Who makes all the transports?

The Audiomeca Mephisto IIX is a from the ground up design according to Pierre Lurne in an interview over at 6moons. It does however, use a Sanyo laser which according to Monsieur Lurne is "the best available".

Hi
All the above is correct.I think Audiomeca is a heavily modified Sony,I could be wrong but if remember correctly I read about it a long time ago.Teac Esoteric makes some killer mechanisms ,also CEC(SANYO) makes belt drive transports that are awesome.My favorite is the Philips CD-PRO 2 that is used on most top loader transports.ARC,Electrocompaniet,Acoustic Arts,Simaudio,Northstar Design and others.
Regards
George

Sony-Philips makes a lot, Pioneer, I'm sure others. Teac makes some the best transport mechanisms. In use by Wadia, Esoteric etc.

I believe Audiomeca is one of the few companies that designs/manufactures their own mechanism. This apparently was an outgrowth of designer Pierre Lurne work with turntables. My question is - are his turntables highly regarded? I haven't seen much mention of them here. Regards ...