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In Reply to: More common than I realized posted by nightdoggy on April 17, 2007 at 18:31:51:
Even in the higher segment of the market there are components that many competitors share. Some cartridges in the thousands of dollars use inexpensive inner workings from Japanese OEM suppliers. Cantilevers and tips are from very few sources these days. Most, if not all, of those handmade cartridges for megabucks use cantilever/stylus assemblies from a scant few suppliers. The difference is in the choice and implementation of the materials, and in some cases it justifies the price of admission. The end really does justify the means when it comes to cartridges, doesn't it?
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Let's look into some snazzy little anodized cubes that we can stuff AT440mla guts into...And charge.... hmm how about that 'Glider' niche at circa $799.oo ... ?
We can say they're made by ... uhm .... how about "Fr. Edj" ...
...a secretive, disgruntled Jesuit friar who went native in Honshu and created cartridges underground for the Emperor's use.Yeah !!
... course we'd have to figure out how to fuse those removeable styli back on so they can't be replaced. Just a small detail.
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Just cut the stylus assembly holder in such a way that it doesn't look replaceable. That's what Clearaudio does. ;)
I am all over your idea, but let's call them the FeRdj in honor of the persecuted Romanian physicist who worked as a ticket taker in a XXX movie house while hiding from the evil Nicolae Ceauşescu's secret police.
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Dr. FeRdj knew a man who discovered the remnants of Noah's Ark partially buried in a Romanian hillside. What you may not know is that he smuggled a small quantity of the planks into the United States, and I now have possession of them. The Cryptikon Ark would be an extremely valuable item simply for its historical value, not to mention its sonic superiority due to the sanctified nature of the outer material. I might add that the crystallized pitch embedded in the wood has excellent resonance compatibility with any system, and the fact that I have submitted it to cryogenic treatment further enhances it beyond the scope of modern engineering. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is capable of approaching the holistic presentation of this material. The mere fact that the inside components are from the more pedestrian beginnings of an Audio-Technica are really neither here, nor there, because the overall cartridge represents a true synergy in a world of mediocrity and despair. The Ark will obviously cost more than $795, but how could anyone question the price of such innovation when it is combined with a relic of such humonsterous proportions as Noah's Ark?
Not just cartridges but watches from the Ark too!
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