I have a pair of the Gato PWR-222s and the PRD-3S (not using the DAC) and I haven't looked back either!
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@almosthome i think the company with my fm6 model went after the high end speaker market. They made the fm30 and fm50 after my model. The fm6 is an exceptional speaker. It shares traits of a 30k gamut speaker that I think the designer of the gato had a hand in before he made the fm6 when they started gato. It is truly a gem. I have attempted to replace it several times but the costs seem to be 22-25k to get the same level of performance. My speaker retails at 14k. I paid around 11k 8 years ago. I’m never selling it. |
Like @mahler123 said, this is my final system until it isn’t. And I listen mostly to Jazz, so I can’t pick just one artist. |
For sure if i win lottery i will buy a 50,000 bucks new audio system...😁😊 Not because i need it , i dont need it at all , my days are filled with music on my well embedded 700 bucks modified headphones or speakers dual system , then unique headphones and unique speakers because modified for the best and i had passed then with them over the minimal balanced acoustic satisfaction threshold... I am lower than the optimal balanced acoustics satisfaction threshold, but being on the minimal treshold dont means that timbre of instruments are unnatural, nor means that i lack bass (50 clear hertz on speakers and 25 hertz on headphones ) no more than i lack anything in spatial characteristics of sound nor in immersiveness ... Then upgrading with a 50,000 bucks system , thanks to the winning lottery, does not means that i need it now to experience audiophile experience at all ... Why ? Because before this upgrade i learned acoustics and i learned how to embed my low cost system mechanically electrically and acoustically ... I suffered all my life listening music , because of bad sound , even owning one of the best speakers in the world , the Tannoy dual concentric ... Why ? Because before retirement i never learned acoustics basic science nor anything about embeddings working controls and "tweaks" (which are secondary additions to embeddings controls ) ... I was convinced by marketing and reviewers that in audio only money can talk loud ... I was ignorant ... I am no more ignorant .... I dont need a 50,000 bucks system by frustration because the 700 bucks one is bad or defective, it is not ... The upgrading will not be a SOLUTION but only a cherry on an acoustic cake i control at will and it will be another costlier synergetical system because now i know what is electrical and acoustical synergy ... Acousticians dont care about the audio design price if the audio design is synergetical and relatively good , and they not how to put any good audio system at any price on his corresponding moon for sure , a 700 bucks system dont compete with a 50,000 one... But the two can be stellar in their own way ... |
I’m old school. But my system is ever evolving. I dig listening to vinyl most. My electrostatics are still serving me well. No sub needed. In fact, I recently sold the sub because it wasn’t being used. I swap between tube monos and solid state Class A monos, but mainly tubes. I use a dac and cd transport only occasionally. Kudos to having a passion for Ahmad Jamal! A heckuva player and band leader! My passion is for Miles, and Wes. I’m still stuck in the 50’s jazz scene. Great thread ! |
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