Dream System

[PeruvianSkies]

So what is everyones dream system?

Here is mine.....


GRYPHON POSEIDON SPEAKER SYSTEM w/ carbon fiber option ($151,000)



GRPYHON SIGNATURE ANTILEON MONO AMPS (2 for $52,000)



VAC Phi 2.0 MASTER CONTROL PRE AMP ($20,000)



GOLDMUND EIDOS REFERENCE UNIVERSAL PLAYER ($70,000)



ACOUSTIC ZEN "ABSOLUTE SHOTGUN" Speaker Cables ($7,000)

ACCUPHASE PS-510V CLEAN POWER SUPPLY ($7,000)



SHUNYATA ANACONDA Vx HELIX AC CABLES (4 for $8,000)

Only about $320,000 ...guess I better start saving up!!!!!!!!

[musicoverall]

Then I'd sell it and buy a $5K system and spend the other $315K on music!

Hmmm... how long would it take me to listen to $315K worth of new music? Let's make it CD's for simplicity's sake. Average price of CD $15 - that's 21,000 CD's. At an average of one hour per disc, that's 21,000 hours (math major!). That's 875 full days but since I can only listen at most 5 hours per day, that would be 4200 days...11.5 years.

Maybe I should just save most of the money.

The fact is that no matter how good the system sounded, I couldn't justify that kind of outlay, particularly since it only inches me closer to the live event than my current system does. That's more a commentary on the general SOTA than it is your choice of gear.

[GMichael]

I think by "dream" he means that money is no object. Anything goes even if you don't have the cash or the room for it. If so, here's a good place to start

http://www.exoticaudio.org/index.html

If not, I'll keep what I have and put the cash into landscaping.

[topspeed]

SounDesign always sets my heart all afflutter!

[Dusty Chalk]

You know about the Kharma Grand Enigma, don't you? That one that goes for a cool mill.

link to picture

No, I don't want it -- I'm sure it sounds good -- it's Kharma, after all. I just don't work that way.

Me, I'd probably go for Nearfield Pipedreams -- they're the best I've ever heard.

Musical Fidelity kW electronics.

Linn, Esoteric or Ayre universal player as source. Perhaps the dCS or EMM Labs stacks. Maybe McCormack. Hey, it's a dream, I'll buy them all and put one in every room.

But then I'd go and put a different system in every room in the house. I'd have O'Heocha's in another room (with, perhaps, E.A.R.-Yoshino V20 or some McIntosh gear).

[Feanor]

You know about the Kharma Grand Enigma, don't you? That one that goes for a cool mill.

link to picture

I wouldn't trust the guy's taste in sound quality either.

[nightflier]

Top,

Ironically, my fondest memories of head-banging metal music were on my Soundesign stereo, probably the worst sounding gear I ever owned, but the source of more musical enjoyment than anything I've owned since. Probably because at the time I did not care about sound quality, just music (well and the other teen-age stuff like girls & booze), but you get the gist of it.

Seriously, though, I'm with musicoverall. I'd spend $5000 on the system, and use the rest to take a year off and go on a trip around the world with the family. How else would I get to hear what real throat singers sound like in a Mongolian temple, how to dance to a live tango band in Buenos Aires, or what Eine Kleine Nachtmusik sounds like in Mozart's family church? No matter how much you spend on a system, you won't ever be able to reproduce that.

[SlumpBuster]

(In a Homer Simpson voice) Mmmmm... techno porn....glllaglagughah....

Its the difference between dream and fantasy, isn't it? To me a dream is a goal you actually want to a achieve, where a fantasy you may not actually want in real life if ever given the chance. Ergo, that is why alot of us wouldn't spend 100s of K on systems even if we could. Diminishing returns is still in effect!

