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In Reply to: RE: $495 for a record weight? Seriously? posted by Biff on August 08, 2012 at 16:26:23
Seriously. I couldn't care less if someone wants to spend $500 or more on a record weight. Sure, I will have doubts that it sounds any better than a much more economical solution, and I may get annoyed at the marketing hype that makes it sound like you can't live without the night and day difference such a product brings, and even more annoyed at people who think you have to splash that kind of cash on accessories if you want decent sound.
But, we all buy things for reasons well beyoind pure sound. I have a vintage table that I think sounds just great, but I have it for a combination of reasons. Sound is one, but so are aesthetic concerns, so are the features the table has, so is price. I think we are all doing a bit of casting stones from our glass houses if we are too bent out of shape because someone spends a bunch of money on something that can be construed as being about more than just the pure sound improvement vs. cost. We all do it to one extent or another.
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Speak plainly ... we all bitch about such things, just some a hell of a lot more than others.
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Sometimes elusive and hard to define, but for me, a $500 record weight is not a good buy.
Oh, I wouldn't personally buy one either. But, for some people it is worth it, whether it makes much of a difference sound-wise or not. And we all make decisions on what we have for a whole bunch of reasons. It's kind of like when someone buys a pair of shoes for a couple hundred bucks that do exactly the same job of keeping their feet warm and protected as a pair costing twenty bucks, or an expensive watch that tells time no better than a simple one. I don't see sapending $500 on a possibly questionable audio accessory as any better or worse. And it ain't my money.
Edits: 08/09/12
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