Vinyl-hifi-Turntable biggest shop, Tokyo!
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2016
- Dear Friends, the Second Vinyl-Hifi shop we hunt down: the famous AUDIO UNION of Japan!!! The biggest Hifi company in Japan with a couple of stores, but of course, I chose the most comprehensive one for you guys: the Ochanomizu store, that have scores of used turntables, new turntables, cartridges, accessories accessories accessories.
Amongst the highlights are a few important products IN THE FLESH:
- the New TechDas AirForce 3 turntable,
- Luxman PD-171A turntable :-D
You will also feast your eyes upon scores and scores of champagne coloured ACCUPHASE kit, ageless LUXMANs :-), locally accomplished kit from DENON, YAMAHA, MARANTZ, ESOTERIC.
Thank you for viewing the whole video if you can, it contains something for everybody, and surprises round EVERY corner.
Let's keep the Vinyl Dream alive :-D
Sincerely,
Ian.
And thank you to my wife for being with me on this trip. Thank you darling wife.
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Dearest Friends and Buddies,
I am Ian and I reside in sunny Singapore. I love our Vinyl Community and Vinyl Music. Vinyl analogue playback is utterly blissful, and I want for fellow friends and buddies to engage in vinyl music for many, many years in their life, each vinyl buddy through their school life, through the hustle and bustle of daily work, accompany them through precious hours at home with their family members or in their hostel with their friends. Vinyl music is blissful, free of time smear, phase shift, pre-ring and post-ring that plagues digital playback. Vinyl buddies and friends can all attest to that. It is not warm in the “bassy warm” sense, it is not soothing in the sense that “everything gets smoothed out”. It is because it is analogue, very detailed, calm, invigorating, enthralling, dynamic, refreshing. In a word, blissful. Utterly :-D
I want for all to get the very equipment that will get us there. These equipment, I firmly believe, are present, and existent, even at affordable price points!..and I started off in Dec 2015 hunting out for them, selling off my own Rega RP6 (which my wife and I loved) to fund the first batch of cartridges for review: the 5 cartridges in Group A ($70-$80), and the 7 cartridges in Group B ($90-$130). Subsequently I told myself to set aside $500-$1000 per month from my monthly salary to buy equipment to review. My own money. Quite a hefty sum monthly, significant to me, as I am a salaried man. I know this is crazy. But I believe in every field, there are people who have to make the sacrifice to pursue their love for the greater good, and to serve, the community of friends. I have also downsized my car in mid-2017 so as to commit these monies to fund these projects. I totally, rigorously, and kindly reject all forms of donations, be they from friends, from retailers, from manufacturers. This is a hobby, and my teachers and advisors in life have advised me that to bring balance to life, and to be wholesome, one will engage in a livelihood (daily job or business) that earns the monies, and one will also simultaneously engage in a hobby/service in life that is non-competitive, non-monetarily-remunerative. My wife totally understands what I want to do for the community and she so kindly supports my decision and efforts. Friends also of course, know that my videos cannot be monetized due to the inclusion of music clips. Vinyl music is a lovely hobby I hold dearly. Friends and buddies are my ultimate responsibility and my love. I want the very best for them, and to provide totally honest reviews. Moles exist in hifi forums, moles also exist from benefactors who donate. I do not want to remotely encounter any moles masquerading as benefactors donating to my cause, only to find out sooner or later that such donations were/are from certain manufacturers or retailers. Everybody will do things differently. I want to maintain my status as a common-folk, aspire always to adopt the Shokunin spirit: of spending the utmost diligent care, through unhurried work, never caring for returns, in perfecting their work for the community. The personal satisfaction of getting to the very best equipment in each price class to help all my lovely buddies and friends is, the only thing, in store for me :-D We toast to the joy and bliss of vinyl analogue music. Vinyl Music deserves our love and attention. Our listening. Our care.
We toast to the lively spirit of :-D !!:
“Everybody will be dancing and doing it right - by Daft Punk”
Let's go, buddies and friends!!!
Warmest Regards,
~ ian :-D
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Music Attribution:
Music kindly used with permission from
www.bensound.com
www.purple-planet.com
Thank you very much :-D - Фільми й анімація
Ahh you have a Hi-Fi wife also,they are the best!!!! Cheers from Texas.
Ah thank you!!! Nice classic Buick!!!! Paul of "barakapdub" channel, is also from Texas!! Warmest Regards from very sunny SIngapore :-D!! See you buddy!
thanks for sharing.. i had fun watching your Japan audio shop tour... great...
Hi friend! Thank you very much for your kind words and support. I had much fun bringing them to you my friends too :-D. Best Regards,
Ian.
