Halde One · turntable
Made to go round.
One belt-drive turntable in walnut and cast aluminium. Thirty-three and a third turns a minute, and nothing else to think about.
€1,480 · delivered in Europe · five-year warranty
In the box · side A
01 Low tide
02 Harbour lights
03 Ferry at seven
04 Salt on the glass
05 Slow rotation
06 Last side
01 Low tide
02 Harbour lights
03 Ferry at seven
04 Salt on the glass
05 Slow rotation
06 Last side
Solid walnut ·
Cast aluminium platter, 1.8 kg ·
33⅓ and 45 ·
Belt drive ·
Carbon tonearm ·
Made in Porto ·
Solid walnut ·
Cast aluminium platter, 1.8 kg ·
33⅓ and 45 ·
Belt drive ·
Carbon tonearm ·
Made in Porto ·
Solid walnut ·
Cast aluminium platter, 1.8 kg ·
33⅓ and 45 ·
Belt drive ·
Carbon tonearm ·
Made in Porto ·
Solid walnut ·
Cast aluminium platter, 1.8 kg ·
33⅓ and 45 ·
Belt drive ·
Carbon tonearm ·
Made in Porto ·
Neumann copper-disc cutting lathe. Photo: 32bitmaschine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Where a record starts
Cut in copper. Played in walnut.
Every record begins as a disc on a cutting lathe: a stylus carves the sound into one long spiral. The One is built to read that spiral back the way it was cut, at a steady 33⅓, with nothing loose to blur it.
How it is made
Three parts, nothing else.
Plinth
01
Solid walnut, 40 mm thick, oiled by hand. Heavy enough that a footstep in the room never reaches the needle.
Platter
02
Cast aluminium, machined flat, 1.8 kg. Once it is turning, its own weight keeps it turning evenly.
Sand-cast aluminium parts. Photo: UNISM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tonearm
03
A nine-inch carbon arm with a moving-magnet cartridge, set up before it leaves Porto. Lower it and listen.
Groove and needle. Photo: Franz van Duns, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Setting up
Ten minutes from the box to side A.
The belt, the counterweight and the cartridge come set for each other. Four moves, a record, and you are listening.
1. Lift the lid
2. Fit the belt
3. Set the weight
4. Drop the needle
1. Lift the lid
2. Fit the belt
3. Set the weight
4. Drop the needle
Plays everything on your shelf.
33⅓ for albums, 45 for singles. Turn the dial on the corner and the belt moves itself.
The record library of KDVS, Davis. Photo: KDVS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Specifications
Halde One
Speeds
33⅓ and 45 rpm
Drive
Belt, with an outboard 12 V motor
Platter
Cast aluminium, 1.8 kg
Plinth
Solid walnut, 40 mm
Tonearm
Nine-inch carbon, moving-magnet cartridge fitted
Speed stability
Within 0.05%
Output
Phono or line, switched underneath
Size
460 × 360 × 130 mm, lid closed
Weight
9.2 kg
Warranty
Five years, parts and labour
Questions
Before you order.
Do I need a phono stage?
+
No. A switch underneath sends a line-level signal, so it plugs straight into powered speakers. Set it to phono if your amplifier has its own stage.
How long does delivery take?
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Each One is set up and played in Porto before it ships: about two weeks in Europe, delivery included.
Can I change the cartridge?
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Yes. The arm takes any standard half-inch cartridge, and the counterweight has the range for most of them.
What if something breaks?
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Five years of warranty on parts and labour. The belt is a standard size, and a spare comes in the box.
Put a record on.
Halde
33
turns a minute