Does any Audiogon member have a Holbo air-bearing turntable?

@frazeur1 

I have read your excellent comments, as the first owner of a Holbo in the US, so no need to repeat them unless there is something more to add!

Richard, I hope you are able to get more information from other users. I’m not sure how much of my comments have helped you. While I have not posted tons on the Holbo, I am totally pleased with the table still, after having my Mk1 now since mid 2018, I cannot say enough good things about it. I have encountered no problems since owning it. 
 

I have not listened to a Mk2, so no idea if there are any real sonic benefits over the Mk1 or not. It seems the new one is more of a refinement of the Mk1. I could be wrong there, either way, either would be a fine analog source! Tim

I've been using a Kuzma Airline since around 2006-7. I really like what it brings to the proceedings, and it seems to like a stiff cantilever. The only issues I've ever had relate to the air compressor. I've gone through a few, now use an oil-less in a silencer box with end-use filters. Don't know that this helps you on the Holbo, but these arms can deliver a very open sound without what I call a "halo" that you can hear, giving you the sense of a record being played. 

I've been using a Mk2 for several months now and like it a lot. Very open, airy presentation. Bass is great too. 

What I didn't expect is how well Koetsus would like it. A 7g effective mass arm handling a Koetsu????

But both my retipped non-platinum Onyx and Blue Lace sound great on the Holbo, the latter a fair amount better, as one would expect. I've also run a Acutex 320 and Mutech Kanda on it briefly and both sound great.

In the same system I have a JVC TT-81 with FR-64S arm, and it does have a more meaty, juicy way w/the music. But is it better? I like them both a lot.

The set up is more tweaky than the JVC. Changing carts is a pain. And there' is a pile of white dust on the plinth where I end up with the CF brush. But I've got it covered with a cloth when not in use, so not an issue otherwise.

I've got it sited on a dining table next to the system and when the JVC was there, it would skip with footfalls. (Now it's on a wall shelf.) But thanks to the air bearing, I guess, the Holbo is not prone to skipping. unless I bump the table.

Overall, a nice addition to the system.