What a fantastic shop 😍 Thanks for your video 😀👍🤘
Thank you my friend🤗🙌😄 have a good healthy and blessed year ahead.
Our family is in Nagashaki 1983. Weekend hobbies go to shops hifi to watch amazing hifi displays. Wish you 2 happy children
No doubt about it, the Japanese take their audiophile listening quite seriously and to a different level. Very impressive. Americans can learn a lot from the Japanese. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for coming by and catching up over here! :-D May you have a great, happy and wonderful musical journey my friend :-D!!!
Best Regards!
- ian :-)
Your enthusiasm and willingness to share your experiences gives me such incredible joy.
And I AM very happy to learn and hear from you and your recount of your dad's Grace tonearms!!!!!!!!
Thank you my friend. Thank you for always catching up and lending your support to beef up my energy.
It really matters a lot to me. You friends' support and encouragement.
Yours,
ian.
I am Speechless!! Those Triodes!!
Thank you Ian and Mrs. Ian.
Once again a taste of other places shared with happiness.
+Will B Thank you my friend :-D ! Happy to hear from you again too!
How have you been?
Greetings from Singapore :-)
Ian.
Fantastic story of a true audiophile paradise. Thank you very much and greetings from Spain ;-)
Hi Antonio!!! :-D Thank you for catching up here and, may you have a great time vinyling and hifi-ing in Span!!!!
:-D
Best Regards,
ian.
What an amazing store.
Dan Brown Yo Buddy👋😄good to see you again!
Nice video. Congrats from Brazil!
Ola!!!! Greetings from tiny Singapore 🇸🇬 🎶😄🙏🌱🌱🌱
MAY you and your family be Safe, Well and, Happy🌿💚🏡😄🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
Great video and community service for all of us who dream to visit Japan ‘The Mecca’ of high fidelity and vinyl, thanks Ian
Dear Buddy ;-D how are you doing?!!!
Cool tours of the stores. I would be broke all the time, having a place like that by my house. I like how your wife is involved in your love of music. subscribed!! and checking out some of your old videos.
Thank you Buddy🤗for watching my older videos!!! Yes the older ones are useful as well...these stores are very much still the same, location and decor the same....layout as well. I go to Japan every year to visit my in-laws😄. With fate we can meet up over there i Tokyo.
Thank you for this post. When watching, I felt as though I flew to Tokyo and had a walk around the shop myself!
+aldente2011 Dearest friend, thank you for this very kind note again... I appreciate your kindness and support.
Best of Regards!!!
Ian.
just beautiful vintage everything...so many wonderful choices. well done
Brother Jay... thank you for coming by here again.. be my guest :-D. Help yourself Sir.
I'll be walking around this place in my dreams tonight. Thank you
Hi Ian Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Your shopping brought back the good old days in stereos and it looks like it never went away. Enjoy Mary Las Vegas NV
Dear Mary, thank you for coming by and writing to me.
Yes....what a feast, and how much nostalgia and, reassurance, that still, we can revel in stereo madness this Japanese facilities gave us!!!!💪😅😄😄😄😄✌✌✌
Merry Christmas my friend🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
So much great equipment, wow! My wallet is trembling in fear
Yes! I kept GULPING and GULPING and GULPING along the way!!!..it is a all-natural video : it is my first time there, didn't know the layout, didn't know the scale and magnitude... i could have done probably a "better" video by doing a first recce of the shop floors and only thereafter shoot the video and do a "presentation"... but no... i want to present my apprehension/awe/being dazzled/being not knowing what to expect/my true feelings relayed to all of you by my videoing this first and only time I reach there. Because there will ONLY be a ONE-TIME for this priceless First-Time experience of entering this shop... though tough...i have decided to do it raw. And relay it to all of you. No retaking of videos.... and all the scary moments of moving my camera on a stick around the shop, scrambling past several sales staff gingerly!... Hahaha... this is as raw as it gets my dearest FRIENDS!!!!!!!
Thank you for your immense understanding and support.
Sincerely, Ian!
Thank you kind Sir. So much HI-FI under one roof, I am simply overwhelmed. Wonderful video, so inspiring; must come to Japan soon.
Dear Thomas, thank you too for catching up! :-D See you soon!! Enjoy your journey. Hifi yummy yummy :-D!!!
Hi, your videos on Tokyo record and hifi stores have really helped me on my trip, thanks a ton!!
Dear Buddy Rohit :-D !!!!!! WOW I am so excited for you and very, very glad, my videos have been able to help you on your trips!!!! CONGRATULATIONS for your making it there, and seeing, touching and scoring many lovely items home i am sure :-D!!!
Warmest Regards, and may you be enjoying a very lovely, vinyl-infused, musical weekend!!!
