Quote Originally Posted by atomicAdam
very beautiful, but still, so damned expensive it makes me vomit.

i don't understand why hi-end audio is a sport for the wealthy.
I agree with you Adam. In the case of the Clearaudio I posted, it could very well be "worth" the money.

I would assume it's not a production model. Firstly, an engineer would have to labour to design it, or, someone who designed it sold the design to Clearaudio. Either way, that would represent a ton of hours.

Secondly, the machining looks amazing. We're talking real precision. I highly doubt they've paid for the tooling to mass produce it, which means a machinist must punch out every single part.

Of course, assembly would be a chore also.

Anyhow, these things take alot of time and do infact cost alot of cash. Now add all of that up and then put some profit on top and $6000 seems about right IMO.

The tables that cost 30-40K might be another story however....