Sharing key design and construction features with our Innovation Wood model. the Innovation Compact Wood turntable is a high-mass design featuring our 70mm-thick, dynamically-balanced POM platter. The optimally designed tri-star chassis, a combination of Panzerholz with aluminum skins and pods, minimizes resonance in the audible range while delivering maximum stability via the added mass. The Innovation Compact Wood uses a taller version of Clearaudio’s patented CMB (Ceramic Magnetic Bearing), magnetically levitating the larger platter on an inverted bearing attached to a low-friction ceramic shaft.
Clearaudio’s custom high-torque 24v DC motor and Optical Speed Control (OSC) combine with the high mass platter and CMB for excellent speed stability. The Innovation Compact Wood features a second tonearm mount and is available in silver or black aluminum with Natural or Piano Black Lacquer panzerholz wood.
The Innovation Compact Wood delivers a sense of heightened dynamics and effortlessness, creating a very alive sound, by virtue of its unique technology and added mass. It can accommodate multiple 9” or 12” tonearms including both the Tracer and Universal radial designs.
Clearaudio Innovation Compact Wood Turntable
Tech Specs
| Construction details | Resonance-optimized chassis shape, belt-driven with self-adjusting speed control, dynamically balanced 70 mm / 2.75" POM platter |
| Speed ranges | 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM, convenient electronic controls |
| Motor | High-torque 24v DC motor |
| Bearing | CMB (Ceramic Magnetic Bearing) |
| Platter | CNC-machined POM (polyoxymethylene), 70 mm thickness |
| Speed accuracy | less than +- 0.05 % |
| Weight | 26 lbs without tonearm and power supply |
| Dimensions | 19" x 19" x 6" |
| Other special features | OSC (optical speed control) in real time via infrared sensor, playback with two tonearms possible |
| Warranty | 5 years |