~ ian :-D
@@HiViNywschannel Thanks so much for replying to me, whenever you come to India do please contact me, thanks again amd keep posting your wonderful videos:))
Just visited lots of the stores you did! Great guide to an amazing place....and lots of records to bring home. Thanks again!
Yo Buddy✌😄👌!!!!! Hehheh!!!! Great great!!!!!! You enjoy your time there my friend!!!!😍👍lots of records you've seen and bought!!!! Congratulations!!!😄🤩😄🤩😄🙏🙏💪🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
See you again Brother....may our paths cross again.
~ ian
@@HiViNywschannel I'm still listening through....there are 80! and the quality has been great. Keep up the good work my friend!!
@@davidmillar742 Wow! EIGHTY! How did you bring them back!?!!! I can't imagine!!!😄😅💪
That my friends is called paradise hahaha. Great video, as always.
Ziggy Stardust Ah HI Buddy🌞!!!!!
Great video Ian thanks. I am a late comer to your channel and I am enjoying catching up with all your great videos. Brilliant job.
Brother🤗, your message makes me very happy. I am working through the load of patients😅(I am a salaried family doctor in a small clinic)and your message really brings a smile to me!! It is so heartwarming to hear another good Buddy get in with this vinyl playback appreciation and lifestyle of warmth, and friendship. Thank you for your kindness and time messaging me. I wish you a very good week ahead filled with peace and analogue joy🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶😄👌
Awesome Store, Ian 🤘 I Love it 😊 it is Audio Heaven Alright❗️
Yo Buddy :-D great to see you!!!! Hehheh....yes, what loads of delicious kit.... for the audiophilia in us... THank YOU for coming by and catching up again!!! See you!
Simply awesome, Ian. You're the man.
Dear Brother Gerry! Thank you once again!
Had planned and wanted to imbue the videos with the ability to let all you dearest friends soak in the atmosphere and feel the place... :-D
Hope you're doing well on a Monday night and have a good rest too Brother Gerry!
Best regards, Ian.
Another great chapter on this story. Great video Ian! Eagerly waiting for the next one brother!
Thank you Brother!!! Thank you for enjoying these videos. Hope they bring smiles to all you guys!
Another great video! I hope to make it to Japan some day, but thanks for taking me along today! wonderful Ian!!
Dear Buddy Dan :-D, thank you too for catching up!!! Thanks for the ride along!!!
Have fun!
I'm enjoying your videos a lot! They're always very informative and cool!
Nice to know that there are still audio and vinyl stores in Japan. You guys there take audio very seriously! I wish we had stores like Union here in Brazil!
Keep the god job. Your cartridge review series really rocks!
Fabrizio Vigni Dear brother-in-Vinyl again!!! Thank you!!... i stay in Singapore, my wife is Japanese and we usually go to Japan three times a year.
I am glad to serve and help the vinyl community! :-D I believe everybody wants to spread the energy too!!!
....and yes, the cartridge review is what i aimed to be: comprehensive and thorough... :-)
Thank you my friend!!!
Wow! What a store! Thank you for sharing.
+Leo Trujillo Thank you Brother Leo for chatting us up again!!! Wife and I send our regards to you too!!!
Sincerely, M and Ian.
Some of the greatest videos on youtube! I don't know how I missed this one when it came out. It's like Disneyworld for my eyes!
MechanicalAnimal Brother yes rewatching it myself to reminisce the times surrounded by all these audio gear makes me smile too😄😃...have fun my friend. Catch up again! Warmest Regards.
Wow so many options, I wish we had stores like this.
:-D . thank you buddy for catching up! Have a great audio journey !!!
Thanks for the wonderful guide to the audio shop in Japan
Thank you fellow vinyl-audiophile! :-D
love it i need to come to japan to live
All looks new to me as I am old, did not see any Quad ESL 57s . Enjoyed it , thanks, Mike.
Oooooooooh.....Quad ESL57s.... they do have them in stock some times... :-D
Thank you Buddy Mike, for coming by and chatting with me!!!
Warmest Regards my friend!!.
Wow amazing store! I doubt there's anything like that in the US!
+JediSpam ...ahhh...... Japan... I can't believe this country's audiophilia is so strong.... The AudioForce is Strong with them!!!!!!!! :-D
GREAT STUFF! ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO HEAPS!
You are very welcomed brother-in-Vinyl, Ray!!!!!
Have a great day!
- ian :-)
Very good music system thanks
Love your videos!
+Richard Martin Dear Richard! :-D Thank you for dropping by! Let's keep up the vinyl spirit and energy within our community! The worldwide Vinyl Community! Best Regards to you and your family too!
Sincerely, Ian.
