In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment

On a bit of a tangent, I get more and more disillusioned with the actual prices of some of these things. They have no basis and relative reality of the prices of comparable items. You will never convince me that a tonearm, no matter how incredibly manufactured, is worth $53,000. 

I know, something is worth whatever the buyer pays for it. I would love to see a price breakdown of that $53,000 tonearm.

"I would love to see a price breakdown of that $53,000 tonearm."

Assuming it is made in a garage, for two tonearms: $700 for parts, $400-600 for machine use, $10000 for marketing, Roughly $100000 left for living a year until you can find another two customers. For which you may need to raise the price to stay competitive.

geoffkait,

"Say 99 in Swedish three times fast."

I misplaced my Swedish-Swedish dictionary. I will do it as soon as I find it.

I am not defending Sweden. I am just a little more cautious with assumptions. You may need to follow some of the other European countries closely to see how it develops. Those that had very strict and successful measures which are normalizing now. They are starting from virtually zero and have no herd immunity for sure. Those are the places to follow. Some of them are tourist spots and are vying for visitors. That will be a good thing to watch. See the bigger picture.

"A lot of the times we're just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best."

That sums it up.

Here it comes, you knew it was coming. Spike city!

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/