{"id":862,"date":"2023-11-25T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/?page_id=862"},"modified":"2023-12-07T02:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T02:36:52","slug":"suspension-technical-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/turntables\/suspension-technical-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension Technical Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"862\" class=\"elementor elementor-862\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5eceb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad5eceb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4edd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef4edd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Basis Fluid Damped Suspension<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbe5b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0fbe5b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749a229 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"749a229\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f807a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f807a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE NEED FOR SUSPENSION<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de8164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de8164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Isolating the turntable from the listening environment is crucial for you to really hear the music on your record.\u00a0 Any less than total isolation reduces your turntable to an expensive tone control, with the sound becoming colored by feedback and ineffective handling of energy fed into the turntable by the tonearm.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\">The corner assemblies of the suspended Basis models house the <strong>ultimate turntable suspension<\/strong> system.\u00a0 This system totally isolates the turntables and damps the subchassis by turning vibrational energy, which has been fed into the subchassis by the tonearm, into heat energy.\u00a0 No other integral turntable suspension in the world performs the first function as effectively, and no other turntable suspension performs the second function at all.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\">Additionally, the Basis system provides 48 db of isolation between the motor and the record-stylus system.\u00a0 This means that any other non-suspended turntable system produces <strong>48db more motor noise<\/strong> which will mask the true details of the musical experience from ever making it to your phono stage!<\/p><p class=\"\">Without the huge strength of the Basis suspension system no turntable can approach the neutrality, silence, and natural detail levels of Basis suspended turntables.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f65f423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f65f423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-1024x823.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-872\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-1536x1234.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Debutcorner-2048x1646.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b2b70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13b2b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW BASIS FLUID-DAMPED SUSPENSION WORKS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4580ca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4580ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">The Basis suspension is unique in the audio world as well as in the isolation system world.\u00a0 Using <strong>discrete damping and spring components<\/strong>, the designer has the ability to independently manipulate both spring and damping values to achieve an <strong>optimized system<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"\">In a series configuration the components could not effectively avoid ringing.\u00a0 In a classic parallel system higher frequency information would break through the isolation system.\u00a0 Only in the Basis asymmetrically<strong> balanced<\/strong>, progressively<strong> coupled <\/strong>system can this <strong>13 octave isolation be achieved<\/strong>.\u00a0 The result is <strong>vibration absorption<\/strong>, which is equal from both sides (subchassis and platform sides) of the isolation system, defeating feedback, motor noise, and tonearm energy.<\/p><p class=\"\">The isolation and energy absorption <strong>increase at a rate of 18 db per octave<\/strong> above the low system resonant frequency.\u00a0 The system is critically damped, which, along with the perfectly balanced and centered Basis platters, results in zero relative motion between the platter and motor while preserving the incredible 48db of isolation.<\/p><p class=\"\">For its total effectiveness and the complexity of a true analytical analysis of the system, the Basis isolation system requires nothing of the owner.\u00a0 The isolating units come charged with damping fluid from the factory and are sealed with elastomer seals.\u00a0 The fluid is stable for decades.\u00a0 No external power sources are necessary (no compressors, tire pumps, hoses, or power cords) and there is absolutely no maintenance ever required by the owner.\u00a0 In use the system is as simple as a non-suspended turntable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10657ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10657ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-1024x756.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-871\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.basisaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2500Isolatorview-2048x1512.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516f40e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"516f40e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE SOUND<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d52357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d52357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Most importantly, the Basis isolation system means that your Basis turntable will operate as effectively in every installation.\u00a0 Turntables with lesser suspensions or no suspensions at all will suffer from feedback and be affected by room location, floor construction, stand details, proximity to loudspeakers and the volume level of the music being played.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\">Basis suspended turntables combine the often mutually exclusive traits of <strong>relaxed musicality and effortlessness<\/strong> along with <strong>tremendous low-level detail<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will hear <strong>true detail<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will hear deeper into the music to receive the full reaction based on the intent of the music writer, the true character of the vocalist\u2019s voice and inflections, the instrument player\u2019s intonations and unique style, and the actual signature of the exact instrument being played.\u00a0 Basis suspended turntables move the listener toward this true musical experience.\u00a0 Unsuspended and lesser-isolated turntables are like gimmicky special effects filters that are placed in front of camera lenses; they interpret the music and color it with their own noise and resonances.\u00a0 In the long run, for the music lover, being immersed in the uncolored soundfield of a Basis turntable is the most satisfying and stimulating situation.\u00a0 With this Basis neutrality the excitement of listening is renewed with each listening session.\u00a0 With lesser products boredom sets in when the listener notes \u201ceverything starts sounding the same\u201d.\u00a0 This explains why so few Basis turntables appear on the second hand market: owners tend to keep their Basis!\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>DESIGNER\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> You have read, in this paper, strong statements about the effectiveness of the Basis suspension.\u00a0 You will read other manufacturers\u2019 statements about how their unsuspended products somehow perform the impossible, isolating through the use of cones, multiple layers of different materials, and \u201cspecial resonance-canceling shapes\u201d.\u00a0 I invite you to do the following test, which I have performed many times at shows, to help you separate the fact from the fiction.\u00a0 <strong>Caution:\u00a0 Performing the following test with a non-Basis turntable will most likely cause loudspeaker damage.\u00a0 Continue at your own risk.\u00a0 <\/strong>Cue the stylus down onto a stationary record.\u00a0 Turn the volume up to a loud listening level.\u00a0 Hit the turntable stand, directly next to the turntable foot, with a hammer.\u00a0 With a Basis you will hear silence from the loudspeaker.\u00a0 With others you will hear a terrible noise and may hear the self-destruction of the drivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa8feea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa8feea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" 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