Dear Ian
Watching your video is better than watching "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". Hahaha ...
Dear Brother....
I am happy to be of help :-D!!!
Hahaha.... enjoy, enjoy your lovely weekend with family and friends, and of course RELAX to your great vinyl analogue music....
:-D
Oh man, the Audio Union is totally awesome! Thanks for the video touring the high-end audio goodies! Never got a chance to visit that place, only the Disk Union stores within the Shinjuku area.
Ah I see! :-D hahaha... the Disc Union stores spread out around Shinjuku!!! Yes so fun as they are all within walking distance!!!... and in between stores, there are always some things to look at, drink coffee and rest at the Segafredo coffee house besides that 8 Storey branch, and some massive shopping at the Isetan, Bic Camera + Uniqlo (Bicqlo) shopping centres too... wives will be very happy. I know my wife was very happy and couldn't leave the area!!
Thank you for your kind words brother :-) update you guys again within the next few days with RecoFan massive vinyl shop and the Disc Union ones!!!
Sincerely, Ian.
Even if money was no object I would go crazy trying to choose anything in that store
Where every thing is good ,making a choice hardens !
Great job Ian.. Wow, so much high end gear in one place.. You were in audio heaven.. Looking forward to the next video.. My cute, blonde, blue eyed girlfriend is yelling out a big "hello" to you and your wife.. You two rock!
I forgot to mention that we have a Japanese super market near by.. I stop in sometimes just to eat ramen and to look at the audio magazines like the one you bought.. I can't read it but the photos are nice.. Ha!
Magnifico. Greetings from Lima,Peru.
Raul Farfan Castro Thank you Buddy from Peru👋💪😄!! You have fun too!!Warmest Regards.
Thanks for the tour!
You are very welcomed brother! Thank you for your understanding and bearing with my unstable camera skills too :-D...
Incredible, appreciate you recording this.
Dear brother, thank you for coming by too :-D
Warmest Regards, and, have fun in your audiophile!!!
~ian.
Wow! We’ve died and gone to Hi-Fi heaven!!
Vintage Vinyl Vets Yes what a treat!!!😂😁😄 thank you for coming by and catching up again bro! Warmest Regards, ~ian.
HiViNyws channel Thank you Ian, it’s our honor sir🙏🏻🎧
Very impressive store!
Ah, yes my friend!!! Lots of goodies :-D!!!!! Have a great week ahead my friend!
~ian
seriously? That is hi end insanity! I don't know if I could leave such a place. I just can't get over the inventory.
Hahaha brother!!... then you better don't enter this insane building!!! :-D what a great and funny comment you made! I'm laughing yet again after Mr Wootton's comment!
Thank you my friend!
Though... I'm most attracted to the high quality used $400-$500 integrated amplifiers!!! Slurp Slurp! If wanna stretch my budget imagination...it will be that those Luxman and Accuphase $4k integrateds :-P ahhhh!!!...
Really liked your video my friend. Lovely city and fantastic store! I particularly liked the cartridges section. They seem to have more of Audio Technica, Sumiko and Ortofon brands. Please upload more such videos! Thanks from London, UK.
+Vijay Kanth Okay, okay, okay!!! Will do more again regularly along the way. I travel to Japan 3-4times a year.
Best Regards to you and have a good time in London!!!
Just spent the entire evening watching a good number of your fantastic videos. Very soothinig and informal. You've gained a new subscriber! Been wanting to get myself a decent turntable, cart and phono stage for the first time, just a maze of choice of where to start and what is a good match to the rest of my system
Dear Steve,
Thank you for catching up!
Brother, get yourself a Technics SL1200 from Japan... a supremely good deck for eternity, and at a supremely good price. Match it up with a Nagaoka MP-110 / Grado Green / Goldring Elektra, and a Schiit Mani. You will have an awesome, superb, system.
Best Regards,
You can email me at hivinyws@gmail.com , and I will help link you up with the store in Japan where you can get your SL1200Mk3/Mk3D or Mk5.
~ ian.
Thanks for sharing. Now I want to go Japan.. haha
Hahaha... nice one my friend! Let me know! :-D
Best Regards, Ian!
Some lovely stuff
Brother Ted, thank you :-D...
I'm sure it goes without saying, don't ever let that woman get away from you. Thanks for the analogue fix. Guess it's back to digital until next time. Great tour. Thanks.
Thank you for your kind support and lovely comment :-D see you brother!! Enjoy your audiophile hobby!!!
Just subscribed for you enthusiasm and great content
Thank you Sir!👋😄
Hi from England..really enjoying your videos..
