Thanks, Banquo, for going to the source. I won't understand the design unless or until I see a good engineering drawing of his bearing, nevertheless. I got nothing from his description, but he is to be credited for trying. In a sense, I agree with Raul, I hate to see us audophiles condemning a piece of gear for its price, per se. But I also agree with the others who look at this turntable and cannot see where is the $150,000-value. This is the designers fault for not using enough chrome and lucite doo-dads and for not including an elaborate stand to hold the whole thing up. These latter items tend to make us "believe". Look at that Clearaudio Statement, for example. Now THAT's good marketing. (The product makes me ill, however.)
The YouTube video is ridiculous. There are dozens of turntable/shelf combinations that can pass that test for well under $10,000. But it does not prove the tt is not "worth" $150K, either.