New $35K pivoting tonearm

Dkarmeli, To relate with your point, I have been a Watchmaker for years, and having grown up in the antique business, own vintage watches. The outrageous pricing of "some" new watches, where the costumer has no idea of what is inside, but likes the package....

Isochronism, I don't disagree with you but that's called branding and there's hundreds of millions spent to create that illusion and value. Plus there's intrinsic precious materials value that through out history have only appreciated in time, what do you have here?

"Illusion & Value" was exactly my point. Precious metals are currently down.
I have a few highly collectible vintage brand models where the value is not dependent on their material content. I would decline to list them :)

Speaking of cables, this arm has a nonstandard 7 pin connector and you guessed it, Vertere also makes cables.
Regards,

Picking up on Isochronism's point, I enjoy watches, and am thoroughly disgusted with much of the new market. I don't understand a $5,000 watch in a stainless steel case using a common ETA movement. I would much rather have a vintage Omega or IWC with a manufacturer's movement. And either can be bought for a small fraction of a new watch from the same manufacturers.

Yet this is the world of the luxury trade where the value is not necessarily to be found more than a millimeter beneath the surface.

And no doubt the same goes for audio equipment- it is remarkable what a savy marketer can do with OTC Belden cable, tech-flex jacketing, costly terminations and funds for a barely pseudo scientific marketing campaign.