Thank you my friend... i really hope it's not too draggy... i tried my best to let you guys get onto the ground and feel the atmosphere, and not speed up too fast that you guys feel dizzy watching the video too...and the video shouldn't be too long coz all of us can't allocate too much time watching UA-cam! :-D we have families and work commitment to attend to! And other videos to watch too!
Thank you very much for watching and your kindest support and encouragement my friend.
Sincerely, Ian.
This has to be HiFi heaven, would so very much like to go there, I hope you left with something you wanted. Thanks again for sharing this video I enjoyed watching this video clip very much.
Dear fellow Audio brother, thank you for coming by and saying hi :-D... yes I did buy some things indeed!... really fruitful. May you have a fulfilling 2018 ahead too achieving what you plan for! Warmest Regards my friend!
Hello there and thank you kindly :-), I wish the same for you in 2018,I hope it's a good one for you and your family.Oh sorry haven't got back to You in a while I have been quite busy.I like old hi-fi but did not get into it until the 1980s after I left school and found myself a job.I once had a quad 303 preamp and a 405 power amp and quad 11 L speakers.I no longer have to 303 or 405 but I do have the 11 L speakers.What I have now is a Kenwood stereo integrated amplifier KA-5090R & Techniques ST 500 L tuner & Cambridge audio cd 4 special edition compact disc player.I did have a Grundig turntable but I have this no longer And unfortunately unable to remember the model number.
Ian, I really like your videos. Not only do I get to see different parts of the world, but I get to see the things about my favorite hobby too. You do a very good job. Now, because of you, I need a Avid Pulsus to go with my Volvere. By the way, I wrote Conrad Mas of Avid and told him how much I like the Volvere. He said... you need to hear (your) Sequel! Congratulations.
+Gerry Nemeth Dear Brother Gerry :-)
I am humbled by your comments. I will continue to do my very best.
Thank you.
May we all do well, in our own ecospheres, to spread the vinyl love around.
Sincerely,
Ian.
Gotta love Ochanomizu...and Audio Union Shinjuku...and Fujiya AVIC in Nakano.
Hey man! I love your your videos!
Dear Sir. Thank you!
Let's keep up the Vinyl spirit and enegry together. All of us!!!
:-D
Best regards and have a good weekend too!
, Ian.
great video!
Thank you my friend :-D
Keep the Vinyl spinning okay?
Sincerely, Ian!
Bonsoir Messieurs Ian c'est encore Jérémie, juste pour vous dire que vous me surprenaient encore vous êtes vraiment un fin connaisseur , en plus j'ai les mêmes goûts que vous , est ce magasin de folie qu'elle régale , merci pour cette jolie petite vidéo. Je vous laisse à bientôt Messieurs.
wow what a shop
giggabyt78 Yes indeed Buddy😋😍😁✌hahhahah...
Thank you for catching up!!! Warmest Regards!
Fantastic
Thank you for catching up Buddy!!! Have a good Sunday my friend✌😄👍
Nice video thank you for sharing .
Thank you for coming by and writing to me too Buddy David🤗🤗🤗
you are James Bondof hifi !agent 00331/3 :-) will visit AU next time in Tokyo.
really great vid.HifiDo's biggest stores, next please !
didn't see any used Supex carts,,,,used carts not popular there, re-tipped?
Another great video. Keep 'em coming. Cheers from Rio. Nelio.
Thank you friend! Feels encouraged greatly! :-D
Didn't know you're from Rio! In the next video you'd spot me at the biggest all-genre-under-one-roof and most fun Vinyl Record store in Japan, and me picking up a Elis Regina hard-to-find vinyl record!!... and a few Tom Jobim's records and one from Astrud Gilberto.
See you see you!!!
Many thanks again.
I am working hard at preparing the videos for all of you friends.
Best Regards,
Ian.
Elis was indeed great singer. Love Astrud and Tom, as well. Looking forward to your next video. Best wishes. Nelio.
nrod66 thank you brother Nelio :-) Best Regards to you too!
Ian.
Is just amazing ..❤❤❤❤👌
Dear Buddy :-D thank you for catching up after some time!!!! Happy to see you again!! How are you?!
HiViNyws channel Very good my friend ... thanks for the reply 😉👍
Such beautiful equipment; and such an understanding wife - mine would have killed me.
+dixielandfarm No no no Chris :-D I believe with a bit more effort (chuckle) you would be able to bring her out audio shopping anytime!!! You're a lovely gentleman my friend. My wife watches your videos too. We know.
Dear lan, what a huge collection. I love it. Are they facilitate online shopping. Love from India.
I need to win the lottery so I can buy the shop and keep everything this is heaven
Dear bro.... that applies to me as well. Slurp!!!!! All that yumylicious gear....aw.....!!
Good video.
