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[MikeH]

Ever checked out the flagship Clearaudio Statement turntable that goes for a cool $275,000? I asked my audio guy, a Clearaudio dealer, what the hanging weight apparatus is all about. He told me that when your yacht is listing due to weight imbalances or heaving waves, your ‘table can remain perfectly stable. Watching the Grand Prix of Monaco I’m left wondering how many of the yachts in the harbor have that record player(!) onboard? What a world we live in.

What could be better than blasting Aja on a $275k turntable while your yacht is docked in Monaco and the Grand Prix is going on in the background?

 

[SnowmaNick]

What could be better than blasting Aja on a $275k turntable while your yacht is docked in Monaco and the Grand Prix is going on in the background?

Having someone else pay for it all?

 

[MikeH]

Having someone else pay for it all?

 

[Joe Mac]

What could be better than blasting Aja on a $275k turntable while your yacht is docked in Monaco and the Grand Prix is going on in the background?

Not doing all that?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Not doing all that?

I don’t know, sounds like a good time.

 

[HiFi Guy]

Ever checked out the flagship Clearaudio Statement turntable that goes for a cool $275,000? I asked my audio guy, a Clearaudio dealer, what the hanging weight apparatus is all about. He told me that when your yacht is listing due to weight imbalances or heaving waves, your ‘table can remain perfectly stable. Watching the Grand Prix of Monaco I’m left wondering how many of the yachts in the harbor have that record player(!) onboard? What a world we live in.

$275k is peanuts. The TOTL Forcell Air Force model is $550k with all the options.

 

[Angsty]

$275k is peanuts. The TOTL Forcell Air Force model is $550k with all the options.

But doesn’t that one have a vacuum suction that’s better for your private jet than for the yacht?

 

[Joe Mac]

I don’t know, sounds like a good time.

I’ve seen formula one live once and my whole take away was a deafeningly loud blur for one second every lap. Steely Dan suck, Monaco is one of the least appealing places to me in Europe and rich dicks on yachts aren’t my people.

 

[OMC]

I’ve seen formula one live once and my whole take away was a deafeningly loud blur for one second every lap. Steely Dan suck, Monaco is one of the least appealing places to me in Europe and rich dicks on yachts aren’t my people.

I wouldn’t expect any other answer from an Irishman.

 

[OMC]

$275k is peanuts. The TOTL Forcell Air Force model is $550k with all the options.

But does the TOTL roll with waves?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Probably not suitable for your yacht, but why spend all that money when you could get a vanquish?

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[Joe Mac]

Probably not suitable for your yacht, but why spend all that money when you could get a vanquish?

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Because it’s yacht life. You’ve just got to have spent more than the dickhead in the next berth. That’s all that matters.

 

[Nee Lewman]

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[Angsty]

Probably not suitable for your yacht, but why spend all that money when you could get a vanquish?

Because the point of it is that you are not spending *all* that much money; it’s just a trifle.

 

[hearditontheX]

Back to the realm of commoners.

I am very much enjoying the AT VM540ML (modified) cart from HiFi Guy. Happy turntable, happy cart, but my earbrain thinks my analogue system can do better. And I can’t get the universal recommendations out of my head for Darlington Labs phono stages. Thanks for the journey, you all.

 

[jt4527]

And here's me thinking of starting a GoFundMe for a Garrard 301

 

[Joe Mac]

And here's me thinking of starting a GoFundMe for a Garrard 301

Similar but for the 401!

 

[HiFi Guy]

@Joe Mac @jt4527 I was right there with you. The 1210G mostly cured me. Mostly.

 

[Joe Mac]

@Joe Mac @jt4527 I was right there with you. The 1210G mostly cured me. Mostly.

I keep looking and there are decent deals on the table but then the refurbishment cost and the arm and the plinth. One day I’ll get either a 401 or an old sp10…

 

[HiFi Guy]

I keep looking and there are decent deals on the table but then the refurbishment cost and the arm and the plinth. One day I’ll get either a 401 or an old sp10…

I found an unrestored 301 when I was crate digging with @AnthonyI a few years ago. It was $1700 and with unknown costs to refurbish, buy an arm and plinth, etc- I let it go. I probably shouldn’t have.