Ken Fritz's $1M Dream System update

@mikelavigne Similar response except I never want to retire.  Married 42 years (I'm younger).  My wife demands season opera tickets as she doesn't like to listen to it at home (or even on 75" 4K TVs).  Plus, i am an amateur recording engineer with over 150+ recordings in major and salon venues, recording archivist to 2 composers and now have acquired too many LPs and CDs (61,100 total physical media).  Despite all my family illness traumas, my music is a respite which I use every night for 2 hours prior to bed and go immediately to sleep.  I'm a happy pessimist (especially happy when things turn out for the better)

@drbarney1 I was so flustered every time I had guests over (often) in my new custom listening room listening to giant headphone (not as bad as electrostats) Legacy Focuses. I finally sold them and switched in my living room Sig IIIs. Great. Then I finally could afford the ultimate speaker brand for dispersion without sacrificing sound quality, the Von Schweikert VR9 SE Mk2 upgraded. I often prefer listening off axis now, stereo or mono. Some people enjoy one or two person audio systems, particularly if they are single or don’t care to share. Duntech/Dunlavy and many stat speakers are for them.

As to comments concerning a $million system-it’s the reason I found Von Schweikert’s so late in life. My wife heard their show system in 2017 and for the only time in her life, felt emotionally congested and wished we could have a system like that. We do now and it cost 20% of that by buying used Von Schweikert speakers although I was ready to purchase their less expensive VR models. My best friend has VR35 exports and they sound very similar to my speakers lacking only in the dynamic range and deep bass but his room is a typical condo. I wish I had purchased his speakers a decade ago instead of the Focuses. Plus an SOTA pair of amps, near SOTA DAC/Pre-amp and CD transport. Wow!!! I’ve heard at least 1000 audio systems in my life, mostly at shows and salons. I don’t change equipment often and now my friend/dealer has set me up to life.

Family first, business second, then my music/video hobby which does consume about 25% of my time. 

I have no problem with people wanting to listen to their music in solitary positions. My best two friends and several other friends are single and deserve to listen as they want to. The caveat being that I want anyone listening with me in my listening rooms share equally which is why I desire a wide dispersion speaker. There is a limit wherein my former ML Monolith III stats when my girlfriend (now wife) experienced them said no way! They are beamy and I have to keep my head in a fixed position (plus lack of textured detailed bass, lacking in dynamics). So, out they went and I been happy with wide dispersion speakers since (the major fault of the Legacy Focus).