You are right, Northstar. I was misinformed. Thanks for correcting me.
Indeed its US$35k, selling in Singapore for about S$48k. Got it right when I dropped by local distributor who also is the agent for Meridian. Also gave me a brochure stating its specs:
Type: Pivoted
Effective Length: 240mm Horizontal, 263mm Vertical
Overhang: 17.5mm
Offset Angle: 22.9 degrees
Head-shell: Titanium
Arm Tube: Titanium
Bearing Yoke Structure: Aluminium Alloy
Bearing Type: Non-Rotating Metal/Polymer Film
Counterweight: Stainless/Tungsten Karbide (articulated x3 Ball Races)
Internal Wiring: Special Hand-build Pulse (Signal & LED Wiring x3 Thickness Gold Plated Contacts)
Connector: Proprietary Cartridge & Cable Connectors (x3 Thickness Gold Plated Contacts, Vertere 7-way Tonearm Connector)
Tonearm Cable: Special hand-build Pulse (x3 Thickness Gold Plated Contacts, D-FiLED Power Cable)
Queuing Light Power Supply: Battery Powered
Standard Counterweight (x1): 142 g
Stabndard C/W Disc (x6): Each 7.6 g
Special Counterweight (x1) 83 g
Tungsten Carbide C/W Insert (x1): 114 g
Special C/W Disc (x4): Each 7.6 g
Overall Weight (with Std C/W & x4 Discs): Approx. 590 g
website: vertereacoustics.com
The Vertere Reference Tonearm is $35,000
World Debut: Vertere Reference Tonearm