We are constantly being told not to muddy earth’s carpet with our grubby carbon footprints; yet, when it comes to turntable construction, the use of carbon – or carbon fibre, at least – is considered as a good thing.

Predictably, it’s all to do with increased rigidity and damping, which is why the use of carbon fibre on this turntable should, in theory, make it a worthy upgrade to Elipson’s original Omega 100 RIAA BT deck.

However, the Carbon Black’s inferior star rating will tell you immediately that our testing led us to disagree.