Mag-Lev Turntables
I’m very interested in this turntable as many are. Fair warning, $2200 is the regular price, go to their site. You won’t find the model recently advertised here for $3100, that’s a fake markup and then said to be “on sale”. Just buy them direct when new, no value in a pass through seller who is not local to you and offers no other value. If you do have one, how is it?😊
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Wow. I never imagined a story so crazy would be behind this turntable. Kickstarter is an investment risk always and it may be the story of a startup having all kinds of problems, struggling to some how “make it” like some Hollywood movie. However, audiophiles want to be arguing about how the TT compared to other gear not waiting for repairs or grabbing a fire extinguisher. Audiophiles are also a niche group, you can’t very easily jump into this market and fall flat on your face expecting to get over and go big. It takes years just to build a customer base with a really solid product. It doesn’t look good for maglev, perhaps something good will come of the technology someday, doesn’t look like it will be a TT. Thanks for all of the informative feedback on this post, appreciated. |
Interesting read! The SOTA Cosmos Eclipse uses a Mag-Lev plater and I was seriously contemplating getting one until now. https://sotaturntables.com/products/cosmos-eclipse/ "Platter Fixture Stainless Steel shaft, machined sintered bronze sleeves hand fit for each table. Platter levitates on the force of opposing magnets." |
There are several conventional turntables where the platter is wholly or partially supported by a magnetic field, but in the vertical direction only. All of them have a horizontal mechanical bearing of the usual type. Those have nothing to do with the one particular unique turntable that is being batted around on this thread. |
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