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Audio Empire wrote:
Too bad the speakers are $195,000/pair and another $28,000 for the
Hammer-of-Thor subwoofers. The only positive here is that I don't think that
one needs a pair of $60,000 VTL Siegfried II 800 Watt monoblocs to drive
them. They are so efficient that their minimum power requirement is but 15
Watts! I'd say that 150 Watts/channel would be more than sufficient to
achieve realistic levels of performance that would run you and probably your
neighbors out of the neighborhood!
Comments? Questions? Derisive laughter?
Audio_Empire
I believe that I heard that system at a recent show as well (perhaps we
were at the same show). I can't say that I was too impressed with any
of the huge dollar offerings. Part of that probably was that they were
all played too loudly for my taste. I personally was much more
impressed with, for example, the new KEF LS5s. And I admit that the
price tags on these systems turn me off as well. I guess that I'm more
rooted in the real financial world, as well as the world of real rooms
where the system is going to be used. I've recently been on a speaker
quest and I ordered a pair of Magnepan 1.7s, and I believe that I'm
going to be very happy with them. Lots of sonic "bang for the buck"
with excellent musical values that are important to me.
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