New Mag-Lev Turntable

To me it seems like a lot of work for a mid-fi product

Ok, that video answered some questions for me. Hit the platter and it wobbles side to side while the arm remains static. How in the world is that suppose to track without distortion and possibly skipping. Now, if they levitated the arm on a beam connected to the same plain as the platter, e.g., Rega, and it could move in accordance to the same micro and macro vibrations I might consider it. 

Also, you can clearly see how much the platter wobbles during normal playback. Whether that is uneven levitation or poor platter tolerances it is not a good thing.

I'll pass on this big time.

sarcher30
594 posts
11-27-2016 10:48am
Geoff, that is true but any extra motion is not ideal.

that's probably true but it might be a trade off between seismic vibration and any motion the platter provides, I.e., which is worse? On a related subject I'm not sure how accurately the spindle holes are centered in records generally. Maybe I shouldn't worry about it. 🙂

If my little Bengal kitty managed to sneak under the platter when a record was playing, would the platter drop on her .... or would the spiked feet come up in backup mode and trap her ?

ct0517, I was kind of wondering that myself. My guess is the magnetism would go right through things that are not magnetic.

Geoff, vinyl has many flaws. If you do not want to sweat the details that is fine. I prefer not to add errors if I can help it personally.