MAG-LEV AUDIO ML1 TURNTABLE

Steven Roland

Shut up and take my money! That’s what I was thinking the moment I saw the promotional video of the Mag-Lev Audio ML1 turntable. Why? Because its platter was spinning in midair, levitated several centimetres above the plinth, looking for all the world like an alien spacecraft coming in to land… except that it wasn’t landing, it was hovering in midair, with an ethereal orange glow emanating beneath it. Wow! The promotional copy accompanying the video made it clear that this was no YouTube trick. Mag-Lev Audio, a company I’d never previously heard of, based in Slovenia—a country about whose exact location I was somewhat vague—had managed to build a turntable with a platter that rotates in midair, so there’s no bearing, no drive motor, no rubber belt… none of the…

You're reading a preview of

Australian HiFi (Digital) - 1 Issue, May - June 2019

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.