Jimmy Fallon has a Mcintosh turntable

"Same as they buy Mercedes when there are Americans cars that are better for 1/2 the price."

That's a fine line and a matter of opinion.  I needed a full size SUV to tow my boat and drove everything new out there before settling on a used MB GL 450.  .  .made in Alabama.  Best vehicle I've ever owned.

"And it's not like Steve Hoffman is a high-end wannabe dupe"

And what is that supposed to mean?

Hoffman, one of the best at remastering LPs, is very results-oriented with a tremendous ear for evaluating sound quality. He would evaluate a turntable by its performance, not by its brand name. 

If you still don't know what I'm talking about, follow this link--reposted for your convenience--and read through the thread where he installed an MT10 in his system and gave his opinion on its performance.

 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/question-for-steve-about-the-mcintosh-mt-10-turntable.148410/

Dover, Nice to know I am so important to you that you crawled all the way over here to insult me on another thread.  The moderator will later probably remove this post, but he ought also to consider removing your posts from this and the DD thread, since your agenda is "anti-DD", not constructive ideas or even constructive criticism.  

Lewm - you misunderstand my post - the Clearaudio/McIntosh sounds very good and is good value at that price point. It is a current product that is fully serviceable from the factory. No maintenance issues is an important factor in audio in my view. Not anti DD read my posts more carefully. Thank you.

kjweisner. If you believe it it's so .