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Category : HiFi Rack
Expected to be released shortly. Price undefined. The photos are of the prototype.
●Manufacturer: G Clef Acoustic, Ltd.
※Note: It is recommended to place a WELLFLOAT board on each shelf for the best
performance. Each shelf has the Full-Con mech installed inside. As shown in thephoto, model “4449L” (490W×440D×55H ㎜) can be placed on each shelf.

It feels like all the devices are
sitting in the air. All theWELLFLOAT technologies areconsolidated. Ultimate HiFi
rack was born here.
There’s no point in “just floating” - The WELLFLOAT
HiFi board is always searching for the ideal floating
condition. Recently, they introduced the “Full-Conmech”, which was developed for a “Full Concert
Grand Piano” for professional musicians. The “FullCon mech” has a more robust build and better soundquality. This seems to be their goal for the HiFi rack.
The sample of the rack that came to us is still a
prototype. However, the actual performance was justbreathtaking. Mr. Chitake Inoue, who is usually a verycalm and quiet guy, is even very excited this timeand stated that “It feels like the devices are in the air”.
Let’s get started.

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Recommended Products︱WELLFLOATWELLFLOAT RACK SYSTEM

A truly outstanding isolation system.
The effect is great.
"An unforgettable experience"◦Main Feature of WELLFLOAT

Floating and Hanging
Truly Innovative HiFi board
The manufacture of WELLFLOAT – G Clef
Acoustic was established in 1978 andthey started their business in thedistribution of professional recording
equipment. At the time, there was noproper professional recording studios in
Osaka. G Clef became famous bydeveloping professional multi-channel
recording equipment. Since then,they’ve successfully achieved manythings in the broadcasting industry
throughout both the analogue anddigital era. Their head quarters are in
Ikeda-shi, Osaka.
Based on this background, they’ve been
deeply considering the fundamental
mechanism of sound itself andeventually they developed this unique
isolation system called “WELLFLOAT”.
The core technology was submitted forpatent in 2008 and patented in 2012. The
first product was released in 2009. As
you may be aware, the core mechanismof WELLFLOAT is unique. It’s a board, butalso hanging inside.

Why hanging? The reason is based on
the following theory. The vibrations
generated by whichever sources –devices or instruments, travels to thefloors and return to the sources, whichcauses side effects and impacts on thesound quality. This also causes a loss ofenergy of the original musical sound. In
other words, sitting a product on thefloor causes distortion. If the sources are
not touching the floor, there should be
no distortion. So the only way to achieve
this is to “Float”. Positioning the devices,but also hanging them in the air. Those
two requirements were met by thehanging mechanism of WELLFLOAT. The
key is a U-shaped spring, which ismounted on the base or standing
upright. A wire comes out from thelower side, and the inside of the upperboard bent in a U-shape is suspended. It
would be simple to understand if the Ushaped spring was outside, but it isinside. This type is currently called as the"Classic" (or "Regular") series.

Advent of Full-Con mechbrings further improvementsG-Clef has long-term experience on
concert halls and professional
recordings. They focused on thevibration generated by piano, cello andcontrabass. It was becoming clearer thatvibration travelling to the floor makes a
bad impact on the sound quality
causing it to sound poor. The improved
version of the WELLFLOAT mechanism
called “Full-Con mech” was developed
to resolve that issue. Although the older
mechanism was using the ”U-shaped”
spring, the newer “Full-Con mech” hasan “L-shaped” mechanism. It’s known as“Cantilever” and the wire is hangingfrom it. The maximum load of eachmech is 90kg. PIANO-WELLFLOAT has 3mechs inside, which gives 250kg
maximum load. Combining the 3 boards
gives 750kg in total to support thegrand piano. The same mechanism isused in the creation another model for
Cello and Contrabass. Both models givesignificant improvement in the soundquality. For example, with PIANOWELLFLOAT, the audience was surprisedthat the sound of the piano can beclearly heard even from a complex
piano concertos at a professional
concert.

It was released in 2015. This Full-con
mech produces some more variations
such as L series (special coating) andSlim models. The official maximum load
for them is 150kg and the sound quality
was again significantly improved.

◦The birth of “WELLFLOAT Rack”

Full-Con mech is on theinside of the pillar. Shelves
only move in horizontal
directionThat’s a long story and after all thebackground, we’d like to introduce theprototype of our new “WELLFLOAT
Rack” which has been developed. It’s alot larger scaled structure than weexpected and we’d like to use the word– Spectacular. Let’s look at the pillars inthe 4 corners. Each pillar consists of 3pipes. On the top of each step, triangle
shaped part, is the Full-Con mech.

Therefore, each part has 3 mechanisms
inside and therefore the 4 corners have
12 mechanisms in total. Each shelf has
the load capacity equivalent to 4 of thePIANO-WELLFLOAT. The aluminumboard on the top of the mechanism
moves in the horizontal direction only.
You can put any additional boards on it.
There’s also another aluminum board
underneath of that. This is a frame tostabilize the pillars of the 4 corners andis not touching the devices.

Power is generated by itself.
This is a real energy
The construction is the same for each
shelf. Again, spectacular. Let’s check theperformance of the rack with a
WELLFLOAT board on them, which isrecommended by the manufacturer. The
first impression of the sound is profoundand soft. Piano has the necessary power,
but is also courteous not rough.

Deep dynamic range gives a bigger
expression range. Singer’s voice is warmand fresher with more echo than usual.
Dirty echo was reduced and the air itself
gained shine. The atmosphere is very
attractive. Orchestra has a rich
dynamism and the indefinite power
comes from underground. The bass isvery stable and the high frequency isstress-free. There is a real energy!
This profound and powerful sound isgenerated by no loss of energy
throughout from the source to thespeakers. I cannot feel any distortion.
Power comes without any stress. Sound
is very clear without darkness. Realenergy feels warm and soft. WELLFLOAT
is definitely the significant achievementof an isolation system. By putting all thetechnology together, this playback
performance has been achieved. It’s
almost like placing the devices in the air.
The result is overwhelming andunforgettable.

The pillar part – The most important structure of“WELLFLOAT RACK SYSTEM” Each corner has 3 pipes
and the triangle part on the top of that is the Full-con
mech. Each corner has 3 mechanisms, which makes 12
mechs in 4 corners. This is gorgeous construction using
the 4 PIANO-WELLFLOAT on each shelf.

Aluminum board on top of the Full-Con mech of the 4 corners. Thisboard moves in horizontal directions. Another aluminum board
underneath of that is the frame to stabilize the pillars of the 4 corners
and is combined with the upper board by a spike mechanism.

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This is a very popular WELLFLOAT Slim model“TYPE4548SF”. (480W×450D×30Hmm) The
maximum load is up to 300 kg with Full-Con mech

Overall image of “WELLFLOAT RACK SYSTEM”
without the HiFi boards on the shelves.

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