Torqueo - any info or updates?

All I said in response to your post, is that the OP asked for info on one specific turntable.He did not ask for suggestions on what to buy. And yes I confess I am a little tired of reading that you suggest a SOTA  turntable for everyone. On the other hand, this election process is stressing me out. So maybe I am prone to over reaction. Of course you are entitled to your own opinion, 

There are many companies that do a superb job resurrecting and improving upon the original Garrard 301 or the 401.  This is also true of the Lenco idler.  My personal bias is in favor of a tweaked Lenco over a Garrard, but what I like makes no difference here.  I agree the OP should investigate these examples to see if he likes the sound of an idler.

Separating the tonearm from the plinth has many issues.  You can find a whole thread on this subject, if you search here using the word "Copernicus". I and everyone else who posted there said about all that one can say about arm pods, up and down, sometimes heatedly.

As regards the Feickert, that is a very well done belt-drive turntable. (And I think it is much less expensive than the Torqueo.)  Whereas the Torqueo is an idler-drive, or so it seems from photos. Those two types are fundamentally different in sonic signature, although all good turntable designers strive to have no sonic signature of any kind. Nevertheless, the drive system makes an inevitable difference per se.  While you wait to try out a Torqueo in person, you might want to acquaint yourself with different drive types, so you get an idea what you personally might like best. 

Thanks, Chakster. Working on my cell, I didn’t see that page on their website. That pod does not inspire my confidence for many reasons. I do like the model where the arm is mounted on the plinth much better. And I did notice they are partial to Ikeda tonearms. What is the price range of these products? If over $5000US, I would not make a purchase without in person viewing and especially listening. Maybe the OP can wait until the pandemic subsides enough to permit traveling to Italy or somewhere else on the continent that is perhaps closer to the Netherlands, so he can see, hear, and feel these turntables in person before purchasing. It makes a lot of sense to do that.

Mijostyn,If you would stop selling Sota turntables on this website, maybe then you would be able to evaluate some other brand of turntable on its own merits. If you don’t like idler drives, and we know you don’t like unsuspended turntables, then obviously you would not choose the turntable that this OP is asking about. So really you have nothing to say. Idler drive is not my first choice either, but the OP is asking about this singular product. And for all I know it might be a great sounding turntable, or not.

The text on the website is not very informative, while on the other hand it says a lot. Only from the photos, it seems that this is an idler drive turntable, with the motor driving two idler wheels, one on either side of the motor shaft. each idler wheel must then engage the inner rim of the platter, although that is not clearly shown or mentioned.  I would like to know what Chakster meant when he mentioned “tonearm pot”. At first I thought he meant to write the word pod, as in an outboard tonearm mounting structure that is physically separated from the main chassis, but I don’t see that in the photos. An idler Drive of this design would provide very rigid control of speed and lots of torque potentially, and won’t be much subject to stylus drag at all. However, the trade-off is noise coming from the motor and being transmitted into the platter. This is an issue with any idler drive, and it depends upon careful design and build to minimize noise.