No interest in what Paul thinks is high-end. As someone else said, if you bought the stuff he thinks qualifies you'd probably end up with an all-PS Audio system. And that wouldn't necessarily be bad, in fact it could be quite good. But it wouldn't necessarily float everyone's boat, mine included.
I actually had a salesman tell me that compared to the then-new SF Aida 2, my original Aidas sound like "a bunch of random drivers thrown into a box".
Granted, that dealership is heavily into Wilson Audio, speakers which I admire, but come on now! I actually heard the Aida 2 at that same dealership later during an open house and they sounded very, very good. But $80K better than my poor old Aidas (which is what it would have cost me to get into a new pair of Aida 2)? No way; not to me at least.
I guess I'll have to content myself with looking in at the "high-end" like a kid with his nose pressed against the candy store window. . .
Steve Z
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VPI HW-40 Anniversary DD turntable, Grado Aeon3; Taiko Audio Extreme server, dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC and Master Clock, Cybershaft OP-21 reference clock, Playback Designs Pinot ADC.
D’Agostino Momentum M400 amps, Momentum HD preamp, Momentum phono amp, Wilson Audio Alexx, 2X3 SVS SB16 Ultra subwoofer stacks.
Shunyata Triton v3 & Typhon QR, Typhon. Shunyata Sigma NR & NR v2 cords and cables, Stillpoints ESS grid system rack, Stillpoint Ultras, ASC Tube Traps . . . and lots of music!
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