Verona NEO
Turntables with a classic retro design are becoming increasingly popular. The new Verona NEO can carry up to two 9 to 12-inch tonearms and thus offers all the possibilities that ambitious music lovers are looking for. In addition, it has all the technical refinements that its other brothers from the NEO series also have, such as a 2-motor drive concept, the DTD®-bearing and the external DMC-20 motor electronics with AVC Level 3 and the CLD design. Its 50 mm thick platter includes 8 silencers.
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Special features:
- 2 integrated, completely insulated AC-motors
- External digital motor controller DMC-20 with super stable multi-voltage power supply and innovative AVC technology level 3 (Automatic Vibration Control)
- Ultraprecise, extremely rigid and robust DTD® bearing with diamond-coated spindle (Dura Turn Diamond® Bearing)
- Exclusive silencer technology with 8 silencer modules for effective reduction of platter vibration
- CLD technology (Constraint Layer Damping) for improved resonance behavior
- Optimized multi-sandwich chassis for higher rigidity and better acoustic properties
- Finish either in piano black with glossy Makassar top surface or fully in piano black, aluminum parts in silver (anodized) or black (anodized)
- 3-point setup with special gel-damped feet
- 15-year warranty (with registration)
Modern drive with 2 motors
The Verona NEO has 2 integrated, completely insulated AC-motors and a RPM-regulated double belt drive with speed fine adjustment for the subplatter.
AVC Level 3
The control panel is harmoniously integrated into the chassis. The Verona NEO is equipped with the external digital motor controller DMC-20 with a super stable multi-voltage power supply, featuring the innovative AVC-system at it’s highest level 3.
Elaborate chassis design
The multi-sandwich chassis of the Verona NEO offers greater rigidity and excellent acoustic properties. The 3-point suspension with the gel-damped feet specially developed by Acoustic Signature ensures optimum decoupling during record playback.
Test reports
“The Verona NEO offers performance that is truly reference quality … This turntable and these arms are everything you would expect from a top-shelf German manufacturer. They’re beautifully made and presented, and everything fits and works perfectly.”
(Verona NEO with TA-7000 NEO and TA-5000 NEO)
stereophile
06/2024
by Michael Trei
“In fact, the Verona is one of the smoothest running players I have ever had in my listening room. And what this calmness does to the sound is both pleasing and unexpectedly clear. The dynamics of the player become huge, and change from a punctual dynamic that favors certain frequency ranges to an all-encompassing power that is just as effective in the low bass as in the most remote overtones. This really does make the music sound bigger, and – at least in my listening room – transforms the entire system into a more convincing, more engaging version of itself. And this has nothing to do with the tonearm or cartridge, but is a quality that the turntable brings with it and passes on to any adequate arm and pickup.”
(Verona NEO with TA-5000 NEO)
LowBeats
05/2024
by Bernhard Rietschel
“This drive opens up the music and enables us to experience a live performance as vivid as a firework display. … Visually reminiscent of players from the 70s and 80s, it represents a “state of the art” technology that has catapulted Acoustic Signature to the absolute top of the world.”
(Verona NEO with TA‑2000 NEO and MCX4)
image hifi
02/2024
by Andreas Wenderoth
“The Verona NEO is excellently capable of delivering sound images that are both spatially organized and structured in every possible way. It indeed proved unaffected by any challenge we set to it in the listening room. In fact, it maintained its imperturbable composure even when the loudspeakers right next to it were playing with rather high volumes. The turntable didn‘t allow this to lead to any resonances in the slightest. In general, the lower frequencies turned out to be the icing on the cake in the already high-class performance of the Acoustic Signature. The turntable clearly benefits from its MDF-steel-multiplex-CLD backbone, which has evidently been combined just right. Bass lines were not just clean, agile and contoured. Rather, their springy elasticity, their pulsating drive drove the reproduction from the frequency cellar, which literally gave it an extra portion of buoyant emphasis and kick…”
(Verona NEO with TA‑2000 NEO)
Stereo
02/2024
by Matthias Boede
The retro family
The multi-sandwich chassis design approach unites the Double X NEO and the Verona NEO. Both models are available with a piano-black or a makassar surface, giving each turntable a retro touch while housing state of the art technology.
But the further features and technology levels of the two differ widely aside these characteristics. The following table explains the major differences:
Feature |
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|---|---|---|
| AC-motors: | 1 | 2 |
| AVC: | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| Power adapter: | External | DMC-20 |
| Max. tonearms: | 1 | 2 |
| 9″‑tonearms: | ||
| 10-12″‑tonearms: | ||
| Changeable armboards: | ||
| Platter Ø (mm): | 300 | 310 |
| Subplatter: | ||
| Aluminum finish: | silver | silver or black |
| Weight: | 24 kg | 33 kg |
Technical data
| AC-motors: | 2 |
| Drive system: | RPM-regulated double belt drive with speed fine adjustment for the subplatter |
| AVC: | Level 3 |
| Speed range: | 33 1/3 RPM and 45 RPM |
| Power adapter: | External digital motor controller DMC-20 with super stable power supply (100 V – 260 V AC, 50 / 60Hz.) (WxDxH: 24 x 22 x 6cm; 2.6 kg) |
| Control panel: | Integrated |
| Bearing: | High-precision Dura Turn Diamond® bearing |
| Tone arm base: | Up to 2 mounting boards for 9 to 12-inch tone arms |
| Tone arm compatibility: | 9 to 12 inch |
| Maximum number of tone arms: | 2 |
| Platter: | Aluminum anodized (Ø 310 x 50 mm / 11 kg), with Silencer modules |
| Silencer: | 8 |
| Chassis: | Massive 65 mm sandwich chassis made of MDF, steel & plywood |
| Feet: | 3 height-adjustable gel-damped aluminum feet |
| Dimensions (WxDxH): | 544 x 449 x 166 mm |
| Weight: | 33 kg |
Available finishes
| Platter: | Aluminum (anodized) |
| Chassis: | Top / Plinth: Highgloss, either in piano black with Makassar top surface or fully in piano black Aluminum parts: Either in silver (anodized) or black (anodized) |
| Silencer: | Polished brass, optional: 24 carat gold-plated or polished chrome |
Package contents
- Verona NEO chassis
- External power supply DMC-20
- Platter
- Subplatter
- Power cord
- Drive belts
- Carbon mat
- Toolset
- Gloves
- Instruction manual
Warranty
Silencer and CLD technology
The Verona NEO features 8 silencer modules and an optimized chassis construction with our pioneering CLD technology to reduce platter and cabinet vibrations. The chassis is available either in piano black with a glossy Makassar top surface or fully in piano black finish. All aluminum parts are either in silver (anodized) or black (anodized).