Your ideas for a "real world" 10k -15 k system....or "if you had your time over what would you buy?"

ARC VSi60 - Used approx 2500-2700
Harbeth SHL5 (tiger ebony beautiful) - Used Approx 2600
Source - Auralic Aries Mini, release sept 2015; Otherwise a Bluesound Vault for now - 400
Transparent Cabling - Speaker and Interconnects, Best you can afford, many great deals on ebay and audiogon

Total - Approx 6000- System 2nd to none

 

Marantz PM-14S1 integrated $3000
Marantz SA-14S1 CDP $2500
Klipschorn speakers $9000
Bluejeans or Monoprice wire and interconnects (well under the $500 remaining)

I wouldn't bother with vinyl at all even though I have it in my current system. Speakers first and the largest part of the budget.

 

Lots of option out there.

 

where do u get the vsi60 for 3600?

 

Well I'll assume this is $15K US so that makes about $20K Australian. So:

Harbeth P3ESR Speakers: $3,300

Suitable stands for the above: $700

Project Xtension 10 Evolution turntable: $5,500

Ortofon Quintet Black cartridge: $1,100

Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amplifier: $4,695

Gigawatt PF1 power strip: $800

Taoc MSMKII-3S Racking: $1,500


The remaining $2,405 to cover interconnects, power cables, speaker cables (Wireworld entry level reference series all round).

To be honest it is amazing how quickly a budget gets sucked up. I think the above system is sufficiently compromised such that if I were doing this in the real world I'd save up another $5K so I could get a good quality PS Audio power conditioner and move up nearer the top of the Wireworld range.

 

Retail was $4000 at the time and the local store was having a end of the year 10% sale. I bought it the last week of December and January 1 it was $4,500.

 

Frenzel KT77 integrated amp w/headphone and tape out - $1255
Lounge phono preamp - $300
VPI Prime turntable - $3800
London Decca Super Gold cartridge - $1500
Decware ZCD240 CD/Network player-$1300
Decware ZDSD digital recorder - $1700
Laptop computer - $500
Great Plains Audio 604E Series II speakers, w/crossovers and cabinets - say, $3-4000ish?
some wires and headphones

 

Cronus Magnum Amp - $2500
Deftech Mythos Speakers - $5000
Yggy DAC - $2500
Homebrewed Digital front end - $250
Bluejeans interconnects/cables - $250+
Tube Box DS - $700
Restored Thorens with maybe a 150MLX or PTG33 - $???, but probably whatever's left

 

So I thought I'd resurrect this thread for the sake of interest. Here's a setup I'm interested in personally.

• Pro-Ject 2Xperience SB ($1500) w/Dyanvector 10x5 cartridge ($650)
• Dynavector P75 Mk. 3 phono preamp ($900)
• Parasound Halo Integrated amp ($2500)
• B&W 683 S2 floor standers ($1600)

I'd say that alone gets you at $7150, add $1000 for a CDP, you are at $8k and then have room for cables and then start buying and listening to music.

 

I'm fairly happy with mine (once I upgrade to a 2M Bronze). I'd rather spend the $9600 - $14600 on records. Oh and a vacuum record cleaner.

I have $1400ish into my system ($900 speakers, $450 tt, $80 amp)

Some of the systems you all are spec'ing....id love to hear them.

 

At a 15k to 20k budget i wouldn't touch vinyl at all. I'd go cd player and the oppo as my dac and run a laptop through that.

Modwright oppo 105D = 4k
Parasound A21 power amplifier = $3k
Parasound halo p5 pre amp = $1300
Martin logan 60xt speakers $4k
Shunyata power cables and conditioner= 3k
Interconnects and speaker cables. I'd go with transparent audio music link plus along with some audioquest columbia xlr interconnects. 4.5k

Think that would be a killer setup..if I had to go closer to 15k I'd drop the power conditioner and use stock cables.

 

Today?

Naim Unitilite
DeVore Orangutan O/96's

I presume one of the pieces will be second-hand, I've lost track of what the Uniti goes for new at the moment.