The Mag-Lev Audio ML1 – The World’s First Levitating Turntable

[Analogous]

No friction spinner!

The Mag-Lev Audio ML1 – The World's First Levitating Turntable

This is the Mag-Lev Audio ML1, it's a turntable with a levitating platter courtesy of a unique electromagnet system. Once the platter is levitating, there

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[Sopra]

pretty cool

 

[reubensm]

This is the most amazing thing I have seen. Being a person with an open mindset for adopting newer technologies (especially digital), I hope I'll be able to own one someday . Thanks for sharing.

 

[General_sound]

Unfortunately the company closed down leaving many investors and early owners in the lurch. Audio Karma has an entire thread with comments as recent as today. This was a unique product but difficult to implement due to various issues.

 

[arj]

The higher end Micro-seikis like SX8000 did that by isolating the platter with a thin gap of air via a pump..it achieved the same via Pneumatics rather than magnetism. but these go for 40K USD...

 

[arj]

Unfortunately the company closed down leaving many investors and early owners in the lurch. Audio Karma has an entire thread with comments as recent as today. This was a unique product but difficult to implement due to various issues.

there are Maglev Isolators available which isolated devices right from turntables to CDPs. somehow did not catch on.