2 Channel Heaven

Ern Dog

I was in San Jose, CA yesterday and stopped by a Hi-Fi shop, the Analog Room, to give a listen to some speakers & tube gear. I had never heard tube gear before.

I listened to the Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage: http://www.sonusfaber.com/index.html

This is a $40,000 speaker and looked Sexy & beautiful. You can only image the equipment that was driving it.... giant tube monoblocks, a $20k turntable! :eek: The music was silky smooth and when I closed my eyes, I forgot that I was listening to a record because the music felt so real and Alive! It was like there was no gear and I was in a studio listening and feeling live music. I also listened to some giant Quad Electostatics on Quad tube gear... truly amazing separation and soundstage: http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/model.php?sector_id=1&range_id=1&model_id=2. I liked the Sonus better in terms of fuller range of music as the Quad lacked some low end.

For those of you in the Bay Area- check this place out!

My cherry is officially popped!:D
Ern-Dog

reeltrouble1

Nice, glad you got your Hi-Fi groove on. Those type of rigs and the gear that makes them up really show what imaginitive smart engineers can do when the bean counters are silenced and the budget is balls to the wall.

I would love to own the Stradivari one day, preferably sooner than later.

RT1

beardog03

I really would like to hear them too..!!

I`ve been lusting after some Sonus fabers for quite a long time now..:p

schwarcw

Most of us will never own equipment like this. So it's nice when you can experience it. See it, feel it, touch it and hear it. Smile and take the memories with you. It's like sitting in a Rolls Royce.

The more interesting and philosophical question is: If you could afford it would you really spent $40K on a set of speakers?

HBombToo

schwarcw wrote:

The more interesting and philosophical question is: If you could afford it would you really spent $40K on a set of speakers?

YUP:p

twin

reeltrouble1

yes I would, I see nothing wrong in surrounding yourself with beautiful things once your family and the Lord's Work has been taken care of as long as you "share" your good fortune.

I feel the same way about fine art, afterall, the various arts are one of the things seperating us from the Dark Ages and the heathens.

Rock on Robert, you have built quite the rigs, if I get to Cali would love to get my ears on them.

RT1

hearingimpared

schwarcw wrote:

Most of us will never own equipment like this. So it's nice when you can experience it. See it, feel it, touch it and hear it. Smile and take the memories with you. It's like sitting in a Rolls Royce.

The more interesting and philosophical question is: If you could afford it would you really spent $40K on a set of speakers?

You bet your sweet bipee. . . if I could afford $40k I would probably try to buy $60k speakers.

beardog03

reeltrouble1 wrote:

Rock on Robert, you have built quite the rigs, if I get to Cali would love to get my ears on them.

RT1

Your always welcome here..:cool:


If I had the means , I wouldn`t hesitat one minute

They are to me, art at it finest...to look at , and listen to.....beautiful..:p

hearingimpared

reeltrouble1 wrote:

yes I would, I see nothing wrong in surrounding yourself with beautiful things once your family and the Lord's Work has been taken care of as long as you "share" your good fortune.

I feel the same way about fine art, afterall, the various arts are one of the things seperating us from the Dark Ages and the heathens.

Rock on Robert, you have built quite the rigs, if I get to Cali would love to get my ears on them.

RT1

I'm just dying to hear my system once it is connected. . . the real lust I have is to hear a really really good tube pre a/b with my Spectral pre. Of course with some kickass tube amps. The last time I heard tubes was in 1990 and I wasn't impressed. I understand that tubes have really taken on what tubes really do very very well. I WANT TO HEAR THEM WITH AN ANALOG FRONT END. . . .don't get me wrong this is all in the name of science of course.

Joey_V

Strads... I said it before and I'll say it again..... that speaker is going to be mine one way or another.

beardog03

I believe ya Joey ..!!

SCompRacer

schwarcw wrote:

Most of us will never own equipment like this. So it's nice when you can experience it. See it, feel it, touch it and hear it. Smile and take the memories with you. It's like sitting in a Rolls Royce.

Oh yeah....... Norm and I heard a ~$180K system with Magico speakers in a professionally treated room. At Ezra's house. I have yet to hear its equal, and probably never will.

The more interesting and philosophical question is: If you could afford it would you really spent $40K on a set of speakers?

Isn't there an unwritten law that says you gotta do that?

schwarcw

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with someone's desire to spend the big coin if they have it. More power to ya! All that I'm saying is that I could probably spend $15K on a two channel system and be happy as a pig in mud. It just seems like $40K is a lot of bread, most of it spent on prestige than product. "You get more milage on a cheap pair of sneakers". I'd spend some of the leftover money to buy Joe a bass brace for his 1.2TL's:D And a **** load of beer for my buddies at the American Legion Club.

Carl

SCompRacer

schwarcw wrote:

It just seems like $40K is a lot of bread, most of it spent on prestige than product.
Carl

I hear ya. I'd like to have the job of researching the price point thing.

I'd spend some of the leftover money to buy Joe a bass brace for his 1.2TL's:D

If rackless Joe would start building and selling clamps again, he could afford his own bass brace.:D

beardog03

I think once ya get to a certain point...the cost is all relative..

It don`t matter what it cost as long as it sounds good to you..

a lot of times though...ya gets whats ya pay for....

somethings are rediculously overpriced....somethings sound priceless...

That`s why it is said...YMMV..!!!