Monster Yamaha Turntable on Audiogon

[Mark B]

:jawdrop: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1179436311

:drool: :drool: :drool:

 

[reggaenaut]

It weighs 186lbs!!!!

 

[Mark W.]

Damn if only it was in Silver I'd take it but all that black would clash with the Shrine.

 

[Teron]

It weighs 186lbs!!!!

The $12,000 asking price is acceptable though...

 

[the-real-mandak]

No, the price is not acceptable; remember this: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200088407881
$1.700 for the TT and then you have to pay $10.300 for the rest?
Best Yamaha ever made, but over priced.

Another thing, the picture is ripped from here:http://www.niji.or.jp/home/k-nisi/gt-2000.htm if you have a $12.000 TT for sale wouldn’t you make a picture of the actual unit?

The org. sales price was $1345.88 for the GT-2000L according to K.Nisi, the total price with all the extras was 329.000 yen (about $2.800). I would say the only thing he got right is the weight of 60kg. ---EDIT--- I just see that he did not get that right either, he says about 93kg. Only the Thorens reference is in that weight class and it looks quite different: http://www.thorensinfo.de/html/thorens_reference.html

All you need to know about the GT-2000: http://www.google.com/translate?u=h...nisi/gt-2000.htm&langpair=ja|en&hl=en&ie=UTF8

 

[Grainger49]

So why don't one of us ask the seller if they could post a picture of the table that is being sold for $12,000? If he refuses, report them to Audiogon.

 

[wajobu]

Oh...I am all over THIS one...me, and my imaginary bank account...

 

[bakes]

Frankly for the price of a good used BMW convertible I want to see the actual unit.

 

[arrow 68]

Or a good used Honda/Acura.

 

[wajobu]

Ooo...price drop to $9.8K...I think that I'd rather have a B-1, C1 and a few B-2s instead, but a nice TT nonetheless.

 

[Toka]

Man...would love to have it, but not for that price (especially without a real pic? Thats really odd). Oh well.

 

[ARRAY]

What the bloody hell?! 200 pound turntables... what has this world come to. No turntable should have to weigh more than Oprah does. This particular spinster (not Oprah) specimen would fit right into the Audio Club of Athens. $10 grand would buy some decent cheap farmland. However, if you come to think of it, $10k really isn't that much in terms of audio esoterica, and downright pocket change for some (like Oprah).