Pyon Sound ULTIMA BLACK PEARL & IRIS 12 REFERENCE System One of the World Best Turntables

Winner of the Stereo Times Most Wanted Component of the Year 2011 & 2012

* Ultima Black Pearl turntable & Iris 12 Reference tonearm suggested retail price: $25,900

* Weight & Dimension : 185 lbs (83Kg), W20” D16” H12” (W50Cm D40Cm H30Cm)

* Shipping & Handling : Package of 4 boxes, each weighing between 20Kg and 25Kg

* All reasonable offers will be positively entertained for this special factory direct sale

* No import tax nor sales tax

* Payment : paypal (4% fee extra), bankwire, money order, etc.

The Ultima Black Pearl turntable and the Iris 12 Reference tonearm is developed under the motto of "AFFORDABLE STATEMENT" for selected audiophiles and music lovers who endeavor the ultimate-level music reproduction within a reasonable investment. Although this full analogue system is not cheap, but it eloquates that statement-class music reproduction does not necessarily accompany a ridiculously outrageous price.

The Black Pearl turntable is the latest incarnation of our cutting-edge technology in analogue music reproduction. It is a considerable step forward from our already outstanding Ultima Tankwood turntable and represents the highest level of currently available turntable technology in every respect.

The Ultima Black Pearl presents the extreme performance level that most turnable designers can only dream of. Its motor and controller system utilizes the most advanced DC servo motor mechanism to achieve the theoretically extreme speed stability of 0.001%. Its damping structure and mechanism form the multiple level of formidable barriers against the interference from external vibration and resonance energy. Better yet, its cutting-edge suspension mechanism do the most ideal job of eliminating and draining at a lightening speed any vibration and resonance energy created from internal mechanism. In a word, the Ultima Black Pearl turntable system provides the absolute tranquil environment at a dead-steady rotation for a tonearm and a cartridge to carry out their job of picking up the music information embedded in the record grooves with absolute neutrality and no-coloration.

The Iris 12 Reference tonearm is arguably one of the best uni-pivot tonearms available in today’s market, boasting the most advanced and very proprietary tonearm mechanisms.

Its mechanisms and designs sport unique and exclusive mechanical features that other high-end tonearms can never duplicate nor imitate.

Under its main uni-pivot bearing principle, the bearing mechanism of the Iris 12 Reference adopts the triple bearing system. The arm sits on the uni-pivot ceramic bearing, while the entire arm mechanism is supported by the subordinate bearing mechanism which is connected to the arm through a dynamic-balance spring. At the same time, the arm structure is floated by a strong neodymium magnet bearing system, while a vibration and resonance energy transfer ground is constantly maintained between the arm mechanism and the arm base.

Another exclusive feature of the Iris 12 Reference is the quadruple suspension mechanism which works to absorb and eliminate any vibration and resonance energy created internally, while completely isolating the entire tonearm from vibration and resonance energy created from the turntable.

With regard to use and maintenance, the Ultima Black Pearl and the Iris 12 are designed and precision-crafted from the audiophiles’ perspective. They are extremely easy to set up and maintain. Even a novice audiophile can finish the installation within a hour...^^ Also, the durability and quality of parts and material are selected to last many decades.

From a high-end audiophile perspective, it takes less than a minute for any audiophile to acknowledge the extreme performance of the Ultima Black Pearl and the Iris 12. I would say that an audiophile experiences goose-bump and feels hair-raising creep at the very moment that the cartridge lands and touches the first groove. The performance of the Ultima Black Pearl and the Iris is this much good, differentiating itself from crowded high-end turntables in the market. From A to Z of audiophile’s performance criteria, the Ultima and the Iris excels by far greater margin any similarly priced turntable and even easily outperforms a lot more expensive models(even with 2 ~ 3 times higher market price). The owner maybe the first time in his life experience what the uncolored and distortion-free music would sound like and how life-like dynamic shadings an audio system can render.  The new owner would regard that purchasing the Ultima and the Iris is the best audio investment through his entire audio life and would even think that the Ultima and the Iris 12 are the best bargain and of the highest cost/performance ratio.

Finally, the aesthetics of design commands the 50% of pleasure for a turntable system ownership. In other word, a turntable system must present the eye-capturing beauty and elegance. In this regard, the Ultima Black Pearl and the Iris 12 will provide visual enchantment as a true object de art and enrich the artistic emotion of an audiophile through the entire span of ownership.

Reflecting its extraordinary performance and graceful design, the predecessor of the Ultima Black Pearl won the Most Wanted Component award of the Year 2011 and the Iris 12 Reference followed the Ultima to win the Most Wanted Component award of the Year 2012 from Stereo Times.

< TURNTABLE SPECIFICATION >

1. Bearing: Inverted Bearing Design with the Constant Lubricant Circulation Mechanism

2. Motor: Precision DC-Servo Motor Mechanism

3. W/F (Speed Accuracy): Less than 0.001%

4. Motor Control: Two Speed Selections with the Infinite Fine Pitch Control.

5. Power Supply: Universal Voltage (Input 100~240 volt 50/60 Hz)

6. Suspension: Independently Isolated Tower with Proprietary Multiple-Structure Suspension Feet Mechanism

7. Platter: 25Kg-heavy Quadruple Composite Structure Design ( Cast iron, Panzerholz, Acrylic & Ceramic balls)

8. Plinth: Iron-disk-sandwich Design with Triple TANKWOOD Wings

9. Tonearm Platform: Double TANKWOOD Sandwich Design with the Vibration-Control Suspension Mechanism

10. Belt: Carbon-polyurethane-fabric composite design

< TONEARM SPECIFICATION >

1. Effective length : 305mm (12 inches) (from the tonearm pivot to stylus point)

2. Distance of the tonearm pivot to spindle: 290mm

3. Overhang (from spindle to stylus point): 15mm

4. Offset angle: 19 degree

5. Tracking error angle: + 1.42 degree, - 0.97 degree

6. Horizontal sensitivity (first action, inner wire free): 15mg

7. Vertical sensitivity (first action, inner wire free): 10mg

8. Suitable cartridge weight: 5gr ~ 45gr

9. Range of height adjustment: 50mm ~ 100mm

    (distance between the arm base bottom and center of the arm pipe)

10. Headshell: Chrome-plated bronz
11. Arm wand: Tank wood (Panzerholz)
12. Bearing mechanism: Magnet-floating-assisted uni-pivot type with a subordinate  base bearing
13. Suspension: Triple-balanced spiral suspension design with the independent suspension for the bearing pillar

14. Adjustment features:

     - Fine anti-skating adjustment,

     - Vertical tracking force (dual counterweight mechanism),

     - Controlled-toque vertical tracking angle adjustment,

     - Azimuth

     - Horizontal balance and leveling

For US buyers, it is recommended to contact the Mockingbird Distribution for more information and consultation.