What system would you buy if you had unlimited resources.?

[JoeWhip]

I will probably keep what I have. Might grab the Vandersteen Quatro CTs if I ever get to test them.

[sphinxsix]

 

I must admit I'm slightly surprised how (relatively) cheap stuff most here choose.

I would spend more on cables than many here on their dream systems 

C'mon you can afford everything (on this thread, that is) 

 

[beetlemania]

Roon Nucleus > Ayre QX-5 > Ayre KX-R > Ayre MX-R > Vandersteen Seven Mk II

Stitched together with Cardas Clear/Beyond

Probably add a killer TT/tonearm, cartridge, and phono stage for good measure with my imaginary money.

 

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

 

I must admit I'm slightly surprised how (relatively) cheap stuff most here choose.

I would spend more on cables than many here on their dream systems 

C'mon you can afford everything (on this thread, that is) 

 

 

To be honest, I don't think I am aware of most of the ultra high end stuff because I have never bothered to educate myself on it.

[JoeWhip]

2 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

 

I must admit I'm slightly surprised how (relatively) cheap stuff most here choose.

I would spend more on cables than many here on their dream systems 

C'mon you can afford everything (on this thread, that is) 

 

I can afford a good bit of the expensive stuff. Problem is, when I listen to it, I am not impressed, at least for that amount of cash. When I go home and listen to the same tracks, I don’t feel I am missing much at all, if anything. This hobby, for me, is a path to enjoy my music, not to spend Uber sums and listen to gear,

[AudioDoctor]

Maybe more storage and more music would be a good way to spend my dollars.

[BlueSkyy]

22 minutes ago, JoeWhip said:

I can afford a good bit of the expensive stuff. Problem is, when I listen to it, I am not impressed, at least for that amount of cash. When I go home and listen to the same tracks, I don’t feel I am missing much at all, if anything. This hobby, for me, is a path to enjoy my music, not to spend Uber sums and listen to gear,

That’s the real sweet spot!

[audiobomber]

1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

To be honest, I don't think I am aware of most of the ultra high end stuff because I have never bothered to educate myself on it.

Me neither, but one thing I know is that I would have several state of the art systems, not just one. I would research the best cone, dipolar and horn speakers, and support them with the best complementary gear. In suitable rooms for each, of course.

[AudioDoctor]

I don't know what kind of system I would have, but whatever it was it would be on my yacht and I would listen to it as I sailed around the world...

[beetlemania]

54 minutes ago, JoeWhip said:

I can afford a good bit of the expensive stuff. Problem is, when I listen to it, I am not impressed, at least for that amount of cash. When I go home and listen to the same tracks, I don’t feel I am missing much at all, if anything. This hobby, for me, is a path to enjoy my music, not to spend Uber sums and listen to gear,

Indeed! 
 

The system I *can* afford (ie, the one in my living room) is not perfect. My Thiels, with their 8” bass driver and “passive radiator”, are not the final word in bass extension and definition, for example. But my system otherwise gets pretty close to the $$$ systems I’ve heard in showrooms and at RMAF. And I’m very happy with the sound I’m getting.

 

I’ve not heard the $500,000 Wilsons or Magicos nor the $400,000 Goldmunds or Wavacs, but the other exotic stuff I’ve heard has impressed me less (far less, actually) than the Vandersteen Seven driven by ARC or the TAD Ref One driven by Ayre. I have zero idea how my proposed Vandersteen/Ayre/Cardas compares to the “best” but I am confident that combo would sound exquisite.

[sphinxsix]

2 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

To be honest, I don't think I am aware of most of the ultra high end stuff because I have never bothered to educate myself on it.

Uneducated doctor.? That sounds dangerous 

 

1 hour ago, JoeWhip said:

This hobby, for me, is a path to enjoy my music, not to spend Uber sums and listen to gear,

Same here, my music is actually worth more than my gear. At least theoretically, that is (taking into account the money paid)..

 

IMO uber-expensive & uber-good(!) but mismatched components or not matched to a given room or in a bad 'sounding' room can be beaten by a cheaper, well matched system, but still in case of a good(!) and expensive gear we can get more. While loosing more.. $$$ of course 

 

So.. 

3 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

C'mon you can afford everything (on this thread, that is) 

 

[koupa]

We can buy privetti opera and build a multichannel system. The same apply to the car. We can buy a Ferrari 250 GTO for everyday shopping. But IMHO it's not the best answer.

 

Here we show our desires. Not our exaggerations.

[BlueSkyy]

4 minutes ago, koupa said:

We can buy privetti opera and build a multichannel system. The same apply to the car. We can buy a Ferrari 250 GTO for everyday shopping. But IMHO it's not the best answer.

 

Here we show our desires. Not our exaggerations.

Agreed.  I do my grocery shopping in a 1993 TR 512 in Rosso Corsa.

[AudioDoctor]

11 hours ago, BlueSkyy said:

Agreed.  I do my grocery shopping in a 1993 TR 512 in Rosso Corsa.

 

Are you Chris Harris?

[BlueSkyy]

36 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Are you Chris Harris?

