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British manufacturer Wilson Benesch have long been known for honoring the concept of time when it comes to naming their high-end products, and their latest turntable takes it to the next time zone, er, level. Meet the Greenwich turntable, which is the gateway model into Wilson Benesch’s GMT series platform that centers around the ALPHA–OMEGA direct-drive architecture that it shares with the company’s prior, top-tier Prime Meridian and GMT One tables. (The company introduced the GMT One at High End Munich 2024.)

More specifically, the Greenwich turntable is built around the company’s OMEGA Direct Drive motor platform, and it is controlled by ALPHA Drive electronics. The Greenwich also integrates “seamlessly” (their words) with Wilson Benesch’s Graviton Ti tonearm (Footnote 1), and it can also be configured with their Tessellate Ti cartridge, R1 Carbon Rack, and VTA control system.

The ALPHA Drive (seen above) provides the electronic control system for the OMEGA Direct Drive motor platform. Developed specifically for GMT turntable architecture, the ALPHA Drive is said to generate quartz-referenced multi-phase sine-wave signals to govern the synchronicity of the motor’s electromagnetic field. By delivering “precisely controlled” current to each motor pole, ALPHA is said to ensure “exceptionally stable” rotation and accurate speed control without the need for complex feedback correction.

As with all GMT series turntables, the Greenwich is supplied with the GMT Control App, which is operated via a dedicated tablet interface. The app enables users to initiate start and stop, select playback speeds (33, 45, and 78rpm), and institute fine speed adjustments in 0.1rpm increments.

When equipped with the VTA control system — optional for the Greenwich, but standard with Prime Meridian and GMT One tables — the ALPHA Drive can also manage tonearm lift and lowering functions, as well as vertical tracking angle adjustment through a piezo-controlled mechanism with nanometer-scale resolution. Owners can store and recall multiple VTA positions directly within the control interface.

As for the OMEGA Direct Drive motor, it was developed specifically for the GMT platform by way of a collaborative research programme involving Wilson Benesch engineers and academic partners from Sheffield Hallam University. The OMEGA employs a slot-less synchronous motor with a circumjacent radial force architecture, said to eliminate cogging and reduce torque ripple to “extremely” low levels. Its design is intended to deliver “smooth, stable” platter rotation without the noise and vibration associated with conventional belt, idler, or traditional direct-drive systems.

The 15in (diameter) motor incorporates 21 precision-wound coils and 14 NdFeB magnets, arranged to create a uniform magnetic field that governs rotor synchronicity without requiring complex speed compensation. A magnetic counterforce system reduces the effective dynamic mass acting on the Angstrom bearing. This is said to ensure Hertzian contact forces will remain “within safe limits” while allowing efficient energy transfer from the motor to the platter and surrounding structure.

The Greenwich turntable can be specified to be finished with Polished Silver or Polished Gold accents on the four caps on the glass top of the turntable and the platter weights around the periphery of the platter.

The weight of the Greenwich table (including the OMEGA drive, Graviton Ti tonearm, STAGE One, and glass top) is 141lb (64kg), while the weight of the ALPHA drive is 66lb (30kg).

Finally, the SRP for the Wilson Benesch Greenwich turntable — which will begin its production run in April 2026, and is available for preorder now — is $130,000 / £82,000 (including VAT) / €98,000.

For more about Wilson Benesch, go here.
To find an authorized Wilson Benesch distributor, go here.

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Footnote 1: For a look at the Wilson Benesch Graviton Ti tonearm, which we initially saw at High End Munich 2025, go here, for a story that was posted on May 20, 2025.