The article is actually about Tom Port of Better Records, quite frankly he comes off as an off-putting nutcase. And he can’t help himself from trashing respectable companies like Analogue Productions. So he uses the following gear to listen to $7 common records and anoint a portion of them as $500 "super hot stampers":
- Dynavector Karat
- Triplanar arm
- VPI Aries
- Legacy Focus 20/20 Speakers
That’s a pretty damn good return on his circa-2000 gear investment.
The Triplanar is still one of the best tonearms money can buy. What is so year 2000 about that? The Triplanar has improved since 20 years ago FWIW...