as awesome as a couple listening sessions for me were, 1 from the big Wilson's in a large room at axpona and another at aa local shop with the Dali Epikore's I know I don't have the funds or experience to create the space conducive for such a quality room. I really believe most speakers at the $30k level are good enough with someone able to create the space and components to tune them.
The Highest - Suprema
I had a chance to listen extensively (length of time, plus able to request familiar material) to the ’end game’ configuration (for me, and which will NEVER happen not even close for obvious (figure 1 3/4 Mio reasons). On ALL levels/chriteria (sound, detail, staging, etc). I never thought that there is so much ’more’ beyond what I had previously considered the highest level of listening. A truly eye opening experience:
Room:
25x25 (not sure about height, say 15 ft). Treated.
Equipment:
Speakers: Sonus faber Suprema
Amplifiers:
Burmester 159s on the Suprema subs
Burmester 218s on the Suprema towers
Preamp: D’Agostino Relentless Pre
Source: dCS Vivaldi APEX stack (DAC, upsampler, clock)
Cables: Transparent Magnum Opus to the towers; Transparent XL to the subs / all other interconnects at the XL or Magnum Opus level
Racking: HRS VXR
The icing on the cake was a long conversation/discussion with Livio Cucuzza, the creator of the Suprema (in my eys).