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As well as Micro Seiki, brands such as SOTA and Basis have produced variations on the theme. Vacuum hold down turntables aren’t novel. A hybrid suspension system for the chassis’ four feet, in which springs are damped by both oil and air pressure, replaces the “air only” approach of the AF1, but otherwise the key ingredients that set the AF1 apart are all there, with the air bearing and vacuum coming straight from the AF1. The good news for those considering the AF2 is that rather than trickling down, the AF1’s technology has veritably flooded into the AF2. These were technologies that Hideaki Nishikawa felt were not sufficiently evolved from his time with Micro Seiki, and so the Air Force turntables represent a better approach, but one that has benefited from decades of learning and development at Micro Seiki. That objective required the best possible vacuum systems, air suspension, air bearing, air damping and air suction. The AF1 was designed by Hideaki Nishikawa, former technical manager at Micro Seiki, who was reportedly given just one design criterion – to make the best reasonably sized analogue turntable possible. While the TechDAS Air Force turntables are relatively young, they are steeped in the most revered history of Japanese turntable manufacture. TechDAS is the in-house brand of Stella Inc, a Japanese distributor of some seriously good hifi gear. Indeed, it takes up more space on the rack than its older brother. The AF2 isn’t a stripped down AF1 – it is a magnificent turntable in its own right.
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In particular because the younger sibling has drawn just as deeply as its big brother on the traits that made the AF1 what it is.
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Likewise, the AF2 has created its own stir.