New $35K pivoting tonearm

What can I say hi-end audio pricing is getting more and more ridiculous by the
minute. As a long time jewelry manufacturer with in house tool and die dept., I
can categorically that we're all being taken to the cleaners by some of these arm
and cartridge manufacturers. The cables have already been that way for years
and its seems others are following their foot steps. We have 11 design and
production patents, use only the best gemstones, and even our own proprietary
gold alloys, manufacture for some of the biggest and best names in the industry
and still can't figure out where these ridiculous prices come from.

Lets not forget what Roksan was/is, budget products that are half way decent
that's all.

Isochronism, I don't disagree with you but that's called branding and there's hundreds of millions spent to create that illusion and value. Plus there's intrinsic precious materials value that through out history have only appreciated in time, what do you have here?

G m c, you're not imagining it, vaseline and colonoscopy lights included!

Syntax, You're right and I feel the same looking at a chopstick with a hinge for
thousands of dollars. Lets not forget the same reviewers raving about the
ultimate toilet flush design, the Well Tempered arm...

Lewm, my comments on the wooden arms have to do with some of their pricing
and not their sonic quality. Its what this thread is mostly about, that at a certain
point you have to say enough is enough. I'm sure that the price of this arm will
serve its purpose and provide Vertere with plenty of free advertising, and I wish
them success in their business. There IS one born every minute. As far as WT
goes, there's 10 of those born every minute!

I wonder what the birth rate is for this?
"HiFi-Tuning Supreme Fuses - 99% Silver + 1% Gold = 100% Sound"