if you won the lotto....

...what hifi would you buy...(probably been asked b4)

 

Live Long and Prosper, Lt Cdr Data

 

I may let you know sometime late Saturday evening or I might have one of my anonymous proxies buy a factory in Salisbury. . . .

Auric

 

Auric, your spot on, I then launch those self appointed gardians of Music, and design some 'appropriate' sounding equipment, that would not required the approval of a blunder buss weilding, fountain pen abusing rhino blaster. WM

 

Difficult one - I don't even know half of what's out there but even as a multimillionaire I doubt I'd spend more than £50K absolute max on a system. I really can't see it getting much better after that

BTW, I didn't realise that androids were yet able to appreciate the uniquely human qualities of music With a nick like that, you'd better be prepared for a lot of StarTrek jokes :JOEL:

Michael.

 

I'd buy a pair of speakers for every room of the house (then I'd have enough speakers for two pairs in every room ).

I'd get Castle to make me some decent speakers to go in the shower.

I'd get a Naim system, and give it to WM as a present.

I'd get Densen to turn my Beat B100 into a DM10.

I'd get Linn to design a new crossover for the Kabers so that they can use their latest Neodymium tweeters properly.

I'd finally get myself some Tannoy D700's and if necessary a new house to make them work properly in.

And if I still couldn't find one s/h hand, I'd get Halfer to make me a new XL600, a special one off gold plated one (unless it affects the sound )

I'd get a pair of Harberths to see if they're really as good as Joel says they are.

Then, for the next day, I'd move on to cars.

But it ain't gonna happen.

Cheers

 

Timpy your to kind, I'm sure Red Cross would be only to greatful

 

i just have and i'll tell you what I'm going to do

go to shop and demand my 10 pounds forthwith

 

Assuming you mean the jackpot price, a new detached house with a large listening/viewing room. Tannoy Dimension or Definition (depending on how I'm feeling at the time) range of speakers all around and then start auditioning for AV kit (up to about £25k) that gets the best out of these magnificant beasts.

 

I'd quite happily buy you some MF kit

 

Dev you are a charitable dude mate my toolbox rack (3 levels of mana) needs some extra height, so a 4 trivista cdp's would make a great mana stand raiser, top bloke and I could see to get my tools in the dark, with those sexy glowing feet WM

 

4 Cremonas + Cremona center and subwoofer, TAG AV + DVD, Bryston 14B SST + 6B SST, and the largest plasma arround, if the jackpot was big enough I could replace the Cremonas by Wilson Watt/Puppy 7, and the Brystons by Krells...

And a large room to fit all that... :MILD:

 

Don't forget you'll need some decent cables to go with that, I'd throw in a full set of Yamamura for good measure.

If I won the lotto, probably hang on to the front ends I have a already (a better phono stage wouldn't go a miss though), get a purpose built listening room with a pair of these in there:

http://www.meadowlarkaudio.com/Nightingale.htm


...driven by mono block'd Belcanto or Spectral amps. :MILD:

 

Yes Henry, and don't forget a full set of Hovland I/c's :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: and some hooooooooo, hold me back on this NU-vista speaker cable
Good choice on the speakers mate WM

 

think these speakers will do me

along with the matching amps and control gear ,then id buy a house in the middle of nowere so i can listen at proper volume levels

 

May I sujest Woodstock... :MILD:

 

Yep...the Duke of Marlborough's little pile does have a decent sized garden that might do TMH.


Oh...is there another Woodstock?

 

hmmm

a better CD player. (probably the Lindemann I heard at GT Audio).

a nice rack. probably a copulare, because they look nice.

maybe a better line stage, or a stepped attenuator and upgraded bits in the one Ive got.

a leak troughline.

a roof mounted ariel.

rebuild the lounge to sound better.

an SME IV


No change to my amp, speakers, speaker cable, phono stages, TT or cartridge... I like them and Im happy


(and a black shiny Audi TT with tan leather seats, if anyone cares! lol)

Chris

 

Bottleneck,

somehow I dont believe that you would keep these. With a few million burning a hole in your pocket, the temptation to get some big f**k off valve amps and horn speakers to go in you new mansion will be too great I feel

Cheers Robbo

 

honestly mate - I would.

in fact, Im suprised more people havent said the same...

I wouldnt even move house.. just some decorative changes.

No point in change for changes sake I feel.

The biggest change to a lottery win would be the change in my lifestyle, pursueing a career and life that Ive never been able to follow.

What about you Robbo? ... would you change your merc for example, even though you like it already?

Cheers
Chris