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Originally Posted by audioguy3107
It is kind of an interesting situation (first world problem, I know  ). What you're basically battling here is a real life situation of the law of diminishing returns which could almost be the thread title. How would one know at what point in time, money and space you would no longer reach an improvement without actually testing it in your home/space? If there is an improvement, at what point in that time/space and money is it actually worth it to the individual? That question right there is going to be different for every person and only that person can determine the value. I don't really know if there is a good answer and I definitely know that there is no right or wrong answer. What I do know is that it's going to cost a lot of each of those 3 parameters to find out the answer! So how far is the man willing to go? 
- Buck |
I agree. However, Buck's comment about the Aida vs. the Se17 is basically like saying an endpoint has been reached and useless to go any further. I disagree with that. I think the Se17 is Ivan's ultimate speaker, if he wants to go for it. It will be significantly better than the triamped Aida and it will be with his favorites amps, the A-250. Now compared to this potential system, I have a meager system, but I had a clearly defined endpoint. I knew what I wanted to achieve and I did it. I'm happy. The question with Ivan is will he ever be happy unless he has an
ultimate system for him. For many his Aida Burmester system would be the ultimate, but the Aida is competitive with my Alexx and an older design. I don't think it to be an ultimate system. The Accuphase/Se17 would be. I thought we were talking seriously about ultimate systems, within reason of course.