Have you ever wanted something so bad you can almost taste it?

[itschris]

I love my system. It's really overkill for my space even. But hopefully in the near future, we'll be living in the country or the moutains where I can have a media room just the way I want it. And when I think about that, I like to daydream about my perfect setup... not the absolute craziest esoteric stuff out there, but really fine stuff that will hopefully be in my reach at some point. Here are a couple items that send blood flow where I can't say!

Krell was the first hi-end stuff I ever saw. I was 14 or 15 and I my friend down the street drove us to Sound Advice. It was the first time I ever saw anything like that. I miss the old school industrial look of their gear, but this certainly would sit well with me.
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When I was younger, I used to think McIntosh was not for me. I didn't get the retro styling at all. Back then, if it didn't look cutting edge, how could be cutting edge. Now that I'm older, I've gotten such an appreciation for their gear over the last seveal years. It's classic and flawless in performance in almost every way.
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I've always loved the heavy duty industrial look of great performing equipment. The original Carver stuff with the grab handles (which thinking about it now was actually the first high end gear I saw when I was younger). The aforementioned Krell and even the big Adcom Monoblocks (which along with the Adcom CD changer which is still my go to player today were my first real purchases. Today, you don't see a lot of that look, but when I think of super high end quality with the look I totally dig. There's only one amp that comes to mind. Jeff Rowland.
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I don't know if I'll ever own any of this equipment or not. Hopefully I will. There was a time in my life when I thought that I'd never be able to own a piece of gear with the word Elite accross the top. I've been on both sides of the success spectrum. It's not always about actually having the money to buy these sorts of things, it's usually about having to give up something else in order to do it and I don't know that these kinds of purchases warrant that. For now, I never get tired of daydreaming.

What's on your wish list? What would you want Santa to bring you tomorrow?

 

[Adam]

What's on your wish list? What would you want Santa to bring you tomorrow?

The knowledge that all living creatures, if only for tomorrow, could be relieved of pain and enjoy peace and joy.

So as not to be that self-righteous a-hole that pops into these threads, I'd like him to bring me a Lexus IS 350.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I would love to have those Krell or McIntosh anyday.

But I would be just dreaming.

So I try not to think about it too much.

What I really want is for a company like Parasound Halo to come out with a PURE PROCESSOR, not the same old Pre-Pro, but a pure digital processor that does nothing but accept digital bitstream or PCM via HDMI, decodes DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, SACD, DVD-A, etc., and outputs to a PURE ANALOG 7.1 CH preamp, like the Parasound Halo P7 Analog 7.1CH Preamp. Then connect this to a Pure Analog Amplifier like a Parasound A51 amp.

But I'm just drifting into dreamland again.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

The knowledge that all living creatures, if only for tomorrow, could be relieved of pain and enjoy peace and joy.

So as not to be that self-righteous a-hole that pops into these threads, I'd like him to bring me a Lexus IS 350.

Why stop there?

I'd take the Lexus LS600h.

Or the Lexus LX570 would suffice.

 

[gmichael]

I have many high hopes for my future AR. Your goals are up there with what I would like, but I don't think that they will ever be in my budget. For me, the Emotiva 5 channel amp and new processor would fill my dreams. Not this year though. Cash is tight. For this year we have all of our wishes already with our new baby. As long as everyone stays healthy, we'll be very happy.


Merry Christmas to everyone, and may you all feel as happy as I do now.

 

[3db]

Ya mean have your cake and eat it too??

 

[PENG]

I am not hard to please, my list for Santa for future years are the following affordable items:

1. B&W 802D, just one pair.
2. Evolution 403 (only 400W X2 but my room is small) for the 802D.
3. L-550A II (only 20W X 2) Class A for the smaller room.
4. A near high end turntable.

Still hoping to taste it in my dream!

 

[JerryLove]

I share itschris's fondness for McIntosh.
I share PENG's fondness for the 802D
I would add a desire of my own:

I considered putting up a pic of Tiger's wife: but thought I would keep the response AV related

 

[Adam]

I considered putting up a pic of Tiger's wife: but thought I would keep the response AV related

I fought the urge, too.

If Santa brought her to me for Christmas, it would at least be audio related. Her screaming.

"Get the F**K AWAY FROM ME!!!"

 

[Alex2507]

Merry Christmas to everyone, and may you all feel as happy as I do now.

I just know he's been drinking already.

I'm gonna spend $10 on lottery tickets and see where that takes me ... at least then there will be like a possibility of instant gratification. I would then start offering JerryLove money to buy back Matt's speakers and move very close to Chris so that I could torment him as well. There would be a well funded NE GTG right across the street from Doug if I could swing it. Sawzalot's dog would have free reign of the joint but Adam would be on a leash.

For gear? Realistic type desires point me toward a current rec'r and maybe an Oppo modded Oppo and well ... everything else.

 

[Adam]

...Adam would be on a leash.

So Christmas is going to be just another Friday night for me. Sweet.

 

[JerryLove]

So Christmas is going to be just another Friday night for me. Sweet.

But instead of sitting in the corner of Alex's house while he drinks beer, you'll sit in the corner of Chris's house while Alex torments him...

It's been so long, I forget who ties whom up.

 

[Adam]

But instead of sitting in the corner of Alex's house while he drinks beer, you'll sit in the corner of Chris's house while Alex torments him...

Yep. Hell would seem like a day at the beach to me.

It's been so long, I forget who ties whom up.

Generally the person that gets to the tazer first gets to do the tying.

 

[JerryLove]

Generally the person that gets to the tazer first gets to do the tying.

Only if they have the guts to pull the trigger.

 

[Adam]

Only if they have the guts to pull the trigger.

Imagine Alex naked and running at you. Shear instict takes over at that point.

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Okay, I'd like to add something to the original thread subject.

Craftsmanship and quality always get my respect and attention. It would be the bees knees to me if a well-built, attractive, well-performing amp were to show up tomorrow morning. I'd freak.

A second Ultra would also make me swoon.

 

[Alex2507]

Imagine Alex naked and running at you. Shear instinct takes over at that point.

... and then you rush out and buy a Mac like Jamie?

It would be the bees knees to me if a well-built, attractive ...

... ooh, I had such high hopes for you for a second there.

The word you're looking for is 'woman'.

If you need to keep it about audio there is always the part about her telling you that she likes the sound but the sub has to go.

 

[Adam]

... and then you rush out and buy a Mac like Jamie?

Nah...I already have one.

... ooh, I had such high hopes for you for a second there.

Yeah, that's about how long the ladies have high hopes for me, too.

 

[majorloser]

There's was always this one thing that I really wanted when I first saw the images many years ago...

 

[Adam]

There's was always this one thing that I really wanted when I first saw the images many years ago...

Woed. That is a nice CAR.

 

[Nomo]

There's was always this one thing that I really wanted when I first saw the images many years ago...

Damn you.
You stole my line.
Wait a second........... Aren't you a moderator, some one tasked to keep these theads focused on audio, some one we should look up to?

Ah, nevermind. Merry Christmas Tawny. Wherever you are, all wrinkled and sagging.

Damn you.