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Dual CS 418 Manual Hi-Fi 3-Speed Turntable (Black Veneer)
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Model: CS418BK UPC: 4260136676272 Item: 176425
Product Information
The emphasis on high component precision is used throughout the entire range of Dual products. This also applies to the entry model CS 418 which uses the same base platform as the higher models in the product range.
The Ortofon 2M Red pickup and a switchable MM-phono-preamplifier are part of this ready-to-run package. The CS 418 is more than simply good value for money, it offers a solid sound performance and a 5-year warranty for long-term ownership.
Plinth: Solid MDF
- Folded MDF construction with a black vinyl veneer
- Elastomer vibration absorber integrated inside the feet
- Removeable dustcover
Platter: Aluminum Die-cast
- Precise aluminum die-cast
- Heavy rubber mat for resonance damping
- Solid platter bearing with a hardened steel spindle in a brass bushing
Tonearm: Straight, statically balanced
- Solid aluminum construction with ball-bearings
- Damped tonearm lift
- Adjustable tracking force and anti-skating
Drive: DC-Motor / Belt
- Low vibration DC-Servo-Motor
- Rubber mountings for vibration decoupling
- Precision cut belt for lower wow & flutter
Specifications
Specifications
- Drive
- Drive: Belt
- Speed settings: 33/45/78
- Wow & Flutter: < ±0.1% (DIN WTD)
- Platter
- Material: Aluminum Die-cast
- Mat: Rubber 3.5mm
- Bearing: Hardened steel spindle, brass bushing
- Diameter: 305 mm
- Weight: 720 g
- Tonearm
- Auto-Start/Stop-Function: X
- Bearing: Ball bearing
- Effective length: 221.5mm
- Offset Angle: 25.6º
- Overhang: 19 mm
- Type: Statically balanced
- Stylus Pressure Range: 0g to 4g
- Cartridge Weight Range: 5g to 9g
- Factory-installed pick-up: Ortofon 2M Red
- Plinth
- Material: MDF, folded
- Surface finish: Vinyl veneer / Black
- Feet: Ø 62mm / Elastomer
- Connection: RCA socket
- Connection to Phono Input: Yes
- Connection to Line Input: Yes
- Digital Output: X
- Dimensions (closed dustcover) (W x H x D): 17.12" x 14.45" x 5.71"
- Dimensions (open dustcover): 16.34" x 15.75"
- Weight: 12.79lb
What's in the Box
What's in the Box
- CS 418 Manual Hi-Fi 3-Speed Turntable
- 2 hinges for the dust cover
- Dust cover
- Headshell with phono cartridge
- Platter including belt
- Platter mat
- Counterweight
- Spindle adaptor (for 7” Eps)
- Power supply for connecting to the main supply
- Coaxial stereo audio cable
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Are Dual turntables still made in Germany?
A shopper
on Nov 2, 2021
  Thanks for your inquiry. Current available information indicates the CS models are manufactured in the Black Forest town of St. Georgen, Germany.
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- Mike K Staff on Nov 2, 2021
  Thanks for your inquiry. Current available information indicates the CS models are manufactured in the Black Forest town of St. Georgen, Germany.
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Cartridge included?
A shopper
on Nov 7, 2021
  Thanks for your question. The CS418 includes the Ortofon 2M Red cartridge and a switchable MM-phono pre-amplifier are part of this ready-to-run package.
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- Mike K Staff on Nov 8, 2021
  Thanks for your question. The CS418 includes the Ortofon 2M Red cartridge and a switchable MM-phono pre-amplifier are part of this ready-to-run package.
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- Mike K Staff on Nov 8, 2021
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