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In addition to surprisingly good food and unlimited alcoholic beverages, some airport lounges offer some very useful amenities for travelers, such as private showers and beds. Brussels/Lexus Space goes above and beyond. When I looked into the room and saw a Mark Levinson sound system with a 2017 Harman #515 turntable, I thought I had too much (and I did). It was Mark Levinson’s first turntable, costing $10,000 without cartridges. It is still in production.

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A listening room equipped with a turntable is something I’ve never seen in an airport lounge before, and I haven’t seen another since—not that I’ve seen the interior of any airport lounge lately.
“Finally,” I thought, “someone has installed a high-quality audio system in a crowded area that allows people who are unfamiliar with vinyl records to experience real high-quality sound!”
but no. The door is closed. Neither I nor other travelers could hear the system. It seemed like a good idea, maybe some broken needles made me think. Or it could be reserved for when the DJ might play the record. I would like to become a volunteer.
The Mark Levinson home audio system is located in the Lexus Lounge as the Mark Levinson brand designs and supplies audio systems for Lexus vehicles. The turntable is very similar to VPI because it is made by VPI to Harman specifications. Familiar VPI elements are not hidden, including a vinyl-wrapped MDF/aluminum sandwich base on familiar legs, a high-quality aluminum pallet mounted on inverted bearings. You have to remove the turntable to see it, but anyone familiar with the VPI design knows it’s there, along with the more familiar (and more visible) 3D printed JMW Memorial arm. Harman has been open about the VPI connection, as confirmed in a CES 2017 press release. “It was intended from the start as a co-marketing program,” a Levinson rep told me recently. It was Levinson’s first turntable after all, so that’s probably why they thought the VPI connection was fine.
I think the typical American Harman company, founded as Harman/Kardon on Long Island by the late Sydney Harman and Bernard Cardon, should choose an American company to make the first Mark Levinson turntable. Another American icon, Macintosh, goes to Clearaudio in Germany to buy his first turntable. Clearaudio has great manufacturing capabilities and makes some beautiful turntables, but to me it’s like Harley Davidson asking Suzuki or BMW to make one of their bikes. It doesn’t seem right.
Later, McIntosh also turned to VPI to integrate the mechanical components of the MTI100 turntable. (In the late 70s, under the late Gordon Gow, Mackintosh considered selling Bob Graham’s original arm, but with the advent of the CD, Gordon and company came up with something better.)
By the way: Harman International has been a subsidiary of Samsung since 2017. Did you know that Samsung started in 1938 as a grocery store selling Korean dried fish and vegetables? From small dried fish to giant flat screen TVs and tiny mobile phones.
However, Harman’s “brand recognition” is to be commended for approaching an American company to buy the “world’s first” turntable. It makes sense. However, I was told that its similarity to the regular VPI offering caused some controversy in the retail industry.
Turntable #5105 In 2017, the #515 was described as “the perfect complement to the Pure Phono stage found in the recently released #526 and #523 preamps.” Similarly, the No.5105—also available as the No.5105 MC with an Ortofon Quintet Black cartridge—was advertised as “the perfect complement to the 5000-series phono stages found in the No.5805 and No. Preamplifier 5206″. The new “table” borrowed the visual and design features of the 5000 series electronics, but the cartridge, not the turntable, had to match the pickup stage. I don’t have any components here – neither #5805 nor #5206 – so I can’t say.
No. 5105 sells for $6,000. The MC version with cartridges costs $7,000. You don’t get a cartridge discount when you buy the kit – Quintet Black is $999 – but you do get it from the factory, which is a must for vinyl newcomers.
Harman traveled to Germany to buy a new turntable (it said “Made in Germany” on the back), but press release #5105 did not state who made it. Regardless of what the player manufacturer does, any clues are well hidden. I have a hunch, but I’m not speculating.
