My $32K 2-Channel Audio System: Is it TOO MUCH For Me To Handle?
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- I cobbled together over $32,000 of audio gear into an All-Star System featuring some BIG names in the hi-fi business , and a Goodwill find. What brands and gear did I select. How did it sound? And was I ready for it. Am I a luxury system person, or am I just a mid-fi guy at heart? There is only one way to find out! Thanks for watching!
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“Yes, but I have something he will never have - ENOUGH.” - Kurt Vonnegut
Prioritizing spending on our passions is always worth it if your basic needs are met, but knowing when enough is enough and reaching that level of contentment requires a lot of maturity.
Holy s__t!!! Someone has the courage to reference CONTENTMENT in a hifi space!?!?! By golly, there IS hope for humanity!!!😂
Seriously, COTD!👍💯
I'll spend more on the analog side, because that side isn't likely to be obsolete as quickly. On the digital side, I want each stage separate so I can replace stages like Legos.
I wish I had said that! Thanks for watching!
I couldn’t keep up with my rich friends in the Hifi competition. I gave up and walked away. Many years later, I’m putting together mostly vintage gear and loving the results. It’s about the music and your enjoyment of it.
Cheers from Bastrop Bob. Keep up the good work.
Well done, my friend! Vintage is cool!
"Enjoy the music!" I think you nailed it. Like you, I cannot justify spending that kind of money, and hear "too much" whi h can distract from the enjoyment. I've got about $8000 in a system that I really enjoy. I second your Klipsch comment. Heresy IV's sound great to me.
Great minds think alike! Congrats on your system! Thanks!
I used to think $10k was way too much, and when you find a pair of speakers or amp that has your sound you're 1/2 way there. Mid-Fi is a great place to be - it matches the sound I relate to from the 80's. Component by component is my approach, and if I find an item I believe will help and I can make it work I'll give it a shot. Testing and comparing components sounds fun. I like finding items that sound good but am not a fan of unboxing, moving, cabling, and general disappointment a high percentage of the time. Small items can have meaningful impact on quality, cost is less, and they're easier to revert if desired. Figuring out what works for each of us to keep our minds calm & happy is a personal item we each get to nail down
I love that 80's sound too! Marantz x JBL
Love the grounded perspective of this video. Refreshing. Thanks. 👌
In at around $6k: Fluance RT85 with AT540vm headshell/stylus into Pro-Ject Tube Box S2 phono stage, Emotiva TA1 into Emotiva XPA-2 gen 3 power amp, WiiM Pro streamer, and a pair of Polk R700 speakers. This is the final iteration of quite a bit of switching out and upgrading. It's mid-fi...........and sounds phenomenal.
Yeah, You were spot on with this one. I have Conrad Johnson Preamps and amp, vintage and new. They can be in that $10K+ price range. They reveal EVERYTHING, both amazing beauty and the warts! I also have our beloved Forte IVs. It means my sources have to be really good. My turntable is glorious, thank God. I upgraded my 10 y/o $1500 Rega RP6 to a much higher level because of how flat it was sounding, including the Rega P10 tone arm (RB3000) and Sumiko Starling MC cart, double plinth and more . My DAC is great (a Denafrips Terminator 12th) but my digital sources suck (IfI Zen stream, 10 y/o Cambridge Blue ray/SACD/ Media player) . All told, including cables, switches, linear power supplies etc.., I'm in it for $32-35K! I am saving up for a 5-6K streamer! Nuts! While I can spend the money eventually, it is not wise at my income and stage of life. And yet, that is the plan anyway. If you can live with your sound system as is, after having heard the Moon Audio stuff, consider that a gift!!! If you find you half to buy that equipment, you get NO judgment from me! LOL! Enjoy the music no matter what!
If my ears were 20 years old I would consider everything. I love my $2500 Technics SU-G700 integrated. It gets me most of the way there. Thanks!
