Clearaudio’s Statement turntable probably deserves a prominent place in a museum of modern art, but that would mean it would be seen and not heard. And while it truly is an object of architectural beauty, assigning it solely to a museum would be depriving exacting audiophiles of what its manufacturer calls the culmination of 28 years of research and development.

The Statement, with its integral base, is a 770-pound masterpiece that employs technology used in the Mars Rover to flawlessly reproduce audio embedded in vinyl. In other words, it is a platter player par excellence.

Price: $150,000 (510.547.5006 or MusicalSurroundings.com/Clearaudio)