A recent opportunity to hear a system with a six figure price tag and a recent reply to the post "The end of the (upgrade) road" reminded me of the fact that hi-fi is as with so many things, subject to the "law of diminishing returns" the inevitable reality that the more we spend the less the incremental benefit. How we each perceive that truth and at what financial point we decide it to be the case is a personal choice. However, for the vast majority of us there is a point, which we sometimes take awhile to realise, when we discover that for every additional pound we spend we are getting less improvement each time, perhaps because we are still seeking that perfect sound!
I finally reached that point a couple of years ago when I purchased the Martin Logan Electromotion X, I heard Logans way back and for various reasons along the way they never became an acquisition, early on I didn't have and couldn't afford amps to drive them or the funds for them and when funds were available I didn't have a room big enough for them ! I always compared what I had to the tangible images produced by properly set up Logans. For me nothing else really achieved that sense of a perfomer stood in front of you I had some pretty close efforts, Sonus Faber Electa Amator mk 1's for instance. Logans, were notoriously hard to drive properly and were room sensitive too needing space from the rear and side walls and the listener which was hard to achieve in an average libing room. Newer models are less demanding but set up is still key, however, when right, OMG for me its audio nirvana.
So we are not all the same, we don't all like the same things, but when its right for you, it's right. So for me I'm there, yes there will be tweaks, maybe a replacement when something can't be repaired.
So I wish all of you a speedy journey to audio nirvana.
PS Would I buy the six figure system, hell no ! Its different but better no, not in anyway that leaves me saying that's the system for me.
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