Quote Originally Posted by Paul-H View Post
Why does everyone still think a higher price equals better quality.

Do the math it cant, you cannot improve on the sound of the original, the Vinyl played on it how can a 100 grand turntable do anything better than a 10 grand turntable, the simple truth of the matter that no one wants to admit to even though there is a mountain of evidence is that a quite low cost system will attain 99% of the original sound off the vinyl once you spend a grand on a turntable you have probably maxed out what a turntable/Arm/Cartridge combination can extract from vinyl, spending any more is pointless, but those who do will never admit to that will they, if you have attained perfection how can spending money give better than perfection.

Mod note. Edited dont use that term again or you will get a holiday. Youve been warned already
A record deck is a piece of mechanical engineering and good mechanical engineering is not cheap. Your ultimate deck for £1000 breaks down as: VAT £200, dealer margin £200 Distributer margin £250 manufacturer margin £250 cost of parts and build £100

A £1000 deck is nothing like the best possible.