Well Tempered Lab

Amadeus GTa

Introduced 1990$4,475 MSRP

The Well Tempered Lab Amadeus GTa is a small-batch, direct-order turntable built around Bill Firebaugh's distinctive damped, bearing-less tonearm design and a zero-clearance "frictionless" main bearing — a signature engineering approach unique to this tiny manufacturer rather than any mass-production platform.

MSRP

$4,475

Used market · Good

$1,500

-66% vs MSRP

as of Sep 1, 2026

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MSRP to used market

From $4,475 at launch to $1,500 today.

Specifications

Drive: Belt drive using a 0.004mm polyester thread belt; lifetime belt replacement policy from the maker
Price: ~$4,475 for the Amadeus GTa configuration
Bearing: Zero-clearance, frictionless "round peg in a square hole" main bearing
Tonearm: Included fully-damped 10.5-inch tonearm; no arm bearing, aluminum tube damped by a precision golf ball suspended in silicone fluid
Recognition: Praised by The Absolute Sound as "the bargain of the analog world"; long-running favorable reviews at 6moons and in New Zealand hi-fi press
Adjustability: VTA, tracking force, and azimuth all adjustable
Plinth material: 2-layer MDF standard; aluminum/acrylic damped sandwich plinth on GTa version
Platter material: Acrylic
Base amadeus price: $3,135–$3,750 depending on year/market