Has anyone heard the SAT XD1

Rega builds a great tonearm and turntable.  They sell them buy the boatload.  They are a real company with production facilities (factories), sales staff, human resource personnel and a finance department.  SAT is Marc Gomez.  He can make a tonearm, but he had to adapt another manufacturer's turntable.  That says something about SAT's overall abilities at this time.

@daveyf 3 reasons.
1. The manufacturer can pursue the state of the art.
2. The manufacturer can reside in the upper echelons of the industry. 
3. No need to deal with too many annoying humans.

@noromance Pricing to the stratosphere is connected to pursuing the state of the art...how??
Residing at the upper echelons of the industry?? Only to those who believe price equates to ability...IMO.
No need to deal with too many annoying humans?--well if you aren’t in business at all...you don’t have to deal with anyone, LOL.Hmm...

Fremer mentioned that the table equates in price to a brand new Lamborghini Huracan! Look at the Lamborghini and look at the SAT table, not a good thing to do, IMO. ( one of my good a’phile fiends described it like this...in simple words..."comical"). I 100% agree with him....plus, I would go as far as to state additionally that it is an insult to one’s intelligence. IMHO.

daveyf

Pricing to the stratosphere is connected to pursuing the state of the art...how??

Striving for high performance often costs money.

Cleeds, striving for high performance always costs money, but there is money and then there is money...so how much is too much??
I'm with lewm on this, to me...there is a principal involved here. Simple as that.