Audiosilente idler wheel versus Artisan Fidelity idler wheel for a Garraed 401

"90,00 EURO is approximately 101.00 US as of today.
for the  Audiosilente idler wheel.

Not sure where the $365.00 is from."

"exactly!!

What does increase the price by more than three times?
The USA customs? The importer? The authorized dealer? Naaaahh" 

@best-groove 2 different idlers. Audiosilente is less expensive aluminium. The Artisan Fidelity one is stainless steel and higher tolerances.

First above posters replies are severely misinformed.  The third above poster noromance has it right, they are two completely different idler wheels of drastically different quality.  The AudioSilente idler wheel is made from a much less expensive, lightweight aluminum and fitted with a basic flat rubber O-ring which runs in a machined channel at the outer lip.  The Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 (401) cnc machined idler wheel hub is made from stress relieved non-magnetic stainless steel, with a cnc ground center pin and permanently molded precision cnc ground outer rubber running surface.  Higher tolerances + higher fundamental material part quality + rubber molded (non-O ring) precise ground periphery contact area = higher cost.  They are not the identical parts and do not perform the same either.  You only get what you pay for.   

@ferrari
First above posters replies are severely misinformed.

Your post is severely misinformed, there was a transposed 
price initially read the thread prior to making an
off the cuff statement.

@ totem395

Your post is severely misinformed, there was a transposed
price initially read the thread prior to making an
off the cuff statement.

My apologies, you are absolutely right sir and I stand corrected. 

Too late for this but I purchased the idler wheel manufactured by the Classic Turntable Company, they rebuild, service and make spares for the 301 and 401 just like Audio Grail. I have been buying spares from them for a while. [Classichi-fi-shop.co.uk]. $115 second day shipping.
Cheers,

I'm glad someone else revived this thread.  Up the thread, I wrote to Mozart: "Machining down the diameter of the idler would reduce platter speed."  Xactaudio seemed to disagree with me.  I am always ready and willing to learn if I made an error in abstract reasoning, which is entirely possible. I still think, all other things being equal, that an idler wheel of smaller diameter compared to original would cause the platter to travel a shorter distance for every revolution of the idler wheel.  Hence, the platter speed would be reduced unless idler wheel rotational speed were to be increased accordingly with the reduction in its diameter.  Am I wrong?  If so, I still cannot see it.