What is your Wish List?

jqp · « **on:** 19 Aug 2005, 01:16 am »

I am developing a real itch to spend money on hardware. I have been fairly restrained in my spending lately, and I am in the mood to get some new things (not all audio)...

I now have the cell phone I have been waiting for (After I fried my Treo 600): The Sprint (Audiovox) PPC-660 Pocket PC
128MB of memory
400MHz processor
slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth
SDIO expansion card slot
VGA quality digital camera/camcorder

I want:

- dual Subs probably VMPS larger
its time for the low end

-IRD PT-3
dooin it right with the norh 9s

-IRD Purist PreAmp
time for an upgrade

-IRD Purist Preamp
for the bedroom or HT system

-A new PC
latest and greatest (I a have a dual Pentium 3 and other p3's and P-2s)

-XBox 360
you're forced to

-Some way to have good quality audio on the deck
I have the Outlaw

A great DVR
is there aything out there?

...and one of these http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000400055006

bubba966 · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 02:16 am »

I wouldn't mind getting new rears & rear centers (M&K SS-150's).

I do want a new receiver (Pioneer Elite VSX-59TXi to replace my Elite VSX-39TX).

Maybe R-DES for the subs.

And I suppose if I did all of that I could upgrade my front array (go to M&K S-150's from the S-125's I've got now)

Other than the receiver upgrade & R-DES, I don't really need to do much else as I'm pretty happy with how things are.

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 02:28 am »

Affordable housing in California

maxwalrath · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 02:28 am »

Id like to....

get all my music in a top of the line digital organizer, sell my cd player and cds

get new tubes for my pre.

get some new high eff. single driver speakers. Omega 200's or something. If I get a big raise and a bigger place, Zu's.

Better TV, flat/slimscreen, HDTV

New video game system

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 04:16 am »

Quote from: TheChairGuy

Affordable housing in California

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RoadTripper · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 04:27 am »

Easy. Wake up tomorrow and all my CDs are copied and FLACed onto a networked RAID and backed up.

Finding the ZU Definitions in my living room wouldn't be too bad either.

nickspicks · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 11:29 am »

my dream wishlist:
- Grace 902 DAC/passive preamp w/remote
- Manley Snappers
- upgrade my VR4g1s to the VR5s

my modest dreams
- Audio Experience Symphones + preamp (w/GT 12ax7's)
- CIA D-200s

If only I could come up with 200w of digital amp action for under $1500

woodsyi · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 01:44 pm »

Quote from: nickspicks

If only I could come up with 200w of digital amp action for under $1500

UcD400 DIY !

R_burke · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 01:44 pm »

Quote from: TheChairGuy

Affordable housing in California

Try Humbolt County, it's about the only area left that is still semi affordable, but don't let others know I want to be able to retire there

woodsyi · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 01:50 pm »

Quote from: jqp

I am developing a real itch to spend money on hardware. I have been fairly restrained in my spending lately, and I am in the mood to get some new things (not all audio)...

I want:

- dual Subs probably VMPS larger
its time for the low end

-I ...

Here is what you want.

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?homesubw&1129594534

Not mine. I already have two.

scottielee · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 01:59 pm »

jadis jps2
reimyo cdp-777
esoteric ux-1
another velodyne dd-12
grand prix monaco 3 shelves
tannoy westminster royal
b&w nautilus (seashells)
acapella high violon
steinway model L
range rover
haahahhaahahahhha

ctviggen · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 02:42 pm »

My wish list: the understanding of exactly how acoustics affects sound (e.g., What use is diffusion in a HT? If it's useful, where does it have to be placed? Can there be too much low frequency absorption? How do sound measurement systems truly work? What are the detriments of using such systems?), and the understanding of exactly how the TACT system works (such that I could understand the benefits and detriments of such a system).

Bemopti123 · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 03:15 pm »

Scottielee wrote:

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reimyo cdp-777

Bar none, at this point in time, I think this is the only piece that will make a major improvement of sound in my system. While many go on in their games trying to tweak the sounds of their cabling and amplification, the most significant increase begins with the source.

Man, only if I had $10K in my pockets right now.

warnerwh · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 03:20 pm »

I'd like some more acouistic treatments for my room consisting of horny naked cheerleaders. Other than that I'm content.

JoshK · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 03:26 pm »

Quote from: warnerwh

I'd like some more acouistic treatments for my room consisting of horny naked cheerleaders. Other than that I'm content.

I just need TIME. Time to finish the system I set out to build some 6 months ago for which I have fully acquired all the pieces. I don't need any more components or drivers, I just need to make it happen.

kfr01 · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 03:29 pm »

My wish list atm:

Exodus Audio 2641 Speakers
DIYCable 2-channel UcD 180 Amplifier
Wireless Squeezebox 2 - Modded

Parnelli777 · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 Aug 2005, 02:10 pm »

Ultimate cost-no-object that I've actually heard:

Avantgarde Trio Classico
VIVA Aurora monoblock amplifiers
VIVA Linea 300 pre-amp
Clearaudio Solution w/ Graham Phantom

Reality-based, coming soon hopefully ;^)

AVA 550EXR amplifier
Clearaudio Champion Level 1 w/ Graham Robin

VAC Standard preamp, Magnepan 1.6, and Jolida JD100 already in place, and are my "keepers" for the foreseeable future.

Scott F. · « **Reply #17 on:** 20 Aug 2005, 02:48 pm »

Quote from: ctviggen

My wish list: the understanding of exactly how acoustics affects sound (e.g., What use is diffusion in a HT? If it's useful, where does it have to be placed? Can there be too much low frequency absorption? How do sound measurement systems truly work? What are the detriments of using such systems?), and the understanding of exactly how the TACT system works (such that I could understand the benefits and detriments of such a system).

I'm not sure if you know but there is a great book called The Master Handbook of Acoustics. It's a bit long (almost 600 pages) but it's a fairly easy read. It explains in excruciating detail nearly everything you would want to know.

This is what the table of contents looks like;