Dual CS 518

Manual belt-drive turntable with a twin-gimbal tonearm, Ortofon 2M Red cartridge and built-in MM phono stage.

CS 518: the design

The CS 518 is the belt-drive manual deck with the best tonearm in the series: a solid aluminium twin-gimbal mount on four bearings and spring-loaded antiskating, to guide even demanding cartridges safely.

It comes with an Ortofon 2M Red already fitted and with a built-in MM phono stage, which you can bypass if your amplifier has its own phono input. The three speeds are chosen with an electronic selector and the cartridge is changed by sliding off the headshell.

Specifications

• Belt drive with DC motor
• Speeds: 33, 45 and 78 rpm
• Wow and flutter: below ±0.1% (DIN)
• Die-cast aluminium platter, 305 mm, 850 g with its rubber mat
• Aluminium tonearm on a twin-gimbal mount with four ball bearings, 221.5 mm effective length, removable headshell
• Tracking force adjustable from 0 to 4 g, for cartridges from 5 to 9 g
• Manual operation
• Factory-fitted cartridge: Ortofon 2M Red
• RCA outputs, for a phono input and, with the switchable built-in MM phono stage, for a line input
• Dimensions with the lid closed: 435 x 367 x 145 mm
• Weight: 5.8 kg
• Finishes: black, walnut