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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 Audionec speakers, Nagra and VPI turntables, Nagra monoblock amps, Nagra preamp, and Nagra phono. easily the most expensive in the show at $500k+ USD total. they were mostly playing large-scale orchestral music which this system excelled at. I think it would be a bit dry and boring for non-classical music, very revealing and honest (to a fault). speakers are bit bright for my taste as well. can’t say that I was blown away given the price tag but it is pretty remarkable that you can just summon a virtual “orchestra” in front of you with some speakers and boxes. I’ve listened to many orchestras and played in just as many as a musician, and this actually sounds like the real thing if you close your eyes.
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