verified for decades.\u00a0This is a classic belt drive from a DC motor.\u00a0The steel axis of the disc rotates in a brass glass &#8211; these parts are made with high precision.<\/p>\n<p>The disc itself is made of solid aluminum by precision injection molding.\u00a0The dense rubber mat is responsible for the immobility of the record and the absence of unwanted resonances.\u00a0The case is finished with black vinyl with a texture of wood, and is made of multi-layer MDF, which stands on rubber feet, and serves the same purpose.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dd4e8b7-ba27-4443-9ca1-df70ea040792.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"598\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The novelty is equipped with a straight, statically balanced tonearm with a double gimbal.\u00a0Management &#8211; manual, no automation, no hitchhiking.\u00a0The tonearm is equipped with a smooth microlift and an anti-skating system.\u00a0The Ortofon 2M Red cartridge is factory pre-installed, with a switchable MM phono stage integrated into the body of the device.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/72f8bb6-3391-4fd7-a69a-c7061ab62202.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"754\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a result, the Dual CS 518 is compatible with any amplifier and does not depend on the presence of a phono stage in its composition.\u00a0The turntable is ready to go almost straight out of the box.\u00a0The novelty receives power from the external unit, the safety of the player will be ensured by a transparent cover.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/b255a4b-227d-4848-ad97-ebe4c17e2300.jpg\" width=\"959\" height=\"309\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dual CS 518 turntable is priced at $900.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dual CS 518 belongs to the vinyl playback systems verified for decades.\u00a0This is a classic belt drive from a DC motor.\u00a0The steel axis of the disc rotates in a brass glass &#8211; these parts are made with high precision. The disc itself is made of solid aluminum by precision injection molding.\u00a0The dense rubber mat [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/dual-cs-518-classic-out-of-the-box-ready-to-go-turntable\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":133027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-133022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}