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Stuart Krivis wrote:
On 25 Sep 2006 11:59:27 -0700, wrote:


Stuart Krivis wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:32:19 -0400, "Harry Lavo"
wrote:


All true of course. But in the real world, it's difficult to find, say,
the 4 TTs you want to hear in one store.

And nearly impossible to get them on loan.

And nearly unaffordable if we are talking about four $25,000+ turntables
plus $20,000 worth of cartridges to use with them.


This begs the question of why anyone would want to spend so much money
on a turntable and cartridge.

Which, in turn, begs the question of how many $25,000+ turntables you
have actually heard.

Yes, I can see you pulling out the old "Golden Ears" argument and
warming it up.

Given that a $25,000 turntable will do nothing to fix the basic flaws
that render vinyl no more than a mid-fi media, why would I even bother
listening to such a turntable?

Even if I did, I could hardly judge just a turntable without also
involving many other associated factors, including the listening room.
Since you will not be able to duplicate those other factors (and may
not even know about some of them), how would the results of my
listening test apply to you?

There are more than adequate turntables available for far less than
$25,000. Why spend more?

I certainly didn't.

Boon