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  Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Im wondering why the price of new tonearms are so high, around $12k to $15k when older very good arms can be bought at half or less?
Perrew  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-23-09
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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   Good audio products are produced on a small scale. small sca ...   Lonestarsouth

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: Stiltskin
" Why is the price of new tone arms so high?"

Someone in the market for say the Goldmund Reference Model Two at $300,000.00, or even any number of other tables on the market for $40,000.00 and up.
What starting price range and available brand of tonearms would someone with this kind of budget choose?
Whats the best known performing cartridge on this tone arm a $5,000.00 brand or a $20,000 one?

I don't know what your perception is of people in this hobby like this are, myself, what ever makes you happy.

However someone that spends $70,000.00 plus on speaker wire alone, bi-amp pair and 20 feet of it, this is where my view of them changes.

Stiltskin  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


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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