When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly?

Everyday i demo my turnable fairly.

Here's the point of my original statement.That reviews are essentially nonsense,hyperbolic drivel that is designed to really do one thing.Keep the hamster on the wheel(that's you).If technical data were the sole criteria we wouldn't have this highly variable mess of designs.But it's not because there is an aesthetic injected into designs.Well tempered turntables vs technics direct drives just to name one large differential in design.Add the impossibility of fair AB comparisons and it's just a hot mess of cash flying every opinionated which way.Just one man's opinion.

Let's be fair, it is hard to compare tables/arms/cartridges. But I know one thing - German turtables are severely overpriced, go for British.

So you have a couple tables set up exactly like each other. Terrific. I wonder how they would sound with your phono stage----preamp---speakers----cables----


Just ain't going to happen brucegel 

Just get a doc so much cheaper and could you really hear the difference.
Perhaps but does it sound better, perhaps perhaps not. 

Having worked a time in audio retail, this is just not practical.  This is such a costly business to operate.  Unboxing and reducing the value of even more components, and the additional work of actually switching arms out just makes it an even lower profit business.  Hifi shops would disappear even faster than they are now doing.

A couple of bits of advice. First of all, spend most of your budget on the table itself.  You will be better off, and you can upgrade an entry level arm later on.  Reviews can be helpful, but I find some are skewed, and full of hyperbole.  Forums such as this one are a great asset that we now enjoy.  Finally, see if your local shop will let you take a turntable out on approval.  Hearing it on your own system is the only way to know for sure.