Thank you Sir!
@@HiViNywschannel my pleasure.
Thanks Ian,that’s one great shop,Sumiko evo 3 looks cheaper than in the uk.
Dear Buddy, thanks for catching up here again🤗... yes Sumiko is owned by a U.S. company, and OEM made by a Japanese company. Probably that's why🎶🎶🎶😀
Had a evo 3
A couple years old paid £289 for it,then last week the cantilever broke off now I have been told a new one costs£450 or379 part ex .
OMG i will be dreaming of these Stereos tonight....
Hi Brother, glad to see you again!!!... lovely vintage stereos!!! Those Luxmans...
Dude I was drooling ober those Diamond B&W and specially the TAD Reference! thta's my dream speaker...not bad at around 15k €
I'm currently running Rega RP8 with Exact2 + Rega Aria phono and B&W CM5 s2 speakers.
You have a very musical and stonking system. Aria in MM mode with the Exact cartridge is no mean feat...i have tried it before... very beautiful and dynamic, magical sound. Enjoy my friend!!! :-D
and thank you for coming by and writing in your note.
I appreciate it truly :-D... this warm vinyl community is what i really love.
Best Regards,
ian.
change the exact for a Ania go moving coil on your Aria I have it with the rp6 it's a lot better than the exact
I may be in Tokyo at the end of the year so if I do go this will be on my list to visit
Wowwww :-D Yay!!!!! Congratulations!!!! Wishing you best regards for your trip!!! Update me again!!! I'd like to hear from you too!!! I just came back from Tokyo yesterday morning after a one week's trip with my wife to visit my parents-in-law.... Dear Friend, do visit not just Audio Union at Ochanomizu,
- go also for Yodobashi Camera at Akihabara,
- Dynamic Audio at Akihabara,
- AND, Tereon Audio also at Akihabara too!!! :-D
Yodobashi Camera, Dynamic Audio and Tereon Audio are all within a stone's throw from one another, about 5minute walk. Please help yourself at Akihabara!
Update me again my friend!
Have fun, have fun!!!!
- ian :-)
Thank you for the tips, I hope that the stores will be open on the days that I am there
Renegadeproject Dear Friend! :-D yes! Large stores like AudioUnion and Yodobashi Camera are opened 7 days a week regardless of whether it is a public holiday or not. So you can be assured on this! :-D
Have fun!!!
Also, do go to Dynamic Audio and Tereon Audio too which are about 6-8 min walk from the Akihabara station!!!
Best regards brother!
ian
Those Accuphase amps are insane! saving up for a new amp.
Hahaha dearest Brother Luiz!!!! Great to see you again!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope your Analog Relax brushes are doing excellent duties. I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM!!!
:-D Hahhaha.... lovely my friend!!!
Best Regards for the new year for you and your family,
- ian :-)
Hi Ian, Happy new year to you and family!
I love those brushes!! can't thank you enough for helping me with that!
I'm always looking forward to your videos, my friend :)
Hey Ian,
thank you very much for this great video! So then someone should say analog audio is going down!
The only downside from watching it: I realized how poor my own equipment is ;)
Best wishes from Germany!
Brother, we will be happy with our analog kit :-D !!! Analog is up! Heehee... hi five bro!
/// Guten Tag!
Do you ever buy anything? Lol great videos!
Hi my friend!!!....hehhhehhheh....i did, o did!!!!😄👍I bought a set for my parents in law who lives in Saitama.
OMG superrrrrrrr%rrrrr Niceeeeeeeeeeee
Thank you Michel :-D!!!
Everything is in such fine shape. I would buy used stuff there.
Dear Thomas... indeed :-D!!
Thank you for your kindness writing in and chatting up!
Hope you have a good weekend with family and friends counting UP 2to 2017!!!
:-D
Best Regards,
ian.
Wanted to give you a BIG THANKS for you assistance in purchasing a phono preamp under $200. I was leaning towards the Project. I stumbled upon your U Tube videos and watched a bunch. I saw your review on the Schiit Mani . well you sold me and I wasn't disappointed, It sounds terrific with my Pro-Ject Debut carbon. thanks much and keep the videos coming they are great! Don in Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Don,
Thank you very much for trusting my review of the phono preamps!!! :-D
I am very confident they are accurate and will help you, my friends, get the best (very often, for less)!!!
Best Regards to your vinyl playing days ahead brother!!!!!
- ian :-D
HiViNyws channel
ken Ho hi Ken😄
i read the comments before watching the whole video and i thought some of the commenters were exaggerating, until i finished watching the video
to which now i agree, it's audiorgasmic!
MGTOWInBetweener Brother you're welcomed🤗👋😄✌
Enjoyable video ! Thanks to you both ! My only concern is that I found the english captioning moved too fast however.
