Some of you guys are still continuing to miss the point. Whether Marc loves Regas, Michells or Fischer Price turntables, is moot – I really don’t care. Yes, he’s entitled to his opinion, but that’s not the point either...

The point (and let’s hope it sinks in this time) is that in this argument the concept of 'just buying a proper high-end turntable in the first place' is fallacious, simply because doing that will NOT result in one ending up with the SAME thing!

Marc uses this analogy:

Would you rather own a Hyundai Excel that has been tuned to the hilt using $20,000 worth of parts from a dozen different companies from all over the world? Or would you rather just own a Porsche Cayman S? I'll take the Porsche... and the P9, please.
Ok, what if instead you wanted (and indeed owned) a very rare sports car, that for you had something unique and special, and that car was only made in tiny quantities, such as, for example, the Lamborghini Walter Wolf Countach, of which only three were made – and only one of those cars, for you, would do?

In that situation, would you be satisfied instead with a Porsche Cayman S, or indeed ANY other car?? No, of course you wouldn’t! And that’s my whole point...

A Technics SL-1210 turntable, modified in a unique way, with bespoke components, is my (and others) Lamborghini Walter Wolf Countach. For those interested, here's the chap in question:



Therefore, just like a Porsche Cayman S would never satisfy the Lamborghini aficionado, neither would a P9 (or any belt-drive turntable) satisfy the bespoke modified SL-1210 aficionado (and also someone whose ears are attuned to the specific way that direct-drive T/Ts present music). That last bit is very important! How many brand new 'off the shelf' high-end D/D T/Ts are there to chose from currently - and how much do they cost in comparison to a modded Techy?? Think about it.

Thus one cannot simply 'just buy a proper high-end turntable in the first place', simply because there is nothing else out there available 'off the shelf', like a bespoke modified SL-1210, so doing what Marc suggests would not result in giving modified SL-1210 aficionados what they wanted!

The point of this exercise was not to "bitch" about Marc’s legitimate and justified turntable preferences, but rather to expose the fallaciousness of his car analogy, in reference to highly modifying a Technics direct-drive turntable.

Are we getting it now, chaps?

Marco.