Sure, but how much gold is in those microscopically small wires?
The microscope probably didn't cost any more than he's asking for one of his cartridges ($5,350 at the current exchange rate).
All the parts? Just how many parts are there in a phono cartridge?
If we go by the fairly common retail = five times parts, I'm having a hard time seeing anything close to $1,000 worth of parts there.
se
I wish more people would seperate simple rediculous margins from pure snake oil.
Gold costs money, and so does that expensive microscope.QUOTE]
Copper is a better conductor though, as is silver.
Most assembly houses and production lines have an expensive microscope such as that shown these days. Most of todays production is SMD devices, very small SMD devices. Then you have AOI (automatic optical inspection) equipment and 3D X ray inspection etc etc... Modern production requires some quite impressive equipment...
Why don't you look at doing a design with some modern packages and SMD, I would be interested in what is possible with todays parts, there must be some that fit you criteria for audio circuits
5 times cost of materials may be fine on cables wit their very low time requirement by anyone who can solder reasonably well......The making of a MC cartridge requires a far far greater skill (= much higher labour rate per time unit). I have to admit that most cables are far too expensive and know for a fact exactly what is used as a basis for some very expensive cables......As interconnects the TOTAL material cost for a 1 metre pair is no more than £22.00 Add packaging and advertising and fat profit all around took the retail price to over £1,150.00.
They are handmade, not machine.....
Yes price competitive ...
Handmade, all labor , what would it cost to do a custom chip, by hand ...
Not a fair comparison because it can no longer be "done by hand".
That was not my point anyway, a bespoke component can have real value the fairness is in the eye of the beholder. The health rings are another matter. In any case if you read GrooveT's exellent list of tip geometry articles you might have food for thought vis a vis the VDH "geometry".
How much would it cost to get a Chinese or Japanese artisan to copy one? The Koetsu's had a lot of happy customers.
There is a difference between a character and an evil human being. His defenders should be ashamed of themselves. This isn't just the usual audiophile fraud, this is people's health and bodies, all to make a buck.
His latest "product" is something called a "health ring." He's sold other quack medical devices as well, and may still be doing so. One of them looked eerily like the infamous E-Meter.
Shyster Extraordinaire....
View attachment Advisory Retail Pricelist 2013 - 2014.pdf
Have a look at prices for other stuff.
Physics doctor or not, this bloke is taking the mickey, FCUK him IMHO.
Dan.
View attachment Advisory Retail Pricelist 2013 - 2014.pdf
Have a look at prices for other stuff.
Physics doctor or not, this bloke is taking the mickey, FCUK him IMHO.
Dan.
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So? How much labor and at what rate? Unless you can answer that, then "handmade" doesn't really say anything.
se
Sorry I don't follow the fashion thing, the heirs make an inferior product? They are $2k-$4k, jeez not much inflation sort of like the little Boss coffee cans in the vending machine 100 Yen for 30 years.
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