No sir and I am at a loss over who Chris Harris is.  The car, unfortunately, is higher maintenance than is my wife!  She, the car and not the wife,  is due a timing belt change and that will cost about a third of what my dream B&W Nautilus speaker system would cost.

[AudioDoctor]

31 minutes ago, BlueSkyy said:

No sir and I am at a loss over who Chris Harris is.  The car, unfortunately, is higher maintenance than is my wife!  She, the car and not the wife,  is due a timing belt change and that will cost about a third of what my dream B&W Nautilus speaker system would cost.

 

He is a British auto journalist and Top Gear presenter who also owns a TR and drives it regularly.

 

edit: Glad to see it being driven. People used to give me a hard time about putting the dog in the passenger seat of my Cayman GT4 and driving the 911 during the winter... but, they're cars and meant to be used! I don't envy the maintenance though.

 

edit 2) 

 

[BlueSkyy]

3 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

He is a British auto journalist and Top Gear presenter who also owns a TR and drives it regularly.

 

Thanks for the info.  I stopped watching Top Gear when James May, Jeremy Clarkson and RIchard Hammond were terminated.  Great show that!

 

[AudioDoctor]

2 minutes ago, BlueSkyy said:

Thanks for the info.  I stopped watching Top Gear when James May, Jeremy Clarkson and RIchard Hammond were terminated.  Great show that!

 

Me too. I only see an occasional clip on youtube.

[BlueSkyy]

13 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Me too. I only see an occasional clip on youtube.

Although I did not agree with their assessment of the car entirely, for several years I owned and enjoyed a Lexus SC-430 which, I believe, they referred to to as the world's worst car.  Not because of what the car was but because of what it wasn't and could have been.  Oh well....   Sorry for hijacking this thread and turning it into a discussion on automobiles.  Now back to your regularly scheduled programming 😉

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, BlueSkyy said:

Although I did not agree with their assessment of the car entirely, for several years I owned and enjoyed a Lexus SC-430 which, I believe, they referred to to as the world's worst car.  Not because of what the car was but because of what it wasn't and could have been.  Oh well....   Sorry for hijacking this thread and turning it into a discussion on automobiles.  Now back to your regularly scheduled programming 😉

 

There is another thread for that here.

 

 

 

[Confused]

There is something I would like to buy to upgrade my system, unfortunately it is worse than expensive, it does not exist.

 

I have gained a significant uplift in the performance of my system using convolutions made with Focus Fidelity Filter Designer. This is fine, but unfortunately these lovely convolution filters do not work if I am playing vinyl.

 

So what I would like is a nice brushed stainless steal cased thing, that accepted a phono input, preformed the RIAA equalisation, digitised the signal to 24/192, performed the convolution, and outputted 24/192, which I could then feed to my amp/dac.

 

Or maybe, with unlimited funds, I could actually buy one, or at least get someone to build one for me. Phono stages with digital output already exist, so this part is no problem. You would then need a PC based device built and setup to to take the the feed from a digital phono stage, run it through HQPlayer or similar, and output 24/192. Thinking about it, I could build such a thing myself if I had the time.

 

So maybe the best plan is take the unlimited funds and use this to retire. I would then I have the time to build the system upgrade I desire, and indeed more time to actually listen to music.

[BlueSkyy]

9 minutes ago, Confused said:

 

 

So what I would like is a nice brushed stainless steal cased thing, that accepted a phono input, preformed the RIAA equalisation, digitised the signal to 24/192, performed the convolution, and outputted 24/192, which I could then feed to my amp/dac.

This "thing" is already available but only in CNC-machined solid Gold-pressed Latinum and you need to be friends with a Ferengi to obtain one.

[AudioDoctor]

2 hours ago, Confused said:

There is something I would like to buy to upgrade my system, unfortunately it is worse than expensive, it does not exist.

 

I have gained a significant uplift in the performance of my system using convolutions made with Focus Fidelity Filter Designer. This is fine, but unfortunately these lovely convolution filters do not work if I am playing vinyl.

 

So what I would like is a nice brushed stainless steal cased thing, that accepted a phono input, preformed the RIAA equalisation, digitised the signal to 24/192, performed the convolution, and outputted 24/192, which I could then feed to my amp/dac.

 

Or maybe, with unlimited funds, I could actually buy one, or at least get someone to build one for me. Phono stages with digital output already exist, so this part is no problem. You would then need a PC based device built and setup to to take the the feed from a digital phono stage, run it through HQPlayer or similar, and output 24/192. Thinking about it, I could build such a thing myself if I had the time.

 

So maybe the best plan is take the unlimited funds and use this to retire. I would then I have the time to build the system upgrade I desire, and indeed more time to actually listen to music.

 

You know what...

 

They might work if you play vinyl into an AD converter and send it to HQP embedded, which can use convolution filters. Of course, this means you would be listening to digital files, but it would allow you to do this.

 

HQP even has RIAA equalization built in.

[The Computer Audiophile]

I could use my Merging Anubis to do this with HQP. 

[DuckToller]

@Confused

  in conjunction with HQP this could be your product of choice

https://www.thomann.de/gb/korg_ds_dac_10r.htm?ref=mobile