I read a review of a system put together as an exhibit at the California Audiofest Show, which recently took place in…..ummmm…..California. The MSRP of this system was $730,000 and that didn’t include the price of the audio cables, which are probably in the $20,000+ range. Nor does this sum include the ASC room treatments, which would probably add at least another $10,000. So, that would put it over the $750,000 range. The speakers, manufactured by a company whose products I’ve not much liked in the past, were gigantic at almost 8ft tall and 900 lbs, give or take a pound.
However, if you want something close to this, the same company that showed the big stuff, also had something for those of us less financially fortunate. The stuff in this room, not including cables and room treatments was only $60,000.
Let’s all get out our checkbooks.