Munich 2015

Thomas Schick Explains His Turntable Design

Michael Fremer  |  May 23, 2015

Thomas Schick, best known for his tonearms, is producing a turntable in limited quantities.

In the Silbatone room, where ever year the son of a major Korean industrialist assembles an absolutely insane horn system just for the hell of it and at great expense, Mr. Schick ran me through the 'table's design basics.

As a YouTube channel subscriber pointed out minutes after the video went up, even on YouTube and on a computer, the violin piece playing through the big horn system using Schick's turntable and arm, sounds alarmingly real!

COMMENTS
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Submitted by Rockadelic on Tue, 2015-05-26 00:22

From the video it seems like it's idler wheel drive. How much did he say it's gonna cost $15000 or $50,000? By the way, were there any other idler wheel TTs in the show?

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Submitted by faskenite on Wed, 2015-05-27 08:43

Michael, whether it is $15,000 or $50,000, it is expensive. The difference between these numbers being that one is expensive and the other is $%^&*! expensive! Although I wish Mr. Schick well, I really have to wonder how big the market is for a product at either of those pricepoints. I hope it comes with the arm!

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