$125,000 record player runs on Mars Rover motor

by Paul Miller, posted Jun 6th 2006 at 7:33AM

Behold the Clearaudio Statement. If you listen carefully you can hear the sighs of a thousand audiophiles at the sight of this incredibly excessive record player. The $125,000, 770-pound unit -- based around the same motor that they used in the Mars Rover -- turns a platter to such exacting specifications that, well, we're not really sure why it needs to do that. But suffice it to say that there isn't a lot of vibration or unevenness up in here. Neither does common sense reign. Be sure to follow the link for more audiophile porn.

[Via Music Thing]

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: audiophile, clearaudio satement, ClearaudioSatement, mars rover, MarsRover, record player, RecordPlayer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Gear5 @ Jun 30th 2006 5:48PM

I just don't get why you would spend this kind of money on a record player.

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doug1467 @ Aug 9th 2007 2:42PM

here we go again, ....take any cheapo dvd-audio player will waaaaay out perform this. nutty, simply nutty

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