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In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable
Post Subject: The circle unbrokenPosted by Paul S on: 7/7/2008
Not to put too fine a point on it, but...
If you stay with the conversation long enough, and perhaps if the designer is honest enough, TT designers may well mention in passing various compromises that they have been stuck with, for myriads of reasons, including costs and suppliers (with their spec's ever-changing). Also, tweaking is just tweaking, generally speaking, and does not necessarily equate with net gains in audible performance. Of course, if they want to get the big bucks they'll at least want to spin any changes to come across as "improvements".
It does look like it would be fairly expensive to build a one-off TT. And I'll grant that it may well cost plenty to gear up for a TT, produce it in a re-produceable manner and get it to market in such a way that folks know it's there (and are inclined to buy it). So, I do sympathize with the TT manufacturers. But this does not mean I am just waiting for their offerings on their terms.
Meanwhile, who wants to pay a ton for something with no justification for its cost? The "engineering" talk I am familiar with is, IMO, mostly something for the prospective buyer to get traction on and then cling to; port of entry and refuge.
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