If I inherited $100K and have to spend it on a 2-Channel Audio System, then I would get the following:
. Focal No3 Kanta — $14K
. Bryston 3B Cubed — $6K
. Bryston BP-26R/MPS-2/DAC/BP-2 MM/MC — $7.8K
. Marantz SA-10 — $7K
Turntable — Technics SL-1200 GAE — $4K, VPI Prime Signature — $6.3K, or HW-40 — $15K (which one should I pick)
Phono Cartridge — Audio Technica AT-ART9X ($1,290.00), Ortofon Cadenza Blue ($1,889.00) (Let’s flip a coin).
And what’s leftover after that? Spend that on vinyl and accessories, fine tune the room, or get a Mercedes Benz C-Class (and that has a nice system in it as well, in fact, I might just load up the options and just get that instead…. that’s going to cost about $50K to $65K all by itself).
—Charles—