The 10 Most Expensive Turntables
And we thought 1200’s were expensive at almost $500 a pop. Not even by a long shot. Technics didn’t even come close to making this list of the Top 10 Most Expensive Turntables which is slightly ironic, considering they are the world’s most reliable, and a mainstay of most cutting edge studios and music labs. But let’s face it, rich people are different breed and they’re not just looking for a machine to play vinyl, but some bragging rights too and the cost of entry ain’t low. The cheapest of the bunch was TEAC’s $19k model and goes all the way up to Goldmund’s Reference II that sells for a cool $300k. Be sure to head over and see the whole list of over priced record players and ask yourself what we did, “Who the hell buys this shit?”
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This is one bad ass subwoofer. The 12 sided, ten speaker Dodecasub, delivers a floor rumbling 600-watts per speaker for a total of 6000-watts. Of course that also means you’ll need a whole rack of amps to power it, but the results will make it worth it. The geometric shape of this bass box enables this floor rumbler to give a whole lot of boom without taking up too much space in the crib. Although this would be considered more of a pro-audio piece, it’s $2500 price tag does it make it accessible for the novice who wants to feel the bone rattling bass that only 10 speakers delivering sub frequencies can thump out. See the 
There are some things that just don’t need improving on. Knowing that they had no chance whatsoever of competing with the legendary Technics 1200 turntable, the people at Vestax, have set their sights on much stranger fare. This bizarre guitar looking thing dubbed the S-1 Premium, is supposed to give DJs the ability to roam around the stage while mixing music as if they were actual members of a band. Huh? Although it comes with a 12″ platter that looks like it can play records, it’s not for vinyl, but operates a skip-proof CD/MP3 player instead. Even with tons of DJs using Serato, at least their using record-like techniques to mix, and most importantly they can still scratch. But we just can’t get down with the idea of abandoning, completely, the whole idea of spinning records on horizontal surfaces like they belong. To have new age DJs running around playing air guitar with this faux turntable-mixer thing is too painful to imagine. Then add the price tag of $3000 and not even someone as progressive, or rich as Aoki is gonna go near this thing. 
We wish we could score one of these now re-called Japanese arm-wrestling arcade games to shut up our meat-head friends who get drunk and challenge us to feats of strength. This machine found itself in Japanese arcades and after three players broke their arms, distributor Atlus Co. said they would get rid of all 150 “Arm Spirit” games from the arcades. The 10-level game brings about match-ups with a French maid, a drunken martial arts master, and a Chihuahua all-leading up to the final showdown with a professional wrestler.
