[Scott Dorsey]

Brassplyer wrote:
Ever listened to, worked on, evaluated, helped design and/or build - or even own a mega-dollar hi-fi system such as those in the link?

Yes.

Do you feel there's at least some gain for the mountain of money even if diminishing ROI, were you blown away or do you think there's no reason to spend that much if your true goal is excellent sound?

Yes, there is. However, because there is a market for expensive hi-fi stuff,
and because customers often have more money than listening skill, people have
moved in to sell lots of fraudulent stuff.

You can go into a stereo show today and listen to a pair of B&W speakers that
were originally intended as studio monitors, and which are amazingly clean.
And then you can go into the room next door and listen to some horribly
cobbled-together horn system that sounds excruciatingly awful and costs twice
as much.

And people buy them both.

I strongly recommend going to a stereo show and getting a sense of what is
out there. Because there are some excellent speakers out there and some
pretty dreadful ones. And most of the people buying them (and most of the
ones selling them) don't really know the difference.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."