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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Jew in the basement! by dkarmeli on 2015-12-02 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Of cause there is always a solution and I had wrote about it a lot in past. The solution is eliminating the industry as a supplier of High–End Audio and return the High–End Audio to personal endeavor. USSR was a great ex...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No argument from me. by dkarmeli on 2015-12-01 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] That is a good example BUT the point is about defining what Natural and what is Neutral for this or that person but rather about ability of this or that person to pursuit his own definition of Natural or Neutral. [/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I agree. by dkarmeli on 2015-12-01 
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As usual, that conversation along with many like it on a forum with strangers was an absolute waste of time as you pointed out. I guess part of the problem starts with the term "Natural" itself and what it means to different people; even if an explan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: ??????? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote: What I called mental masturbation was the pretense to design of the ultimate turntable, not the musical experience or sound! Well, neither you, nor me, nor anybody else at this site, nor anybody else who de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Don't buy it! by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote:If the rest of the setup is up scratch then all you get is the recording and you'll forget about they system. Your body and mind will relax and allow you to have the same emotional connection with the music ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #162: Rowuk, let's stop the pissing match. by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
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I'm not here for that and I'm sorry for getting caught up in it! Regardless of price like any product the AF1 has a specific market target, only you know if its for you or not. The reason I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Wrong analysis, analyst Wuki! by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
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[quote user="rowuk"]I guess there are many types that come here to GoodSoundClub. Some to "brag", some to "share", some to "police", some just to learn. I guess if your turntable is so important to you, then you could at least tell us ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: What's up wuki? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-08 
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[quote user="rowuk"]Can we get back into the "ultimate" turntable instead of the deviation of the AF1 that this guy sees as his personal solution. [/quote]Didn't know that I had a problem for the AF1 to be its solution.[quote user="rowuk"]There still...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Bean counting? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-08 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Oh, David, come on! Can you for a second to stop to be a pretentious been counter and look at the picture from slightly more elevated perspective? I am glad that you do not worship the expensive parts, unique design, and pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #151: Nothing to do with ownership, just a market perspective. by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote: We've been discussing the price of AF1 all this time and why it costs what it does, nothing to do with what one is willing to pay for it. Actually I am not " discussing the price of AF1 all this time". The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #150: Looks that way... by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
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[quote user="rowuk"] Going in circles is bad for your health. Just like every other thread on expensive gear, the name calling starts where the good reason stops.Regardless of how we calculate, 100K is artificial because there are people willing to p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Facts by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote:It depends on the product and the company, not all are thieves! As of now they are selling 50 - 60 units/year and cheaper AF2 will also be available shortly.You seem to be obsessed with the $100k price, as I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #144: Some more points by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]David, please do not hallucinate about the existing of marketplace or rule of market in high end audio. Among all people you should know better. There is no market pricing in audio. There is only mental abuse and financial ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: A Few Points by dkarmeli on 2014-05-06 
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1- Romy, a $200 microscope was shit 30 years ago when I bought mine and is still a piece of shit today. Manufacturing 5-10 SX-8000 type tables a year is inexpensive, its when you go to 50-100 units a year, AF1 market, that cost of operations escalate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #130: Your Micro SX-8000 by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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Can I buy your Micro SX-8000 for $5K? After all its 30 years old easy to make for a few hundred bucks.davidActually let me offer you $10k for something that old and shouldn't be sold for more than $2k in Best Buy....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: Costs by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]David, you are thinking like a basement TT maker, which is all todays TT makers in one way or another. The reality is that no one need TTs and the makers happy to make and to sell 5 turntables a year. For sure it is expensi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: A complicated subject by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]About the new Micro TT, I do think that this is essentially the Micro 8000 with contemporary face lift and it shall sound like Micro 8000. It might be a little better or little worse, no one knows and frankly no one would/s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #125: Vesting/Vested by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="Paul S"]David, I did take your initial post in this thread as an "owner post". Like I said, (and I hope I can leave it at that), it "LOOKS" like a nice TT, all right; but there are also the usual reasons to wonder if it might be a well-p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Dealer Promotion on Audio Forums by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="drdna"] dkarmeli wrote:I have an AF1. I understand your justified bias regarding reviews, but this is one of those rare cases where the reviewer does know what he's talking about.David, I hope you understand Paul's recalcitrance. We've a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Ockham's Ultimate TT by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Of course the idea of "minimal" needs context and a priori determinants, like any idea at all, and I don't see that the Regas belong in this particular discussion, at least at this particular point. OTOH, the Continuum is anothe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Questions vs Assumptions (or Attacks) by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
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[quote user="Paul S"]No "cost assumption" was made or posited about bearings, rather the remark was framed as a question, just wondering, likewise the very general remarks about belts (along with the closing disclaimer). If the air system is cheap, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: Please read my post again. by dkarmeli on 2014-05-03 
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[quote user="Paul S"]David, it looks like your "many" has dwindled to 2 citations, namely "overbuilt" standing alone, and "SOTA tables were all made from other materials". IMO, the table under discussion has been, if nothing else, taken way past the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Assumptions... by dkarmeli on 2014-05-03 
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[quote user="Paul S"]David, of course the item under discussion would not exist at all unless someone "saw" it before he or she built it... Setting that aside for now, Lord knows I try to Keep It Real when sharing thoughts about hi-fi. With this go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: Try it first! by dkarmeli on 2014-05-03 
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[quote user="Paul S"]This actually LOOKS like a well-thought-out TT. Too bad the "review" is so over-awed/fawning. I can hardly read it. My suspicions rise uncontrollably and cloud my thinking as the cost-is-no-consideration "solutions" are meticulo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You can add this guy to your list. by dkarmeli on 2013-11-25 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYa83UOvG4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: I realize that you don't get it... by dkarmeli on 2013-01-25 
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No matter, I still love you Pussy....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: What you seem to miss Romy ... by dkarmeli on 2013-01-24 
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is that the operating word is "Turntable Collection". The Air Force One (hate the name!) is the culmination of the great Micro Seiki's coming full circle and once again starting a new chapter in high end analog reproduction, this completes my MS COLL...
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