Wheel 2                                                                                                    by Miniot Current Price on their website is $2130+ with 6 weeks wait on shipping, I purchased this 6 years ago and I just received it. No longer need it I have moved on to a Pure Fidelity Harmony.I have included the stock photos, but as you can see from the 2nd picture, it was just delivered and has not been opened. 

　　 Wheel 2 is a turntable turned

　　upside down. All delicate technology is inside the base, under your record.

　　Like all Wheels, Wheel 2 turns counterclockwise.

　　 Wheel 2 is completely hand built

　　out of high grade materials, with a base finished in beautiful walnut or

　　cherry. Wheel 2’s linear tonearm, phono stage and built-in pre-amp is carefully

　　tuned to match the Audio Technica AT95E cartridge for a wonderful warm and

　　detailed sound.

　　 Wheel 2 introduction

　　 Horizontal, vertical, flat on

　　the table, upright on a stand, or hung on the wall.

　　Wheel plays in any position. The

　　stand and wall mount is included with every Wheel.

　　 

　　 Connect your Wheel 2

　　The Wheel 2 has a built-in pre-amp

　　with a 3.5mm output which can be connected to a lot different devices like

　　Sonos (with line input), headphones and active speakers.

　　 Stylus Tracking

　　Three closed loop motors and the

　　linear tonearm control all movement where it counts most: at the tip of the

　　stylus. The Audio Technica AT95E cartridge provides the built-in high-end

　　pre-amp with a precisely controlled signal. The elliptical stylus is truly

　　general purpose. Audiophile or average records; it forgivingly turns them into

　　beautiful music. The unmatched Stylus Tracking and Constant Groove Speed are

　　true turntable innovations, unique to Wheel 2.

　　 

　　Constant

　　Groove Speed

　　Normal good record players might

　　run a precise 33 1/3 rpm rotational speed for a LP, but we think that misses

　　the point. The record itself defines the playback quality as much as the player

　　does, probably more. Wheel 2 gathers info of all its motors to calculate the

　　correct speed of the track or groove. Even if Wheel 2 plays a record that's out

　　of alignment or balance (believe us, most are), it plays the track of your

　　record at a constant 33 1/3 rpm. However, to lock the track into a constant

　　speed, rotational speed is continuously corrected. In extreme cases that means

　　that motor speed continuously varies between 31 and 35 rpm per revolution to

　　achieve a true constant 33 1/3 rpm track speed. Of course this mechanism works

　　the same for 45 rpm.

　　 

　　What does that mean to you? Just

　　pop on almost any record on your Wheel 2 and enjoy your music as pure as it

　　gets, that's what.

　　 

　　Stylus Tracking and Constant

　　Groove Speed in action

　　 Built-in pre-amp

　　In Wheel 2 we build our beautiful

　　pre-amp right into the tonearm. Because the pre-amp is now just millimeters away

　　from the cartridge, the delicate signal path from cartridge to pre-amp is

　　extremely short. This is the most effective way to prevent signal loss, noise,

　　eliminate distortion and preserve the unique quality of your recordings.

　　  

　　Ease of use

　　The Slide Track and graphic line

　　display are key to the Wheel 2’s exceptional ease of use. To start and stop

　　playing a record but also track selection, volume control, stylus weight and a

　　wealth of other functions are easily controlled by the Slide Track. Visual

　　feedback from the line display makes every action simple and straightforward.