Meitner Museatex AT-2 turntable


I'm fascinated by the Meitner AT-2 turntable and the concept of platterless design. Does anyone know about these turntables. I can't find much info, nor can I find a used one. Do people hold onto these forever, or were there just not many ever made?

Thanks in advance for any info you might offer.

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kolledog

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If you are referring to the "platterless" turntable, I heard it at the Stereophile show in NYC some years back. I am a big Meitner fan, but this turntable I thought was a disater. There is no way to flatten the record, so there was severe audible pitch instability (wow). Remember, even without a clamp, the mere act of laying an lp on a flat surface (platter), will tend to flatten it to a degree. I remember being surprised that a company such as Meitner would demonstrate something as obviously flawed as this. It did look very cool, 'though.