Enjoyed this episode. It’s great that you have developed a relationship with your local HiFi store. I am not in the market for any equipment, but I enjoy your videos. My main system is around $2500. I am not a critical listener, it just seems to take a lot effort. I listen to music to relax and enjoy the music. But, to each their own. Whatever makes you happy 😊.
Thanks for watching! Enjoy your system!
As always.. Love the vibe bro. Well played. 😊😊
Thanks for your continued supportABX!!!
Thank you for this video and the channel! I think we are a few so called audiophiles that can relate with this gear syndrome and behind the (very funny) humour you got a point... Here in Sweden a pair of Forte IV is around $8k to give you an idea. And this resolution-obsession got for my part way out of control. I'm now back to what got me in this hobby : the music and the fun!! Keep on the good work!
Great minds think alike, no matter what countries you are from! Yes, I would rather listen to something with dynamic punch and soundstage than something that has Uber detail, sibilance etc! Thanks for the watch!
In my current journey in the audio world I’m all in at around $6,500 and truly love my current system at the moment and for many years to come. I started out with powered Fluance bookshelf speakers then took it up 10 notches to… Arendal 1723 THX towers, Yamaha R-N1000A stereo receiver, AT-LP1240-USBXP turntable, (2) 15 inch subs by Starke Sound, Sony CD Player, Douk audio phono pre amp, a pair of KEF Q150 bookshelf speakers, External power amp by Audiophonics (class D with NCore technology) looking to get an external DAC and hear great things on the J2 with Sparkos op amps, and get a better cartridge for my turntable. Love the journey and researching and wishing but most of all love the hobby and the music 👍 thank you for all you do love your channel!!
Nice video. Even though beyond my price range, I enjoy hearing about excellent audio equipment. It’s great you have such a good relationship with Origin Audio.
Bob I know what you mean, I almost dropped $6500 for a pair of Macaria by MACO open baffles tonight………. A 40% discount off the regular price !!! I said let’s do this !!! Then that little voice in my head said better check your bank account 1st. Then the other little voice said hey !! Just put it on THE card 🤔 Then the other voice said hey !!! You’ve been married to the same beautiful woman for 40 years…….do you want to still be married tomorrow ??? Soooo I threw the 1st voice out the front door and set back down and started listening to the Buchardt 400’s again 🫣 Man that was close 😉
This video brings up an important point and the car analogy is apt - I experienced this myself recently when I finally got, for me, a holy grail luxury vehicle. Every time I drive it, I scrutinize its performance, terrified (ok, not really, but something like that) something is going to go wrong. Never worried about my Toyota Highlander lol. Audio gear I think would be the same. I've begun an upgrade path across all my components and I do find myself doing analytic liste ING almost more than I do pure enjoyment listening, questioning whether this or that component is performing the way I want and how it could be better.
Great minds think alike! Enjoy your new car!
I hear ya Bob, when is it enough. I spend most of my time enjoying music now. I was on the hunt for a year for new gear. I’m good now.
Great discussion, Bob. I’m looking forward to seeing the reviews on the individual components that Origin hooked you up with. Components at that price point are out of my comfort zone, but I love that they’re out there and I’m happy for the folks who have em.
Will you be doing any coverage of the Southwest Audio Fest in Dallas later this month?
great video, i currently have a CD player from Goodwill, last years entry cambridge audio intergrated amp used, vintage paradigm speakers used....all in for a crazy $185.....now i have saved up about 1k and im looking to get a new intergrated amp / cd combo. I have settled on the ROTEL A11 Tribute series but ive see you can spend to the moon and back on this hobby.....oh and PS.... as the car goes i have a Honda Minivan...lol
Well done!
Thanks, Jake!
I'm with you, Bob. Especially regarding streamers, which go out of data almost as fast as smartphones. Disposable tech is what I call them. For streamers, software is more important than hardware.
