Why is the price of new tonearms so high

D. :-) :-)
why, we ARE always good for a laugh.
Have you ever had an 'Empire S1000 ZE/X' in your FR 66?
That would be telling, --- before I go shopping from Schroeder to Brinkman and back to what not.

Now it bedtime, nighty night.
A.

It is all about marketing. Brand name has value because it is a reputation built over years. But these days, the wall street types push that "value" to the limit. Every generation of brand name product released comes with a 25% increase in price. Manufacturing costs continue to decrease as more products are outsourced to China. So profits have to be at an all time high. Gives new meaning to High End.
I see the resell prices of used products showing the real value of a product. A lot of high end products take substantial equity hits on the used markets.

"I see the resell prices of used products showing the real value of a product. A lot of high end products take substantial equity hits on the used markets"

nO DOUBT.

Has anyone actually heard either of the Continuum arms? Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Dear Daniel,

I believe these are among the few key features of any great pivot tonearm design. All truely great pivot tonearms do have these 4 in common (except the Graham Phantom - which I would include in my list).

The DaVinci does not have azimuth adjustment. Do you not consider this arm "truly great"?