Has everyone seen the Mag Lev turntables?

[Bradrock]

I'm now convinced that the aliens are helping us with technology!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vr_RbtbsUg

 

[Fishoz]

Freakin' cool. Don't know what to think about it yet though.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Convinced only now about alien tech?

This turntable is made in Slovenia of all places!

 

[Gepetto]

No but I have ridden on the mag lev train in Shanghai a lot of times.

We need infrastructure like that in the US

 

[Northwinds]

Only flaw I see is that the arm and the platter need to be tied together... otherwise if the platter is bumped, it will do terrible things to the arm, stylus and possibly record not to mention mess up VTA and VTF. It's definitely not a hifi TT but a very cool conversation piece. Great for $1-2 records and judging by the fact the absolute cheapest Ortofon cart comes with it... well you get it

 

[Fishoz]

"Only Flaw"....? Your critique seems to point out quite a few rendering it a high priced piece of shit. Well deserved apparently. Well put Ron.

 

[marcok]

I do agree with you , Ron .
We could also consider that the price of Thorens TD 160 is about 300/ 400€ and so on .
Ciao
Marco

 

[62vauxhall]

Only flaw I see is that the arm and the platter need to be tied together... otherwise if the platter is bumped, it will do terrible things to the arm, stylus and possibly record not to mention mess up VTA and VTF. It's definitely not a hifi TT but a very cool conversation piece. Great for $1-2 records and judging by the fact the absolute cheapest Ortofon cart comes with it... well you get it

That's a pretty significant flaw. Probably also eliminates the possibility of using a carbon fiber brush before play. But that nifty factor will likely make it sell well to some people somewhere.

This concept seems to be even less practical than the Oasis turntable.

 

[Northwinds]

It is cool looking but I think that is all the team of designers had in mind because it does not operate as a functional unit IMO. The platter and arm have to always be in sync (as in lockstep). This is why suspension TT's will play even though they are moving up and down independent of the plinthe when you walk by if the TT is not isolated from ground vibrations. Can you imagine a window open and a breeze coming in makes that levitating platter wobble LMAO!!!!

Now watch Dan's SOTA, that is how a suspension is supposed to work


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[Bradrock]

Yeah; It may not be HiFi, but Mr. Natural & I could watch that thing spin for a loooooong time!