Has anyone else heard the Walker BD V?

At 98,500 k the Walker would have to be one of the best.

I remember seeing the original Walker table back in 1999 at the Chicago Stereophile show for $14,999 :-)

And the one I heard, about 10 years ago in the home of my neighbor, with Lloyd himself presiding, cost around $40,000 at that time. That was before the carbon fiber stuff got added, I think. In the beginning, it was a highly tweaked Mapleknoll. The Mapleknoll roots are still easy to recognize, $95,000 later. This is not a bad thing; those were great turntables, but they lacked the precision of machining, quality of parts and assembly, that you see in the Walker table.

The footers now have a regulated air supply ( adjustable ) the clamp now has a brass locking collet and lead damping in addition to " magic crystals " under the clamp on the tone arm and the motor controller that defy reasonable explanation, but the sum is a deepening of soundstage improved definition and lowering of noise floor that is quite impressive.
Also the belt, damping fluid and motor block feet have been upgraded.
All these little things that add up to large improvements