I’m very happy to say I am now a Brinkmann dealer!!! I don’t add lines often, but when I do…
Brinkmann are made in Germany. The Bardo is totally different from most tables available today…

Magnetic drive
The Bardo has a magnetic direct drive motor that was developed by Helmut Brinkmann. There is only one bearing for the motor and the platter, a circular magnet is mounted into the bearing of the platter and is concentrically driven into rotation via coils on the circuit board under the magnet. An electronic circuit drives the coils via two magnetic sensitive resistors that react to the magnetic fields into a highly constant and slow circular movement.