HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?


I want to know for those who have arrived got their best system together. What is the story behind how you ended up with your gear and will you be happy for a long time with it.

calvinj

Once you have really good speakers and components everything matters.  Cables matter and your source matters even more. It’s like pouring clean water through a dirty water hose is the analogy I would use. 

After being a die hard SET guy for decades, I wound up with my second pair of Quad 57s. Before SETs, I joyfully lived with my first pair of 57s for about 10 years.

Always missing them, I found a great pair of ESS 57s. But 8 watts of 300Bs didn’t push them. I made the big transition from SETs to SS. I tried many amps a wound up with my destination amp-Dartzeel CTH 8550 integrated. Never thought I would spend $43K on a component, or live with a SS amp, but it was the best purchase ever. My system built up now based on the Dart is the end point off the merry-go-round system. It is the central, gem of my retirement.