Thread: $64,000 turntable ... holy smokes !

I'm skeptical of audiophiles and the companies who sell their products to them.

Build something expensive with "the best" components and a slice of the market you're aiming for instantly becomes enamored with it because... well, it's the best, right? Anything less just won't cut it. And when you go whole hog and buy your turntable, your old speakers just aren't going to measure up anymore. You can always get a better sound out of something better, right?

So then you get your fantastic speakers, but damn... you've still got that crummy speaker wire. Better get a spool or two of that $500/foot stuff that's braided up as thick as the rope from a pirate ship. Clearer sound.

But now that you've got all that stuff, your amp isn't looking too hot. Better unload at least ten grand for an all-vintage, all-tube setup.

Only then, once you've shelled out a fortune can you truly sit back and enjoy your LP's. But once you've put so much time and money into the perfect sound system, it won't be your equipment that bothers you anymore, but the imperfections from within the record's grooves. Your setup buys you into a position of authority, so you become a critic of the production on each album you listen to. The mix will be off on one... the vocals far too loud on another... the mids will be off everywhere.

It's an obsessive game. Even if any one of us had perfect ears, the production of audio is based on the ears of others, so no matter how much money you throw at it, you're never in control.


I like my vinyl... and its imperfections.

Well... now that you put it that way, it sounds very similar to straight razor shaving

That's nice....if you are on a budget. Check out the Clear-Audio Statement.

A few days ago I read about a $6,000,000,000 home theater system. No need to look in the dictionary for a definition of "wretched excess"

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