New Mag-Lev Turntable

Atmasphere
I use master tapes as a reference, and have LPs and CDs made from the master tapes.

@Atmasphere
I acquired my Studer tape deck quite a while ago. Long before the market prices spiked. I am fortunate to have the Studer Canadian Rep being a 40 minute drive from me if I need maintenance. I have really enjoyed it for Come to Jesus moments when in past Audiophile modes. In my line of work, whenever we reached an impasse for whatever reasons on a project, we would call a Come to Jesus meeting. In this meeting, the stakeholders are present, all the facts are laid out, including goals, objectives, budgets, blah blah blah. A decision is made, everyone agrees and we go on.
    
You know, what doesn't make a lot of sense to me at all with Audiophilia, is that we have some "well heeled" Audiophiles searching for that sound; spending thousands on gear. And as we are in the analog forum here, this means - multiple turntables, tonearms, even more cartridges. Yet, they do not take a small portion of that budget, and buy a good reel to reel with one days worth of 15 IPS master tape dubs to use as a reference point . Seems like an obvious way to start at Ground Zero with a good Analog Audio Reference .... and go from there. Let it guide your journey. What better way?  Just makes sense to me.

raymonda
I'm still not getting how a suspended platter and direct coupled tonearm to the plinth is suppose to be a good thing.
Major issues with that, I would think.

So does this mean you would also have issues with a direct coupled platter, and suspended tonearm ?

"You know, what doesn’t make a lot of sense to me at all with Audiophilia, is that we have some "well heeled" Audiophiles searching for that sound; spending thousands on gear. And as we are in the analog forum here, this means - multiple turntables, tonearms, even more cartridges. Yet, they do not take a small portion of that budget, and buy a good reel to reel with one days worth of 15 IPS master tape dubs to use as a reference point . Seems like an obvious way to start at Ground Zero with a good Analog Audio Reference .... and go from there. Let it guide your journey. What better way? Just makes sense to me.@

Nothing really compares to that analog sound you get from tape, whether it’s the master tape, reel to reel, or even the more humble cassette. With the major advantage at least in theory of CDs having been virtually wiped out by overly aggressive dynamic range compression over the past 20 years I am rapidly losing interest. 

You know, what doesn't make a lot of sense to me at all with Audiophilia, is that we have some "well heeled" Audiophiles searching for that sound; spending thousands on gear. And as we are in the analog forum here, this means - multiple turntables, tonearms, even more cartridges. Yet, they do not take a small portion of that budget, and buy a good reel to reel with one days worth of 15 IPS master tape dubs to use as a reference point . Seems like an obvious way to start at Ground Zero with a good Analog Audio Reference .... and go from there. Let it guide your journey. What better way?  Just makes sense to me.

+1.

I think a set of really good mics are a good investment too (I bought a set of Neumann U67s in 1984). The ability to use that tape machine with good mics really helps in establishing a good reference. These days I also run a small recording studio. We have Studer, Ampex, Sony, Otari and Tascam tape machines, as well as a Scully lathe with a Westerex 3d cutter head.

I would think that anything that separates the platter and tone arm, allowing either to be suspended independently from the other would be a problem.