+James Chant Dear Friend, taken note and thank you for your feedback... I didn't drag it longer for fear of it being a tad slow and draggy... but really thank you for your taking time out to share.
I am working on the next few videos now... hope to deliver them to you and keep the vinyl flame burning strong within all of us!
Sincerely,
Ian!
Hi Ian. For my birthday for the last few years my wife has bought me a subscription to Analog magazine, what a lucky boy I am! Incidentally you never did tell me if your wife remembers The Candies, Hirota Mieko and Peanuts? There's a little pic of Mieko on a record cover in the Analog magazine you're holding on this video, page 79. I really like the free record bag that came with it. Happy 50 Analog and here's to the next 50. Bye for now,Derek.
+Derek Woolston Super lucky boy you are INDEED! Analog subscriptions yearly for as birthday presents! Very thoughtful of Mrs Woolston as the birthday presents come every month from Japan and delight you every month! Saw the Mieko pictures and my wife knows them!! Hahaha... yes the free Record Bag that came with it! I GOT IT TOO!!! I actually made a video of it but did not publish it. Hahaha... Happy years for our analogue world, and happy Record Store Day 2016 coming in 5weeks' time too! See you Mr and Mrs Woolston. Thank you, amazingly for your time and friendship. We catch up again.
Sincerely,
ian.
+HiViNyws channel I'm not that lucky, it only comes out quarterly.(With thanks to the kind ladies at JP Books in London.)
Greetings Dr. Ian from Georgia here in the States.I hope all is well in your part of the world... with you and your family. I haven't seen anything new from you lately and have become almost addicted to your You Tubes. Even my wife knows your You Tubes... highly entertaining so ... What's next? WHEN can we expect your latest eval? I'm STILL hopeful you can give me a shootout with my Denon VL12 Prime and your Technics Sl1200. Even if you had a chance to just give the VL12 a listen it will be most appreciated. In the mean time ... you and yours stay well and be happy! Buddie Vic...😎💣💥🎷👊👍😜🎼🎵🎶🎶🎹🎸🥁🎷🎺🎻💿🔊🍕🍻🍷🍜🎎🏯⛩☝️
'Analog' my favorite mag.Hi Ian,Thanks for kind comments on my system. Afraid you're confusing Gyrodec with Orbe but right in a way because I use Oyaide stabilizer which looks like small revolving pillars.Your Avid deck is terrific,would like to see a video about it.Your video makes me long for Japan,the female station announcers voice would sound great on an LP. Regards, Derek
Oh sorry for the mixup. It's the Orbe!! :-D
アナログ analog! Yes! And Roger that on the female station announcer's voice, I didn't think of it! Nice on there Derek! Wife and I reading your message here. We say "hi!"
as always- i love all of your vids Ian! if i understood you correctly at the end of the video- what was the cleaning solution that you purchased that is supposed to be some of the better cleaning solution????
I hope that someday, you will come back with new videos.....If Mrs.Hifi says OK.
Ian, you are truly blessed, to have all of those stores at your disposal, this reminds me of the 70's and 80's in the US, especially the used stores, but never anything like that, well maybe in NewYork, Chicago and California. We just don't have the options that you are showing now, don't get me wrong we have stores, but not with the selections. I still have friends look at me crazy when I say Accuphase. You are also blessed to have a wife that will go with you on these trips, my wife will go but she sits in the car. Your passion my friend is real and it's truly amazing to see, keep it coming my friend, is the wife an audiophile?
+szidon mcnulty Thank you my friend!...
Very happy to see you again :-D
Roger that...those looks you get when you say "Accuphase" !!! Hahaha... thank you for telling me this... now I know better the situation and how times have moved on!
There are quite a number of shops like this.... not many... but several... but this I believe would rank as the biggest. The scale is awe-inspiring to me too!
My wife is very understanding and she has taken up the hobby as in: she knows how to appreciate good sound, how to choose equipment based on sound quality. She has learnt to be sharp.
Thank you my friend. See you again :-)
Best Regards, Ian.
Wow, If the conversion rate is similar in 2018, That's some really expensive used equipment, LOL!
Brother, yes i find them expensive too :-D!!! I avoided them too :-D
@@HiViNywschannel But, It is all Beautiful equipment. I'd be happy with the basic models, LOL
Are you kidding? Did you see the prices of the Esoteric stuff? CHEAP! which is a word never used when talking about Esoteric.
Music lovers candy shop.
I probably wouldn't be back outside after 15 minutes.
