LAB REPORT: EAT E-FLAT (£4100)

摘要

Comparisons with EATs costlier Forte S design [HFN Dec '10] are instructive because the 'shape' of the E-Flafs wow and flutter spectrum [Graph 1, below] is very similar albeit a mere 0.01% further adrift in both low and high-rate speed variations. The absolute speed of the E-Flat is better adjusted, however, with our sample running imperceptibly ~0.1% slow. EAT knows how to design a decently over-sized bearing and the E-Flat is no exception, the deck boasting a low -70.7dB rumble, a mere 0.7dB behind the Forte S but exhibiting some unusual modes at 40Hz and 80Hz - a feature of the twin "virtual 24-pole' motors perhaps? Either way, this is a beautifully appointed deck.EAT"s flat Kevlar tonearm is not as rigid in every plane as the material's reputation might suggest and as the breaks at 125Hz, 290Hz and 51 OHz on the cumulative decay waterfall [Graph 2, below] clearly indicate.