If you had insane amount of cash, what would be your personal HiFi Choice for 2026?

[Jasonovich]

Apologies for regurgitating an old thread....... If you had insane amount of cash, what would be your personal HiFi Choice for 2024?
This is just a little bit of fantasy HiFi, there's no limit in what you want to spend on your dream HiFi.
I think once you hit the £30K you hit a brick wall in terms of diminishing returns, I'm not convince a £50K setup will sound any better than a £30K, anyway I digress....

There is one brand that looks great aesthetically, has incredible built and reputed for setting the sound quality bar. That brand is Matrix......wait did I just swallow the red pill or was it the blue?

Here's my dream team below - what's yours? 🙂

1. Preamp................... .............. ..............Atoll PR400 Evolution (without the DAC option)
2. Power amp (times two) .......... ............... Atoll AM400 Evolution (two used in mono mode)
3. Streamer Transport ......... ..............Matrix NT-1 Digital Streamer
4. DAC (high end AKM chipset) .... Matrix ND-1 DAC
5. Headphone Amp.............................. Matrix NA-1: 20 watts of pure class A
6. Speakers.............................................. Dali Epicon 8 Floorstanding Speakers

Plus special HiFi annexed room in the garden .................... I haven't done the math's but it's going to cost guzillions!
Here's some pics:

• Atoll PR400 Evolution (without the DAC option)

• Atoll AM400 Evolution (two AM400 Evo's used in mono configuration)

• NT-1 Digital Streamer

• DAC (high end AKM chipset) .... ND-1 DAC

• NA-1: 20 watts of pure class A

• Dali Epicon 8 Floorstanding Speakers

 

[James105]

Apologies for regurgitating an old thread....... If you had insane amount of cash, what would be your personal HiFi Choice for 2024?
This is just a little bit of fantasy HiFi, there's no limit in what you want to spend on your dream HiFi.
I think once you hit the £30K you hit a brick wall in terms of diminishing returns, I'm not convince a £50K setup will sound any better than a £30K, anyway I digress....

There is one brand that looks great aesthetically, has incredible built and reputed for setting the sound quality bar. That brand is Matrix......wait did I just swallow the red pill or was it the blue?

Here's my dream team below - what's yours? 🙂

1. Preamp................... .............. ..............Atoll PR400 Evolution (without the DAC option)
2. Power amp (times two) .......... ............... Atoll AM400 Evolution (two used in mono mode)
3. Streamer Transport ......... ..............Matrix NT-1 Digital Streamer
4. DAC (high end AKM chipset) .... Matrix ND-1 DAC
5. Headphone Amp.............................. Matrix NA-1: 20 watts of pure class A
6. Speakers.............................................. Dali Epicon 8 Floorstanding Speakers

Plus special HiFi annexed room in the garden .................... I haven't done the math's but it's going to cost guzillions!
Here's some pics:

• Atoll PR400 Evolution (without the DAC option)

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• Atoll AM400 Evolution (two AM400 Evo's used in mono configuration)

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• NT-1 Digital Streamer

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• DAC (high end AKM chipset) .... ND-1 DAC

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• NA-1: 20 watts of pure class A

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• Dali Epicon 8 Floorstanding Speakers

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I assume this is being delivered to Cambridgeshire, 🙂 congratulations on your retirement

 

[Jasonovich]

I assume this is being delivered to Cambridgeshire, 🙂 congratulations on your retirement

Thanks James, I'm discovering that retirement makes time relative, clocks gone forward last night and tomorrow is Monday..............Meh, every day is the same, I'm retired! Oh God it's weird, will take "time" getting use to... Ha ha ha....

It's a lovely thought having it delivered to Cambridgeshire, much of the liquidity will be going into the house, new conservatory and making it more marketable, so we can get the best price when it is sold.

My dream HiFi maybe one day 🙂

 

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3 days in & he’s planning the biggest spend to date. Going well, @Jasonovich 😁😁😁

 

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[Jasonovich]

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The stereo in...an Audi R8 V10.

Which I then wouldn't use because I'd be listening to the engine.