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post #1 of 6
11/5/11 at 10:02pm
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Imagine this, you bought a ticket for the Georgia lottery at about $20 million. You start looking around on the internet to find ways to use the money because you grew up not having much and therefore don't know how to spend it. Suddenly you stumble upon a wonderful website called Head-fi.org, and you decide that this is the way you want to spend some of your money.

Put yourself in this situation and think for a while, what would you buy, in great detail, including cables and all. 

This thread is for anyone to just let loose with whatever their audiophile dream ownings would be.

 

Don't expect me to answer for I am too inexperienced at this to understand the difference between the finer points of audiophilism, if that is a word. Thanks in advance.

 

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post #2 of 6
11/5/11 at 10:09pm

These 'Fantasy Island' threads are becoming quite common I see smily_headphones1.gif

 


Edited by Gwarmi - 11/5/11 at 10:11pm
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post #3 of 6
11/5/11 at 10:13pm

This is going to sound bad but... get speakers. If you have lottery class money, get speakers. Typically headphones for the same price as speakers has more detail and will basically have better SQ but what you sacrifice is a true sound stage and real bass. Speakers will have probably the same SQ and detail as the highest end of headphones, it just costs a lot more to get there. Since your premise is huge budget... get speakers. If you really love headphones.

 

STAX SR-009 with a Woo Audio WES and a McIntosh SACD player and then... I don't know... google most expensive DAC and get it. Alternative would be a balanced HD800 and the new $10,000 Woo Audio amp. Heck, get both and tell us how ya feel.

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post #4 of 6
11/5/11 at 10:29pm

Totally agree ~ 20 million buys the house, the space and the noise isolation to play a $60,000 at full noise

when ever you please!

 

Focal Scala Utopia speakers for sure, Manley tube mono blocks, Cary Xciter DAC, Rega P9 turntable

and a laptop pour moi

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post #5 of 6
11/6/11 at 12:29am

 Why not both.

 

 Sennheiser Orpheus, a Clear Audio Statement, A pair of B&W Silver Signature 30s, one of the Clear Audio Pre-amps, the most expensive McIntosh CD player there is, Possibly a McIntosh DAC, Millions upon Millions of Records and CD's, and music from HD tracks, (played through a 20,000 dollar Mac Pro with a thunderbolt Cinema display). Aside from that, I'm not too knowledgable on interconnects

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post #6 of 6
11/6/11 at 12:39am
Buy a Grado SR-70i and a Sony MDR-V6.

If you're new, you have no idea what you like yet.

So start off like everyone else and discover what you like.

I don't care how much money you have. You'll still have to listen for a couple of years before you figure out what you like.

As for me, I'd strip down to my favorites and sell off the rest if I won $20M. I'd know I could repurchase anything I want at any time. I'll probably strip down a bit next year anyway. No, I don't have millions. But I'll have a house completely paid for and am planning to pick up some equipment for a business.
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