Dream on dude!!
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My first rule is to never buy new - whether it is cars or speakers. By the time you get them home, you just lost maybe 20% and with cars, by the one year point, 30-40%. Better to buy them used because you get more for your money no matter what level you are buying at. Whether that saves you $2000 or $20,000 on speakers, that is money you can put into other elements of a system.
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no concern Concern hmm. Dunno. Currently considering Focal Trio 11 BEs. Sell of everything but my Dac. |
If money was no concern i'd buy these speakers: a.) Steinway Lyngdorf Model C Music System b.) Von Schweikert Audio ULTRA 55 c.) Audiovector R 11 Arreté If money was of concern: a.) Audiovector R 8 ARRETÉ b.) Piega Master Line Source 2 c.) Tidal Audio Contriva G2 Thank God that sometimes dreams do come true. |
"If money were my concern..." |
if money was no concern: B&W Nautilus, because I've heard them play several times at fairs, with different sources and rigs, and they were always the best sound of the year (to my ears and my taste, obviously). if money was concern, well, the speakers I own now: B&W 804s and I hope 804D in the future. in the middle (more than I can afford, but not so much more): B&W802D3 or, changing completely sound, Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution. and yes, as the smartest of you may have guessed, I like B&W sound :D |
Focal Grande Utopia EM's if money was no concern. Since money is a concern, I've owned Focal 836v for 5 years now. Love the mids and highs. Now that I'm totally out of debt, I am perusing some new stuff, but don't see much stomping these, unless I spend $5k or more. I am considering the electra range, but hard to find demos. |
Money no concern: I’d probably second the choice of Living Voice’s Vox Olympian & Elysian, given the listening room can accommodate them properly - which hopefully wouldn’t be an issue with monetary carte blanche. Battery-driven amps and source, of course. Money a concern/practical consideration: what I got now - Simon Mears Audio Uccello. Only "tweak" I’d consider here would be, sometime in the future, adding a horn sub (LAB’s or otherwise). That, to me, would be the budget version of above, and as is (i.e.: without sub) is richly rewarding already. Financially out-of-reach as is, the "in-between" alternative of interest: Sadurni Acoustic's Staccato. |
Money being an issue: the speakers I currently own, a pair of Dali Zensor 1 (bookshelf) and a pair of Zu Audio Omen Def (floorstanding). Both deliver a sound that truly satisfies me and both were acquired after many hours of listening and comparing (within my budget). If money was not a problem, a pair of Harbeth bookshelf and the mighty B&W 800 Diamond! The B&W was the only speaker that fooled me into thinking that I was listening to a live concert before entering the room where they were playing. Matched with the right electronics, of course, that I can't recall what it was. |
As there are MANY cost-no-object speakers to choose from, there are NOT so many pristine recordings (regardless of format) that would transport you to that magical place where everything sounds, if not "real", at least authentic and faithful to your ears. This has been a conundrum for many years, especially (as in one example) the development of Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy speakers, which have revealed every flaw in the source material. So I for one have given up trying to attain the absolute sound in my home, but that doesn't mean others shouldn't continue to follow their dream. |
Bombaywalla, Thanks for not being offended and understanding my grotesque. I'm in the same situation and seriously, election here does not exist. Selection does so I usually choose if I ever go vote the one I trust, but not the ones 'selected' that I usually don't trust or want. Truly, such 'selection' is getting worse each time I guess since JFK who probably was selected by mistake that had been 'rectified' I guess by those who didn't want to loose an ability of so called 'financial freedom'. Those who're dreaming of financial freedom are naive because indeed politician giveth and taketh and the fact was proven. Think about that before purchasing your huge Pipedreams. |
Thanks for your support, inna. you have to understand czarivey by reading his many posts on Audiogon - he is tongue-and-cheek all the time. It’s SOP for him! ;-) Even in his latest reply to your post he could not resist... I was not offended when he said i should become a politician - i thought that was funny. i guess his mind went that way due to it being an election year here in the USA & seeing all the "good" our to-be presidents have done for us so far. Yeah, they are going to "fight" for us when they are elected into office... in my original home-country, they make a solemn pledge to become a politician so that they can extort money - any amount, any time. Worse than the politicians are the civil (IAS) officers - many think they own the country! i ran from that scenario only to land into the same quagmire here!! The filth of politics is universal I suppose.... |
If money was a concern, I’d own what I do today...Legacy AERIS; they pack in so much performance and musicality that defies their price-class...I agree with others’ postings above on that sub-topic,..those are all fine speakers and worthy of making the list! If money wasn’t a concern, we have a MUCH more interesting scenario that involves, but also transcends purely speaker choice; - build a house in Maui on one of the many great cliff vantage points around the island, custom audio room purpose built, local and other Polynesian woods to finish various aspects is a must,...find a way to make at least one wall see-through so that I could enjoy the outdoor views during the day even when listening while using materials that are acoustically friendly and the room well-tuned... - find a way to build a removable floor system behind the speakers so that all "huge unsightly audio and power cables" disappear almost immediately....this to increase WAF and end the complaining :-) - start with the components and cables and speakers that I have today... - possibly upgrade speakers to one of the following; a) Legacy Audio "V" Reference Speaker b) Rosso-Fiorentino Florentina Reference Speaker c) Eggleston Works IVY d) Rockport Arrakis 2 e) Avalon Sentinel or Saga (new) f) Verity Audio Monsalvat... g) Listen to other reputed best-of speakers such as Magico, Marten, Wilson, etc...very carefully, - Look at upgrade to the best of the best tube gear from AudioNote, Lamm, Wavac, TRL, Ayon (Titan) etc.....weigh this move very carefully - Stick with my existing digital front-end and pre from Eso or move to Grandioso level separates - Cables, PCs, etc...probably no changes or step up 1 level... Dream BIG!!! |
If money was no concern... Wilson Alexandria XLF. Heard them at Sunny Components in West Covina. Heard every other Wilson speaker, and didn’t care for them. But the Alexandria XLF’s, hooked up to about 700k worth of gear...it was the best sound I ever heard in my entire life. If money WAS a concern... Aerial Acoustics 5t. Heard them at the same place, right after the Alexandria’s, and could not believe how good they were, and that was AFTER hearing the best speakers I ever heard. So I bought them. |
Vox Olympian would be my no limits speaker, and of course a room suitably large enough to properly support them and a hand full of good listening friends. If money was also a concern the Audio Note AN-E/SPe HE are still not "cheap" but relatively so, watt sparing, and would be an excellent sonic investment for life. Whether rich, filthy rich, or a relative popper, as I see it, one must look at Hi-Fi as a lifetime investment, not a momentary, impulse purchase. Happy Listening! |
If I had unlimited resources for speakers, I would NOT buy a commercially produced speaker. I would bring in a very good designer and have that individual design and build a system (and tweak it in) around my room, equipment, listening preferences and musical tastes. That includes subs and the appropriate active sub filter / crossover for the room, the subs and the rest of the system. I have nearly that kind of speaker system now. |
TANNOY KINGDOM ROYALS http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue64/tannoy_royal.htm ... and 96db efficiency to boot.... |
If money was no concern i'd buy these speakers........ The speakers that sounded best to me regardless of my amp because if money was no concern, I would buy the proper amp to drive them too. If money was of concern the best speaker for my dollar would be...... The speakers that sounded best to me that could be properly driven by my current amp. |
