Wilson-Benesch GMT One Turntable

[daytona600]

$370K Wilson-Benesch GMT One Turntable

 

[Darren L]

Nah

 

[daytona600]

SOTA direct drive engineering from the UK , could be the worlds Best !

 

[Darren L]

Could be but it's a ridiculous price no matter what.

 

[daytona600]

WB years on protypes & spent millions on R&D

 

[sq225917]

Millions, lol,

 

[Rug Doc]

If the R&D budget includes salaries and expensea, almost certainly millions!

 

[Woodface]

Mmm, horrible thing, massively overpriced. Have no idea how this company makes any money.

 

[FN19]

Like I said in a previous post earlier today, I don’t know what’s real anymore.

 

[Woodface]

I did a factory tour many years ago, there was nothing particularly impressive about it, didn’t strike me as being an extravagant company. Owners believed in what they were doing though, do a lot of R&D in conjunction with local uni.

Amazed they are still going really, a niche within a niche.

 

[Realysm_42]

Would love ti hear that thing; curious to know if sounds like £300k.

 

[Iain Docherty]

I did a factory tour many years ago, there was nothing particularly impressive about it, didn’t strike me as being an extravagant company. Owners believed in what they were doing though, do a lot of R&D in conjunction with local uni.

Amazed they are still going really, a niche within a niche.

Reasonable chunk of public money behind that product as well https://gtr.ukri.org/organisation/7976045D-48E5-420E-8448-F5FC64332A4A

 

[Tim Jones]

WB years on protypes & spent millions on R&D

I can't help but wonder if you're a dealer for them.

Whatever, if I had that cash for a deck, I'd buy a Rega P8/1210GR/really nice idler and then go on an astonishingly extensive record buying spree.

Perhaps with a generous donation to a charity of my choice.

 

[Darren L]

I'd buy my two kids a terrace house each in nice areas and still have enough left for some new 'toys' @Tim Jones
Big export market @Woodface

 

[CTank]

Their Full Circle turntable was the first hifi product that I really lusted after. I saw one in the window of a shop in Covent Garden (Music Matters?) and was smitten. Gorgeous design.

 

[Tony L]

I know it is only a YouTube video, but I listened to it yesterday and concluded my UK 1st press played on my exponentially nicer looking 1965 TD-124/II was absolutely fine.

 

[Robert]

Sadly that thing exemplifies much TT design today. Massive, high mass & bling with a silly price tag.

The rip sounded decent if quite noisy.Bass a bit dry and overdamped.

 

[Burdy]

My only question is, where do I mount the dust bug?

 

[Muttley2]

To me items like this are vulgar in price and design. It's hifi willy waving at its worst.

 

[13th Duke of Wymbourne]

At 30:40 in the video below from hi-End last year is a presentation from WB on the turntable technology. Seems the goal is to be more of a technology tour de force than to enjoy LPs on. I can't see how they'll ever recover the R&D.