If you had 50 grand

[Pigmy Pony]

Inspired by Jamie's thread but bigger!

My question is: if someone gave you £50,000 which you had to spend on improving the sound of your system, would you throw all the money at more expensive components, or could better improvements be had by building a dedicated listening room designed to work with your existing kit?

[topoxforddoc]

Very happy with my system and the room.

If I had to spend £50k on audio reproduction, most would go on sourcing more 15 IPS 1/4 inch tapes of my favourite music. If you search hard enough, you can find probably 3-4th generation tapes, which sound WAY better usually than any first pressing LP. I've got some more coming from the USA soon - The Who, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. With the loose change, it would be some nice wine and malt whisky to help the evenings along.

Mind you £50k buys you a lot of concert tickets, enough to have a night out every week for a few years.

Charlie

[Boyse6748]

Very happy with my system and the room.

If I had to spend £50k on audio reproduction, most would go on sourcing more 15 IPS 1/4 inch tapes of my favourite music. If you search hard enough, you can find probably 3-4th generation tapes, which sound WAY better usually than any first pressing LP. I've got some more coming from the USA soon - The Who, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. With the loose change, it would be some nice wine and malt whisky to help the evenings along.

Mind you £50k buys you a lot of concert tickets, enough to have a night out every week for a few years.

Charlie

Reading your answer.... brings me back to to good days. However, for me a 2” master tape machine would be the dogs. “ if only, “a” !!!


In the days of analog of courses!!!!

Peter


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[topoxforddoc]

Peter,

Yes indeed, but it's enough of a faff lining up a 2 track machine (1/4 or 1/2 inch) let alone a 2 inch 16/24 track recorder. If someone gave me a stack of half inch or quarter inch 2 track tapes, I'd be over the moon. Clearly no chance of ever seeing the original stereo mix down, but production copy would do very nicely, thank you.

Charlie

Reading your answer.... brings me back to to good days. However, for me a 2” master tape machine would be the dogs. “ if only, “a” !!!


In the days of analog of courses!!!!

Peter


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[Boyse6748]

Keep everything I have.... money don’t make a sound system better. Room acoustics, maybe another mater but only for a few k. (Or a new house with a bigger room) My system new, is over the said budget. Money don’t make music..... I believe it’s what we like worked in Island Records Studio for many years..... many millions..... great sound.... but who wants to live in a studio!

Be happy with what you have.!!!


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[walpurgis]

Keep everything I have....

I was just thinking the same.

I'd bank the fifty grand and just spend the interest.

[hifinutt]

I was just thinking the same.

I'd bank the fifty grand and just spend the interest.

that wouldn`t get you far !!!!

[Pigmy Pony]

Keep everything I have.... money don’t make a sound system better. Room acoustics, maybe another mater but only for a few k. (Or a new house with a bigger room) My system new, is over the said budget. Money don’t make music..... I believe it’s what we like worked in Island Records Studio for many years..... many millions..... great sound.... but who wants to live in a studio!

Be happy with what you have.!!!


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Ooh, Peter,

While I largely agree with what you say, One of the points you make doesn't seem to fit with the others. Namely, the one about your system, new, costing more than the stated budget. is this your first and only system, and the bargain of the century, or the result of changes made over the years? If the latter, were you not happy with what you had?

I imagine most of us are happy with our stuff, but there's almost always room for improvement.

But I really would love a dedicated listening room, a space just for me and my toys. Right now Mrs. Pony is at the Slimming World weighbridge, and I am able to play my tunes (right now it's Massive Attack "Blue Lines") but in half an hour or so she will return, probably with a face on her because the scales dissed her efforts, and then it'll be back to Emmerdale, Corrie, etc.

And I disagree about the Compass Pint Studio. Sod what Mr. Blackwell thought, I would put up some flock wallpaper and some flying ducks on the walls. Sorted!

[Jimbo]

Keep everything I have.... money don’t make a sound system better. Room acoustics, maybe another mater but only for a few k. (Or a new house with a bigger room) My system new, is over the said budget. Money don’t make music..... I believe it’s what we like worked in Island Records Studio for many years..... many millions..... great sound.... but who wants to live in a studio!

Be happy with what you have.!!!


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Hey Pete, I worked down at Island Records Hammersmith for a number of years as a contractor - back in 1982

[Wakefield Turntables]

I wouldnt spend 50K on hifi probably spend some save some.