swt61 Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 (edited) Mine changes fairly often, but if I were to win the lottery now, this would be my current dream system. My OCD need for matching is quite apparent. Vinyl setup... Acoustic Signature Typhoon/TA5000 Triangle ART P200 phono preamp Audio Technica AT-ART 20 DAC/Sources... PS Audio Direct Stream Mk2 Edited April 22 by swt61 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 (edited) PS Audio Perfect Wave SACD transport HiFi Rose RS 130 streamer Amplification/Pre-Amp PS Audio BHK Signature pre-amp PS Audio BHK Mono 300 pair PS Audio PowerPoint 15 Speakers/Subwoofers... PS Audio Aspen FR30 Edited April 22 by swt61 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 REL Carbon Special pair 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Obvious choice - Steinway Spirio 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 I like the Steinway choice, but would probably go with the whisper songs of fembots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 I try and try to make this forum a more serious place, and all you people do is mock me! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 No room treatments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Have you seen me lately? I'm my own room treatment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 I use to play this game a long time ago when I read all the audio mags.. I think if I listen now it would be a bunch of old equipment. But I may ponder and contribute. 'cause you know that this is a serious forum, wish serious peoples. -- I have not seen it, but I hear you have a big bass trap... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 Agreed Mikey, I don't read audio mags much at all anymore. There is a set of speakers (Kii Three or Three+) which piqued my interest, either the monitors themselves or the full combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 24 Author Report Share Posted April 24 Back when I read all the audio mags, Sonus Faber released the Extrema in 1991, and that's the speaker I lusted after for years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Sonus Faber sounded so good. They were on my list back in the day. So I started looking around and I found a few things that initially fall on my list. For right now just speakers and amp. Oswalds Mill Audio - imperia pushed by some 300Bs - Pair of WE 97A monoblocks More to come 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 24 Author Report Share Posted April 24 Love the OMA stuff! Almost went to work for his Brother when I stayed at Al's back in 2013. He has a woodworking shop in Oakland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 I definitely think Steve needs to dream bigger on the audio dream system. PS Audio is not expensive or exclusive enough. 😁 The OMA Imperia was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread. JP and I had a demo at OMA and I think it is the best speaker system I have ever heard. Huge presence but intimate sound. I wish I had a bigger house and could justify the cost, for example by actually listening to my OMA Mini system more often... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Your Mini's are what made this a choice for me. Otherwise I would go with something like the Klipshhorn or the crazy Avantgarde Acoustic Trio G3. :} For digital bits - there are options, but probably: dCS - Vivaldi APEX stack.. Yes that is the Transport II - Upsampler - DAC - and Master Clock set. I would trust that they wound get most of the bits right. I have not heard this set but I have liked dCS sound in the past. And I really like the different wave designs on the front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 24 Author Report Share Posted April 24 I had to dream somewhat reasonably, because my harem of twinks is going to cost a fortune to maintain. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 (edited) I've always been curious, but biased against, the horn speaker systems. I keep thinking honkiness. I'd need to listen to some good ones with some good neutral acoustic material such as classical. I could be all wet. And they don't meet WAF factors whatsoever And yes, Steve, all the PS Audio stuff kinda surprised me. I didn't know they were still around, and never thought their stuff was all that well thought of. One thing I am toying with buying is a pair of Schitt Tyr monoblocks to replace my Odyssey Stratos. Edited April 24 by Pars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 (edited) I listened to a pair of Avantgarde horn speakers a while ago (one of the larger sets hooked up to some first-rate electronics, like their current Trio G3) - it wasn't honky-sounding at all. Definitely worth an audition! You need a lot of space for that kind of horn speaker, though. I listened to a budget set of Klipsch horn tweeter towers and they sounded weird for sure. Not "honky", but not great. Edited April 24 by HiWire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 I'm devastated to hear that the OMAs sound so good. I don't maintain a life that permits me to even dream about that Imperia system, but my own dreams are also represented in the same picture. Those slate-baffled Monitors to the left of frame look just perfect to my eyes. I've never been in NYC long enough to set up an audition but clearly I should. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 I'm not in the market for speakers as I am quite content with my Von Schweikerts, even though they are old. I was toying with going to Axpona this year, but didn't. Maybe next year and would try to listen to a horn system such as the Avantgarde's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 24 Author Report Share Posted April 24 (edited) I really want to hear those OMA monitors as well, and for good reason... In the mid 80's I bought a pair of ESS AMT 1D speakers. Those speakers had the Heil Air Motion Transformer tweeter/midrange units. They are the best top end/midrange I've yet heard. The issue was the bass. It was a bit wooly and loose. I've always wanted someone to design a speaker using those AMTs, but with a better low end. Edited April 24 by swt61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 When my brothers and I bought a system back in the '70s, the AMT-1s were the runner up in the speaker department, losing out to the Infinity Monitor speakers with the Walsh tweeter. Probably mostly due to bass response. Nothing else that we were able to listen to made the list. Of course that was in Iowa and our resources were limited. Interesting that Nelson Pass worked for ESS, as did his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 24 Author Report Share Posted April 24 I wonder how the OMA speaker would sound, because it appears that they enclosed the AMT unit. And I thought some of it's magic was due to it's dipole design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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