Mark Levinson on today’s audio industry

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I actually don’t think I know the prices paid for items owned by others. Prices are sometimes quoted but I don’t know who pays retail prices.

For our exchange of posts what matters is the recommended retail price.

You consider these discussed turntables to be “unobtainium”.

But you should know about the RRP of the AS2000. It is a recent product.

What others pay for equipment that you think is impossible to acquire should not be of concern. Furthermore, these items are antiques and as you have written they are special cases and exceptions to the market.

Nice to see you now agree with me on impossible to acquire.

The Wadax and new MSB DAC are current flagships with retail prices. The last retail prices for the Lamm LP1 was around $50k and the LL1.1 around $60k. I don’t know what others pay for these items.

Let us assume $140k for the AS2000. Add $110k for the Lamm's, the tonearm and cartridges and you are not far from the value of the DAC - I am now driving the amplifier directly from it. And I don't pay expensive and complex re-tubes!