Buying Hi Fi equipment or Rolex watches First?

“What’s Hi Fi” had selected these few pieces of all time favourite or memorisable pieces of legendary audio equipment. No matter you have once used them or still using them now, they represent the best examples of good engineering and special designed masterpieces! Though there is arguable why not Rogers LS3/5A Loudspeakers is not included or not. Let’s not talk about your own favourite pieces first. Do we agree that these are some of the legendary Audiophile 

Equipment in the past 60 years ?

 

Have you notice that the Maclntosh MC275 was sold at US$444 in 1965 worth how much now ?

Well if a super nice condition with original component in is about $7,000!

 

Can you image if one used the US$444 to buy three Rolex GMT master 1675 and keep until

Now in super good condition worth how much now? In case of a 1960 GMT Master is kept till now probably worth US$134,615 which is 20 times more in value. 

 

The moral of this story is keep your Rolex and sell them to buy audio equipment! As most of the audio equipment will depreciate rather than appreciate over time 

 

 Maclntosh MC275

Audio Note Japan Ongaku amplifier (1991)

 

Audio Research SP10/SP-10PS pre/power (1982)

 

Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus speakers (1993

 

Burmester 808 Mk 5 preamp (1980)

 

Krell KSA50 power amp (1985)

 

Linn LP12 turntable (1973)

 

Mark Levinson No.30/No.31 CD player (1991)

 

McIntosh MC275 power amp (1961)

 

Nagra PL-P preamp (1998)

 

Naim NAP250 power amp (1975)

 

Nakamichi Dragon (1982)

Oracle Delphi Mk1 turntable (1979)

 

Quad ESL 57 (1957)

 

Tannoy Westminster (1982)

 

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