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matthewb
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here is the story of the most elaborate and expensive hi-fi system that @brileigh and I have ever heard: we met this hi-fi dealer—let’s call him Larry—when visiting nyc after I inquired about a particular brand of electronics that only they and two other dealers in the U.S. happen to carry (Spectral Audio). more about Spectral another time, though. we were brought to a smaller room than this one and another staff member set up our modest demo of a CD player, preamplifier, stereo amplifier, and floorstanding speakers. after about 30min of listening, Larry burst into the room with his walker clanking loudly. he had recently had surgery on his leg or foot, and he joked that he was considering bringing a mattress to the hi-fi showroom so that he could sleep here instead of commuting.
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matthewb
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we happily agreed and came back at 11am the next day on a rainy saturday morning. we continued to listen to the same room and the same components, digging through their unorganized collection of CDs in canvas shopping bags that were donated by a client. towards the end of the afternoon, Larry mentioned the room next door in passing: “Next door in the Chronosonic room we’ve got this component made by…” to which I promptly blurted out, “…you have WHAT next door???” sensing that I was like a kid in a candy shop with dilated pupils, Larry brought us next door to one of the most absurd collections of high-end gear I’ve ever seen. it would be genuinely difficult to spend more money on a single two-channel stereo system (but you probably could).
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