DAC technology has been changing pretty fast too...especially regarding filters. Some may disagree, but we've been asymptotically approaching 100% transparency in digital to analog technology for a while now. The best $200 DAC today outperforms the best $2,000 DAC from a decade ago. Easily. Unless one is after boutique or stylized sound and cosmetics, it's no longer necessary to spend thousands of dollars on a DAC to achieve full transparency.
Change comes more slowly to analog components. It still makes sense to spend majority of an analog system's budget on the transducers: loudspeakers and phono cartridge. A top-of-the-line loudspeaker from twenty years ago won't be embarrassed by modern designs at around the same price (adjusted for inflation), but there are significant differences. Modern designs tend to be less efficient but are tuned for more even response, both on and off-axis. The use of computer-designed waveguides to better match driver dispurisions at the crossover frequency has been a major advancement. It will be interesting to see how loudspeaker and phono cartridge technology changes over the next decade. e.g., laser pickups?
Amplifiers and preamplifiers have not changed much, ignoring the addition of digital inputs on some models. Power amplifiers used to have a gain of around 30 dB. Many still do, but a fair number of modern models are between 10 and 20 dB. Digital sources have a noise floor that's at least 30 dB lower than analog, so I believe this change in power amp gain is to achieve a lower noise floor end-to-end. And, it works! As a result, we have lower attenuation or even some positive gain from the preamp. Many modern DACs have a native output of 5V instead of 2V or 4V, which also helps compensate for reduced gain downstream.
My point in all of this is that when folks spend a higher portion of their disposable income on audio gear, its reasonable to expect greater longevity. The risk with longevity is potentially missing out on benefits from advancements in technology and design. It, therefore, makes sense to optimize audio investments by spending more on component types that tend to evolve slowly.
In your system, a $13k streamer does not make much sense to to me. I know that you love your Klipsch Forte loudspeakers, but if you had $20k burning a hole in your pocket, upgrading to a modern loudspeaker like the Perlisten S7t would take your system and room to a completely different level.
Very wise words in this video! Im just reaching the point in my system where I notice edits here and there. Im getting a little cautious now
Tread lightly! Thanks!
using a pair of Projected Sound drive-in speakers with a $50 Fosi amp (BT10A) for live sports & UA-cam from my phone. $10 later, Amazon sent 2 metal bookends that serve as s peaker stands. Drive-In Fi
You do you! Thanks!
One of life's harder lessons ... Price does not translate to quality.
I used to service a number of high end systems, one over $100k and at the end of the day, they were not especially better than my $1,500 system. Sure they had more raw power, of course they were all dressed up fancy, but ultimately the listening experience is no better.
The components inside those super spiffy casings are the same stuff that gets used in equipment at 1/4 the price ... the same transistors, the same chips, the same general designs. Most of what you pay for in the "high end" world is fancy cases, names and small production runs... often attached to exorbitant markups as the company is trying to get a year's worth of income from a couple of dozen sales.
Yes, there really is such a thing as "Audiophile Markup"... and it's likely to be half or more of the cost of these so-called "high end" systems.
Nothing against Moon... I want to be clear! I was excited to have the opportunity to listen to them. But your comments seem spot on to me. Thanks!
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I'm glad we agree. "Audiophiles" seem to have this penchant for getting themselves ripped off and sometimes in ways that are harmful to their finances and families. Just a little common sense, like in your video, goes a very long way.
I'm with you, I can't see myself paying that kind of money on equipment. I have maybe 5k into my system, and I'm happy with it and how it sounds.
Im what i call a blue collar audiophile. Mid-fi is the perfect balance of fun, good sounds and contentment for me. There's so much available from vintage gear through the newly democratized high levels of sound quality coming from brand new mid-fi gear today (though im mostly a vintage guy. Vintage up until the start of BPC gear)
I can rotate a pair of speakers out into my shop for storage for a while and not be concerned about thr perfect humidity.
My 100lb. dog can thwack her tail into a woofer without me having a heart attack.
And if my ego ever pops up and trues to get involved, I still know that I have better sound quality than any house around me for miles.
