For Real?

jim 249
jim 249 Posts: 347
edited October 2011 in The Clubhouse
Are these guys for real? This is nuts!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revox-B291-H9-turntable-design-study-techtrader-ch-/120733411777?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c1c45a9c1
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,504
    edited October 2011
    Real nuts.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited October 2011
    i'm not one to get hung up on looks, but if I was paying a hundred grand for any piece of gear it better be a hell of a lot sexier than that thing.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited October 2011
    Does it come in pink?
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited October 2011
    decal wrote: »
    Does it come in pink?
    For 100 k yup any shade you want :cheesygrin: The sad thing is the paint job on the one in the auction is awful looks like they sprayed during a dust storm and then didnt add any dryer to it. And of of course just the standard shipping option for 100 k it should be over night express.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited October 2011
    Come on guys.

    It has free shipping.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited October 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Come on guys.

    It has free shipping.

    That's the ticket, just ordered one!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2011
    I believe the price is supposed to be $3k, which still seems a little high.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,773
    edited October 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Come on guys.

    It has free shipping.

    Says shipping to US is $195 in the details.


    This part of the description sums it up:
    knowing that only a few courageous humans on this planet would
    buy such a crazy thing
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited October 2011
    Hey, but look at the bright side, at $100K you earn $100 in eBay Bucks :mrgreen:
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    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited October 2011
    For that price you could send this piece into orbit so that 'gravity' did not have any effect on the stylus tracking! Ah gravity, and friction, and needles and the Diamond stylus, and tracking and anti-skating and the 180g vinyl that holds the music. What's a 100K for a mass produced/stamped circle of vinyl that's not even a quarter's worth of materials.

    Now I'm not saying that vinyl doesn't sound good. But ridiculous turntable prices are just that! And if you're going to spend that kind of money, just get a RTR tape deck and some First Generation tape sources that will beat 'any' vinyl you have any day of the week, because that's what they 'used' to record that vinyl?

    The sad thing is that I've seen 500K TTs? Makes you wonder where the sanity line ends.

    I suggest that we donate the monies from absurd TT sales to the U.S. space program--and if we're lucky, we could get the engineers who work on these 'fabulous' TTs to work for NASA! At the very east, they've already been 'educated' in how to spend TOO much money! lol

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited October 2011
    THIS makes more sense than buying that thing......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited October 2011
    For $100k, the body should be hand carved from a solid block of burled walnut, or mahogany, with gold-leaf inlays, etc.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited October 2011
    THIS makes more sense than buying that thing.....

    Some people have no fear of death, or they must be incredibly stupid.:rolleyes:
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