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Ayn Marx · 06-17-2022, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

If you've invested in vinyl equipment with prices like this:

TechDAS Air Force One Premium: $162,000 w/titanium upper platter

You better hope we don't know what we're talking about.

You don’t. . . . . . . https://www.stereophile.com/content/...-elite-tonearm

There are overpriced pieces of junk selling well in many fields, cars, clothes, watches, turntables. However, none of that changes the laws of physics and electronics in relation to LP reproduction. Getting a microscopically small sculptured diamond to track the grooves in an LP is a mature science the rules of which are well known. The fact so many of you know nothing of these and/or have never experienced a state of the art analogue system strutting its stuff changes none of this. Having said that it needs to be noted that there are many excellent yet reasonably priced LP decks/cartridges out there BUT the fact must be faced to get the very best out of this particular technology requires serious money and commitment. I can understand why few have the inclination or disposable income to follow that path. Being the owner of thousands of LP’s in mint or near mint condition is only one of my reasons for going down a path I expect few to follow. Don’t however try and tell me I’m wasting my hard earned money unless you really know what you’re talking about.
Now here’s something to really make steam come out of your ears.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/...ono-cartridges