Why would we want the Planet? We'll the Net Worth Of The Earth is $223T*, while the BioSphere 2 value should be $195Q+. Purchasing (and controlling) the entire thing for $795 USD is like buying it for two native sticks, and akin to a fire sale.
It's a funny planet. We'll look at JA's system to gauge our ability to review components in a Stereophile manner, and to see our needs in the present context.
Therein, you have the audiophile situation. The inability to control the outside world, and so thus the desire to make things cosier... wherein.
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment Digital Playback:
Mark Levinson No.31.5, Mark Levinson No.30.5, The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-1 and DAC-2, Myryad MC 100, Sonic Frontiers UltraJitterbug.
Preamplifiers: Mark Levinson No.380S, Nagra PL-P.
Power Amplifiers: Mark Levinson No.333, Pass Labs Aleph 3.
Loudspeakers: Paradigm Reference Active/20, B&W John Bowers Silver Signature, Thiel CS6.
Cables: AudioQuest AudioTruth Lapis X2 interconnect (single-ended), Madrigal CZ Gel-1 interconnect (balanced), Mod Squad Wonderlink I (S/PDIF), Illuminati Orchid (AES/EBU), Cardas Golden Cross and MIT MH-770CVT loudspeaker cable.
Accessories: Target equipment stands, Audio Power Industries Power Wedge 116 Mk.II and Power Enhancer.
Room Treatment: ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusors; walls lined with books, LPs, and CDs; Sonex foam on the ceiling at the primary reflection points.—John Atkinson
The Mark Levinson is ground breaking stuff. We prefer the No. 32 to the No. 380S as a Preamplifier. We last listened to it with Wison X1 Grand Slam Loudspeakers, and find it (reference) worth the pretty price, with exception of the Mark Levinson Home Theatre Processor, No. 40. Only Sonic Frontiers with their Transport 3 CD Player and Processor 3 DAC had similarly great stuff of the day. You will find it over-exgineered and constructed above the contemporaries. We are surprised JA does not have the No.33 Monoblock Amplifiers (of 1994) in his set, which far surpass the No 333. The Alph 3 was sweet. - John Paul
Mark Levinson No. 31.5 Reference CD Transport ($9,495.00 USD) - Stereophile Review
Mark Levinson No. 30.5 Reference Digital Processor ($15,950.00 USD)
The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-1 ($449.00 USD)
The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-2 ($449.00 USD)
Myrad MC 100 CD Player ($1,200.00 USD)
Sonic Frontiers UltraJitterbug Processor ($500.00 USD)
Mark Levinson No. 380S Preamplifier ($6,495.00 USD)
Nagra PL-P Preamplifier ($9,500.00 USD)
Mark Levinson No. 333 Amplifier ($8,495.00 USD)
Pass Labs Alpha 3 Amplifier ($2,300.00 USD)
Paradigm Reference Active / 20 Loudspeakers ($1,600.00 USD)
B&W John Bowers Silver Signature Loudspeakers ($8,000.00 USD)
Thiel CS6 Loudspeakers ($7,900.00 USD)
Thus, a playback setup of $72,333.00 USD (ignoring cables, accessories and treatments) to review a $795.00 CD Player.
Today, ignoring inflation, that would buy us a Focal Scala Utopia 2 Loudspeaker in Gold and Carbon Finish. Equivocating that to JA's B&W John Bowers Silver Signature Loudspeakers (0.1105995 of system price), that would mean a system around it would be $581,675.38 USD.
The total system price (including Focal Loudspeakers) [$654,008.38 USD today].
$89,606.12 CDN = $72,333.00 USD [today]
$77,061.26 CDN + $12,544.86 CDN HST/PST
Mark Levinson No.31.5, Mark Levinson No.30.5, The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-1 and DAC-2, Myryad MC 100, Sonic Frontiers UltraJitterbug.
Preamplifiers: Mark Levinson No.380S, Nagra PL-P.
Power Amplifiers: Mark Levinson No.333, Pass Labs Aleph 3.
Loudspeakers: Paradigm Reference Active/20, B&W John Bowers Silver Signature, Thiel CS6.
Cables: AudioQuest AudioTruth Lapis X2 interconnect (single-ended), Madrigal CZ Gel-1 interconnect (balanced), Mod Squad Wonderlink I (S/PDIF), Illuminati Orchid (AES/EBU), Cardas Golden Cross and MIT MH-770CVT loudspeaker cable.
Accessories: Target equipment stands, Audio Power Industries Power Wedge 116 Mk.II and Power Enhancer.
Room Treatment: ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusors; walls lined with books, LPs, and CDs; Sonex foam on the ceiling at the primary reflection points.—John Atkinson
The Mark Levinson is ground breaking stuff. We prefer the No. 32 to the No. 380S as a Preamplifier. We last listened to it with Wison X1 Grand Slam Loudspeakers, and find it (reference) worth the pretty price, with exception of the Mark Levinson Home Theatre Processor, No. 40. Only Sonic Frontiers with their Transport 3 CD Player and Processor 3 DAC had similarly great stuff of the day. You will find it over-exgineered and constructed above the contemporaries. We are surprised JA does not have the No.33 Monoblock Amplifiers (of 1994) in his set, which far surpass the No 333. The Alph 3 was sweet. - John Paul
Mark Levinson No. 31.5 Reference CD Transport ($9,495.00 USD) - Stereophile Review
Mark Levinson No. 30.5 Reference Digital Processor ($15,950.00 USD)
The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-1 ($449.00 USD)
The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-2 ($449.00 USD)
Myrad MC 100 CD Player ($1,200.00 USD)
Sonic Frontiers UltraJitterbug Processor ($500.00 USD)
Mark Levinson No. 380S Preamplifier ($6,495.00 USD)
Nagra PL-P Preamplifier ($9,500.00 USD)
Mark Levinson No. 333 Amplifier ($8,495.00 USD)
Pass Labs Alpha 3 Amplifier ($2,300.00 USD)
Paradigm Reference Active / 20 Loudspeakers ($1,600.00 USD)
B&W John Bowers Silver Signature Loudspeakers ($8,000.00 USD)
Thiel CS6 Loudspeakers ($7,900.00 USD)
Thus, a playback setup of $72,333.00 USD (ignoring cables, accessories and treatments) to review a $795.00 CD Player.
Today, ignoring inflation, that would buy us a Focal Scala Utopia 2 Loudspeaker in Gold and Carbon Finish. Equivocating that to JA's B&W John Bowers Silver Signature Loudspeakers (0.1105995 of system price), that would mean a system around it would be $581,675.38 USD.
The total system price (including Focal Loudspeakers) [$654,008.38 USD today].
$89,606.12 CDN = $72,333.00 USD [today]
$77,061.26 CDN + $12,544.86 CDN HST/PST
The last checked price of a Focal Utopia Scala 2 in Gold and Carbon was $70,000.00 (CDN).
hifiart.ca
JP 2016/06/23
It's a funny planet.
*It's A "0.6%" World: Who Owns What Of The $223 Trillion In Global Wealth
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-02/its-1-world-who-owns-what-223-trillion-global-wealth
+Value of the Earth (Replacement Methods)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_Earth
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