A gramophone , including a turntable being adapted to support a sound recording carrier , a housing , a tonearm carrier , a tonearm , and a magnetic pickup with a turntable stylus , wherein the turntable comprises a disc , wherein the disc has in its geometric center on its upper side a metal tip adapted to center a sound recording carrier , wherein a diameter of the disc is equal to or greater than the diameter of a long play vinyl record , which is 280 to 300, wherein the gramophone further comprises: a first turntable-side permanent magnet mounted inside the disc , at least one first housing-side permanent magnet , and first electromagnetic correction coils , the electromagnetic correction coils being adapted to control a levitation of the turntable above the housing by means of electromagnetic forces, which are created by the turntable-side permanent magnet and by the housing-side permanent magnet , second turntable-side permanent magnets and drive electromagnetic coils adapted to control a rotation of the turntable by means of electromagnetic forces, which are created by the second turntable-side permanent magnets , wherein the second turntable-side permanent magnets are distributed at an outer rim of the disc in the shape of a ring, wherein the second turntable-side permanent magnets are equally distributed along a circumferential direction of the disc and wherein a distance between two neighboring second turntable-side permanent magnets is 2cm to 10cm, wherein the number of second turntable-side permanent magnets is a multiple of the number of drive electromagnetic coils , and a gap between an upper surface of the housing and a lower surface of the turntable in a range from 1 to 200mm, said gap defining the height of levitation in accordance to the created magnetic field strength, characterized in that the disc has a plurality of recesses or grooves, each recess or groove being adapted to house one of the second turntable-side permanent magnets and wherein the recesses or grooves have a bottom being part of a lower surface of the disc, and an opening directed to the inside or to the upper surface of the disc , so that the second turntable-side permanent magnets are secured in the disc invisibly to a user. a first turntable-side permanent magnet mounted inside the disc , at least one first housing-side permanent magnet , and first electromagnetic correction coils , the electromagnetic correction coils being adapted to control a levitation of the turntable above the housing by means of electromagnetic forces, which are created by the turntable-side permanent magnet and by the housing-side permanent magnet , second turntable-side permanent magnets and drive electromagnetic coils adapted to control a rotation of the turntable by means of electromagnetic forces, which are created by the second turntable-side permanent magnets , wherein the second turntable-side permanent magnets are distributed at an outer rim of the disc in the shape of a ring, wherein the second turntable-side permanent magnets are equally distributed along a circumferential direction of the disc and wherein a distance between two neighboring second turntable-side permanent magnets is 2cm to 10cm, wherein the number of second turntable-side permanent magnets is a multiple of the number of drive electromagnetic coils , and a gap between an upper surface of the housing and a lower surface of the turntable in a range from 1 to 200mm, said gap defining the height of levitation in accordance to the created magnetic field strength, characterized in that the disc has a plurality of recesses or grooves, each recess or groove being adapted to house one of the second turntable-side permanent magnets and wherein the recesses or grooves have a bottom being part of a lower surface of the disc, and an opening directed to the inside or to the upper surface of the disc , so that the second turntable-side permanent magnets are secured in the disc invisibly to a user. <EOS>