@wfowenmd “My only regret will be realized if on the occasion of death, my wife of 40+ years sells my equipment at the prices I claimed to have paid for my system.”
LOL!LOL!LOL!
Time to prepare your solemn “only open after my death” letter!
For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.
Do you think, in retrospect, that you could have gotten better sound quality out of your sound system with much less money spend. Do you have any regrets for spending huge amount of $$$? If you can start all over again, what would be different this time around? Let’s talk about electronics only and not room improvement for now. I know they go together, but the subject becomes very broad - assume your room is near perfect for sound reproduction.
P.S. Mike Levine, please don't shy away from the subject.
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@nonoise You'r one cleaver SG. For some reason, I like your short sentence. Thank you. |
First, thanks for the many who mentioned their ROOMS as being the key component of any system. I keep saying it, but sometimes get push-back. For those who doubt it, I would ask why a city hires a specialist to design a concert hall when they could just build a cheap building with no design specs whatsoever. Maybe because they actually wanted people to COME to the concerts? Whatever. Believe what you want; doesn’t make it true. As for money spent, I know EXACTLY what I would buy if I could, and it would probably cost more than $100,000. Largest Maggies, ARC 600T’s, etc. THAT would be a system that would last me a lifetime! As for my former customers who DID buy such systems, congrats! You were capable of earning enough to indulge your hobby. People pay a million dollars+ for an old Mustang these days, 100% of which were huge piles of junk. You pays your money and takes your choice! Cheers! |
I owned a Audiostore for a number of years getting 50%+ off on many items allows systems going into the $6 digit pricing that being said I used to offer and have created system enhancers that do actually work quite well even in Highend systems such as my Duelund Audio purifiers I took the summer off, that being said. Modding your electronics ,as well as Loudspeaker Xovers makes a dramatic improvement saving 2-3x the$$ vs New and without question better performance . Whati have found and please remember on average only 25% or less actually goes into the components or average ,the rest R&D overhead and markup, the Xover parts in a loudspeaker ,are at Best average ,worlds best Duelund capacitors you will Never see in any speaker ,why ? Humblehomemade Hifi capacitor test. Speakers i mod mysel and coupling caps ,ifs it’s much more involved in electronics like Bellison regulators i hire a good tech . save $10000s and get much better performance . Look for real good used quality and then have it modded by a good Audio tech that knows their stuff. That's how Dan Modwright made his reputation. |
Two points- First- life is about the zeros. If you have enough zeros after your net worth, you can have more zeros after your audio system or other hobby. Therefore, the more interesting question is for those who have spent a higher % of net worth (for us older guys) or income (for you younger guys). Two- we have a “luxury tax” in place at our household. If I spend $10k on a preamp, then we make a $10k donation to charity above and beyond our normal giving. This makes me consider each audio (luxury) purchase more carefully and has kept my system below the $50k threshold. It also keeps me driving a Toyota and not a Ferrari, which I could probably afford. |
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