You can also try and go to the HARD-OFF shop network, they don't specialize on audio but most of their branches have lots and lots of audio and HiFi equipment. And if you have the time and can repair electronics, you can try their junk sections where you can sometimes find rare things such as DCC or LD decks for a cheap price, just needing a minor repair.
Yes SIR!!! Thank you my friend!!!!! I will go there with my wife on the next trip... thank you very much!! This is really helpful :-D
Warmest Regards,
~ ian.
I would love to go there for the vinyl
+Spencer Burrows Dear Spencer, see you there. Let me know if you're heading there anytime! I do travel to Japan two to three times a year. :-D See you!
Best Regards! from Ian.
I need to go to Japan to find some Japanese Everly Brothers pressings.
Okie okie!!! :-D
You have a lovely wife to join you during your search. Anglo wives first tell you not to waste your money on audio, and they would never go with you to actually look at it. I love your videos!
We look ahead to more vinyl fun ahead bro!!!! :-D!!..
Heehee... i am going to Tokyo soon again and will show more things if I can. See you my friend!!!
Have a lovely weekend!!!
~ ian :-)
Thank you Ian. You are awesome. Used equipment pricing is better in Tokyo?
Buddy Glen😄, used pricing may not be better in Japan. But as you would definitely know (and probably better than me) that they do have a selection that is not found elsewhere on Earth. So it is still a salivating experience to be there...especially those well maintained Yamaha GT2000, GT750, Kenwood, MicroSeiki, Technics etc turntables...and Luxman and Sansui electronics.... and of course Yamaha NS1000 speakers😍😂😋
Great video (as always) Ian!!! Highly enjoy your video segments and always look forward to new ones. This was one of the best! There's a tune starting to play around the 5 min mark. What song is that?
Thank you my friend! :-D
Yes I'm working passionately and happily on getting more and more informative and enjoyable, fun segments for all of you friends!!! I have many plans lined up and working with many many projects for all of you. Just let you into one... piecing up an affordable audiophile quality starter system for youngsters, more vinyl seminars I've done and scheduling up...and the biggest one is getting 12, yes twelve! affordable MM cartridges ranging between usd70 to usd110 for a massive and detailed comparison...I will also go into each cartridge's performance individually and then rounding them up in 2 groups:
- groupA) of 5 cartridges of usd70-usd80 shoot-out, and
- groupB) 7 cartridges of usd90-usd110 shoot-out :-D
It will be fun, interesting and exciting.
More things. I want to keep the Vinyl flame alive and burning stronggg!!!
I'm working hard and also enjoying the fun journey.
Best Regards to you and your family too!
Ian :-)
Dear Friend, the song is by John Deley, the title is "Play Song" :-)
See you again soon friend,
Ian.
Many thanks Ian and looking forward to your new posts!
+Nubben100 It is me who should thank you more for your encouragement and kindness...
So cool. That's the best hifi shop I've ever seen. Did they have any mixing equipment for DJs? I'm going to be building up a system soon based around my Technics SL 1200 mark 2's that have regrettably been in storage for a 5 years. I want to put together a high end speaker,amp and mixer combination and this video has been inspirational for me. What an awesome shop.
Dear Ian :-D
Mixing equipment for DJs? No problem!!!
1. You can head to Shibuya DiskUnion level3/4 and they have MUCH for you!!!
2. You can also head to one established one.. near Face Records in Shibuya!!!!
Best Regards my friend!!! I am very excited for you: "put together a high end speaker, amp and mixer combination"!!!
I am glad the video has been of use to you too!!! Thank you for catching up my friend!!!
~ ian.
Very interesting and enjoyable tour. The cartridges seem to be priced about right for a retail store, but the VPI prices are pretty crazy. Of course I live only a 40 minute drive from the VPI factory, so for me they don't have to be shipped half way around the world!
Interesting to see those Sumiko cartridges. It's a US brand, but the cartridges are made in Japan. I wonder if they ship them to the USA then back to Japan, or if there is some kind of factory direct deal?
Do Japanese prices include VAT, or is that added on?
Dear Friend!!! Yes!!! You are right about the Sumiko cartridges being made in Japan, but Sumiko being a US brand.
Hahaha... I am not sure though about whether they ship them to US and then back again to Japan, or is there any form of factory direct deal.. Sorry about it,... it is also something I would very much wanted to find out in January but couldn't get any information of that from the retailers I have seen.
The Japanese prices listed on the price tags in the stalls include the 8% Japanese tax (VAT). So if you are a foreigner, you would be paying less for the items you see.
Best Regards my friend!!
Ian.
You blew right past the Quad ESL's with out even knowing that were there
Yes those ESLs!!! I must be too busy and too excited!!! :-D hahaha... thank you buddy for coming by and saying hi!!! Happy vinyl'ing!!