New Mag-Lev Turntable

That’s nothing. Look at the wobble in this Rega RP1,

https://youtu.be/JklUhyW_L1s

And the wow on this record,

https://youtu.be/ncAvbtwE-as

Rolling hills music on the Cardas’ table.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF7udQJLXPQ

see the 35 second mark.

I think that Rega is defective and not representative of their tolerance standards.

BTW, if it is not, what does one bad design have to do with another?

raymonda
What holds true for macro vibrations, hold true for micro.

actually that’s not true for isolation devices since the top plate, which in the case of the mag lev turntable is the platter, can only move at the mag lev ISO system resonant frequency, probably 3 or 4 Hz. Mico vibrations (of low amplitude) can be ignored since they cannot overcome the inertia of the platter. Micro or Macro vibrations of higher frequencies can be ignored as well due to isolation. That’s why a granite slab on a spring system won’t ring - because the granite slab is itself isolated from vibrations of the specific frequencies that would otherwise cause the granite to ring.

"Hit the platter and it wobbles side to side while the arm remains static."

Any iso device worth it’s salt will move when struck or pushed. It’s the advantage of mass on spring iso devices (and mag lev devices) that they move EASILY in the direction of isolation. If an isolation device didn't move in the direction of the push it couldn't isolate in that direction. Obviously the Mag Lev turntable isolates in both vertical direction and all horizontal directions. If it couldn’t move easily it would NOT isolate. Hel-loo, Of course you wouldn’t want the Mag Lev platter to move due to the micro force of the stylus/cartridge.