Has anyone heard the SAT XD1


As a Swede I was a bit proud years ago that we had a very good Swedish made turntable, the Forsell Air Reference. They don't make them anymore but you can find some used ones on different sites.

Now we seem to have a new Swedish made turntable again! 
The SAT (Swedish Audio Technology) XD1 
I don't even have a table but I am happy. Too bad it is priced out of range for almost all of us. On the other hand Fremer seems to think it is one of the best tables in the world right now. Very high praises. I hope I can hear it some day at some audio show, even though I personally probably won't hear much difference from other high end turntables.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/analog-corner-304-sat-xd1-record-player

http://www.swedishat.com/

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa4dae-forsell-air-reference-tangential-air-bearing-turntable-su...
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Showing 5 responses by cleeds

daveyf
Pricing to the stratosphere is connected to pursuing the state of the art...how??
Striving for high performance often costs money.
daveyf
... Here's the issue, that continually seems to be either a) misconceived or b) considered irrelevant.. and it's this: The price asked fails to live up to the tech, the complexity, the R&D required or any other parameter ...
That's an interesting claim. Please tell us about your experience with this pickup arm. How did it sound in your system?
daveyf
@cleeds Do point out where I am talking about the tonearm..
vs. the table ...
Oops, my mistake and I am sorry. I should have asked about your actual experience with the turntable. Please tell us about it.
daveyf
Do explain how my experience, your experience, or anyone’s experience with the table has anything to do with the asking price of this product?
Sure.
There is no substitute for experience. It’s that simple.
Oh, I forgot, you are able to purchase this table with your pocket change, isn’t that right...and think it is a value proposition.
Similarly, snark is no substitute for reason.
I really couldn’t give a darn if Marc Gomez wants to price his stuff in the ether ...
You seem to care about this very much. Why so coy?
lewm
Davey, I can’t agree with you that stratospheric product pricing such as we see with regard to SAT is going to ruin the hobby.
I can’t possibly imagine how the presence of one high-priced product - or even 5, or 10, or 2,500 - could possibly destroy an entire industry. It really takes a leap of logic to believe otherwise.

High-priced products have long been part of audio’s high end. That’s nothing new.