Btw i love the term "fun-fi". I play around whith that type of stuff for my wife's desktop and her office. She loves the sound and i get to play around with all the little new gadgets without having to be as critical as i would if they were in my studio/listening room.
You’re right thought of the same thing ( Audio Psychologist) the distortion is not in the equipment but what is between our 2 ears😊
You touch on for me is the biggest pitfall of Hi-End components. The sense of the hyper real, which when I auditioned Sim/Moon gear also gave me. I loved the inner detail the amp and CD player would draw out of my recordings, alas it was not my cup of tea. Since I like Hard Rock and Gothic Metal the products would shed too much light on harsh the top end on the Genre's recordings. Settled for perhaps a not quite so resolving but more forgiving sound for my main rig. Wish you all the best :)
I can identify with you there. I have almost reached the point where anymore improvements would spoil my must. Rock, Extreme Metal guy here.
Mine is about 20k. I have a MoFi deck with soundsmith cartridge for my main source. For me it’s a good spot to stay. I can still enjoy all my records and get the extra magic of good recordings too.
Now THAT is a nice 2 channel system Bob. I say if you feel you can appreciate the subtleties and nuances that come from such amazing gear then no, it's not too much for you. Budget is another issue altogether though. I say it all comes together in a Venn diagram of budget, aesthetics, sound quality and features where the components that fit in the sweet spot are the ones best "for you" being whoever the decision maker is.
Too much for me for sure due to the amount of upper range hearing I've lost I wouldn't be able to appreciate that kind of audio performance anyway.
Great video Bob. Thanks.
Amazing video. I definitely relate to your approach. I was almost lost to the infinite search for better sound quality (with no crazyness involved, tough), but than I slapped in the face and woke up to reality. The majority of my collection is CD and regular LP (none of that Mo Fi expensive stuff). I just want equipment that allows me to enjoy the music I love. If it has low noise, no distortion and a decent soundstage, I am a happy man. It's will always be all about the music for me. The gear its just the means to an end. I rather go to a Caribbean island on holidays with my AirPods and listen to Lee Scratch Perry and Peter Tosh all day, than safe the money to buy the most recent chip DAC.
So funny, I'm riding Randy's Tidal! I love Tidal.
Yeah Bob the digital side of audio changes a lot. I hated my digital side till I found the right DAC that gave me "my sound". I could only listen to 1 or 2 CDs then I would switch to vinyl. Now I can listen to quite a few.
Bob, I spent 3k for two McIntosh amps and another $1500 for two McIntosh pre amps from 50 years ago. With my Fluance RT-85 and a couple of J2s, and a $9 DVD transport, I’m pretty set. Lots of people would call it MidFi. That’s fine with me. I’m in for a little over $5k. If the Macs break, I’ll fix them.
It seems the depreciation on reasonably nice audio gear is pretty gnarly. I feel like the sweet spot is 5-10 years old. I've got just under 10K in my system and if you'd bought all of it new it would have been double that. I got an above average deal, in particular, on my Kef Reference 1s.
I have always avoided tube amplification, because they are less durable in most designs, plus mid Fi is better than ever. When I saw made in Russia printed in English on the tubes, I had to wonder how easy replacement would be.
I mitigate the cost of equipment by not churning through it. I find the weak link in my system, upgrade that , and then live with the happy results for years, or at least until I have both the means and desire to attack the resultent new weak link. now, as an old man, I am just finishing up my end of the road system, once I upgrade the amplification to the quality of the other stuff gathered over time. .
besides, since listening to a recording of a past musical event can never be more than an illusion of that past event, one needs to decode on how far one is willing to chase that illusion, since human hearing did not evolve to tell you the truth anyway. how you think something sounds is your reality, the process is only subjective.
I like the "illusion" descriptor!" Well said!
Sorry I'm late to the party. I would like to know what albums you determine are good recordings, or pressings, and which ones are not. That would help me a lot. Keep on rocking!
I'm with you Bob. People seem to love or hate Klipsch. I'm a budget conscious guy, and buy my speakers second hand,. Generally, of the vintage variety (Yamaha, Boston Acoustics, Advent, ADS, PSB). Did you have a benchmakr speaker, so to speak, prior to owning the Klipsch Forte? Do you find they preform best with specific genres, or do they perform well over all? Great content. Keep it coming!
Mate what happened to your recent Technics amp and the SL-1200 MK7 LTD, no mention of those?
Different folks different strokes but I would never spend that much on a streamer or any digital-only processor equipment as they ‘age’ very fast. Besides, I am 62 and thoughts of my retirement savings and building up the nest egg dominate my mind these days :-)
Records, yup… I still get 2-3 per month but I managed to build a decent system over the years of Yamaha and Technics that should last me for decades longer. I might add a good and relatively affordable streamer at some point like the Eversolo A6 but not just yet.
Take care and stay the path!
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you, and apparently unlike a lot of different opinions, enjoy the Klipsch sound ( other speakers around the same pricing sound lackluster to me).
So I'm running Heresy IV'S and a SVS SB3000 sub.
I'm short on space, but could fit in the Forte IV'S, is there enough difference to justify spending the 5K in your humble opinion?
That's the main issue with those systems/components that are "too good". If your recording sucks, well, it will suck big time but if it's great, it will shine.
Makes me think that you nearly need to have 2 systems, one for the great recordings and one (forgiving) for the bad recordings (because we want to enjoy those too)
But extra cost, extra space etc...
therefore it's nice to be in a middle ground where bad recording don't sound bad and great recordings sound pretty good.
my main system is around $3000 all vintage (McIntosh, Boston Acoustics, Kenwood turntable, Marantz SACD) no streamer or Dac.
I'm on the hunt for a proper streamer that can stream from my NAS via wifi including my DSD files.
If it has a DAC even better but not necessary, it's easy to add a DAC after.
(BTW, any suggestions are welcome as I haven't been able to find one for a decent price I mean ;-) )
I was surprised and a bit horrified when I counted up the list prices of all my gear in my main system and it was well north of £30,000.
Now that's been built up over years and I buy a lot second hand or especially ex dem, but still. And I am comfortably off in retirement but have never been wealthy. Thank god my wife is a secular saint. It's amazing how quickly it adds up in this hifi game.
Then if you add my second system, my vintage gear and my AV system... Gulp.
Don't regret any of it, though. And because a lot of it was bought below list, I could sell it for close to what I paid if the bailiffs came a knockin'.
Ive got about 5000 in my system. I would really like a set of Forte's, thats my end game speaker. A buddy of mine has a set, i think they sound awesome.
So far comments today are 50/50 on Klipsch. Why people gotta hate?
I guess the only thing i can say is everyone's hearing is different. I like them, i think they are a little pricey, and that line is rarely on sale, if ever.@@UnitedStatesofAnalog
I paid &8,500.00 for my McIntosh MA-252 and XR50 speakers. Got my bones in the right place. I think they will be around long after me.
Hot take…I do believe that a great DAC sits between $3-5k everything above that you hear the mastering work flow and everything below that you don’t get the goosebumps…
Your recommendation, please!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog many to choose from-Denafrips and Holo Audio are a good start… I had a Holo Audio Spring 3KTE. Vocals with this DAC made it sound like I was in a recording booth with the artist-not in the mastering room. R2R DACs get a lot of praise (do not turn them off). Leave them on and the sound just gets better and better.
I was talking about this with my son. I have a mid-Fi system at least money wise all in for $2,500 with my speakers the most expensive component Wharfedale Denton 85th Anniversary and I can’t imagine a system costing $25K sounding 10 times better but then I have never heard in person a $25K system.
Hey BOB, great video!
How did you enjoy the sound coming out of the moon amps compared to listening to the MacIntosh on your shelf playing through your Fortes?
Well, that's more of a bar setup so it can't compare to my listening room. Those are Heresy III in the bar
I am at around $5k at the moment but pending streamer upgrade. I like tweaking all kind of audio video equipment but at some point the numbers make the game tiring and overwhelming so one has to stop sooner rather than later. There will always be something better, more revealing, with better functionality, with the latest chipset or whatever, but hey, do we really need those? As you pointed, for most of us - not really.
I have a pair of Klipschorns from the 70's. Almost all my gear is from the 70's. I paid about $3,000.00 for everything over about 10 years. I would't trade any of it for $30K. 10K for a DAC is crazy money. Can you really tell the difference in a true A B blind test?
Not with my ears😂 But the WiiM and Blusound interfaces are better! Thanks!
Congrats for not falling for trends! I salute you!
In truth I’ve really got a kick out of this bedroom-situated $1000 system, replete with ChiFi amp… A British Audiophile recommendation! I historically had spent more, and probably more than I should, and I have mixed feelings with maxing out on hifi. Those resolving systems are too much of a good thing!
I have a feeling you'd love my Denafrips Pontus II DAC/Hermes DDC combo. It sounds like you're sitting in the venue/studio. Regardless of whether you're listening to CD or high-rez flac on your streamer, it sounds like I'm listening to music. It's enormously detailed and warm in character, transients are lightening fast, the highs have air, it soundstage approaches that of the Soundsmith Aida cartridge and like the Soundsmith, it's utterly relaxing to listen to for hours and hours thanks to it's somewhat forgiving nature. I also have an Oppo UDP-205 that has eight ESS Sabre DACs for the class A, balanced stereo output section that provides a ruthlessly accurate playback of all disc formats. With the Oppo, if the recording engineers decided to slip in vocals recorded in a sound booth instead of the open studio the rest of the tracks were recorded in, it's about as subtle and getting slapped in the face. With the Denafrips stack, it's clearly audible if you're looking for it, but it doesn't pound your face and ears with it so it doesn't brutally take your attention away from the performance, itself. Mind you, the whole shebang is under $3500 with the Wiim Pro Streamer (which is run through the Hermes DDC digital processor via coax). If you get some time out of your busy schedule, contact Alvin Chee at Vinshine Audio to see if he can send you both for review. Denafrips has a factory service center in Texas for all repairs in the USA. By the way, Denafrips DACs are fully discrete R2R ladder DACs. There's about a thousand laser trimmed 0.01% tolerance surface mount resistors in a four channel array as the Pontus II's fully balanced or quad-balanced as some manufacturers describe. And Denafrips products are deceptively heavy for their size and are built like tanks.
WOW! You should have your own channel! That sounds like an amazing, well thought out system! Congrats and thanks for the detailed notes!
I like your pedestal fan Tee.
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@@UnitedStatesofAnalog Everyone likes a good pedestal fan dude.
I need a good review on the buchardt a10's..
I wish they would send me some! Someday...
I've pretty much have stuck to Vintage Pioneer gear 78-80. About 7 grand including some servicing on things that were not shipped to me properly. I like my system. The idea of having 32k in gear doesn't appeal to me at all.
I never found any speaker from the Klipsch Heritage series shouty or harsh. I do find them boring. Klipsch just doesn't do it for me. I've tried to like the Heritage series, including the non-Heritage RF-7. No dice. Wish I could dissect it and give you specifics. I've kept my ADS 1230s for over 40 years. Back in 1983, I a/bed them against the Klipsch Cornwall. No contest. No disrespect to Klipsch lovers. To each his own.
It's all about flavors, my man! I wish I could listen to a different pair of speakers everyday!
$335 for wharfedale 12.1 and $260 for SMSL AL200 ;)
Minimum effort/maximum reward! Congrats... winning!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog the speakers were open box, made the decision easier. would adding a DAC make a difference with the AL 200?
