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matthewb
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first up is this system with Vimberg speakers, Metronome DAC/streamer, Vinnie Rossi hybrid tube/solid-state amps and preamp. $120k+ USD total. pretty meh, nothing special. had some weird colouration, tonality didn’t sound right to me. honestly if I were an outsider to the industry and walked in, I’d never guess this was worth the same $$ as a really nice car.
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matthewb
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next up is this system with Von Schweikert speakers and Westminster monoblock amps and preamp. streaming only but not sure what exactly. $150k+ USD total. pretty relaxing and enjoyable listen but nothing too exciting. overall a little dark but I’ll happily take that over brightness or harshness. maybe a little dynamically compressed but can’t complain overall. Westminster is an interesting amp manufacturer that claims to have made 100W+ pure class A amps that are compact and run cool. everyone likes how class A sounds but it generates crazy amounts of heat which requires massive heatsinks and therefore gigantic cases. they claim to have cracked the code, others claim they are full of shit. stay tuned for the Maury episode.
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