Sidney Crosley Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Okay, obviously not really, but some somewhat relevant questions here: What's the most expensive setup you've heard? What were the components? Did you notice the level of difference between your own setup and what you heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecruitingGuy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I should ding you for copyright infringement on the tread title. But $150K is a lot funnier than $700. Sidney Crosley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Usually whatever shaizada is running at any given time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Found a local hifi shop who took me to their "secret" room. Focal Stella Utopia EM: $95,000 2x VAC Statement 450 iQ: $120,000 VAC Statement Preamp: $50,000 Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable: $30,000 Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge: $15,000 Second arm and cartridge: I forgot. So about $350,000 considering cables, stands, and everything else. Safe assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 It sounded ok. Ryan8765, Multiverse, castaway and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Found a local hifi shop who took me to their "secret" room. Focal Stella Utopia EM: $95,000 2x VAC Statement 450 iQ: $120,000 VAC Statement Preamp: $50,000 Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable: $30,000 Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge: $15,000 Second arm and cartridge: I forgot. So about $350,000 considering cables, stands, and everything else. Safe assumption. Um, my budget is $150,000. Need to spend the rest on my faberge egg addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Found a local hifi shop who took me to their "secret" room. Focal Stella Utopia EM: $95,000 2x VAC Statement 450 iQ: $120,000 VAC Statement Preamp: $50,000 Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable: $30,000 Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge: $15,000 Second arm and cartridge: I forgot. So about $350,000 considering cables, stands, and everything else. Safe assumption. I don't know why, but I find this funny considering you'd be playing a $20 LP on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 A Rolls Royce still runs on gasoline. rochambo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I don't know why, but I find this funny considering you'd be playing a $20 LP on it And that $20 LP might well have been recorded and mastered using a good few $ worth of studio equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Found a local hifi shop who took me to their "secret" room. Focal Stella Utopia EM: $95,000 2x VAC Statement 450 iQ: $120,000 VAC Statement Preamp: $50,000 Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable: $30,000 Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge: $15,000 Second arm and cartridge: I forgot. So about $350,000 considering cables, stands, and everything else. Safe assumption. oooh shiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I've heard lots of very expensive stuff at shows but it never seems to sound at it's best to me, it's all a bit rushed and you are being bamboozled with facts and figures so it never really sticks in my memory, the sort of room that ajxd visited above is always the best place to listen to very expensive kit as it has time to settle and you have time to properly appreciate just how good it is. A few years ago a friend used to have a Hifi shop where he dealt mostly in mid to high end kit and would always get me in for a 2nd opinion listen of the really expensive stuff, the most expensive I think contained a Boulder power amp that didn't really impress, we tried it on various speakers including Apogee's and high end Focal's but we both just expected more for the money. I can't remember the model but it was a behemoth of a thing with the case machined out of a solid block of aluminium and it weighed a ton. He also got a lot of the higher end Clearaudio turntables and cartridges in and Kuzma turntables and all of those impressed no matter how expensive, so much so that I treated myself to a Kuzma Stogi arm at the time and have always regretted selling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemeterytapes Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Found a local hifi shop who took me to their "secret" room. Focal Stella Utopia EM: $95,000 2x VAC Statement 450 iQ: $120,000 VAC Statement Preamp: $50,000 Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable: $30,000 Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge: $15,000 Second arm and cartridge: I forgot. So about $350,000 considering cables, stands, and everything else. Safe assumption. I always wondered with ultra high-end gear, how many units can the company sell in a year? Like, I genuinely have NO idea, but I can't imagine a company selling more than maybe a few dozen 15,000 dollar cartridges a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I asked about this. They are one of the few dealers of that line of Focal in the SE. They said they have people fly in to demo their gear. I can't imagine many people would drop $95,000 on a pair of speakers they've never heard. As one of the "very high end" dealers in ATL... they've done installations in a lot of sport player's homes. Not so much turntables, lots of home theatre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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