High-end hi-fi is like anti-wrinkle cream

[A Lark Ascending]

6 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

And Lark, 11 iPods!!! You spent as much as those as most people do their entire listening system! 

Don't I know it! I put one through the washing machine by accident a year or so back. It did not survive. 

I imagine the really high end systems are bought by the sort of people who are busy buying up London at present - conspicuous display alongside fine wines, sport's cars and the like. Would be interesting to relate the number of recordings owned against system (or, more interesting, the number played!). I have a hunch this will reduce the more expensive the system gets. 

Edited December 7, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Clunky]

About 4 months I sold my dying Sugden integrated amp and replaced it with a Moon 600i. It's the most expensive anything I've bought but the improvement to sound was very significant. I'm very happy with sound I get from all formats even minidisc I thinsk largely because the bits and pieces in my system have been built up slowly over the past 20yrs. I have a very good relationship with my local HiFi dealer. ( Loud and Clear) They don't sell snake oil and I don't buy it.

[Scott Dolan]

Moon always makes some really interesting looking gear. I've not had the pleasure to hear any of it, but they certain have a unique look to them. 

[Peter Friedman]

On November 30, 2015 at 2:08 AM, Jazzjet said:

I guess the thinking was - 'we've designed these incredibly ugly, huge pieces of equipment so why not improve things by finishing them off in the kind of colour usually found in a baby's nappy'!

It strikes me as funny yet true that I don"t consider those huge Wilson speakers ugly. Would love to have a pair, though they are not even close to fitting my budget. While it is likely true that few if any wives would find them attractive, but for a "very modest" audiophile they look beautiful.

 

[Scott Dolan]

I would never want a set of speakers I couldn't move myself. Those suckers are almost 700lbs each!

[paul secor]

38 minutes ago, Scott Dolan said:

I would never want a set of speakers I couldn't move myself. Those suckers are almost 700lbs each!

If you could afford them, you could probably afford servants to move them for you.

[Scott Dolan]

Fair point...

They're still ugly as sin, though. They look like the result of a Cylon knocking up a jukebox. 

[danasgoodstuff]

On 11/30/2015 at 10:27 PM, sidewinder said:

Reminder to self to get the LP12 re-based in recycled vintage single malt whisky barrels..

I'd assume 40 yr old scotch would make everything sound great.

[Scott Dolan]

In a selfless and potentially painful act, I'm willing to be the guinea pig that  puts that theory to the test. 

You're welcome, everyone. 

Edited January 14, 2016 by Scott Dolan

[gmonahan]

On 1/14/2016 at 1:22 PM, Scott Dolan said:

Fair point...

They're still ugly as sin, though. They look like the result of a Cylon knocking up a jukebox. 

 

 

gregmo

[Dmitry]

On 11/30/2015 at 5:56 AM, Scott Dolan said:

Wilson's barely have any HAF! I've heard they sound unbelievable, but even I wouldn't want such ugly fucking monstrosities in my home. 

I would...

[Late]

On January 14, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Scott Dolan said:

They're still ugly as sin, though. They look like the result of a Cylon knocking up a jukebox. 

"Oh, right. Well, in order to get to our patio for the barbecue, you have to turn around and go back down the hallway, out the front door, down the steps, across the driveway, climb up the embankment, and then straddle the fence."

Conversely:

"Yeah. I don't know why we put those glass doors there either."

[Scott Dolan]

HA! But I give them a standing ovation for those speaker cables.

 

[gmonahan]

Definitely the butt-ugliest speakers I have *ever* seen.  Scott's description was perfect.

 

gregmo

[l p]

they'd look 10 times better if they were black.

[Coda]

Does it get any higher end than this?

 

[jazzbo]

Oh hell yeah, it's gets higher end-ier. The PS Audio equipment is not the ne plus ultra. Even the P10s are no longer PS Audio's top of the line, and their front end and amplification are arguably not the top of the heap. But man, that's a lot of speakers for that room! 

[sidewinder]

On 20/01/2016 at 9:40 PM, Late said:

"Oh, right. Well, in order to get to our patio for the barbecue, you have to turn around and go back down the hallway, out the front door, down the steps, across the driveway, climb up the embankment, and then straddle the fence."

Conversely:

"Yeah. I don't know why we put those glass doors there either."

Reminds me of that Dire Straits ‘MTV’ video.

Dreadful !

[sidewinder]

On 06/12/2015 at 7:00 PM, Clunky said:

About 4 months I sold my dying Sugden integrated amp and replaced it with a Moon 600i. It's the most expensive anything I've bought but the improvement to sound was very significant. I'm very happy with sound I get from all formats even minidisc I thinsk largely because the bits and pieces in my system have been built up slowly over the past 20yrs. I have a very good relationship with my local HiFi dealer. ( Loud and Clear) They don't sell snake oil and I don't buy it.

‘Loud and Clear’ are excellent. Good second hand stock and nice guys at the Edinburgh store. 

Edited April 23, 2020 by sidewinder