Best 'trad' set-up you've listened to?

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About 15 years ago I took some brilliant vinyl to Linn in Princes Square (Floyd and something else - Dire Straits? Good recordings...) and listened to it on their flagship system. I can't remember what it was, but obviously LP12 based. Total cost of LP12, tonearm, cartridge, amps and speakers was just north of 100k. Blew my mind. I'm still messing about with the Rega Planar 2/AT set-up I've had since 1987 but if money was no option I'd have a bonkers Linn system for those sublime evenings with great music and a dram. I've just bought a new amp and speakers but they're still very much in the budget bracket as the rest of life is too expensive.

What's the best set-up you've ever had the privilege to enjoy? Knowing PH it'll probably be in your own hi-fi room ;-)

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Jaguar steve said:

home made valve amps built with RAF surplus components.

I'd love to know what they looked like!

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Frances The Mute said:

My main system is my most preferred for obvious reasons....

That looks like a lot of fun. 'Scuse my ignorance, but what's the white box?