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Has anyone heard the SAT XD1

As a Swede I was a bit proud years ago that we had a very good Swedish made turntable, the Forsell Air Reference. They don't make them anymore but you can find some used ones on different sites.

Now we seem to have a new Swedish made turntable again! 
The SAT (Swedish Audio Technology) XD1 
I don't even have a table but I am happy. Too bad it is priced out of range for almost all of us. On the other hand Fremer seems to think it is one of the best tables in the world right now. Very high praises. I hope I can hear it some day at some audio show, even though I personally probably won't hear much difference from other high end turntables.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/analog-corner-304-sat-xd1-record-player

http://www.swedishat.com/

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa4dae-forsell-air-reference-tangential-air-bearing-turntable-su...
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daveyf
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@rauliruegas  Raul, I agree with almost everything that you state in your post. However, you assume that Marc Gomez has a marketing director, do we know this? Also, even if he does, surely as the owner of the company he would have final say over something as important as the pricing structure of his product. ( at least I would hope so!).

rauliruegas
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Dear @daveyf  : I talked of " marketing director " and posted with quotation marks in a figurative way telling that MF worked in the SAT tonearm review as he was that marketing SAT figure. As a fact in the begining of the SAT TT review he precisely comment about.

With out the MF SAT tonearm the SAT success probably does not arrived so fast as it happened.

Audiophiles bougth the tonearms at " blind " trusting only in the MF review.

R.
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daveyf
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@rauliruegas LOL, now that you clarify your post to include MF as his marketing director ( and you could add as his ad writer as well), I agree with you 100%. 
It boggles my mind that ANYONE would buy a product as expensive as the SAT arm ( or worse the table) based solely on a review, ( by MF or anyone else); BUT i guess this does happen! Personally, and IMHO, IF anyone buys something in that manner, they have only got themselves to blame if something doesn't meet their expectations....As the old saying goes: 'a fool and his money......'.
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lewm
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And I just ordered a copy of "Still Crazy..." from Acoustic Sounds, based largely on your review of same, plus my own appreciation of Paul Simon and his music.  $125 for an LP is not quite on the same plane with t$50,000 for an SAT tonearm, but there you go.
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