Quote Originally Posted by synsei View Post
Fair enough. I'm not slighting either manufacturer by the way, this is all about affordable alternatives. I would hope that anyone who brought such a product to market would do their homework first otherwise they'd be on a hiding to nothing, luck shouldn't have anything to do with it.
Indeed, but the point is, can you afford to take the chance and throw away your £300? I doubt that such a specialised item, aimed at, in the grand scheme of things, a tiny audience, would ever be sold on a 'sale or return' basis. Effectively, if it didn't work out, you'd be waving bye-bye to your money.

At least if you bought a Mike New or Funk platter, and disliked it, sonically, (which is extremely unlikely if you were upgrading from a stock Technics platter), there would be an established user-base to sell it on to, who are aware of the efficacy of those products. That would very unlikely be the case with an unknown product only recently brought onto the market by a new company.

In any case, the point is moot, as I don't believe that a bespoke platter, of requisite quality, could be produced commercially for £300 by any company who had a notion of turning a workable profit.

Marco.