Dear Doug, Your argumentation looks very 'sound' but presupposes much knowlege about,say, analog 'experience'.
I,for example, know that Van den Hul 'swears' by Technics
EPA-100. I would never dream to pretend to know beter. But I bought the Triplanar VII wich is ,say, 4 x more expensive because I regard this tonearm as the most beautiful ever made. But your 'cost-ratio'argument
have some other support. One Dutch firm bought an very expensive 'machine' ($ 20 million) but this machine 'refused' to work. So they asked for an specilist
who give an rap to the macine in 'some place' and the machine was working. But he made expenses claim for $ 4000.
To the questin:'$ 4000 for an rap?' his answer was:'the
rap is $50 but the knowlege where to apply the rap is the
rest'.
Regards,
I,for example, know that Van den Hul 'swears' by Technics
EPA-100. I would never dream to pretend to know beter. But I bought the Triplanar VII wich is ,say, 4 x more expensive because I regard this tonearm as the most beautiful ever made. But your 'cost-ratio'argument
have some other support. One Dutch firm bought an very expensive 'machine' ($ 20 million) but this machine 'refused' to work. So they asked for an specilist
who give an rap to the macine in 'some place' and the machine was working. But he made expenses claim for $ 4000.
To the questin:'$ 4000 for an rap?' his answer was:'the
rap is $50 but the knowlege where to apply the rap is the
rest'.
Regards,