Systems over $100k
Which of you has a $100k+ system...? Do you plan to upgrade?
Thanks Jose, yes the Commander looks quite substantial. If I got wind of the new line, perhaps would have waited before purchasing the Pandora. Actually not perhaps! I would have waited. Pandora is only 2 months old. Your Solos with the Cygnus and Nagra HD will be hard pressed for very many others to compete with. Take good care man....
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Acoustic method with passive treatment and mechanical active control of the dedicated small room is more POWERFUL than almost any upgrade of any piece of gear.. Audiophile experience is linked to acoustic knowledge not to price tags.. The electronic engineering market is mature so much now that we can buy basically good piece of gear at relatively low costs... The acoustic knowledge of small room is in his infancy because the need for a dedicated small room was not there save for few customers... Most customers put their system in a living room... My point is the only luxury in audio is DEDICATED tunable room for the specfic speakers... I dont give a dam about costly gear...I dont need it to fill my room with 3d musical instruments with natural timbre and even relatively to some record sound coming from my back with this steroe basic system... it is clear? The ratio of S.Q. of my modest system is over the roof...It is not the best system at all...But my dedicated room is at his best for this speakers which are already basic good one for sure... i put all my 7 headphones of all types in a closet..Think about that... Electrostatcis, planar, dynamc one and hibryd one... How this is possible if the sound of my speakers room is not better than each one of them ? It is and why? ACOUSTIC control... that is my point in a nutshell...
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Yes, by any metric it’s over 100. Last several years have been a constant push & pull between "done for now", "ever evolving", and "I want to try a new toy". I can’t say that will ever change! Every major component sounds distinctly different in this system - so I’ve ended up collecting a few different preamps, a few different amps, many cartridges and SUT, lots of tubes, etc. Some combinations are definitely better than others, so I’m focusing on optimizing around the best of those and trying to settle on a "best" combination for all music genres, hopefully for a while. Presently what's holding that up - I have one combination which is a bit lacking for harder rock & heavy metal, but sounds best on everything else 😬 I’m not interested in those that try to oversell acoustic treatments. The gear is what’s most important to me. |
Your question reminds me of the 3-part one that got me banned from /r/askreddit: What is the most valuable thing you own, What's your address, and When are you most likely not to be home? People posted some great answers until a mod made it clear that doxxing is no laughing matter. Bet they're a lot of fun at parties. |
