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

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
<vbrquk$3huor$2@dont-email.me>:
 

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:-)

>
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?