Talk about State of the Art...quite cool looking! Thanks for posting! Whats the ticket price for entry?
Close to or around €1 million.
Close to or around €1 million.
Does this include the 4-6 monos in the photo?
Interesting post, spiritofmusic. Something to make us think.Is this really what the high end is about, lifestyle, w.crazy prices to match? Just appeal to the well heeled in China, Russia and the emerging economies? I have NO respect for these companies. YMMV obv, depending on how deep your wallet/hedge fund is.
Is this really what the high end is about, lifestyle, w.crazy prices to match? Just appeal to the well heeled in China, Russia and the emerging economies? I have NO respect for these companies. YMMV obv, depending on how deep your wallet/hedge fund is.
I think you are looking at this the wrong way. If you want to be in the high-end audio manufacturing business and you want to design, manufacture, and sell audio gear at the edge of the art, you have to know who your prospective customers are. Just because you and I can't afford it doesn't mean it shouldn't be made. Some of us benefit from the trickle-down products that come from the SOTA products. Some people wait until the SOTA products get a few years on them and buy them used for half price. Why shouldn't high-end manufacturers sell their SOTA gear to any market demographic that has the money and desire to buy their products? Smart companies always follow the money.
I can't afford a new Ferrari either, but that doesn't mean I have no respect for Ferrari.
I think I'm in a bad mood looking at this stuff! Actually Audioline, I think it's a step down in design than the prev top of the line it's replacing. Seems a little too "smoothed out", the previous one was a lot butcher, this looks like it's been on the fat free frozen yoghurt. And big racks of mono amps that look a little, well, '80's. Hell, get a pair of SOTA horns, and some tube amps, and be done. The cost of the GOTO/TAD compression drivers alone alone on on the Magico Ultimates 2 make it's $600k price understandable. And I'd be really surprised if the Cessaro Liszts being driven by SOTA tube amps like the Koda K70s (total price $200k) would lose out to these. Nothing will convince me that a collection of drivers in the usual box w/a stack of amps is SOTA, and worth this entry price. But of course, that's just me.
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