??? How Much Would You Spend ???


I’m curious about something...Lets say your going to build a system for a smallish room...For a hundred years,the recommendation is choose speakers first,then build around them...
So you fall completely under the spell of a pair of speakers with a $12,500.00 MSRP...What is the minimum amount you would spend just for your amplification with no eye towards any future upgrade?
Thanks for your participation,it is appreciated..

freediver

There doesn't have to be a specific price tag for a given pair of speakers. You could spend 10K on an amp for those speakers and a 5K amp might outperform it. There are too many variables to give a cookie cutter answer to this one.

My rule of thumb is 30% speakers, 15% preamp, 15% amp, 15% DAC and 15% streamer. Just a generality. If I was doing it I would be getting $10K components. This level gets you very top notch components that will sound great and last for decades. I just helped a friend do exactly what you are talking about. Using an Audio Research LS28 prevamp, a VT 80SE Amp. I would recommend an Audio Research DAC 9, and Aurrender N200 or better yet N20. Room treatments after setup. I could live with this system the rest of my life. Musical, natural, powerful, and detailed.

 

This assumes you want an all around musical system. If you want a “rock system” then Mac and B&W speakers, highly detailed and shiny Luxman and DynAudio. lots of “kinds” of sound.