What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?

Andrea Bocelli listens to Franco Serblin (SF)

Bocelli's letter to Franco

Dearest Mr. Serblin,

I am sitting in front of the speakers and, whilst listening to my album... I felt the need to sit down in front of the computer to write and congratulate you for the quality of these speakers and the pleasure they give me whilst listening. Even my voice seems warmer and more beautiful!! A real home theatre, where the singer is right there, in front of you. ...many congratulations for "a possession for ever"

Andrea Bocelli.

@yoyoyaya We're peas in a pod. Nice to meet you.

I'd like to share one more observation if I may. Once a musician achieves some degree of notoriety, much of what you see on stage has been given to him by smart marketeers in order to promote their product.

I believe the same is true for consumer gear a really famous guy, say, like Rick Rubin would own, I'm sure his high end system was at best sold to him at cost and most probably way less. Hell, I'd give Rick Rubin a really nice system if I could hang with him for a few days. What musician with the means wouldn't???

Just for fun, Sir Paul and Rick. Note: ATC active monitors in the background.

Sir Paul and Rick Rubin

Must be ad copy...

@bigkidz - Interesting.. Which model? I used to have their old FM 611, 25yo. changed some dried caps and all—no problem. But their integral modules (casted) if needing replacement must be send back to factory (/supply parts). Some guy (audio buddy), as return service (plus modules) cost to Switzerland was prohibitive, tried ‘getting around it their way’—fixed locally, working—but sound was totally off, far from original, imho.