New Mag-Lev Turntable

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.

geoffkait,

Looks like you really like the engineering of this table and it is a perfect fit for you. Enjoy!

raymonda wrote,

"Geoffkait,

Looks like you really like the engineering of this"

Sure, why not? And with a half million dollars raised in the Mag Lev Kickstarter a lot of others like it too. Things that on the surface appear to be problems are actually advantages, that’s all.

All you need to do is put the whole shebang up on some high carbon cryo’d springs then you’d really be in business. You’d have two stages of isolation for the platter and one stage of isolation for the tonearm and cartridge. 😊