Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides

Do you think so, Henry?  Back in the day, HP routinely had lots of unobtainium gear with which to play and on which he leaked incomplete reports now and then, with a vague promise of more to follow, which never happened.  If I still cared about such things, I would want my guru to be listening to the best of the best, if he had the linguistic skills and the scientific bent that would allow him to make cogent comparisons to real world (affordable) gear and to communicate his findings.  Unfortunately, most reviewers can't do those things.  Most don't have a clue.  Take a look at Peter Breuninger's video(s).  Have you ever seen more sincerity wrapped up in a look? He actually believes what he says, maybe.

Schubert: 

johhnyb53, maybe but you forgot that mandatory $10,000 cartridge!

Not really. After all, $40K total is still in the mid-pack new automobile range, and a lot less than $150K plus that same 5-figure cartridge.

Back in the day, HP routinely had lots of unobtainium gear with which to play and on which he leaked incomplete reports now and then

I think they were the good old days when TAS had no Ads Lew....
The commercial situation I think has changed since then...😢

I've had my Grand Prix Monaco turntable now for over 7 years.   And my Nagra VPS phono stage.   Lot of other stuff changes in my system...but those two pieces never seem to.

I have no interest in audio critics who tote ridiculously priced top end audio jewelry

shouldn't their job be finding the stellar equipment that hits the point of price versus diminishing returns?

those pieces are only sold to a few audio extremists

giving a reviewer one in hopes he is enamored with it and shouts it from the rooftops is sad, and doesn't uplight our audio community