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Your greatest high end audio purchase!!!

My audiophile journey has extended to over 40 of adventurous sonic delight. Over the coarse of my over 40 year journey as an audiophile, like so my others, I cycled through a multitude of speakers, amps, cables, etc,. Now that I’m an old guy, I’ve pretty much settled on my "End-Game" audio system for the long haul, primarily because I simply love the way it sounds, and also because, at this juncture, I no longer have the will, nor do I have the desire to continue the crazy (but fun) merry-go-round of audio components in and out like I did in years past (my spouse and my wallet thank me). When I look back on all the high-speed audio gear that I’ve owned down through the years, and after giving it much insightful thought, I’ve come to the conclusion that, after everything was said and done, my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers were my overall most pleasurable and greatest purchase of all. What was yours?

kennymacc
jkf011
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1971gto455ho
482 posts
 

Adequately finished open concept with refurbished IRS beta and twin Yamaha Pc5002m amplifiers. I smile… a lot ! 

Cheers 

lucky_doggg7
120 posts
 

My greatest ever audio purchase, it has got to be these two amps. The Pass Labs XA200.5 was the personal amps of Mark @ Reno Hifi; as you fellas know, Mark has retired and is now enjoying the easy life; when I drove to Mark’s shop in Phoenix, he told me that Pass specifically made this pair for him, and that it was the last pair of XA200.5 amps to leave the factory. How I got this lucky, I don’t know. I didn’t think I’d ever own anything like this, but once in a while, luck strikes.

My other purchase is Lamm ML-1.1 tube amps. Prior to the Lamm amps, I have a heavily modded and hopped up pair of SF Power 3 amps that Chris at Parts Connexion cooked-up, and they are now running KT-120s. I like them. Then I got these Lamm ML1.1 amps. While it doesn’t have the sheer grunt in bass punch and transient snap, I’ve never heard music like this before. To sum it up in two words: magic and ethereal.

Yeah, I think I was lucky alright... Have a prosperous and a Happy New Year fellas!

 

 

 

 

linnvolk
90 posts
 

It was my simultaneous introduction to the worlds of lossless streaming and active amplification a few years back (<5) via my Akurate System Hub (streamer) and Akurate Exaktbox-i (D/A, 8 channels of amplification).  As part of the same upgrade, a Roon Nucleus was added, completing the package. As my former system had been non-functioning due to a bad amp and resulting blown midrange for some time, this (including a new midrange driver and rejuvenation of my AV 5140s, sans passive crossovers) was life-transforming, even eclipsing my entry in the 1980s with a Luxman L450 integrated, Nakamichi LX-5, and Pioneer/Pickering turntable/cartridge. 

overthemoon
417 posts
 

For me it's my speakers - Sonus faber Olympica Nova Vs.  I love their sound and in my opinion look nice. 

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