Stereophile Recommended Issue

[Rbertalotto]

Got my copy of Stereophile Magazine yesterday. This is the "Recommended Equipment Issue"......I've been in the consumer HiFi business for over 50 years. Every other page is an ad for yet another high end HiFi brand I never heard of! Seem this is the case every issue. These boutique HiFi companies are coming out of the woodwork......TECHDAS offers a turntable using some kind of obscure "rebuilt motor" for $450,000.......But they are only going to make and sell 40 of them....Better get in line! But what REALLY blows my mind is phono cartridges....DS Audio for $22,500!!! I remember selling a super high end Ortofon for $500 and that happened about two a year! The world in general is extremely wealthy!

 

[tojoko]

Money to be made, snake oil will sell....

 

[Pano]

I think I heard that phono cart at a show once.

 

[Nelson Pass]

I think I heard that phono cart at a show once.

I have two of them, optical cartridges that come with their own preamps.

 

[Markw4]

Have a DS cart too, with custom preamp. Not a super expensive one though. IMHO beats magnetic.

Also IIRC, top of the line DS cart has a diamond cantilever. Don't know how much they cost to make.

 

[vinylkid58]

Every other page is an ad for yet another high end HiFi brand I never heard of! Seem this is the case every issue.

One of the reasons I quit reading Stereopile back in the 90's. Just lots of pretty pictures and ridiculous writing.

jeff