No.2

The standard package includes the drive No.2 with 80mm platter and separate motor socket XL as well as standard armboard without tonearm

The following variants are possible

• Classic 10"

• Classic 12"

• Tacco 9"

  
  

The drive No.2

The record player, proudly named "Das Laufwerk No. 2," occupies a magnificent position at the top of Scheu's product range. Its performance significantly surpasses the previous top model , the "Premier," and it has received extremely positive reviews from the enthusiastic trade press and highly satisfied customers worldwide.

With an impressive total weight of approximately 38 kg, this turntable is also a mass-driven turntable, but a completely different design approach was consistently implemented here.

By omitting the lead shot chamber of its famous predecessor, Drive No. 1, and combining the two halves of the frame, a very compact drive of simple elegance was created. Since lead shot could no longer be used to reduce resonance, other solutions had to be found. By combining various materials such as multi-layered bonded acrylic, steel, and bronze, extremely effective alternating resonance dissipation and damping was achieved.

The turntable has bases for three tonearms and features an electronically commutated DC motor with fine speed control, an 80-inch turntable, and height-adjustable stainless steel spikes.

With Drive No. 2, music becomes a sequence of stirring elements that go straight to legend.

image-hifi – 5/2011

The sound

A description of sound is naturally always subjective. During the development phase, we used the "Premier" as a reference. Its already first-class performance is significantly surpassed in terms of sound by the Das Laufwerk No. 2.

Details are reproduced with the utmost fidelity. The bass is powerful and contoured, the fundamental tone natural and without thickening. The room is reproduced with great precision in both width and depth, and everything is rock-solid in its place. The high-frequency range is not exaggerated; cymbals, for example, resonate long and cleanly. Despite the very fine resolution, the musical flow is never lost. And the No. 2 drive consistently impresses with particularly dynamic, flawless reproduction.

This high-performance device appeals equally to both the connoisseur who wants to devote himself exclusively to music and the ambitious audiophile who wants to rediscover their turntable every day. It provides an excellent foundation and allows ample scope for individualized adaptation to one's ideal of music reproduction.

Versions

"The Drive" No. 2 is available in black high-gloss polished acrylic and clear satin acrylic. We also offer an exclusive version with a slate frame upon request.

The armboards for various tonearms are available in acrylic, bronze or slate.

The motor housing is machined from solid aluminum and is available in either black anodized or high-gloss polished finish. Dark drives are delivered with a black motor housing as standard, while light/transparent drives are delivered with a high-gloss polished one.