Clearaudio is a rarity amongst high-end hi-fi manufacturers. Not only does this German company manufacture its products in Germany, it’s also a family enterprise, with founder Peter Suchy still in charge of research and development, and his children Robert, Patrick and Veronika in charge of marketing, manufacturing and HR respectively, plus around 20 staff.
The Innovation is the second-tier model in a range of four similarly-designed turntables, the others being the Master Innovation, Innovation Compact and Innovation Basic, with this range sitting just below Clearaudio’s top-line model, the Statement.
THE EQUIPMENT
As you can see from the images in this article, the platter on the Clearaudio Innovation is enormously thick, being comprised of a 15mm-thick sub-platter made of stainless steel, on top of which is a 70mm-thick main platter made…
