On Thursday 14 Jun 2007 4:15 pm, Aditya Kapil wrote: > I am planning to make a fairly hefty investment into an audio component > system. I'd appreciate people (in the know) to comment / spit on the > following: > > 1. Rega Apollo CD player > 2. PrimaLuna Prologue 2 integrated valve amplifier > 3. Dali IKON 6 speakers. Have not decided on these yet becuase of stiff > competition from the Cadence Anina electrostatic speakers. The latter are > better (though not significantly to my ear), but more expensive. > > I'd be really chuffed to hear from those who also are jazz fiends.
On a more serious note, I would like to add some philosophical comments, with the initial comment that I have never even heard of the existence of the systems you have named. 1) All men invest in the latest and most expensive audio systems (and cameras) that they can afford - usually before they get married when income looks big compared to what your teenage kids will ask of you in 15 years. 2) After marriage it becomes difficult to dish out the equivalent of US$ 500 on a lens or eight times that amount on an audio system. 3) You are then stuck with what you bought 2, then 4, then 6, then 8 and finally 20 years ago. 4) You are also stuck with thousands of photographs, tapes, disks, records, folders, boxes, reels, slides and other data storage devices that nobody wants to look at. One way out to buy the thing that sounds best to you and don;t ask what others think about it. If your system is expensive enough and good enough I will automatically dislike it out of jealousy, and I will pass favorable comments only to say why I rejected your choice to buy my BETTER system. Bottom line. Your music system is for YOU to enjoy and you will enjoy it by yourself 99% of the time. Buy anything that sounds good to YOU regardless of price and screw what anyone else thinks. shiv
