Audiophiles: This is why people hate you.

[ebrunn 10+ year member]

Instead of that, you should be concerned that this guy's phono stage costs more than a luxury car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

Yeah, I have no idea what any of that stuff is except the turn table. But it does look expensive.

What is all that crap? Power conditioners and stuff like that?

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I will pass on the turn table and take the luxury car *LOL* not jelous of that technology at all. many love them, many stay with them. I personally stay as far away from them as possible.

Scared of Needles or something?

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Yeah, Nasty phobia of needles.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

What?

Exactly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, Nasty phobia of needles.

Figured as much....

Exactly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Indeed... I guess you got my attempt at humor today...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Article = BS...
But you guys are just jealous you don't have a TT that costs more than some of your houses...

No, but with the cartridge and tonearm thrown in it's probably worth more than my vehicle, does that count? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Oh, and a couple months' rent...got to count for something //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

My bad Joe, didn't mean to insult you with the clarification. I could somewhat see an expensive turntable being worth it to a certain degree, but what are these people getting out of multithousand dollar ones?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I could somewhat see an expensive turntable being worth it to a certain degree, but what are these people getting out of multithousand dollar ones?

At some point you do see real benefits. For example, there's a clear price point @ $500, $1000, $1500...beyond $2k or so things start to get hazy. And certainly by the time you've gotten to a $20,000 SME or something you've gone past any point of diminishing returns.

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

I mean, since the entire turntable is all about surface contact and balancing, and I imagine trying to prolong the life, it's money well spent. *shrug*