Pickering FA 330A
(1970s)

Not on the size of a Micro SX-111FV, but the platter of the FA 330A floats on air just the same.

GYROPOISE works through magnetic suspension : the two big magnets outlined in red below actually separate the platter from its support - even if the shaft still links them :)

The rest is a bit more like a Thorens : belt-drive, three-point spring support and aluminium diecast platter. But to continue on unsuspected singularities, the tonearm is an UNIPOISE single-point support !

The FA 330A is the automatic version (stop and lift-off), the FA 330M the manual version.

Motor
24-pole slow-speed synchronous
Wow&flutter
< 0,07% (DIN 45507)
Rumble
-70dB (DIN 45539)
Stylus force
0...4g
Tracking error
± 1.7°

PC
8W
Dimensions
42,5 x 33,3 x 15,2cm
Weight
6,9kg.