New Mag-Lev Turntable

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. 😊

I'm looking forward to your review after you receive one.

The young project team for the Mag Lev turntable is proof of the enduring quality of vinyl. The way I see it, this should be celebrated if you like vinyl and playing records. It means continuity. So some of the attitudes shown on this thread are surprising..... well maybe not.

You know I spent my work career doing project management. So much so that I am an accredited PmP. Friends like to call me a PimP, but that's a topic for another thread.

I have met all kinds of personalities on projects, and have come to my own conclusion that for that subset of individuals that like to know and figure out how things work - well they fall into two groups.

Group 1 - look down. are well grounded. Like both feet on the ground.

Group 2 - tend to look up more. what do you see when you look up? Birds.
So they dream of flying.

Now .......

When a Group 1 Audiophile gets a hold of (owns) a product made by a Group 2 individual (and vice versa), it makes for interesting forum reading.

How about those that look forward, those that look backwards and those that look all around. That would make 5 groups.

......and those that have their eyes closed. So, that would make 6 groups in all.