{"id":20511,"date":"2026-09-05T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riffaud.eu\/resurrection-turntable-pierre-riffaud\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:08:17","slug":"resurrection-turntable-pierre-riffaud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riffaud.eu\/en\/resurrection-turntable-pierre-riffaud\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection: inside Pierre Riffaud’s most ambitious turntable"},"content":{"rendered":"

After forty years of building turntables by hand, you might expect a craftsman to start repeating himself. Resurrection proves otherwise. It is the most ambitious project ever to leave the Limousin workshop: 83 kg of five-axis machined metal, built around a single idea \u2014 removing everything that can disturb the music between the groove and the stylus.<\/p>\n

Why three motors instead of one<\/h2>\n

Most turntables, including the Epure, Saturn and Heritage, rely on a single high-torque motor. Resurrection takes the opposite route: three low-torque synchronous motors, arranged in a star and linked in pairs by the belts that drive the platter. The idea is to spread the energy evenly, with only the torque that is needed, and let inertia do the rest.<\/p>\n

That inertia is considerable. The solid bronze sub-platter alone weighs 18 kg, the aluminium platter 17 kg. Each motor sits in its own aluminium block, suspended on a stainless steel spring and elastomer pairing, so no mechanical vibration reaches the platter. A quartz electronic regulator allows the speed to be finely adjusted and stored.<\/p>\n

A platter that floats<\/h2>\n

Bearing friction is the silent enemy of any turntable. On Resurrection, the platter is carried by a magnetic circuit that concentrates energy locally, without stray radiation. One element is fixed to the base around the shaft, the other inside the sub-platter; their parallelism is adjusted to a tenth of a millimetre and the suspension height set at 1.5 mm.<\/p>\n

The result: the patented bearing carries only 10% of the load. A preload system, also patented, removes all axial play once everything is in place. The 18 mm shaft is lubricated with aeronautical grease. Measurements show a remarkably low noise floor.<\/p>\n

The detail that changes what you hear: the Edge Ring<\/h2>\n

The platter has an unusual parabolic profile, its diameter dictated by a metal “edge ring” that clamps the record down around its entire rim. Combined with the 1.05 kg record weight, it brings the disc into intimate contact with the platter. A slightly warped record stops being a problem.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/h2>\n