Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know most of you will think this high price stuff is a joke, and at this price (and actually, looking at the design as a person who used to design high end turntables >30 years ago, this particular item is a victory for marketing). The most important engineering aspects for a turntable to work well are not addressed in this design, more a styling/marketing exercise (IMHO). It is actually extremely high tech to produce a device to transduce records without adding some, or a lot, of non signal related vibrations ends up being added to the output by the machine. A record playing device which works well is likely to cost several orders on magnitude more than any CD player, and is probably not worth it........ The device I have measured and listened to which is the most accurate, the Goldmund Reference was very expensive (not as much as this thing though) and made in tiny quantities. There is a very expensive turntable system which, based on my knowledge, probably is the most accurate one available. It cleverly addresses all the important requirements I know of. I have never seen or listened to one. http://www.continuumaudiolabs.com/ but not as pretty. FWIW, Frank On 16 Jan, 2009, at 20:17, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 12:26 PM -0700 1/16/09, Greg Lorenzo wrote: >> George Lottermoser writes:> > >> <http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/16/ces.luxury.turntable/index.html? >> > iref=mpstoryview>> > nonsensically cryptic,> george >> >> Quoted from the link: >> >> "When I look at it," said Placido Pappalardo, co-owner of maker >> Angelis Labor, "the only word that comes to mind is love." >> >> The first word that came to my mind was 'stupid'. >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> Calgary, Canada > > > > How about this one for $125,000? > > > http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/clearaudio/CAstatement.html > > > But the tonearms are included. > > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information