I was flicking through a magazine in a waiting room the other day that was
so current (September 2010) and so incredible I stole it!

According to What HiFi Sound & Vision's 'Ultimate Guide to High End' the
world's 'best kit' includes items priced as follows:

Digital Media Player - Meridian Soolos 2.1 @ £7,000

CD Players - Naim CD555/555PS @ £16,395

Stereo Amplifiers - Plinius Tautoro/SA-Ref @ £18,975

Speakers - Wilson Audio Duette @ £11,950

Turntables - Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Universal/DaVinci V2 @ £12,900

And that's only the 'hifi', the AV section goes even wilder - the B&W CT800
speaker system @ £67,950 fr'instance!


Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

:-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
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I was flicking through a magazine in a waiting room the other day that was
so current (September 2010) and so incredible I stole it!

According to What HiFi Sound & Vision's 'Ultimate Guide to High End' the
world's 'best kit' includes items priced as follows:

Digital Media Player - Meridian Soolos 2.1 @ £7,000

CD Players - Naim CD555/555PS @ £16,395

Stereo Amplifiers - Plinius Tautoro/SA-Ref @ £18,975

Speakers - Wilson Audio Duette @ £11,950

Turntables - Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Universal/DaVinci V2 @ £12,900

And that's only the 'hifi', the AV section goes even wilder - the B&W
CT800 speaker system @ £67,950 fr'instance!


Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

:-)



Years ago used to go to HiFi shows and some of the demos were absolutely
breathtaking. I remember going into one and about thirty of us were seated
in front of a stage with what resembled a fire curtain covering it. A man
then said the demo would start. It sounded like a full orchestra playing
classical music - outstanding. After a few minutes the curtains slowly
opened to reveal a solitary valve amp centre stage and two giant speakers
one each side. The rest of the equipment was hidden. What were they selling?
Not the valve amp - not the speakers. The 'kin mains lead! £250 odd.
--
John the West Ham fan

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Keith G wrote:
I was flicking through a magazine in a waiting room the other day that
was so current (September 2010) and so incredible I stole it!

According to What HiFi Sound & Vision's 'Ultimate Guide to High End' the
world's 'best kit' includes items priced as follows:

Digital Media Player - Meridian Soolos 2.1 @ £7,000

CD Players - Naim CD555/555PS @ £16,395

Stereo Amplifiers - Plinius Tautoro/SA-Ref @ £18,975

Speakers - Wilson Audio Duette @ £11,950

Turntables - Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Universal/DaVinci V2 @ £12,900

And that's only the 'hifi', the AV section goes even wilder - the B&W
CT800 speaker system @ £67,950 fr'instance!


Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

:-)

Indeed. I well remember shooting part of The Bill in a penthouse on the
river near overlooking the Houses of Parliament. Had this sort of thing.
Sounded truly dreadful due to the acres of bare glass and solid wood
floors. Nor was there any 'sweet point' seating between the speakers - and
the screen wasn't between the main pair either.

There was a brand new Harley mounted on the wall, though. The fire brigade
winched it in at a reputed cost of 5 grand...

Might have some pics somewhere.

--
*According to my calculations, the problem doesn't exist.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Keith G said...

Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

http://www.higherfi.com/spkrlist/speakerlist.htm


--
Ken O'Meara
http://www.btinternet.com/~unsteadyken/

On 15/08/2010 11:57, Keith G wrote:
I was flicking through a magazine in a waiting room the other day that
was so current (September 2010) and so incredible I stole it!

According to What HiFi Sound & Vision's 'Ultimate Guide to High End' the
world's 'best kit' includes items priced as follows:

Digital Media Player - Meridian Soolos 2.1 @ £7,000

CD Players - Naim CD555/555PS @ £16,395

Stereo Amplifiers - Plinius Tautoro/SA-Ref @ £18,975

Speakers - Wilson Audio Duette @ £11,950

Turntables - Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Universal/DaVinci V2 @ £12,900

And that's only the 'hifi', the AV section goes even wilder - the B&W
CT800 speaker system @ £67,950 fr'instance!


Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

:-)


Someone I was speaking to suggested drugs money - he could think of no
other explanation to associate the people he was working for and the
money they were throwing at hifi (he installs it).

I know a banker person - he's more houses and cars. I don't think he has
a hifi as such. In fact i've no idea what he does with his money - his
houses and cars roughly equal a year's 'salary' and he's been doing it a
while.

All bonkers anyhow.

Rob

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Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

I live in an affluent community - one of the richest in the US. I work in
the other affluent communities in this area, some of which show up in the
top 5 for the whole country. As a rule the most wealthy of the wealthy
could care less about high end audio. Boats and other kinds of lakeside
property are far more interesting to them. Audio is at most an, upper middle
class, new rich thing. Furthermore, few if anybody spends the big bucks on
audio-only AV systems.

If that truly was true though nobody would be selling them, now would they?

Brian

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Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go on....

I live in an affluent community - one of the richest in the US. I work in
the other affluent communities in this area, some of which show up in the
top 5 for the whole country. As a rule the most wealthy of the wealthy
could care less about high end audio. Boats and other kinds of lakeside
property are far more interesting to them. Audio is at most an, upper
middle class, new rich thing. Furthermore, few if anybody spends the big
bucks on audio-only AV systems.

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message


"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message



Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go
on....

I live in an affluent community - one of the richest in
the US. I work in the other affluent communities in this
area, some of which show up in the top 5 for the whole
country. As a rule the most wealthy of the wealthy
could care less about high end audio. Boats and other
kinds of lakeside property are far more interesting to
them. Audio is at most an, upper middle class, new rich
thing. Furthermore, few if anybody spends the big bucks
on audio-only AV systems.

If that truly was true though nobody would be selling
them, now would they?

I've been in business long enough to be able to tell the difference between
trying to sell something and actually selling it.

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Arny Krueger wrote:
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message



Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go
on....

I live in an affluent community - one of the richest in
the US. I work in the other affluent communities in this
area, some of which show up in the top 5 for the whole
country. As a rule the most wealthy of the wealthy
could care less about high end audio. Boats and other
kinds of lakeside property are far more interesting to
them. Audio is at most an, upper middle class, new rich
thing. Furthermore, few if anybody spends the big bucks
on audio-only AV systems.

If that truly was true though nobody would be selling
them, now would they?

I've been in business long enough to be able to tell the difference
between trying to sell something and actually selling it.

You wouldn't have to sell much of it to make a living. The markup must be
enormous.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Now we know what some of those Bankers' Bonuses go
on....

I live in an affluent community - one of the richest in
the US. I work in the other affluent communities in
this area, some of which show up in the top 5 for the
whole country. As a rule the most wealthy of the
wealthy could care less about high end audio. Boats
and other kinds of lakeside property are far more
interesting to them. Audio is at most an, upper middle
class, new rich thing. Furthermore, few if anybody
spends the big bucks on audio-only AV systems.

If that truly was true though nobody would be selling
them, now would they?

I've been in business long enough to be able to tell the
difference between trying to sell something and actually
selling it.

You wouldn't have to sell much of it to make a living.
The markup must be enormous.

Exactly. The most sucessful of the surviving high end dealers around here
are in the installed-system business for the carriage trade. The quote a
turnkey price for an installed system including furniture and maybe even a
little structural work. The cost of the audio components is lost in the
bottom line.