New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000
These approx $30kusd in 1996 3 way Sony ESL’s were unobtainable to anyone but the Emperor of Japan and a few others. http://audio-heritage.jp/SONY-ESPRIT/speaker/ss-r10.html http://audio-heritage.jp/SONY-ESPRIT/speaker/ss-r10(1).jpg http://audio-heritage.jp/SONY-ESPRIT/speaker/ss-r10(3).jpg Cheers George |
I suppose D'Agostino components style in appearance appeals to those who would like something a bit flashy, different and racy (like a Ferrari sports car) so as to justify the expensive cost. While on the otherside of the coin in regard to creme de la creme HiFi you have the Naim Statement, (Pre & Power amps) which look huge, dark and solid engineered components, giving off a perception of utter seriousness, power and precision. The customers I suspect in both above brands will be from Russia, Asia, Arabia (who already own our top two football clubs in UK) and USA. Also our footballers from the Premiere league could easily afford such High end brands on atleast two weekly basis but I suspect they would not be interested in such specific HiFi. |
