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Would you pay to listen?

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Just curious, would you pay to listen to a
$100k system? Say a one hour session for twenty bucks?

Assuming the room is great and you have vinyl and cd and your choice of solid state or tubes. Also assuming you'd have the best matched system that $100k could buy.

How much would you pay to hear a $200k system? No pressure or expectation to buy anything, just plunk down your twenty and enjoy the music. BYO drinks of course.

I'm sure I'd pay if there were such a place.
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swampwalker
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Agree w Wolf. Never give away free "baloons";~)
pubul57
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I would rather spend $600 and spend 3 days at RMAF - a great "vacation" for audiophiles. The worst sounding system I ever heard, well at least I felt the need to leave the room, was an all Cello multiamp, blah, blah with huge speakers costing several 100Ks and purchased with giddy dot.com $$$ with no prior audio experience. I could not believe how unpleasant it was to listen to, but I did not have the heart to tell the fella.... Really, much more impressed by great 25K systems (not cheap)which can be as good as it gets, and a lot more fune to build than just throwing $$$ in the hopes of a great system.
wolf_garcia
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Balloons. Bad spelling is part of my charm.
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stringreen
6,488 posts
 
Nope...I agree with Tvad
gopher
499 posts
 
Do i have a problem spending $20 bucks to experience something truly high end? Not at all. I enjoy the hobby far more than I enjoy television or movies and the opportunity cost of the $20 is insignificant.

It would be fun to gain perspective on what the truly high end can do as my system is worth about a quarter of that (though much of it is Chinese gear which I feel increases SQ per dollar ratio significantly).

That said, I would be scared to open a can of worms that might help me identify flaws in my own system or 'sonic preferences' I didn't know I had...
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