I have the system that I used to dream about, so I guess I have my dream system. And, my dream upgrades would still include mundane names like Yamaha, Paradigm and Velodyne for HT. For stereo, dream systems might include names like Audio Note, Maggies, Tyler, Jolida, and Clearaudio. Not cheap for sure, but not porny either, yet still "entry level" according to some.

Hell, here's a sample dream system that would make me happier than a pig for less than $6K:

Roksan Kandy Integrated ($1200)
Music Hall MMF 7 ($1100)
Pro-Ject Tube Box ($550)
Goldring 1042 ($350)
Tyler Linbrook Reference Floorstanding Monitor ($2400)
Leaving about $400 for sane cabling from Bluejeans, record brushes, cleaners, ect.

That and at least a 12 x 12 foot wife and kid free room to make me king.

[Dusty Chalk]

I wouldn't trust the guy's taste in sound quality either.

What's wrong with it? It might be a little "live", but...perhaps they were just displaying it...:shrug:

[Pat D]

I don't know what the equipment is, but here is a write up by Wes Philips. He says John Atkinson was there, too.

http://www.onhifi.com/features/20010615.htm

[Mike Anderson]

You know about the Kharma Grand Enigma, don't you? That one that goes for a cool mill.
http://www.kharma.com/_images/downlo..._hq/grengr.jpg

Who put that together?

[Mike Anderson]

Well I'm sure I just don't think as big as the rest of you, but I'd sure like to have a set of these:

http://www.magnepan.com/_mg201.php

Powered by a pair of these:

http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/500_Y2K.html

Bet that'd sound pretty cool. Then I'd spend the other $300k on a nice room to put 'em in.

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have cherubs on the ceiling.

[PeruvianSkies]

The system that I put together is a system that I would have if I had enough money to do so. I have heard the Poseidon's and have been comparing everything I've ever heard since then to them. They, to me, are the Holy Grail of audio. Do I ever think i'll own a pair? Most likely no, but it's a dream because I am going to aspire to have a pair one day and if that happens...great. Some dreams do come true, while others work hard to achieve something and then another dream comes along and they follow that. Does every kid that plays basketball get into the NBA? Certainly not. Not even a good percentage will, but that doesn't keep the hope alive out there. I have hope that I can one day own this system and will continue to want that and if I never get it...I'll settle for something else.

[Feanor]

What's wrong with it? It might be a little "live", but...perhaps they were just displaying it...:shrug:

... you wouldn't understand. I was talking about the decor, not the accoustics, necessarily.

[E-Stat]

... you wouldn't understand. I was talking about the decor, not the accoustics, necessarily.

Are those the Cherubim or the Seraphim that hang down from the ceiling?

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[SlumpBuster]

Are those the Cherubim or the Seraphim that hang down from the ceiling?

rw

I think the old pneumonic saying goes "Cherubim might grow to the ceiling and Seraphim hold tight to the ceiling." Mmmm, maybe that was actually from geology...

[Dusty Chalk]

... you wouldn't understand. I was talking about the decor, not the accoustics, necessarily.

What's wrong with the decor? Besides it looking like an ancient Greek bathhouse? ...or is it ancient Roman?...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

...or maybe it's the inconsistency of the blue paint in the middle...I think that's on purpose, though, give it that "ancient handpainted" look...

[Florian]

Well, my dream system is as follows

1. Apogee GRANDS (have those)
2. Goldmund CD 36 Transport
3. Goldmund Job5 DAC
4. 4x Krell KRS200 Monoblocks
5. PS Audio Powerplants
6. Tact RCS 2.2XP (have that)
7. Vacuumstate Prototype Phono Stage with Forsell Air Reference and Flywheel and Kuetso Jade

[Feanor]

What's wrong with the decor? Besides it looking like an ancient Greek bathhouse? ...or is it ancient Roman?...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

...or maybe it's the inconsistency of the blue paint in the middle...I think that's on purpose, though, give it that "ancient handpainted" look...

... Of ancient Roman bathhouse and Chinese nouveau riche. And heavy on the latter!