Turntable prices. Is my mind going?

@lewm …. i shall paraphrase and modify … grousing about luxury goods is the hobgoblin of small minds…. because, even the lowly AR is such as @8th-note so deftly points out….

@mijostyn You might selectively recall the concept of functional decomposition as a systems engineering process… IF you subject the mightly SOTA Saphire ( yes i owned a few, sold many ), you will ( perhaps ) understand the excess of parts having no significant functionality….

If it looks cool is sounds better.

Sorry I can't resist. If it looks hideous like so many high-end audio products, does it imply (hint/suggest/allude) that it sounds better? 

I am half-joking, I know aesthetics is not the goal of many engineers, they just chase perfection in sound, do you associate from weird looks to quality sound? 

I was accused to bash high end because i claimed that a 300,000 turntable is useless for anyone in audio... At best it is an experimental very interesting device for sure or one that can be sold to our philantropist virus expert and expert in injection by syringe or mosquitoes you know who ...😊

@lewm : the AR TT was introduced in 1964 at a price of $78. I bought a nicely modded version from Vinyl Nirvana for $750. Taking into account the depreciation of the US dollar that is a reasonable price.