The OMA K5 Turntable 

Outstanding turntable the OMA K5. Thank you for presenting it. Regardless, I am very very satisfied with my belt driven turntable which looks gorgeous to me and is with all the updates over 18 years (including sensor based motor control) around 10k.

Plenty of belt drive turntables that perform better for the price, like a Döhmann Helix Two Mk3, or a high end Rega, but purely on aesthetics, OMA product look fantastic! And if money is was no object… sure I’d look at one

Beautiful. That headshell is really cool. Also a reminder that I need to buy lottery tickets

It’s always fun to watch your video’s and your take on music and reproduction. On the Dutch Audio Event a couple of reporters said the Fleetwood Deville were to them the best of the show and they described it as ‘going back to the music’. In my opinion the biggest compliment they can give.

Hello Jonathan Love watching your vids ... you speak eloquently with just the right amount of edge ... and your not afraid to speak your mind :) I have always been a direct drive guy myself and its amazing to see your company doing what no one else will ( or can ) . Your knowledge of audio history and the back stories you tell never fail to amaze me. You claim that you guys dont produce art ... but any of your creations would inspire interest , wonder and admiration to anyone lucky enough to see them in person ... without even turning them on !!! Absolutely beautiful . Im from Toronto but will be in Manhattan in mid November ... I will try to make an appointment to check out your showroom in Dumbo . After the meetings ... that would be the highlight of my trip. 😉

Awesome! Was great to meet you in Munich! As an aside: watching the platter of the K5 spin makes me less dizzy than that of the K3, as great as the brass screw heads look there.

Aesthetically , I'd rather have this K-5 than the K-3 . Financially , they are merely dreams that can't come true for me . Ah, well . Technics has an SL 1200 GR2 coming that will have to suffice .

Bakelite is one of my favorite materials. I didn’t know until I watched this video that phenolic is the same material

Thank you for a very interesting video. Pleasant nostalgic notes of emotions

It's great to be bursting with pride over one's product; I am over mine. But to refer to other designs such as belt-drive as "junk engineering" presents you as boorish, possibly with a touch of autism spectrum disorder. Please think before you blurt.

I have always been a direct drive turntable person right from the very beginning of my audiophile journey.

Belt drive is "Joke engineering?" You come out of the gate pretty closed minded. That statement makes you come across as a "Joke engineer."

I'm putting my dollars away right now. Beautiful table!

That’s my second next turntable! The next will be SP10R with OMA base! ❤

Are you guys still making the ac1? They look absolutely amazing in the background.

Beltdrive a joke technology? I've seen enough reviews of various great beltdrive turntables which have been rated as fantastic.

Fantastic record player. It's always fun and interesting to watch your RU-vid videos. Was wondering if you make plinths for Garrad 501 in cast iron or other materials?

Bakelite was not an industry term - it was a consumer oriented trademark for Leo Bakekelands phenol-formaldehyde composite. Also, machining marks on the turntable have nothing in common with engine turning applied for decorative purposes to car dashboards or watch movements.

Lovely stuff!!!

Beautiful...

I find your comments about belt drive hyperbolic and untrue. “ Not serious, joke technology, doesn’t work”. I think many turntable experts would disagree with you. How is it that the majority very highly thought of turntables happen to be belt drive? Is our hearing deficient? Are you the only one with golden ears? I have a very modest Rega P6 which, judging by your comments, you would regard as laughable. I’ve gotten immense enjoyment out of it through the years. Who are you to say that this technology is a joke? Many people have loved the sound of their belt drives. How does one measure pleasure? And, by the way, the Fremer video did you no favors. Votes were evenly divided between the OMA and the TECHDAS with many feeling there wasn’t a great difference.

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Love the blue buttondown! How do I buy it?

When will you make K1?

Any information on the mat? is it available separately?

I was hoping for something more technical, as I came to learn the advantages of the product beyond the cosmetic . right off the bat I get two things I don't need, ultra expensive and mike fremer. this guy sure has a hard on for belt drive tables. he couldn't just end his presentation without the slam. I think belt drive can be especially effective in a cost constrained design, which is what I enjoy.. I have no doubt Fremer could be an excellent friend just from his abilities to tell stories, but I think the subjectiveness of human hearing is a reality he has no use for. one of the first lessons any ethical salesperson will learn is to sell the greater advantages of your product. Saying another product is inferior is basically selling by fear, what a mistake you will make with the competitor's product. which could be true, but a superior product will always be the better choice, and it is not ethical to manipulate a customer's emotions , who ultimately one seeks to serve, by introducing fear into the sales presentation. relative merits are illustrative , saying a competitors product is inferior is putting the sellers judgement above the consumers . when a sales presentation knocks other product, beware. often the product being pitched has problems they seek to avoid , so switch the topic to the mistakes you could make, instead of the advantages available with the best choice.

How does this unit compare to a Dual 1219 in terms of performance?

A questionable design. The strange platter hangover is easily swiped from the side, and is there no dust cover? The weakest link is the vinyl record, and there is no cure for groove wear.

So the Linn LP12 is joke engineering? Idiotic statement about belt drive, just plain stupid…