Comments on: Esoteric T-01 Turntable Brings Grandioso MagneDrive Technology Down to $50,000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/ everything hi-fi Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Ian White https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591966 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:06:46 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591966 In reply to ORT.

ORT,

Indeed it is. And she’s a beauty.

IW

]]> By: ORT https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591960 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:51:33 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591960 Ian, would that happen to be a new N-05XE Headphone Amplifier, USB DAC and Network Player? What a beauty that one is!

HUZZAH!!

ORT

]]> By: Ian White https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591598 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:14:43 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591598 In reply to ORT.

ORT,

50,000 buys a lot of milk and espresso, not to mention around 1,500 albums.

My final table is going to be a NEW Thorens…to sit next to my restored Thorens. I will tell you…the Esoteric network streamer/DAC/pre-amp/headphone amp currently under review is about as good as it gets. And it’s $37,000 LESS than this turntable.

IW

]]> By: ORT https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591591 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:04:35 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/esoteric-t-01-magnedrive-turntable/#comment-591591 Hmmmmmmm…I have a Espresso Machine with a milk frother that uses similar tech to, well…froth the milk. It didn’t cost me $50,000. Yes. I drink espresso and frothy milk not milque,

I refuse to cry over frothed milk but while some folk will happily buy one of these I am far from being “some folk”. Shallow Hal needs a ‘table. Oh! I’m awake and no longer find this thing attractive in the least. Not that I have ever found any of the high end tables to be good looking. Most resemble a magnetized Medieval Keep. I am not quite a fan of the looks of a lot of turntables across the graph of affordability and while I wouldn’t mind an integrated TUBE amp that paid homage to the silent film “Metropolis”, I think turntables should turn heads, not stomachs.

ORTnofun

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