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06-23-09
The engineering,development and marketing cost of the older ... Buconero117
06-23-09
Which tonearms are you talking about? the graham phantom ii ... Johnnyb53
06-23-09
Those are very nice arms but im thinking of venomous prices ... Perrew
06-23-09
There are various reasons marketing the higher the price the ... Syntax
06-23-09
Buconero and syntax i agree with you, manufacture dont seem ... Perrew
06-23-09
One reason is because if someone has a $5000 tone arm and wa ... Davt
06-23-09
The cynic in me says its because vinyl is trendy and you can ... Mapman
06-23-09
you mean like this ? Johnnyb53
06-23-09
I visited an (audio) designer/engineers house/shop/showroom ... Cerrot
06-23-09
If anyone knows how amway or avon or mary kay works...in ult ... Jaybo
06-23-09
Hey johnnyb53, thanks for the cool pic. do you have a phot ... Krusty2k
06-23-09
it's built in. you just change the number of records under t ... Johnnyb53
06-23-09
Economy of scale has to figure in here somewhere. if an auto ... Johnnyb53
06-23-09
"use rca dynaflexes...." wasn't rca's move to dy ... Mapman
06-23-09
that seems to be the conventional wisdom, but i don't buy it ... Johnnyb53
06-23-09
Johnny, yeah, like most labels, i've heard some good and not ... Mapman
06-23-09
Watches, cars, etc are not 'faith' based products. like it o ... Jaybo
06-23-09
"why is the price of some new tonearms so high" h ... Stiltskin
06-23-09
i have no argument that there was a lot of hashy-sounding cr ... Johnnyb53
06-24-09
Cerrot, always nice with a nice watch although i think there ... Perrew
06-24-09: Lonestarsouth
Good audio products are produced on a small scale. Small scale production is unfortunately quite a few times more expensive than mass produced items.
I there were a factory in China churning out Triplanar arms, 1000x an hour then that arm would have cost next to nothing. In the real world those arms are hand-built, one at a time and that is one of the reasons for their elevated price.
I briefly worked at a high-end amplifier manufacturer and my eyes popped open to see that it is a labour of love and nothing comes cheap.
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06-24-09
Funny thread that is. just now we had: "why are oldsko ... Axelwahl
06-24-09
Axelwahl, i noticed that thread got "lost". doesn' ... T_bone
06-24-09
Axel, the naming must be pure coincident:-) Perrew
06-24-09
Dear t_bone, i assume that the "oldskool"-thread w ... Dertonarm
06-24-09
D what in your opinion constitutes a good tonearm? Perrew
06-24-09
Dear perrew, in no particular order: - dynamic balanced desi ... Dertonarm
06-24-09
Maybe because people think if it costs more it has to be bet ... Tpreaves
06-24-09
" why is the price of new tone arms so high?" som ... Stiltskin
06-24-09
06-24-09: dertonarm dear t_bone, i assume that the "old ... Acoustat6
06-24-09
Well, - after all the high-end audio is a classic luxury mar ... Dertonarm
06-24-09
Dear bob, well - there were hard discussions in that thread ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
I thought that thread was a delight to read but i was thinki ... Perrew
06-25-09
:-) d. in your four points you mention "dynamic balanc ... Axelwahl
06-25-09
Dear perrew, i am very sorry, but the tonearm you mentioned ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
Ok, lets not go there then. ill approach from another angle. ... Perrew
06-25-09
The xv-1s is 10x10 dyne not 8. Audiofeil
06-25-09
As for my "beloved" fr-66s - its effective moving ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
Hi d., in general, the "heavy" tonearms do have p ... Axelwahl
06-25-09
Ax, i don't think that applies to tonearms since a tonearm ... Mapman
06-25-09
Hi axel, - i am sorry, but i do not need to comment on " ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
In general, i think a rigid light tonearm will track poor qu ... Mapman
06-25-09
Hi d. :-):-) thank you, funny how one can disagree, no. i g ... Axelwahl
06-25-09
But why is the 66s six times the price of a 64s? if the 64s ... Perrew
06-25-09
Dear perrew, the fr-64s is indeed the one big bargain in tod ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
Hi axel, lets make it simple: buy a fr-64s and simply compar ... Dertonarm
06-25-09
D. :-) :-) why, we are always good for a laugh. have you eve ... Axelwahl
06-25-09
It is all about marketing. brand name has value because it ... Tonywinsc
06-25-09
"i see the resell prices of used products showing the r ... Mapman
06-25-09
Has anyone actually heard either of the continuum arms? you ... Jimjoyce25
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