Munich 2016

That's the turntable that the Phantom of the Opera would play records on.

Part of me is thinking, "It's like Mamie Van Doren's Rolodex. Boy toy, flip, boy toy."
Another part is thinking, "If I could get the legs on that thing to bubble and change colors like an old Wurlitzer, I'd be on it like gin on vermouth."
Still another part of me says "Who gives a flock. I want one!"

After seeing this video, I feel if I never saw any other video from Munich, I would be satisfied, despite the fact I will never be able to afford this.

It looks like the excessively rotund, or vertically challenged, might be unable to reach the record.

Bring one home to mama for mother's day! The wife will love it!

...want to trade in the Continuum Caliburn?

The caption to the video says “Apolyt Turntable Wows.” And flutters, too? Can’t tell, because the video only “talks about it” and doesn’t show it in the act of spinning an LP. Can we see it in action?

That also would show (as would be a journalist’s wont) if this contraption is functional, or just a mock-up (shades of the Wizard of Oz, indeed)!

I'm reasonably sure that all of us know where the term 'record player' ends and 'turntable' begins.
Are we at the point where we'll have to invent a new nomenclature to describe the Continuum, Apolyt, Air Force 1, et. al.?

That is one crazy table! I normally don't bother looking at stuff priced into outerspace, but I could not help but look at that thing. With that suspension all you need is wheels and you could drive it. Heck, you already have to use a key to start it!

I think this table is ultra modern. It has that post German industrial look.

It's great that Dietrich chose to explain everything in detailed, objective, and scientific terms. At a price of $260K to $280K, you'd expect something great and Dietrich shows that he designed the turntable with an engineer's mind, as opposed to someone who was just tinkering with pretty materials.

The .5 Hz tuned isolation using a combination of mass and air suspension, floating platter with the sandwiched construction makes the pricey unit mouth-watering even to poor folks like me. The air gauges and key switch are very nice touches.

I do wonder, though, why Dietrich didn't choose to mount a tonearm that had its pivot point at the same plane as the record. It's not a big deal but it does make me wonder because he is obviously fanatical about detail and he implements so many fresh details in the design that other manufacturers haven't even acknowledged.

I'm also waiting for a manufacturer to resurrect the self-centering platter feature that Nakamichi used 30+ years ago.

Perhaps I missed this in the video discussion, but is there vacuum hold-down or record clamping? As rigorously thought-through as the design is, I imagine clamping has been addressed, even if it did not come up in the video.

It's a beautiful concept. I wonder how long it takes the platter to get up to speed, considering double 45s are kind of the de rigueur hi-res vinyl format du jour.

Also imagining the work it would take (and the system and the room and its structural support!) to do a fantasy face-off between, say, the Apolyt, the Rockport, the Clearaudio Statement v2, the Caliburn, the Acoustic Signature Invictus, the Air Force One, and the Kronos Pro. Maybe the Walker Black Diamond and VPI Direct Drive, too...

Must be a lot more interest in cars, since we do see fantasy face-offs between Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and McLaren in the auto magazines. Of course, that gaggle of supercars probably costs less than a top flight audio system with 5+ state-of-the-art turntables driving it.

Does this turntable have the Nakamichi Dragon feature? Does it adjust for non-concentric pressings?