First, let me say that my opening remark was not meant as a condemnation of the SAT products per se just on the basis of their very high cost. I try not to do that or think like that. The turntables and tonearms might be very very good, maybe they are the very best in the world, for all I know. I only meant to say that they may as well not exist for me in my frame of relative affluence. As to whether Mr Gomez is wise to cater to the super rich, that is his business and was his marketing decision apparently. His financial success or failure, eventually, will signal whether he made a good decision or not. (It was obviously a conscious decision NOT to be another Rega or Music Hall.) If you search the internet for ultimate cost stereo systems, you will see that there are dozens of speaker systems that cost more than $250,000 and even $1M is not unheard of. Buyers of such systems are also candidates to buy SAT products. Such persons do not care a fig about cost, depreciation, or resale value, and yes most of them seem convinced that cost is proportional to sound quality. Mr Gomez seems to want to appeal to that audience, and with the stamp of approval afforded by Mike Fremer, he probably will. There's nothing wrong with that. The rest of us can go on about our business, and I don't think we need to feel deprived.
