The value of anything is relative.
Was this worth $6.2M?
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 don't believe Wilson Benesch advertises in TAS. At least, I never noticed them And I have their speakers so I would think I would.
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People here saying they'd buy that stuff if they could afford it. Just goes to show how anti-audiophile they are. Kick physics and the science of sound to the curb, because it must be better since it costs more. Those are the same people buying super expensive cables instead of just standard 12AWG OFC. Amatuers. Sheep. All of them. |
@tony1954 Your banana example is also a text book example of the term…’easy come, easy go.’ |
As @tcutter points out, their current market is focused on Europe which seems vastly different from the US market, both in terms of musical tastes and technical solutions. The WB owners are a husband and wife team, while marketing is looked after by their son. WB has been very successful in tapping into the UK Government's funding models. Australia has similar grant schemes at both state and federal level. I ran a 12-man project for a very small company and applied for, and got, three R & D grants and one commercialization loan totaling nearly A$2-million. When we applied for our first grant (which we had to match dollar for dollar) I suggested we look at the average grant value, where the agency would be most comfortable. So we did, and we got it! On a larger scale, the federal government ran an A$18-billion "Nation Building" grant program to fund railway and road projects managed by state governments. I consulted to provide a management tool to consolidate five separate databases so that overall progress could be monitored. What struck me most forcibly was that the major imperative was to get the money out of the door! Government grants - I love them |
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