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They should charge more for it…

The Absolute Sound magazine just elected the new Wilson Benesch GMT one turntable as their turntable of the year…and awarded it as such.

In the mini review of the table, the author writes, you know something is up when a competitor states..“ they should charge more for it”. Yet, the table under consideration is priced at a measly $302k! Yes folks, more than a quarter of a million dollars! Yet we are being lead to believe that this product is maybe underpriced? 
Interesting attitudes prevailing in high end audio reviewing these days…

Perhaps it is under priced, as maybe it could sell for millions of dollars…to the right audiophile consumers? The Absolute sound reviewer, and lately most audio reviewers, seem to think that any price asked is fine, so long as the piece basically delivers the goods. Are they correct?

daveyf

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ghdprentice
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If you are into high end audio the "law of diminishing returns" is not in the equation. Getting closer to the music mid-fi is creeping ever closer to the goal of better sounding music with greater investments of time and money. There reward function is not linear at all. 

The law of dminishing return applies to the frugal mid-fi music person. 

ghdprentice
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@gkelly 

+1 Exactly

If I had the means, I am sure my system would cost... well commiserate with my wealth. The key is that it had do deliver the sonic quality. I would have researched and heard all the competition and would be absolutely sure it did. 

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