veloceleste 490 Posted July 15, 2019 http://www.milliondollarstereos.com/speakerlist.php?category=amps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
babadono 6596 Posted July 16, 2019 Yea thank God. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtel 28987 Posted July 16, 2019 Slumming, worse than that, I have been living in a ditch compared to those prices. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldtimer 16483 Posted July 16, 2019 At least you have a ditch. Oh, how we longed for the luxury of a ditch. Tell kids that nowadays, and they don't even believe you.... 1 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevinmi 659 Posted July 16, 2019 You mean you guys don't have a few of these laying around in your basement? Shame on you! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave1290 8860 Posted July 16, 2019 I scrolled half of the first page and x'd out. Non-sense to even LOOK at that gear! Geez! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave1290 8860 Posted July 16, 2019 Wait, now I'm going back! hahahaha Gotta see how the "other" audiophiles live just for giggles n Schiit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyBob 4676 Posted July 16, 2019 now you know how I feel. I'm the poor country cousin..... less than $1500 in my whole set up. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veloceleste 490 Posted July 16, 2019 One thing these manufacturers have is balls..... 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max2 1297 Posted July 16, 2019 I dont see how people own a new set of any home speakers these days. I have been buying only second or third hand since the mid 80's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twk123 866 Posted July 16, 2019 I have watched a few youtube videos on these setups and literally every single room had horrible rooms with not even basic sound treatment or positioning. One guy even had these little wooden "room boundary pucks" on poles which were supposed to resonate and block the sound from reflecting off the wall somehow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave1290 8860 Posted July 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, veloceleste said: One thing these manufacturers have is balls..... We can always blame AC/DC for those big balls! 😎 Well I'm rather upper class high society God's gift to ballroom notoriety And I always fill my ballroom The event is never small The social pages say I've got The biggest balls of all 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyBob 4676 Posted July 16, 2019 I heard something about sales ...if you are having trouble selling it, raise the price those white horn speakers were pretty. for the price, they should be ivory 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtel 28987 Posted July 17, 2019 8 hours ago, veloceleste said: One thing these manufacturers have is balls..... It takes huge ones to ask those prices, they must go home and laugh. Ok lets start a company, want to do alot of work building many or price them to only need to sell a few a year? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YK Thom 734 Posted July 17, 2019 There is no way on G-d’s green earth these products are worth that kind of money. My nose nearly bleeds thinking of the markups involved. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islander 1583 Posted July 17, 2019 8 hours ago, WillyBob said: I heard something about sales ...if you are having trouble selling it, raise the price those white horn speakers were pretty. for the price, they should be ivory Yes, that worked with BMW motorcycles (and probably cars) at one point back in the Seventies or Eighties. Due to the German mark becoming much stronger, it became necessary to raise the prices of the bikes, which caused some concern for the marketing guys. One of the brighter ones got a really good idea: instead of raising the prices a bit, and risk losing some middle-class customers, let’s raise the prices a lot, and start selling to new rich upper-class customers. It worked! BMW went from being a slightly pricey middle-market bike to a fairly priced premium bike. Advertisements reflected the brand’s new top quality image, amd sales increased. I’m speculating here, but I think used bike prices went up, too, but stayed in reach for the former new-BMW buyers, and maybe kept some old bikes on the road. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islander 1583 Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/15/2019 at 4:43 PM, veloceleste said: http://www.milliondollarstereos.com/speakerlist.php?category=amps Well, that’s great news! The Magico Ultimates have had a big price drop, to only $354,000! The last time I read about them was in an Absolute Sound review, when they cost $600,000, and there was only one or two pairs, with no assurance that they’d continue to be available. The reviewer thought they sounded great, beyond anything he’d previously heard, so they’re on my win-a-big-lottery-prize purchase list. For my win-a-medium-size-lottery-prize purchase list, the 7-Jubilee surround system is still at the top. What, have none of you guys fantasized about owning some of the amazing speakers on the list? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbert 1140 Posted July 20, 2019 Let's think about that..... should we take the luxury round-the-world cruise or place a down payment on the speaker wire from those guys....... and not a one of those amps comes with a vijayjay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites