Wow. My first thought was cool! Instead everyone trashes him for having a high-end system that does not meet their criteria for a high-end system. Macintosh is a solid audio company. Yes extra expensive. To each his own. Somehow if he had had a more reasonably priced system I bet the comments would still be trashing the system saying he doesn't know anything about being an audiophile.
If i had the money to play at this level id definitely want to go with more exotic smaller companies. The upsode is McIntosh isnt going to go out of business and leave consumers stranded.
His system works fine for him. There are speakers today selling for several hundred thousand dollars each. There is the factor of diminishing returns beyond a certain price point. As long as he enjoys his system, that's all that matters.
Diminishing returns happens around the $1000 mark not the $100,000 mark. This is just spending money for the sake of spending money, those speakers dont even seem angles right to maximize the acoustics of the room and position of the listener
@That_Puppet 100% Don't agree, if you put a 1000 dollar complete system together you will have a so so China Fi , unreliable weak Bass system. In Reality 10,000 to 15,000 will probably get you a very Decent sound without the Whole System being made in China and if Someone Studies and puts some Effort into it ie hunts the Good Deals, buys the correct components and puts together " Their Type of Sound" they should have a pretty cool and reliable Rig. I'm talking new with warranty by the way and no Room Correction. After that, the Deminishing Starts, but sound will still be improved all the way to the SKY! Most people wouldn't be able to tell a difference if Blind A/B Tested after 50k, ( "Most" ) IMHO! Fallon we won't discuss!!!!
@@calmic75 Being an Audiophile does not necessarily have anything to do with the amount of money you spend… each has their own budget. For me it means what you do with that budget and that you put something that you enjoy, not just something to brag about.
A little inside scoop… I have some equipment from the same shop. You can see all of the stuff at Scott Walker, Audio in Anaheim, California. The owner Scott has some pretty funny Jimmy Fallon stories too. He also sold stuff to Tom Cruise.
I know very little about stereo gear but it looked to me like he probably just shoved a bunch of money at some shop and said "get me the best you have". He probably has a home theatre where he did the same.
@scottyo64 you know nothing about the high-end audio market, I suppose. This is nice, but nothing extreme. Although my own systems are pretty nice, they are still nowhere close to extraordinary. Living: Cabasse La Sphère active system Music room: TAD CR1 MKII Mark Levinson 536, 526, 519, Moon 430 HA D3 VPI Avenger (full options). So yes, I'm pretty ordinary
i think its awesomw that hes into music enough to get good gear. obviously w that money he could have gotten a better systen but who cares. he comes across more as a music fan than an audiophile anyways...
Wow, if you ever wanted proof that audiophiles are often asshats, read on….some of y’all are personally responsible for giving the hobby a bad reputation. Guy likes what he likes. It’s not too difficult to say “to each their own” and go about your business….it’s not too difficult, is it?
The vintage stereos are the best sound quality 👌 crystal clear sound the new Bluetooth is nice also now they have a Bluetooth Turntable wireless speakers ❤
Too bad he doesn’t have Accuphase. Now that’s a great company! McIntosh isn’t what it used to be, imo. Mr. McIntosh would be shaking his head right now if he knew the stuff they were doing!
So, it appears he may have just taken the advice of a sales person rather than personally pick and choose each piece based on their own merits. Nothing wrong with a complete Mac set up I'm sure it does sound amazing.
McIntosh has a niche, but loyal following like the Greatfull Dead. People into the build quality or a particular sound like it. Usually, they don’t spend a lot of time listening to other gear. Like Dead Heads. This has resulted in it being one of the top selling brands worldwide. I wouldn’t pin Jimmy Fallon as a Macintosh guy. But I’m not a fan. While working in a high-end stereo shop in the 80s I met Tom Cruises’ buyer. He didn’t go out himself to shop for much of anything she said. This person was a professional shopper. My guess is Jimmy Fallon also had a person like this. IMHO that Sim Audio is an odd match for that system but, like Jimmy it’s Canadian. Macintosh is American. So perhaps choices were made based on politics not system synergy. Keeping with the Greatfull Dead analogy also explains why audiophiles respond as they do. Most music aficionados, apart from Michael Fremer, don’t like the Dead. If Jimmy, or his buyer, had chosen a brand of gear that’s all the same, but better regarded, something like Audio Research or even all Sim Moon, which would have been a better, less obvious choice, he would have earned more respect. IMHO
@@Qthepug Dude, in your comment you explicitly state that Fallon is Canadian. You wrote it and you already forget? Read what you wrote. This is the _complete mental incoherence_ that makes me wonder why I even come down in to these UA-cam comments sections.🤯
"Audiophiles" 1) Your setup is never good enough for them 2) You didn't spend enough on your system to impress them 3) Shit on how you spent your own money
It’s obvious that he has more money than cents! I have a vintage system that’s as high end as you can probably go, and I would put it up against his any day! Plus the room that he has it in looks like an absolute abysmal failure!
I think that's where I would put most of my effort and money into is room acoustics. Not that I've ever listened to super expensive audio gear (other than say an Imax theatre setup etc) but paying tens of thousands of dollars for turntables and phono cartridges is just a farce. No one can tell me a $300 Blu-ray can't outperform the specs of these over-priced cartridges and turntables. I'm not that impressed with stereo recordings these days. I've listened to so many awesome surround sound recordings that almost always make the two channel versions sound lame. Good for Jimmy having more money than any man can spend. It's better to waste it on expensive audio gear than drugs or sleazy broads. 😂
$100k? His Synergistic Research cables, Tranquillity Bases, line and ground conditioning cost nearly $100k all in so unless the speakers and McIntosh electronics were virtually free, his system costs twice that, so at least $200k
That's really not a lot with his money. There are audiophiles living in basement apartment somewhere with a $100000 turntable because they spend all their money on gear
Really nice system and all, but Bubblehead and Scoop7117 are right, everything listed here is entrance level reference - - maybe he's not a "died in the wool" audiophile, but regardless, I'm still left wondering why he's not running flagship reference, like the Magico M9's and the big time muscle (Boulder, Dagostino, etc.) required to drive them - especially with the means that Jimmy obviously has - even people of means only live once, why only take yourself half way to music heaven while still here on earth? There's probably a reason and I doubt it has anything to do with money. btw, love Jimmy Fallon
@@jlo8775I really need somone that can answer some audio questions. like in what order is best MP3 VS MINI DISC VS TAPE VS LP VS CD. someone please wb...like a top 5 in order, like whats best.
@@HiFiTurtle Don't bother with these people. The only thing that they know (or think they do.) is the amount of money that has to be spent. I don't have a problem with spending $700,000 to a million dollars on audio equipment, The problem with people like this is they only think the price is what is to be considered.
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If I had Jimmy's money- I would do that also.
He could afford “better” …. But I think he understands the concept of diminishing returns pretty well.
When you make that kind of money diminishing returns is not an issue
True...being a celebrity I'm betting that he also gets a lot of gadgets and tchotchkes for free. @@Extremesam43
"Law of diminishing returns" Seems to be the *IT* phrase of the decade in the audio equipment world.
@@Mark-lq3sb easier than saying “ a $10,000 speaker is not 10 times better than a $1000 speaker….”
@@goobfilmcast4239
Seems you have a problem with audio equipment that cost more than you can afford.
I watched this interview, soon as they show his system I knew he was one of us lol!
Wow. My first thought was cool! Instead everyone trashes him for having a high-end system that does not meet their criteria for a high-end system. Macintosh is a solid audio company. Yes extra expensive. To each his own. Somehow if he had had a more reasonably priced system I bet the comments would still be trashing the system saying he doesn't know anything about being an audiophile.
You Go Jimmy i bet your system sounds amazing wow McIntosh and Magico Speakers you lucky Rascal You
What a great passion. Keep it up Jimmy!
If i had the money to play at this level id definitely want to go with more exotic smaller companies. The upsode is McIntosh isnt going to go out of business and leave consumers stranded.
$100k is basically an entry level fee for audiophiles you would see in like Tokyo homes...
His system works fine for him. There are speakers today selling for several hundred thousand dollars each. There is the factor of diminishing returns beyond a certain price point. As long as he enjoys his system, that's all that matters.
Diminishing returns happens around the $1000 mark not the $100,000 mark. This is just spending money for the sake of spending money, those speakers dont even seem angles right to maximize the acoustics of the room and position of the listener
@That_Puppet 100% Don't agree, if you put a 1000 dollar complete system together you will have a so so China Fi , unreliable weak Bass system.
In Reality 10,000 to 15,000 will probably get you a very Decent sound without the Whole System being made in China and if Someone Studies and puts some Effort into it ie hunts the Good Deals, buys the correct components and puts together " Their Type of Sound" they should have a pretty cool and reliable Rig. I'm talking new with warranty by the way and no Room Correction. After that, the Deminishing Starts, but sound will still be improved all the way to the SKY! Most people wouldn't be able to tell a difference if Blind A/B Tested after 50k, ( "Most" )
IMHO! Fallon we won't discuss!!!!
To be perfectly honestly, every audiophile is muttering to themselves, "100k is nothing"
@@calmic75 Being an Audiophile does not necessarily have anything to do with the amount of money you spend… each has their own budget. For me it means what you do with that budget and that you put something that you enjoy, not just something to brag about.
A little inside scoop… I have some equipment from the same shop. You can see all of the stuff at Scott Walker, Audio in Anaheim, California. The owner Scott has some pretty funny Jimmy Fallon stories too. He also sold stuff to Tom Cruise.
That is so very American 😂
Well if you got the money, Mcintosh makes great stuff, not just sound quality but build quality as well
Nice, really happy with my MA9500.
Magico and Mac …. Exactly what I’d expect from a HiFi shop selling the big high dollar brands. Could have been Wilson and Naim just as easily
I know very little about stereo gear but it looked to me like he probably just shoved a bunch of money at some shop and said "get me the best you have". He probably has a home theatre where he did the same.
More money than brains.
@@johnwatrous3058 more money than talent, too.
It's ok. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Like you
@scottyo64 you know nothing about the high-end audio market, I suppose. This is nice, but nothing extreme.
Although my own systems are pretty nice, they are still nowhere close to extraordinary.
Living:
Cabasse La Sphère active system
Music room:
TAD CR1 MKII
Mark Levinson 536, 526, 519,
Moon 430 HA D3
VPI Avenger (full options).
So yes, I'm pretty ordinary
i think its awesomw that hes into music enough to get good gear. obviously w that money he could have gotten a better systen but who cares. he comes across more as a music fan than an audiophile anyways...
People.makimg comments that he should spend more than a $100k, meanwhile all these commentors dont even have a 2k system.
Listening to music is a form of art. Everyone does it but only a few gets to experience it
Hi, you need to add cables, two cartridges for the turntable and what you are missing is probably the DAC and Streamer
Cool. did'nt know he was a music lover...what kind of music?
Still cheaper than having bands and orchestras coming to your home whenever you like. 😂
Wow, if you ever wanted proof that audiophiles are often asshats, read on….some of y’all are personally responsible for giving the hobby a bad reputation.
Guy likes what he likes. It’s not too difficult to say “to each their own” and go about your business….it’s not too difficult, is it?
Yeah one day when it hit the lotto I'll buy all mcintosh as well
The vintage stereos are the best sound quality 👌 crystal clear sound the new Bluetooth is nice also now they have a Bluetooth Turntable wireless speakers ❤
And they suck
$100k is like a tip for him
What DAC, is the the missing component to the left?
2 turntables the same now that’s lazy crazy 1 SME or 1 Avid . Far better.
MCINTOSHHH 🥴🤤
Too bad he doesn’t have Accuphase. Now that’s a great company! McIntosh isn’t what it used to be, imo. Mr. McIntosh would be shaking his head right now if he knew the stuff they were doing!
His system is ok… I prefer mine.. dynaudio evidence speakers, VPI table with Grado sig. cartridge, belles pre and class A mono blocks…
Yeah yours is way better! Screw that guy! I'm sure you're a much better person than him in every way too! I wanna be just like you!!!
Lmao. You must have heard it yourself I’m person. 🤡
I'd like to see somebody do a video series on celebrity audio systems any takers?
Planning to do more of these in the near future!
So, it appears he may have just taken the advice of a sales person rather than personally pick and choose each piece based on their own merits. Nothing wrong with a complete Mac set up I'm sure it does sound amazing.
He’s a bubblegum Pop listener for sure.
MBL! 👍
Money buys amazing things
Nice😊, just think a high end turntable today can go easy $700.000
And that amount for any equipment is Too Expensive there's no Audio equipment worth that money
@@toddtaylor6594 exactly👍
Sonus Faber just released their new speaker system at a cost of $700,000+.
He’s a Mac guy
Waaaaaaaaaak!
McIntosh has a niche, but loyal following like the Greatfull Dead. People into the build quality or a particular sound like it. Usually, they don’t spend a lot of time listening to other gear. Like Dead Heads. This has resulted in it being one of the top selling brands worldwide.
I wouldn’t pin Jimmy Fallon as a Macintosh guy. But I’m not a fan.
While working in a high-end stereo shop in the 80s I met Tom Cruises’ buyer. He didn’t go out himself to shop for much of anything she said. This person was a professional shopper. My guess is Jimmy Fallon also had a person like this.
IMHO that Sim Audio is an odd match for that system but, like Jimmy it’s Canadian. Macintosh is American. So perhaps choices were made based on politics not system synergy.
Keeping with the Greatfull Dead analogy also explains why audiophiles respond as they do. Most music aficionados, apart from Michael Fremer, don’t like the Dead.
If Jimmy, or his buyer, had chosen a brand of gear that’s all the same, but better regarded, something like Audio Research or even all Sim Moon, which would have been a better, less obvious choice, he would have earned more respect. IMHO
Fallon is a New Yorker. You've got him mixed up with someone else, Norm Macdonald maybe.
@@dixonpinfold2582 No. I used to live in New York and have watched him on SNL. Simm Audio is Canadian not Fallon though.
@@Qthepug Dude, in your comment you explicitly state that Fallon is Canadian. You wrote it and you already forget? Read what you wrote.
This is the _complete mental incoherence_ that makes me wonder why I even come down in to these UA-cam comments sections.🤯
@@dixonpinfold2582 relax.
@@Qthepug Smarten up and no one will get irritated.
That's pocket change for him.
Those are mc2301 mono’s
His Justin Bieber box set must sound amazing 😀
I'm sure he got a smashing discount!
I’m not anywhere near Jimmy Fallon money, but I have around that also in my gear hmmmmm🤔
I only have Palace not those lol 😂
"Audiophiles"
1) Your setup is never good enough for them
2) You didn't spend enough on your system to impress them
3) Shit on how you spent your own money
It's a toaster 😂
It’s obvious that he has more money than cents! I have a vintage system that’s as high end as you can probably go, and I would put it up against his any day! Plus the room that he has it in looks like an absolute abysmal failure!
I think that's where I would put most of my effort and money into is room acoustics. Not that I've ever listened to super expensive audio gear (other than say an Imax theatre setup etc) but paying tens of thousands of dollars for turntables and phono cartridges is just a farce. No one can tell me a $300 Blu-ray can't outperform the specs of these over-priced cartridges and turntables.
I'm not that impressed with stereo recordings these days. I've listened to so many awesome surround sound recordings that almost always make the two channel versions sound lame.
Good for Jimmy having more money than any man can spend. It's better to waste it on expensive audio gear than drugs or sleazy broads. 😂
More dollars than sense is the idiom
Oh wow!!!You sound so cool man!
MK is pronounced mark
$100k? His Synergistic Research cables, Tranquillity Bases, line and ground conditioning cost nearly $100k all in so unless the speakers and McIntosh electronics were virtually free, his system costs twice that, so at least $200k
I have SR cables, too. One pair, 24' each... looking to trade!
Meanwhile, his neighbor down the street, with a pair of Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic speakers is asking him to hold his beer.
Those are quite possibly the ugliest speakers ever designed, yet I'm sure they sound amazing.
Starter gear for a rich person.
Essentially...he could do better for the cash.
Haters going to hate, don't try to explain yourselves, your haters
@@scottyo64 make love not war
@@scottyo64 facts are facts. For the kind of money he has, it’s a starter set.
@@scottyo64 You spelled 'you're' incorrectly.
That's really not a lot with his money. There are audiophiles living in basement apartment somewhere with a $100000 turntable because they spend all their money on gear
Lot's of haters here 😂. You probably can't afford it anyway
Theres guys will million dollar systems
Thanks for this .. after I watched the show I googled the turntable... I bet it sounds awesome...
That component on the left
Looks like
The amazing
Parasound JC3+ Phone stage
Designed by the great John Curl
One of the best designs of modern times
youre making a big deal over 100k? lmao
Can you send me 100K if its no big deal?
Not bad for a comedian who isn’t funny.
The irony of going down this hifi rabbithole is that you end up having to listen in a room with all this ugly equipment.
Really nice system and all, but Bubblehead and Scoop7117 are right, everything listed here is entrance level reference - - maybe he's not a "died in the wool" audiophile, but regardless, I'm still left wondering why he's not running flagship reference, like the Magico M9's and the big time muscle (Boulder, Dagostino, etc.) required to drive them - especially with the means that Jimmy obviously has - even people of means only live once, why only take yourself half way to music heaven while still here on earth? There's probably a reason and I doubt it has anything to do with money. btw, love Jimmy Fallon
That's all, lol.... cute
Buying all McCintosh is a wannabe move.
Así es 🤓👍🏼
Proof that having a $100k rig doesn’t mean you know Jack $hit about HiFi 😂🤦♂️🤷♂️
More haters....what is it with our community........can't people ever just be happy for someone?
Nice, but cliche.
@@jlo8775I really need somone that can answer some audio questions. like in what order is best MP3 VS MINI DISC VS TAPE VS LP VS CD. someone please wb...like a top 5 in order, like whats best.
I have heard much better music on decent hifi worth a lot less, based on quality build not design.
@Arthur Harris
Who gives a
Rookie selection. A lot of better stuff for the money. The Magicos are the only thing Id consider myself.
no big deal
Wouldn't buy McIntosh.....
Mctosh=rich Bose
McIntosh = Meh 🙄
Where is this interview.?
He's just getting his feet wet
McIntosh is the Bose of the hi end market, there's so much better for less.
So what! He is still the uncool king of cringe. Can’t stand him.
Audio for rich people, doesn't mean it sounds better than a 25000 system.
Yes it does…. It sounds better…. Always!
@@silviosarunic6709 we can agree to disagree, it's more of look my system cost a million dollars so people can go wow.
$100k could buy a far better rig. He bought pretty blue lights. Lol.
Magico is trash... Jimmy should call me up
When you have NO CLUE about audio, you buy Macintosh audio…. His system is all but real high end audio… learn before posting bullshit
Who hurt you?
@@HiFiTurtle
Don't bother with these people. The only thing that they know (or think they do.) is the amount of money that has to be spent. I don't have a problem with spending $700,000 to a million dollars on audio equipment, The problem with people like this is they only think the price is what is to be considered.