In his list of 5 best, the least expensive system that was better than the Spatial room, in his estimation, cost $114,850. The speakers in that system cost $18,000 alone, almost 3 times the price of the X4s, and the affiliated DAC/Amp were more than $30,000 each.
His top three systems cost over $500,000 each.
His comment on the LTA/Spatial room was
"This system presented with an unexpected degree of naturalness punctuated by great spatial representation—both image specificity and staging—with vivid tonality, appreciable body and bloom, and a dynamic involvement that offered up a surprisingly superb sense of scaling.
Now, essentially this system committed no egregious sins of commission and was without question the most musically engaging room showing a complete system—sources, electronics, cables, speakers, all in—for under twenty five thousand dollars."
