Nobody that's buying this (including me) is buying it for its pure utility. They're buying it because it's cool-looking, fun, interesting, educational, or whate

Nobody that's buying this (including me) is buying it for its pure utility. They're buying it because it's cool-looking, fun, interesting, educational, or whatever. If my goal was good audio quality, of course it's not what I'd buy. I already own a high end flash recorder, multiple very capable computers, etc. (I also own two of Gakken's earlier wax cylinder gramophones and a few of their other kits.)