Sindre
Bergmann Audio's first turntable, launched in 2008, with an air-bearing platter and its own air-bearing linear-tracking arm.
- Designed by
- Johnnie Bergmann
- Made by
- Bergmann Audio
- First made
- 2008
Pictures © Bergmann Audio, from bergmannaudio.com (archived pages).
Why it is renowned
The Sindre was a turntable whose acrylic platter and straight-line tracking tonearm both floated on air, fed by a separate air pump.1 Reviewing it for The Absolute Sound in 2010, Paul Seydor criticised parts of the design but called it one of the finest turntables he had ever used.2
The story
Johnnie Bergmann named the Sindre after Sindri, the dwarf of Norse mythology who forged Odin's gold ring and Thor's hammer.2 Launched in 2008, it was Bergmann Audio's first turntable, and it was sold only with its own tonearm.1 The plinth was four layers of high-density composite; the 4 kg acrylic platter sat on a 3.2 kg aluminium subplatter, centred by a steel spindle, and a belt-driven DC motor with its own power supply turned it at 33 or 45 rpm.3 The arm was made of hard aluminium alloy and carbon, and the turntable weighed 23 kg.3 It has since been dropped from the Bergmann range.4
Sources
- Analog Corner #275: Bergmann Audio Galder turntable & Odin tonearm, Stereophile. stereophile.com, read 7 October 2026.
- Bergmann Sindre Straightline Tracking Arm and Turntable (TAS 206), The Absolute Sound. theabsolutesound.com, read 7 October 2026.
- Sindre System, Bergmann Audio (archived copy of 2011-03-06). web.archive.org, read 7 October 2026.
- Bergmann Audio products and accessories. bergmannaudio.com, read 7 October 2026.
Last checked 7 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.