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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?

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I interpret "they should charge more for it" to be a compensatory device attempting to assuage, justified in my opinion, criticism of the outlandish price. I mean the criticism of the price is justified not the assuaging.

It certainly is not worth the price charged nor more. No matter how good it sounds.

To those who can afford it and buy it: Good Luck.

To those who cannot afford it and will never buy it: There is no need to lose sleep over that decision.

Everyone should understand that there is a market sector which is no longer about the 'what' which is being bought, but about the Pissing Contest. Unless one is enlivened by pissing contests one needn't feel left out.

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