The Mechanic


If anyone has seen this movie, you will notice gorgeous views of a Clearaudio turntable, with an SME V, and a ZYX cartridge. Unfortunately, the system is blown up at the end of the movie.....opps.....Forget that if you are going to see the flick.
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The McIntosh piece, (according to what I found on AudioKarma) is a C22 reissue and yes it was pulled before being blown up.
He must have sold it on Agon before the explosion and was waiting for his new upgrade to be delivered by UPS.....

Seem to be a popular thing to include vinyl in movies these days. What's the most expensive high-end system you've seen in the movies? I just saw a complete Burmeister system in a Hong Kong flick. No turntable though.

FrankC
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As Mofimadness clarified in his post above, the cart was not an ZYX, but an Ortofon Red (or possibly Bronze).

One thing I noticed was that he allowed for absolutely no warm-up time for the tubed amplifier, which no good audiophile would ever be caught doing...Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the script.

Another movie that comes to mind is "Indecent Proposal" in which Robert Redford's character had some high-end turntable at his house, but it's been years since I saw the film and do not remember what it was.

An episode of "Sex and the City" had the main character dating a jazz club owner who tried to explain jazz to her while playing some sweet jazz tunes on his 'table, but it was definitely not super fancy; looked like a Music Hall, or perhaps Well-Tempered, but it wasn't shown long enough to really tell.

In "Dinner for Schmucks" with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell Paul Rudd's character has Meridian speakers and gear in his apartment.

I also recall seeing a trailer for a film with Robert De Niro a few years back where you could see Avantgarde horns and Classe electronics, but I do not recall the title.