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Best System for Pink Floyd


Someone who I never expected might listen to Pink Floyd was praising Dark Side of the Moon recently.

It made me realize that I have been listening to it for over 30 years now, and I still get something out of it every time, and also trust and rely on Pink Floyd to test the resoltuion and imaging of my audio components.

Which made me wonder:

Imagine if the only music you would ever listen to again was Pink Floyd, what components and in particular, what speakers would you suggest?

It would be fascinating to hear how you like to listen to Pink Floyd, as well as an interesting litmus test for capable and dynamic systems.
cwlondon
cjfrbw
148 posts
 
I just spent some time on head fi to shop for headphonea and got a nice pair of Ultrasone Edition 8's. They are amazing on ipods and also with the main system using a Manley Neo 300b for headphones.
However, the majesty of the "big rig" isn't challenged.
I think headphones offer intimacy and appreciation of certain types of resolution, and can be very satisfying, but the main system is still the "go to" for ultimate listening impact.
I can listen with headphones and keep the subwoofers on as well, which seems to improve overall slam and scale from the headphones.
microstrip
180 posts
 
Best listening sessions of DSOTM?
Easy - JBL 4311 , Quad 405 and 33 with a Thorens TD125 / Shure V15/3 about thirty years ago.
Although I have now access to much better systems, time does not go back...
vsfang
54 posts
 
ATC speaker systems
cwlondon OP
1,210 posts
 

Donc55

Re "only a fool would build a system around ONE group!"

As you can see by the growing number of responses to this thread - it's just a fun question.
baka1969
101 posts
 
The best I've heard Pink Floyd is with my headphone setup. The HD800 being amped wih the three channel Beta22 amp and Sigma22 power supply sounds pretty amazing. Laying back and letting the music of Floyd run through you is what it's all about.
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