I do imaginary double blind testing of my fantasy components to eliminate confirmation bias.
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My fantasy as a kid was to have a nice stereo.
So in that sense I am living the fantasy.
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Mine is for my $250 per week property tax to be eliminated and the discretionary income realized to be spent on hardware instead.
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I'd say everyone. Who doesn't have an idea of what their fantasy system would sound like. Everyone working towards that.
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The winning powerfully numbers
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I have enough trouble picking real speakers to fantasize about imaginary ones :)
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I'm not that obsessive, I guess.
Just me.
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When I read an interesting post I often try to imagine what kind of system the poster has and listens to, especially when they list their favorite music or advocate for an array of subs. Some posters add pictures of their systems to their profiles but looking at those would spoil my fantasies after all not knowing is the best part of a fantasy.
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good question.
My imaginary hifi rack is full of imaginary equipment.
One reason I read this forum is to see that people do own those beautiful looking and sounding stuff from my imaginary collection.
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Literally nobody does that. Nice job, OP. The responses say everything. Troll post of the year!
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I used to. I had a system in mind starting with a pair of Infinity electrostatics, the . Servo Statik 1A. Since that time I'm more interested in quaint little systems for near field listening. Don't think stand-mounted bookshelves, my mono system has 2 twelve inch woofers plus a 12 inch sub.
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My fantasy system would be a large dedicated and treated sound room followed by a pair of MBL Extreme speakers and the most expensive MBL amps & preamp. An Eseteric top of the line SACD player, top line McIntosh tuner and a turntable arm and cartridge for around 100K total, plus all the uber expensive cables and high end audio racks and platforms. I figure around 1 million, give or take.
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I found a pair of Anthony Gallo 5LS. Driven by blue circle pre and amp. Fed by BluOS streamer and a michel gyrodec mkI w/ a Zeta tionearm and Sumiko cart. It took a long time to put together. It’s too bad Gallo went to architectural speakers because the 5LS are something special. multiple problems with the Gyrodec to get it up to code. Monstrously large soundstage which at time comes a from behind me.
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Mine would be a factory-installed OEM system with a Lamborghini wrapped around it.
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Even as a kid I always wondered what those big money systems sounded like.
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Top of the line dedicated room (think Mike Lavigne ) first. Then Rockport Lyra with full stack of Boulder or CH precision. Full loom of Nordost Odin cables.
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I thought this site was my own personal fantasy and all of you were just voices in my head.
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Top of the line dedicated room (think Mike Lavigne ) first ...
Ugh - I'd never be happy with any system that required me to leave my house for an outbuilding. That would be just a nuisance to me.
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OOOh YES baby sounds in bedroom are audible fantasies :)
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Fantasies a.k.a theorycrafting beforehand about a component, can lead to sky high expectations before you get to actually hear that speaker or other component.
When it does end up not meeting such expectations during an in-person audit...you could be happy with what you've got, i suppose.
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