I'm not a violin player, but to me the allure of hearing a violinist play on a 300 year old violin isn't that it's the best sounding violin on the planet. It's an opportunity to witness a small part of the history of an incredible piece of craftsmanship.

I mean, how cool is it to hear music come out of an instrument that spanned the lives of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and Paganini?