Turntables — Auris Audio Bayadere 5

The Auris Audio Bayadere 5 is the flagship turntable from Auris Audio, a Serbian manufacturer founded by Milomir Trosic. It uses a planetary design, is priced at €12,000 and is sold without a tonearm or record clamp. Auris designed it for two goals the company treats as essential, constant speed and minimal transmission of disruptive vibration, and it draws on what the brand learned from the earlier Bayadere 1 and Bayadere 3.

Key specs that matter

The base is a sandwich of aluminium and Kerrock, a Corian-like composite also used in other Auris turntables. The aluminium provides stability, while the composite layer shifts the resonant frequency and limits vibration reaching the platter and bearing. The platter is aluminium. The bearing support sits on rubber O-ring absorbers and uses a bronze liner with a chromed, electropolished steel spindle. The spindle carries a Widia cemented-carbide insert with a Rockwell hardness of 90, sourced from Widia Products, and runs on a ceramic ball lubricated with high-viscosity oil.

Engineering and use context

The tonearm base combines solid iron with an aluminium tube, and its weight and construction keep external influences away from the fitted arm. A synchronous AC motor sits in a fully independent enclosure separate from the plinth. It is driven by an Auris linear power supply with a 32-bit DAC for precise speed control, which generates a smooth sinusoidal drive frequency. The stands use the same aluminium and rubber sandwich as the base for added stability and vibration isolation. Standard finishes are Black or Silver, and delivery usually takes around six weeks.

Pairing

Auris pairs the Bayadere 5 with its own Hawk tonearm, priced at €5,000 in the 12-inch version. The Hawk uses bearings from the dental industry rated for 300,000 rpm, allows VTA adjustment during play and handles anti-skating with a ceramic-bearing mechanism instead of the usual string and weight. Arms from other manufacturers also fit the universal tonearm base.

Alternatives

The Auris Audio Bayadere 3, one of six turntables in the brand's range, is a more affordable model built on the same aluminium and Kerrock sandwich.