Has anyone heard the SAT XD1

@dover  Here's the issue, that continually seems to be either a) misconceived or b) considered irrelevant.. and it's this: The price asked fails to live up to the tech, the complexity, the R&D required or any other parameter that typically accrues to a product like this..at that price. ( unless you are talking of a diamond crusted piece of jewelry!) When you mention Formula 1 cars or other products pushing the envelope, do you realize the amount of R&D cost, complexity, design ethos, etc that goes into those? Comparing the SAT to a Formula 1 car is a faulty comparison in so many ways, IMO. OTOH, if you are ok with a pricing structure that follows the guideline that any new and innovative product that is brought out in our hobby and can perform at a high level could, and should, be priced at a level that is only conceivable to multi-millionaires with money to flush...then I see your point. 

@dover  Agreed. Problem is that the 'comical' price that is attached to this table, at least IMHO, doesn't do our hobby any good either! 

Yes, I’ve seen the pricing, and I have no issue with it.
If I could afford it and it was the best, based on my own in home audition, I’d buy it.

I'm with @dover on this, I think the price is high but I might buy it if I could afford to.

It interesting to speculate what is an acceptable price for pushing the boundaries of what is possible with hifi and sound quality. If they employ one person or a few people and had to spend around 2 years to create this tt (a guess) and possibly buy expensive machinery to do it it may very well cost a few hundred thousand dollars to make it. And if they then only expects to sell a few the price must be high. 

I really wish they could make it much less expensive but I can't really say that I don't want them to sell it at the price they have if that is what they think is needed.

As for the money grab comments, I still doubt they will be very rich from this and if you read the Stereophile review Fremer seems to think this is one of the best turntables in the world. That might make it worth the high price for those who can afford it.

daveyf

... Here's the issue, that continually seems to be either a) misconceived or b) considered irrelevant.. and it's this: The price asked fails to live up to the tech, the complexity, the R&D required or any other parameter ...

That's an interesting claim. Please tell us about your experience with this pickup arm. How did it sound in your system?