Hiho, The turntable you describe is actually less like direct drive than belt drive. The advantage of direct drive is that there is no compliant medium between the motor and the platter. In this case you have a traditional belt driving the sub-platter and then the addition of another compliant medium between the sub-platter and platter. The magnetic coupling, while interesting, behaves just like a belt. It "stretches" to filter out cogging and noise (good) like a belt. But it also delays delivery of torque (bad) just like belt.
So what you have is essentially a belt drive table with the equivalent of an extra belt inserted between the motor and platter. While this may sound fine to some it is really the opposite of direct drive
So what you have is essentially a belt drive table with the equivalent of an extra belt inserted between the motor and platter. While this may sound fine to some it is really the opposite of direct drive