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ASR recommendations for lottery winners.

Cogito said:
Update? They are simply stunning! A little steampunk, a little sci-fi!
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Agreed, I can't think of a more pleasing sculpturing I'd rather have in my listening room.
The black and copper is awesome.
Maybe one day I can get something from those Chinese cloning dudes.
 
Audionaut said:
Maybe the Sultan of Brunei
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Gross, but yes: many tacky special editions (like the Leica camera body & lens below) have been produced for that leech.

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First, get a financial advisor and make sure they are a fiduciary. Second, follow their advice. Third, audio.
 
For audio, I'd want one of the Infinity IRS systems and a very large room for them. Still the most amazing thing I've ever heard. Fantastic at any volume. It was in what was once the ballroom of a mansion.
 
This would not be my recommendation for any other lottery winner here.

But if I’m the lottery winner….in ONE of the several listening rooms in my mansion, I would set up a system like this, which would simultaneously satisfying my “bling” and my old school gear desires;

Devore Fidelity O Reference speakers:
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Driven by big-assed NAT audio tube monos:

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And one of these blingy turntables:

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A nice place to stay when I'm in the islands would be most welcome, and this location is super-convenient.
http://parklanealamoana.com/
Built onto what had once been some of the less-convenient parking of a busy shopping center, no less. But for those on the ocean-facing side, there's a busy thoroughfare immediately below, and I wonder how much noise carries into the units.

I assume these units are already equipped with Toto Washlets, but if not, that's easy enough to correct.

Honolulu has an improbable number of dealers of luxury automobiles, and nowhere else have I seen a Porsche 918 Spyder offered for sale. But congestion and slow average speeds really make it more ideal for kei vehicles. I want a kei van, maybe a Toyota Sera, which I was fortunate enough to check out in a showroom once upon a time. And I think a Citroën 2CV also would be a good, if idiosyncratic, fit once properly corrosion-proofed.

I've seen MBL, Nagra, D'Agostino and other very costly hifi brands in person, and I'm sure they're fine, but I dunno that they're right for me. Maybe build a system around the current Mac C22 pre or it's entry-level Accuphase counterpart (C-2300?). Mac has the advantage of easier USA availability, plus they offer Hypex amplification in their own matching housings. Dunno, would want to spend time with both in person. Either way, I'm okay with hiding most of it away, save for the preamp, since that's where the controls are.

This would be a swell photo to display in the listening area.
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Karmacoma said:
We're talking the massive big lottery win, right? I'd hire a band to play in my private concert room twice a week.
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A single band or a rotation of different bands?

And what type of music? What quality would you expect?

I don’t mean to be picking on your post in particular, but it’s pretty common when this question comes up, or when ultra expensive audio gear is being discussed, especially if non-audiophiles are involved, for at least some people to say:

“For that money, I’d rather spend it on hiring a live band or seeing live music.”

Which is fair enough for anybody’s particular choice.

But it really misses the point of what many audiophiles are getting out of their system.
The idea is to be able to experience the greatest artists in recorded music whenever you want, through a system that elevates and transcendences the experience of cheap or poor quality, audio gear. “Bringing all the greats back to life to play for me in my room” as it were.

If one was putting that music only to live music, that would be only an ultra minute sample of music.

Of course, if somebody isn’t similarly moved by music through perhaps some of the best sound systems in the world money can buy, then this equation is going to be different.

But for those who are deeply moved and transported via what a lottery-winner system could provide, that experience extends to all sorts of music that wouldn’t be available live no matter how much money you had.
 
MattHooper said:
A single band or a rotation of different bands?

And what type of music? What quality would you expect?

I don’t mean to be picking on your post in particular, but it’s pretty common when this question comes up, or when ultra expensive audio gear is being discussed, especially if non-audiophiles are involved, for at least some people to say:

“For that money, I’d rather spend it on hiring a live band or seeing live music.”

Which is fair enough for anybody’s particular choice.

But it really misses the point of what many audiophiles are getting out of their system.
The idea is to be able to experience the greatest artists in recorded music whenever you want, through a system that elevates and transcendences the experience of cheap or poor quality, audio gear. “Bringing all the greats back to life to play for me in my room” as it were.

If one was putting that music only to live music, that would be only an ultra minute sample of music.

Of course, if somebody isn’t similarly moved by music through perhaps some of the best sound systems in the world money can buy, then this equation is going to be different.

But for those who are deeply moved and transported via what a lottery-winner system could provide, that experience extends to all sorts of music that wouldn’t be available live no matter how much money you had.
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The best advice to a lottery winner is to spend nothing on audio equipment.
 
Steve H said:
Spoken like someone who doesn't get asked for advice by lottery winners.
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Purchasing audio gear that gives us a great deal of pleasure is no more automatically irresponsible for lottery winners than it is for us non-lottery winners.

Why in the world if you had the money wouldn’t you spend some of it on your passion? It’s possible to do responsibly.
 
MattHooper said:
A single band or a rotation of different bands?

And what type of music? What quality would you expect?

I don’t mean to be picking on your post in particular, but it’s pretty common when this question comes up, or when ultra expensive audio gear is being discussed, especially if non-audiophiles are involved, for at least some people to say:

“For that money, I’d rather spend it on hiring a live band or seeing live music.”

Which is fair enough for anybody’s particular choice.

But it really misses the point of what many audiophiles are getting out of their system.
The idea is to be able to experience the greatest artists in recorded music whenever you want, through a system that elevates and transcendences the experience of cheap or poor quality, audio gear. “Bringing all the greats back to life to play for me in my room” as it were.

If one was putting that music only to live music, that would be only an ultra minute sample of music.

Of course, if somebody isn’t similarly moved by music through perhaps some of the best sound systems in the world money can buy, then this equation is going to be different.

But for those who are deeply moved and transported via what a lottery-winner system could provide, that experience extends to all sorts of music that wouldn’t be available live no matter how much money you had.
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You didn't win the right lottery?

Definitely a fun use of funds, but building the performance space, hiring the bands (and staff to manage the program) etc would cost way way more than any conceivable high-performance hi-fi rig. And that's just a cosy space for me, the band, the choir, the orchestra and several hundred friends. So I agree the "for that money" argument is silly.

For the bands I'm inviting anyway.

 
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Depending on how large the loottery winnings are; I'd be too busy buying the whole dang forest, instead of worrying about few trees.

You see?
Something like this probably has more than a few luxurious audio amenities already built-in, probably even indoor/outdoor audiotorium:
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If I have any funds remaining, I'd hire my own private DJ, like SnoopDog used to have his own $60k/yr budrista!:)
 
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