I should add I have threatened to post the likes above many times but foolishly gave him the benefit of the doubt
recent events compelled me to draw a line under this fiasco,but yet again zero empathy and ignoring of my messages on facebook
I have a feeling he is awaiting a huge blowout from the forums to finally bail out of all this , so heres my tuppence !
This is a far more relevant example
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245727224/mag-lev-audio-the-first-levitating-turntable
Agreed, it's repulsive.Mag-lev and rotation is possible - read -up on axial Halbach motors - but also their very-closely-defined requirements and limitations!
Which makes obvious @davidsrsb 's sense of humour: the 'kickstarter' link is utterly risible: it defies Earnshaw's theorem, and therefore the necessarily- active magnetic forces would utterly-swamp the cartridge, way below the incredibly-daft ride height pictured ( ...which itself is hilariously-idiotic)
(... oh, and just image you did manage to free-float a rotating LP with utterly-zero mechanical route to the cart tracking it: what then is the cart reproducing in the bass? The wander of the of the 'magic' attempting to keep the magic carpet rotating, rather than flying-off into the scenery)
It's bollox, all the way down.
Why is the platter set so high? Magnetic field must be really huge for that...and the platter would have to have a giant magnet in it...I don't think cartridges like that.Can it really turn? I know Newton's 3rd law, but .....
Mag-lev and rotation is possible - read -up on axial Halbach motors - but also their very-closely-defined requirements and limitations!
Which makes obvious @davidsrsb 's sense of humour: the 'kickstarter' link is utterly risible: it defies Earnshaw's theorem, and therefore the necessarily- active magnetic forces would utterly-swamp the cartridge, way below the incredibly-daft ride height pictured ( ...which itself is hilariously-idiotic)
(... oh, and just image you did manage to free-float a rotating LP with utterly-zero mechanical route to the cart tracking it: what then is the cart reproducing in the bass? The wander of the of the 'magic' attempting to keep the magic carpet rotating, rather than flying-off into the scenery)
It's bollox, all the way down.
Another problem with these MDAC and mag-lev type occurrences is that they make people too skeptical when a novel idea really is a giant leap forward. This has specifically influenced my reluctance to look for funding. I'm trying to deliver the real thing on time with barely any budget. It's unbelievably hard work.
I've no doubt that even with the best intentions people often fail and end up like Westlake. As Steve Jobs said, "real artists ship".
Looks like its going to be 2032 at the earliest now,