The No.5105 is a high quality (75 lb) turntable. It is durable, beautifully made and well designed. It’s also beautiful and really fits the “look” of Mark Levinson, especially the look of the 5000 series. The table features a solid 1-inch thick sandblasted aluminum front that is machined and contoured to match a sleek tinted glass display built into a clear anodized aluminum frame (sounds bigger than it looks complicated). Three backlit buttons on the panel allow you to select the speed: 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm or off.
The camera is constructed from a durable 2″ high aluminum chassis to house a 12V DC synchronous motor and built-in power supply; no need for wall panels. Power is supplied through the IEC connector on the rear panel. Chassis rests on three height-adjustable aluminum legs With “hybrid material” internal suspension system; Levinson did not specify the exact materials and mechanisms.
The mechanical system consists of a 13-pound, 11.75-inch diameter, 1.33-inch high aluminum disc, which houses a vacuum-hardened, diamond-coated stainless steel spindle. less friction. The bearing it sits in is connected to the spindle during machining. Thrust pad material not specified. As far as I can see, this is standard, well-implemented stuff.
Printed Materials Included – A 12″ x 12″ foldable envelope that contains a thin elastic pad for the disc with carbon fiber prints, installation instructions in one pocket and installation instructions in another – INCORRECT The rims are said to ride on inverted bearings. ML is aware of the error and will fix it the next time it is printed. Drive is via an unidentified grooved thermoplastic motor pulley with a square belt mounted on the periphery of the disc.
The rocker has an effective length of 10 inches and is constructed from a strong, smooth carbon fiber tube mounted over an aluminum shell with integrated pins and shell azimuth adjustment. The gimbal bearing system seems to be accurate, and the swingarm allows for any setting, including VTA/SRA (though not on the fly), as well as threading and weight sled.
SETUP AND USE Setting up the No.5105 MC is particularly easy as the Ortofon Quintet Black is factory installed. The Quintet Black is a low output (0.3 mV) dynamic cartridge with a Shibata stylus mounted on a sapphire glass cantilever. It provides detail, spatial depth and, when properly adjusted, tonal accuracy. More often than not, though, he’s a bit “cool” and “fast”.
After leveling the base – easily thanks to the built-in spirit level – you can install the plate: just put it on. Even the VTF is pre-installed, as the ballast boat is firmly fixed on the counterweight piles. Neither a dust cover nor a phono interconnector is included, but the Mark Levinson includes a beautifully engraved, high quality weight that appears to have a brass insert.
All that’s left to do is remove the protective film from the stylus, install the anti-slip wire, and connect your favorite RCA phono jack from your desk to your phono stage (or full-featured preamp, or built-in phono input). Plug it in and you’re done.
Plastic motor pulley No decoupling Motor Plywood base wrapped in plastic (sorry, “MDF”)
OEM dealer Mark Levinson believes buyers will buy at this price. Is gluing two pieces of aluminum to a fiberboard a hallmark of turntable development in the new century? No, it’s cheaper and easier to attach an engine to a piece of plywood and enjoy the profits.
$10,000 is the price of the 515. The 5105 sells for $6,000. Yes, the way reviews are written here sometimes takes time to figure out what the actual price of the item in question is.
As Jim Austin noted, Mikey discusses the price of #5105 in the paragraph below the photo titled “Turntable #5105″ in addition to the price listed on the specifications page.
It features an Acoustic Signature tonearm. Other bonuses include square belts, pulley diameters, a 13-pound turntable, and record weight.
Speed ​​control seems to be something that many manufacturers struggle with. I got results similar to Michael’s “after cleaning the belt” measurements from my 40 year old original Ariston RD11 Superieur engine.
I wish I could remember this watch, but I recently read a review of a budget watch (under $2,000) that has solid speed control. In the ML coaster and above, I expected the same.
Could this be the Audio Technica AT-LP120-USB reviewed by Fremer on [Analog Planet]? Otherwise perhaps another direct drive turntable as their speed accuracy is usually much better than belt drives (of course there are exceptions). I have a belt drive, but I’m considered straight just to get around it.