The lower spec TI /Burr-Brown dac in Rotel products with only 100 db signal to noise ratio, outperforms the Geshelli Labs J2 AKM dacs. Better bass, sound stage, air..so much better. It not that TI Burr-Brown is good or bad, as higher spec chip in latest Bluesound Node sounds terrible. You may not think it sounds terrible, but if you listen to a dac in the latest 15 series Rotel, makes the other sound like junk, and it’s the cheapest, worst spec dac chip. Go figure. But that is in a $1700 pre-amp. But those other dacs pumped into that same pre-amp sound lifeless in comparison, mostly for lack of bass, detail in bass, and too much detail in mids and highs…like Klipsch speakers sound to me.
Can I win this system?😊
But isn’t that what the artist intended? Isn’t that what the sound/ master engineer intended? Or is your system at this point studio sound that is showing you everything about that recording? Have you gone too far up the chain that it sounds like you sitting in the recording booth? Great discussion…
Yeah... haven't thought much about this before!
Isn't it about the music? And not the gear? If you enjoy the music less, then the gear is not doing it for you. Whatever the price. At the low-fi level, it's probably the distortion, the way the system adds stuff to the music. And at this level, it's the way you are hearing more of the recording rather than the music. I think there are two other factors: guilt over spending so much for a want rather than a need; and how much the cost is a percentage of your overall assets. If you have a billion, 32,000 is nothing.
All of it, somewhere around 20K, front and center, about 10. Jeez you don't even realize it because it's over many years of stepping up.
What is the world coming too when owners of McIntosh gear, and $2000 turntables are low fi…maybe you said mid fi…either way. I have probably 8K in my 2 channel system and have to sulk around acting like it is a lo fi system. Meanwhile the world is listening via portable Bluetooth speakers.
Yes, this is indeed a weird business! No absolutes. Whats funny is that nobody talks much about the 2 weakest links in your audio chain, your room, and your ears!
Not with my ears! You know, the WiiM interface is better! Blusound too!
$32,000 on hifi equipment is a complete waste of money.
"Beauty is in the eye of the gear-holder!" -unknown Thanks for watching!
In many ways, you're a better reviewer than that buddy of yours, Randy.
In other ways, not so much.
$32K worth of hi fi gear and Bob chooses, as a source, Tidal STREAMING service, a COMPRESSED source. SMH.
As far as the Klipsch go, the TWEETER sound reaches your ears BEFORE the woofer sound does. This is EASILY seen in a simple step response test Bob.
So yeah, they are kinda shouty, in your face......they are DESIGNED that way. It's ok to LIKE them, but they destroy time and phase, which makes them NOT audiophile speakers (in my book)
BTW, Randy HATED the Moon gear. Pissed him off he said. Reason he started his channel of audio LIES was because Moon audio "pissed him off"
In reality, Randy was clueless as to WHY the gear sounded bad. I told him why. I can explain it, but can't make that fool understand it.
Always a pleasure , Dale! Keep on rocking in the free world!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog Send the Moon to Randy, see if he still thinks it's crap.I laughed my ass off when I watched that video of his. Moon gave him the truth, he was too ignorant to believe them. I also love how he pours love out for the old Yamaha receiver he has. I don;t have the heart to tell Randy who Yamaha asked for advice from designing that amp. His head would explode.
This is why people with expensive "hear how the sausage was made" systems listen to crappy music, because it has to reach the SQ levels of their system.
Punk bands don't care about the quality of your system but Patricia Barber does 😂
Adele sounds good on everything!!!! Ramones... not so much! I like the way you think! Thanks for watching!
Your channel must be geared for the very wealthy audience who can afford the outrageous prices for the gear you’re showing on this channel 13000 for a streamer?? This is way above the average guy can afford This channel is too rich for my budget
They were just loaners! Dont kill the messenger! I think I was pretty clear that I don't have the budget either! Thanks!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog Sorry!! Didn’t know!!