That is all that matters. If you have the cash and think it is worth it, why not ? Life's too short for anything else.
Now there, (the Audio Research Amp) is an interesting example of what I want to compete with in future! I bet that I can do it at 1/2 the price, but then I will use fets rather than tubes. Still I would love to compare the sound quality sometime.
750W from each mono amp! Who needs such power in a domestic situation?
Back in my disco days, two valve mono amps rated at 'only' 120W each, easily energised large school halls packed with hundreds of noisy youngsters!
P.S. Just as well there is room for ventilation inside those massive 750W mono amps!
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Indeed, the advertised power rating of these contraptions is rediculous.
Did you read the spec sheet they published?
Sitting IDLE, with no signal, they consume 800 watts from the AC plug....
At full output, 2400 watts!
And they weight 170 Lbs!.. each!
(The bathroom scale tells me I weigh 176 Lbs!)
This just reinforces my views on "high end' audio equipment - the lavishness, costs, and rediculousness of it all.
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And at the other end of the spectrum, hoardes of other sane, reasonable people indulge in things like a "lowly" wattage, but quite adequate and highly pleasing to the ear stuff like an old Harman Kardon 330 receiver.
I've got one, can't turn it up past 12 0'clock, because it gets too loud driving a pair of 8 inch two-way bookshelf speakers - my neighbors wouldn't appreciate being forced to listen to my music.
And I don't need huge power to enjoy the music. - plus I like to hear if the phone rings. 🙄
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Now look at the fuel consumption of the boat Bob uses to go sea fishing. The amplifier is cheap top run. People have a right to enjoy themselves any way they want and one grumpy old git isn't going to change that.
Well the power boat offends me but I’m a sailboat guy. And of course you can pay as much as you want for a sailboat too!, but less fuel....
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On the big diesel sport fish, 0.6 mpg to 1.1 mpg (@ cruise speed) and in between depending on which boat......my 20’er with a 115hp outboard gets 3.5 mpg but can’t go out past 10 miles or so without risking becoming one with Poseidon.
A average offshore fishing trip ends up $800-$1200 (fuel,bait,tackle,ice,food....etc)by the time your done, factor in yearly cost of ownership and it’s a bit crazy. I had to sell my big boat a couple yrs ago for all the above reasons! It’s much cheaper to have friends with boats than to own one. 😀
A average offshore fishing trip ends up $800-$1200 (fuel,bait,tackle,ice,food....etc)by the time your done, factor in yearly cost of ownership and it’s a bit crazy. I had to sell my big boat a couple yrs ago for all the above reasons! It’s much cheaper to have friends with boats than to own one. 😀
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Maybe it is just me but all these folk look pretty normal to me. Not a pitchfork or a cloven hoof in sight.
Ah, so we’ve decided money is better spent on a boat than an audio system. Progress!
Seriously The most ridiculous audio system is peanuts compared to a midrange boat!
Environmental costs also!
Seriously The most ridiculous audio system is peanuts compared to a midrange boat!
Environmental costs also!
The least expensive boat of the three i have access to is $350k , I haven’t been out on the newest one yet it was $1.2m, letting the new boat smell get gone first!
Luckily I bring enough experience and knowledge to be of value (plus I don’t drink so usually end up running the boat on the way back!) to get invited often.
Luckily I bring enough experience and knowledge to be of value (plus I don’t drink so usually end up running the boat on the way back!) to get invited often.
Definitely.
Played with the real, British made Meccano at age 6, real dangerous Chemistry sets at 9, made all kinds of model planes, from display type plastic ones as shown above to flying doped paper and balsa wood ones, powered or not ... first Champ type amp at 16 (when I also started Engineering) ... 51 years later still designing and making Guitar amps (over 14000 of them), including in-house made transformers, speakers, chassis, PCBs, corner protectors, strip handles, rubber feet ... you-name-it.
It must be genetic. 😀
I read the published description. The SEL version is available in a limited edition of only ten pairs, so obviously not intended as a mass market product!
Good fortune and happy listening to anyone who can afford them and the matching ancillary equipment! 😎
Sail boats have the charm that it appears you’re getting a free ride from the wind. Of course those sails and fiber resin hulls are pretty petrochemical intensive. Plus the diesel auxiliary...
Still nothing like the fuel needs an equivalent sized sport fisher boat.
We had 5 partners for our sailboat so costs were overwhelmingly less, with a bit of issues inevitable with partners. But we all got along pretty much so it worked out. Plus as M.Bob points out you need crew on a boat, so you’re often looking for people to come along.
It’s trues of lots of high end outdoor activities, you need other people to participate. So if you have the skills to know what you’re doing you can always get a ride on a boat. Or an expensive horse to ride or train.
Still nothing like the fuel needs an equivalent sized sport fisher boat.
We had 5 partners for our sailboat so costs were overwhelmingly less, with a bit of issues inevitable with partners. But we all got along pretty much so it worked out. Plus as M.Bob points out you need crew on a boat, so you’re often looking for people to come along.
It’s trues of lots of high end outdoor activities, you need other people to participate. So if you have the skills to know what you’re doing you can always get a ride on a boat. Or an expensive horse to ride or train.
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