Center Stage Ultra TT
Critical Mass Systems’ height-adjustable reference footer for audio electronics: more than 30 precisely tuned damping contact points combine with fine height adjustment for component levelling and vibration management.
Key Features
- Designed for high-performance electronic audio components
- Height-adjustable construction
- More than 30 internal damping contact points
- Contact points use varying dimensions for precisely tuned energy management
- Adjustable from 1.5 to 1.75 inches in height
- Adjustment precision specified to ±5 microns
- Compact two-inch diameter
- No specified component weight limit
- Optional adapters available
- Suitable for turntables and other components requiring precise levelling
- Designed for use on stable racks, equipment stands and suitable furniture
- Recommended settling period of at least 7–10 days
Design & Build
The CENTER STAGE ULTRA TT combines Critical Mass Systems’ thermodynamic approach to vibration management with a height-adjustable footer body. More than 30 damping contact points of varying dimensions are tuned around the footer’s materials, mass and geometry.
Its adjustable construction allows the supported component to be precisely levelled while maintaining the intended mechanical interface with the supporting surface. Optional adapters expand compatibility with components requiring a specific connection method.
System Pairing
The ULTRA TT is particularly well suited to turntables and other components for which precise levelling is important. It can also be used beneath digital sources, preamplifiers, integrated amplifiers, power amplifiers, power supplies and power conditioners.
The footers should be installed on a stable, flat supporting surface with other aftermarket isolation accessories removed. Critical Mass Systems recommends allowing 7–10 days for settling and approximately 14 days before making a final performance assessment.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Height-adjustable vibration-management footer for electronic components |
| Damping architecture | More than 30 tuned contact points of varying dimensions |
| Diameter | 2 inches / 51 mm |
| Minimum height | 1.5 inches |
| Maximum height | 1.75 inches |
| Manufacturer-stated metric height range | 41–45 mm |
| Adjustment range | 0.25 inches |
| Adjustment precision | ±5 microns |
| Weight | Approximately 8 oz / 200 g each |
| Component weight limit | No specified limit |
| Adapters | Optional adapters available |
| Installation | Positioned beneath the supported component |
| Supporting surface | Stable, flat surface; CMS racks are recommended for optimum performance |
| Tested surface guidance | Flat wooden surfaces with a Janka rating of 1200 or higher and elastic modulus of 4 GPa or greater |
| Recommended applications | Turntables, source components, preamplifiers, amplifiers, power supplies and power conditioners |
| Settling period | Generally 7–10 days; at least 14 days recommended before final evaluation |
