If cost was no factor, what system would you build as your main audio system?

Some might say that I would be unable to get all the master dubs I would want. You know, money buys cooperation, presidency, presidents, governments and even smaller countries. I would get absolutely everything, and this would be safely delivered to my home, including speakers for audition.
I would probably start with Kharma, Lansche, Gryphon and JM Labs Grand Utopia and go from there if I had to.
I would have to add a cd player too, I guess. Well, this would not be particularly important to me, whatever sounds alright.

Thanks Jim for your kind words. I had a think about a lower budget (for me anyway) system if I had to sell of my current rig for any reason or hit leaner times which is simple, approachable & punches well above its weight ...

- Magico A3’s + S Pod feet
- Vitus RI-101 with the optional dac/streamer module which supports Airplay, Roon, MQA, Tidal, Spotify, etc.
- 2nd hand Reimyo CDP-777 as transport (dac out to the Vitus)
- PAD Neptune series cables
- Shun Mook and Stillpoints iso feet
- Taoc ASR Series II racks + upgraded Finite Elemente Cerabase Classic feet
- Gigawatt PC-3 SE Evo conditioner

(Add later on, or in lieu of a cdp)...

- Melco N1ZS/2A server transport
- Melco D100 optical drive

You could actually start with just the A3’s, Vitus integrated, cables and racks & stream roon, Tidal etc, then add a cd/streamer transport and/or tt later on. I’m told Vitus are working on an optional phono module for the RI-101 which provides an upgrade path. Lol, It’s fun spending other people’s money! 😄

I'm good.
Main system is Audio Research pre-amp, Bel Canto Class D amps, OHM Walsh speakers, and several very good quality analog and digital sources.

jond 05-13-2018 8:45am
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I think some lovely restored Western Electric gear would work nicely. And field coil open baffle speakers. And a new bigger room for them!

That would be a lot of fun @jond .Did you catch the rare Model 12A & 13A WE speakers at Munich a few years ago from Michael Chung’s private collection?

If cost was no object then..time.. would also have to be added to the package.

As I’d have to be involved in the design of all of it, at all levels. The individual resistive materials need a re-design, and capacitors in all complex physics minutiae, and even the wire itself, and the dielectrics would need a complete re-vamp. Every inch of it.

Then we can get to circuit topology and implementation, all new there as well. And...New cone material designs, new speaker motor designs, and so on.

So much design ideas, so little life available...