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... send MF home with a sample of their record mat as a parting gift?
https://shop.symbolaudio.com/products/record-mat

Any good finds at the used record shop that was only three blocks away?

Very cool ,as any good woodwork looks,but do you really want your speakers and sub attached to your turntable? Seems to be be for the design and fashion crowd not serious listeners.

I thought the owners in the video came off as very thoughtful and conscientious; they weren't punting. Nice to see and hear. Best of luck to them. They should be able to sell to everyone in 2 boroughs.

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they are tapping into the largest market there is in the audiophile market. most people can not afford all the separate pieces and don't know what to buy and it takes up way too much room, i mean what woman wants to see a pair of wilsons in her living room, that would have to go in a dedicated music room. great quality! and most people don't turn them up that loud as to ruin the sound quality, or notice that it might lack "slam". great video of great information, thank you MF.

Enjoyed the video and the team seems to have a good business plan. I would but one of their LP console for storage. Nice furniture-grade quality. And, the comment above about the Polk Muzak system - Matthew Polk was/is an audio genius. Those Monitor 10 speakers shown were very good for the cost. I started my uber-audio journey with Polk RT20p towers and has led me to spending much more on my retirement funds for musical pleasure.

... seems a bit steep considering that it includes a $2000 turntable/cartridge, a 20-watt tube amp, a streaming device and small speakers plus a subwoofer - and the cabinet.

Given that one of Symbol's Dovetail Audio Racks costs about $3K, what equipment would MF choose if tasked with "curating" a system with the same functionality as the Modern Record Console and with an upper budget limit of $17K?

Better yet, they could offer complete systems curated by various members of the Stereophile staff. Besides the MF system(s), there would be systems personally selected by JA, AD, HR and so on.

of vintage HiFi sitting in the cabinet to the left of the Modern units? A extremely beautiful old super-powered Pioneer receiver! That thing looked mint! Don't knock that piece because it is the grandfather or grandmother of whatever you have in your system even if what you have cost six digits, that is where it came from. You know the saying "old is gold" and I can attest on a stack that those receivers from Pioneer, Marantz, Sansui, etc, paved the way for the sound designs of today's high-end. I have a Sansui 8080db that would cost at least $12k to replace with something even similar and still would only sound close. I could also never find the same eye-candy looks for $12k. Ah, the days when that stuff was hand made in Japan to quality.
Michael, I'm surprised you glossed right over that specimen and did not say anything, even a joke!
I like their concepts at Symbol Audio although not to my personal preference, but for what they are doing or catering too, it is very nice stuff. A bit too expensive, but you also have to consider the workmanship and build quality. It doesn't get much better than what they are doing! I have always loved the mid-century look.
If I had the need and money I would have them build me a custom setup.

I have an old Lane Furniture cabinet that has a vinyl swivel bin just like that ($20 at an estate sale full of nice classical) - would love to have a newer, bigger version of it. $2400 though? Meh.

My guess is the prices are a bit steep because they don't move that many units, yet. If money was no opject I would have a nice LP storage unit with the swivel racks - a 2 x 4.

For $20k one can acquire and restore a Fisher President Console, or one of the many custom consoles stocked full of Fisher, Sherwood, Pilot equipment and Altec, JBL, Bozak speakers. A simple Bluetooth or media streaming box and there you are with cash left over to purchase lots of LPs !