Bergmann Galder Turntable

Never even heard of this.

I heard the Bergmann  Galder table at a show. Impressive euro tech  demoed by an aloof, off putting euro guy that played only classical LP's. It had a linear arm _I don't recall the brand.

I requested we put on one of my R&R LP's  and was immediately told "Ve don't pley Rock& Roll music here. I had some other music-Jazz/Classical but wanted to get re energized after hearing so much audiophool demo music.

How can you respect a company that won't play a Zeppelin cut? I had a freshly cleaned(US)
ZEP I, and wanted to hear "Good Times Bad Times" played REAL loud. I even explained to him the pedigree of my LP-no go.

Sat for a few minutes of some dull piano piece I wasn't familiar with. It was VERY convincing nonetheless. It was played thru some over-the-top  all glass speakers.

Glass speakers. Far more pretentious than an unwillingness to play Led Zeppelin LPs. What a stupid idea!

Whatever about the guy doing the demo, question was about the turntable.

It is a very nice turntable but. It is not a true air bearing. It is a spindle bearing floating on an air thrust cushion. Kuzma is the only company making a true air bearing turntable. The Bergmann has a very nice vacuum clamping system. The turntable is not very well suspended, isolation is questionable. The tonearm is problematic as all air bearing straight line trackers are. For this kind of money I would jump on a Dohmann Helix 2 in a heartbeat. The only thing that is missing is vacuum clamping and my understanding is that it is forthcoming.