Your "World's Best Audio System" . . . 2012 Edition
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Yeah shame we cannot manage picture sizes, but if you really feel a picture is needed please do include it, anyway at least you can provide a link to the product otherwise.
Thanks
Orb
I'm not sure. I would think music server with Meridan Solo. Playback Design or EMM LABS. Or maybe a High Rez download. I also left out R2R. WIth the software situation that still has to be considered an accessory.
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This is a cost no object system. With some reasonable substitutions this could be a real world system that someone might own.
Wavac SH 833 DHT SET $350k
Avantgarde Trio Classico $190k
Walker Proscenium Gold base $89k with home set and acc. @$100k
Air-Tight Supreme PC-1 $9K
Allnic Linestage and Phono$20k
Synergistic Research Galileo cables @$100k
Add digital, tape and accessories and you're pushing a million. Ay YA YA!
Avantgarde Trio Classico $190k
Walker Proscenium Gold base $89k with home set and acc. @$100k
Air-Tight Supreme PC-1 $9K
Allnic Linestage and Phono$20k
Synergistic Research Galileo cables @$100k
Add digital, tape and accessories and you're pushing a million. Ay YA YA!
$1400
$2000
$12,000
Prices approximate. Orion system price includes electronic crossover and 12 channels of amplification.
Plus, I'll need a room addition to house it.
Tim
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Since we've been doing a few car analogies lately, and inspired by a segment on Top Gear I saw a couple of nights ago, I would submit the audio equivalent of the Caparo T1 for consideration. So what components am I talking about? Well, a lot of equipment out there seems to be designed with the same objectives and philosophies as this vehicle, and the end results perform in the real world just as well as this "car" did. I have listened to much gear and systems that aim to perform at the same level as this Caparo, and many people seem to feel that this is the way to go: I, however, beg to differ ...
Frank
Frank
Ah, yes, silly me -- I've been to his website many, many times, but I often roam without loading images: I like to keep the signal to noise ratio high ...
Though you'd better have a talk with Seigfried, Tim, and straighten out his thinking a bit -- from www.linkwitzlab.com/reproduction.htm:
This type of attitude could be quite dangerous and disturbing if it infects too many audiophilies ...
Frank
Huwahahahahahaa! Okay, I own every generation except the very latest going back to the black G3 so I have a right to bust my belly laughing at this one!
That is one of your descriptions I never had much of a problem with, Frank. That doesn't mean, of course, that I didn't combine it with one of your fantasies and lampoon you imagining hearing perfect imaging from down the hall and around the corner whilst sitting on the commode. I may have. I probably did. It would be in character.
Tim
Huwahahahahahaa! Okay, I own every generation except the very latest going back to the black G3 so I have a right to bust my belly laughing at this one!
Me too, though my G3 was white. Before they offered the black one, actually. I think the Mac is a good example of how high-end electronics can not have a clear technical advantage, yet justify a higher price. In the MacBook's case, the justification has to do with the build quality, the screen, the battery life...still, I don't doubt that you can find a Windows machine that meets or exceeds it on all of those fronts and costs a few hundred less. A few hundred dollars, every few years, to avoid using Windows is an incredible value IMO.
Tim
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