Panasonic to Unveil Technics Direct Drive Analog Turntable Prototype at IFA with an eye on 2016 Commercial Launch
Osaka, Japan – Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will exhibit a direct drive(1) analog turntable prototype equipped with a newly developed direct drive motor at the IFA 20152 trade fair to be held in Berlin from September 4 to 9, 2015. Panasonic is accelerating further development of this technology with a view to market launch in 2016 under the Technics hi-fi audio brand. In conventional analog turntables, sound quality degradation caused by tiny vibrations of the motor and rotational speed fluctuations has been a major challenge. To overcome this challenge and