A woman with a 1 million dollars system

[Puddingbuks]

Typical rich audio snob.

Lottery wise I would certainly have a avantgarde setup in one of my rooms in my castle / mega beachhouse / penthouse.

Different setups through the building. But I probably would be spending most of my time with my new girlfriends.

 

[Sokel]

I don't care if the Rockports are good or bad,I love them.
I never thought though that the horn system like this could fit in my room and seems that it could (on the other hand I could never sit against a wall like they have there)

(Pj,stop pushing peoples triggers )

 

[Saponetto]

Thank God, I'm on the Cheapo Side...

 

[pablolie]

The title should clearly be "a high end audio dealer pitching you a $1M system with a predictable used car sales person methodology" :-D

 

[Rick Sykora]

Thanks for sharing. Gives me something to show my wife that I am not so bad.

Clearly she has the means and space for such conspicuous consumption. Should make for a fantastical estate sale some day!

 

[Glen20]

Those Avantgarde ABS horns are very smooth, sensuous even, warmer to the touch than cold aluminium, although they do leave marks easily.
Keith

Keith. Please excuse the forward and strange question. But given that we all have different taste (which is not a bad thing) and that you probably have had have clients with budgets larger than most.
Have you ever had a client with a living room (not listening room) that you could live with both aesthetically and sonically without changing anything?
(apart from bringing your own family) otherwise it would make this hypothetical situation even stranger.
Unfortunately, the Venn diagram of aesthetics, sonics my ex and me had not overlap and my Genelecs are not warm to the touch.

 

[DSJR]

Who am I to argue with her with that kind of system ?

Easy - she should be bloody ASHAMED of herself, investing so much dosh on so much ....

Better to go to as many live concerts as possible and also, help a few disadvantaged people with the money left over.

Sorry chaps, eye candy like this means nothing these days apart from materialistic excess.

 

[DMill]

I enjoyed it. Why not be silly with equipment if you could care less about money? My only criticism is hire a goddamn maid to clean up the room. she seems like a lovely woman.

 

[fpitas]

eye candy like this means nothing these days apart from materialistic excess

There's nothing new there. A certain type of person has always enjoyed that aspect of wealth.

 

[Sokel]

There's nothing new there. A certain type of person has always enjoyed that aspect of wealth.

It's not only about wealth,my two best (adults,I have to point that) friends had a huge rant over water glasses and satisfaction.

It applies everywhere

 

[Glen20]

Lots of talk in the video about the price of everything, not much about why it is so much better than anything cheaper. That's a bit telling.

For the type of person that buys this stuff, it is the price that makes it better.
It satisfies the need to feel successful or projection of high status for the person that has underly low self-esteem or inferiority, or some psydo-internet-pop science that I happily admit I do not understand.

 

[Salt]

The avatar of @DVDdoug made me associate trends in Hifi and that it reflects society overall: the (solid) beef is more and more reducing and what remains is the base and the top, and that consists mostly of nothing (air bubbles).

Just read an editorial of german hifi magazine that they hardly are pushed by industry to review highest priced stuff but want to struggle not (only) to go this way but provide tests of some well-priced things ....

 

[RobL]

Easy - she should be bloody ASHAMED of herself, investing so much dosh on so much ....

Better to go to as many live concerts as possible and also, help a few disadvantaged people with the money left over.

Sorry chaps, eye candy like this means nothing these days apart from materialistic excess.

She appears to have the means and obviously is enjoying her hobby. More power to her. For all we know she’s charitable with her wealth as well…none of our business really.

 

[Chrispy]

Should we now make sure we point out that a "man" has purchased xxx silly audio stuff at great expense?

 

[Soria Moria]

Should we now make sure we point out that a "man" has purchased xxx silly audio stuff at great expense?

No. That's too normal to be worth pointing out.

 

[Liya]

Can't fit those big horns on a Klippel. Klippel is for toy speakers.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Easy - she should be bloody ASHAMED of herself, investing so much dosh on so much ....

Better to go to as many live concerts as possible and also, help a few disadvantaged people with the money left over.

Sorry chaps, eye candy like this means nothing these days apart from materialistic excess.

No, don't agree with you. She and anyone should be allowed to do what they want as long as it doesn't harm or interfere with other people.

 

[fpitas]

Can't fit those big horns on a Klippel. Klippel is for toy speakers.

They probably think Klippel is a high-end dog grooming boutique, anyways.

 

[Blumlein 88]

They probably think Klippel is a high-end dog grooming boutique, anyways.

You mean one with a dog grooming artist. A dog grooming artist who can afford better hifi than I can.

 

[DJNX]

I think as ASR has managed the objective of indiscriminately showing the real performance of audio gear of all sizes/costs/origins, based on and backed up by data; it should start shifting its focus, or at least bring to the forefront the subject of diminishing returns. With data and science, as well, of course.