NAD 5120
Semi-automatic, belt drive turntable system with AC synchronous motor and integrated tonearm (flat or tubular) with tracking force and anti-skate adjustment.
Description
If you wish to use more than one phono pickup cartridge in the NAD 5120 turntable, you can purchase extra plug-in tonearms.
On each arm you can set balance, VTF and DVA (dynamic vibration absorber) frequency and damping.
Then you may quickly swap cartridges by unplugging one arm and plugging in another, with no readjustment needed (except perhaps for anti-skating and cueing height).
On the 5120 the counterweight is not mounted rigidly to the tonearm but rather suspended on a spring, forming a compliant assembly that is free to vibrate.
When correctly tuned its vibration matches and cancels the fundamental arm/cartridge resonance.
Specifications
Drive system: precision neoprene belt drive
Motor: synchronous motor
Speeds: 33 and 45rpm
Speed accuracy: +-0.5%
Wow and flutter: 0.04% WRMS
Rumble: -70dB
Suspension system: sprung subchassis
Tonearm: flat or tubular static balance arm with dynamic vibration absorber
Effective length: 208mm
Effective mass: 6g
Overhang: 19.1mm
Offset angle: 26 degrees
Dynamic vibration absorber: spring suspended counterweight with viscous damping
Cartridge weight: 2 to 8g
Tracking force: 0 to 3g
Dimensions: 420 x 105 x 354mm
Weight: 5kg
Review
The NAD 5120 exhibited some lower midrange colouration although this was not too serious. Stereo images were stable, while the bass was satisfactory, possessing a fairly tuneful quality, better than usual for the price - £99 HiFi Choice 1984
A number of running improvements have given this player a range and tautness denied it's lazier sounding antecedents - £90 HiFi Choice 1992
Downloads
service manual (en)
cartridge tuning data sheet (en)
instruction/owners manual (en)
quick setup (en)
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Comments
setting up a nad 5120
Submitted on November 20th, 2009 by corbypunkHi, my brother has just bought one of these turntables from e-bay but it came with no cartridge or documentation, what a godsend to find this superb site! I`ve got an ortofon om5e cartridge from my old project debut to put on it, any idea`s on what alignment guides/arc protractors i could use to set it up for him?
NAD 5120
Submitted on July 21st, 2009 by Hans MortenI have just put my old nad player together again, - with new ortofon pickup. Nice player that knock out my sony x600, when i comes to the price. Nad 990,-nkr against sony 7000,-nkr.
I dig the retro design, fantastic.