Re: OT: diamond making machine for 200,000 dollars on alibaba

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
 

On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:11:07 +0100, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
 

Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
 

On a sunny day (Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:21:09 -0000 (UTC)) it happened
Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote in
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:36:05 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
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Diamond making machine for 200,000 dollars on alibaba:
 https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/you-can-buy-a-diamond-

making-

machine-for-200000-on-alibaba/

 
Now there is a profit opportunity:-)

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It's amazing there's still a market for diamonds at all now this is
possible.

 
Old record players used diamond needles, I have read vinyl is 'in'
again these days Audiophiles will pay big money for superior sound.

 
The cost of a replacement stylus is in the manufacturing, not the
materials.  There are brand-new mass-produced styli for microgroove
records available at around 30 UKP - but I've just paid over 90 UKP
for a specialised one for 78s.  For an even more specialised L.P.
profile I was quoted 120 UKP.

 
Liz, can you recommend any genuinely good, high quality
stylus/cartridge manufacturers in Yurp currently? Preferably English or
Scandinavian?

 
I don't really know much about the esoteric end of the L.P. market, but
a good general-purpose workhorse would be something from the Shure 75 or
44 range (but they are American).  The person to ask is Paul Hodgson of
Expert Stylys Co. but his prices are not cheap as the styli are made
individually on the premises.