If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear

@oldhvymec

I bought a house for 39k 30 years ago and was just offered 345K.

While that may sound like a great ROI if you had put the same $39K into the S&P500 30 years ago and just let it sit you’d have close to $900K on your investment and you would have paid 0% interest along the way.  I'm guessing you paid some mortgage interest over the years. 

Slightly off topic but not really - as the point is that we should never categorize our audio hobby as an investment in anything but our enjoyment value.

I simply wonder how many layers this onion has, I've been reading for 50 years that this piece or that piece "peeled back another layer" or "lifted a veil". How many veils are there anyway? I've heard of seven but it has never been my pleasure to investigate. 

That TT is simply an engineering exercise, and yes they will sell a few probably to persons who will not actually appreciate it.  Think I'd rather spend $50k on a TT and pre.  And still have over $300K to buy vinyl, that's a lot of vinyl!

None of which is gonna happen... 

Regards,
barts

This is Richard Krebs’ turntable wearing a new dress. The new dress is made of cast iron. Powerful motors require powerful magnets. I am curious what happens to the magnetic field in this situation. I hope Richard and Frank Schroeder are getting a piece of this action. I actually like the looks, but OMA, not so much. Glad there is “nano”-something here; otherwise it wouldn’t be worth the retail cost.

I get it. It's for people that have $360k to splurge and eat grey poupon with their hot dogs.

If you buy based on looks alone, are you a true audiophile?