My Insane DIY HiFi Audiophile Setup
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Quinn tries to justify and rationalize his HiFi setup that’s definitely overkill. It is... right?
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Main Setup:
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Outlaw 7125 Amplifier - www.outlawaudi...
Streacom FC10 Alpha PC case - streacom.com/p...
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I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I do like the audiophile scene and culture. This was a really cool video.
Thanks!! We’re a bunch of weirdos and most audiophiles are morons but yolo amirite?
@@snazzy That's right, baby!
@@snazzy I'm the reverse: I like HiFi audio, but I am not into audiophile culture, due to many of the reasons you mentioned in this video
@@snazzy DIY audiophile for the win!!!
@@snazzy but what are you listen too?
As an audiophile, I power all my beautiful equipments by a wind turbine located in seberia, and OMG, the electricity is just so pure makes the sound cristal clean.
TIK TOK FUN
What DAC u use? old Diskman, Russian tech science!
TIK TOK FUN that’s cute but I just look a loan on a pure gold cable from space. It was only 1.2 million but a fair price to pay for better sound quality off my $100 Fluance speakers. Wife took the kids but hey, at least I have the cable coming in from a Prince in Nigeria.
TIK TOK FUN 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Bravo, for your first step in joining our community. I must say I admire your zeal. I currently use the same to wrap my Vibranium cableage & as foil to have my ear Butler clean my ears before listening to each track. Should you ever have a need for contact information, I’d be most pleased to have your assistant call my personal assistant’s assistant’s assistant for contact information to the vegan mineral mine I bought for the red LED on the rear of the case signifying the power is off.
@@paulthomas5860 LOL, I must hire an ear butler too, I always forget to clean my ear wax before listening to my cds made from gold, remember to use gold cd, because it is never decay.
TIK TOK FUN Lol!! You do get the originality award for the pure Siberian wind power though...nicely done.
That’s the most casual “Btw, I use Arch” I’ve ever experienced. Well played sir.
😉
That put a smile on my face, for sure :)
It's the hippest name drop ever ;-)
You have to tell people you use it. I am sure its part of the license agreement to use pacman :-p
I was shocked
Perfect for my 24/7 Lofi hip hop for studying/relaxing
What else distinguishes an audiophile? He puts thousands of dollars into devices, but not a dollar into sensible room acoustics.
Not to mention the listening position. Corner booming. Stereoless image.
Not to mention studio monitors>any hi-fi speakers
I was thinking the same thing, but then again he made his speakers and thinks they are great with two subs to boot.
Exactly my thought.. Big window right in between the speakers? Does he care at all? Made me skeptical for the rest of the video
I noticed the absence of room-treatments too ... right after I noticed that his chair was in the freaking corner. :P
i wish i had a hi-fi setup to listen to flacs of my favorite 8bit tunes on open back headphones
Dankpods has some good guides of getting good audio for cheap.
If you want nice headphones on a budget try the grado sr60e headphones.
Just get a headphone amp.
Honestly tho... I love playing chip tunes through my rigs. Do you need a HiFi setup to enjoy 8-bit tracks (or any music)? Of course not. Does it sound better, even with 8-bit? You bet.
@@asplmn being weird is what being an audio nerd is all about.
If you have a setup like this, you're not listening to 8 bit music though.
“I got this for *half* of what they normally sell for” - the lie told by everyone with any expensive hobby, ever.
Make friends with an audio retailer and buy b-stock with cosmetic defects. Nice!
@@snazzy ah, touché!
With dealer-distributed gear, you should never be paying the "normal" price, which is inflated so salespeople can "cut you a deal"
Snazzy Labs true, always make buddies with your gear guy:)
The one lie you tell to your wife! LMAO
me: *wants a HiFi system*
also me: *listens to Lo-Fi hip hop*
stonks
Hey, the ramones sound better on my hifi than on most other hifi's, so it still works!
I listen to lofi hip-hop and chillhop on my HiFi setup, it sounds way better than any Homepod or Bluetooth speaker or ear bud.
cashnmillions no. It doesn’t.
If your setup is good, lofi and badly engineered songs sound double shit.
So either your setup isn’t good or your ears are shot anyway.
LMAOOO
@@user-jt6xh2ln9z That's why med fi speakers a muffly. They handle the shit recording better if they are muffly.
It’s refreshing to see a audiophile admit to all the snake oil being touted about. The reel to reel is really a keeper.
I am glad I am a fan of music rather than an "audiophile. " My HiFi sounds fantastic to me and I definately don't have anyone else to impress.
Bingo!!!!
One doesn't rule out the other, right? :)
@@rollingtrollI genuinely have not come across an “audiophile” who truly gave a shit about music. The community is mostly sickening
@@HARTYNMUGHES you just found one. And I know a few more because I also am deeply invested in the music scene. But it's a bit of a rarity, sadly.
And in case you want some 'proof'. I actually do have a 'what if I have to sell my audio becuase I really need money?'- setup in my head that's a couple of hundred bucks. I don't have a 'which records shall I sell when I get poor?'-list in my head. I just won't. The records are staying. And any money that's left is going to concert tickets :D.
Starts the video by taking shots at audiophiles and then proceeds to show off a *$4,000* turntable fitted with a *$1,300* cartridge.
Hate to break this to you, but you and the "crazy" old audiophiles have more in common than you think.
And the power cords on the headphone amps. TBF he probably figured it out along the way. I used to swear that vinyl was more accurate than digital, an opinion that is objectively false.
BINGO!
@@TheJPhutchins You confuse songs and records.
Some people chose the format, the support for the audio and work on it. Or chose to not care. Whatever, but you tell you know better how it has to sound lol.
Are you fascist ?
Objectively true/false means nothing btw. You are totally a fascist of sound.
@@jeandubois2754 A fascist of sound lol. Wow, someone having a bad day?
@@mikeclark7429 That s just sound reproduction. So yes, sound fascism.
You should do a video on DACs. Or maybe hi-fi on a budget. I believe everyone can appreciate good audio. I mean I know there are better solutions than my in ear monitors and my pocket amplifier, but I can get confused
Plenty of people can't appreciate good audio, or at least that's my understanding of the people who prefer to spend more on a Crosley than a cheaper, used TT with decent cart and stylus. Oh, and they then need to get a new one one their total POS TT dies and proves unrepairable (well, usually not unrepairable, but it costs more to repair than to buy another Crosley, since techs actually charge real money for their services)
Def Hi-Fi on a budget.. would love to see that.
The Soekris r-2r dacs are some of the best standalone DIY options there is. The DIYAudio forum is also a great start for anyone wanting that $20k sound for
He should do a video on actually telling the truth.
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt you okay there Carlos?
How to look fancy on a budget.
Drink Coke on a wine glass.
Also DIY the f*** out of your audio hardware.
for only 1500,- and probably a bunch more :)
I build some DIY speakers (I also have an IcePower amp module I put into an enclosure so maybe that's a DIY amp too), but unless you build published designs like the Linkwitz Lab ones, or others by Jeff Bagby, John Krutke, Paul Carmody, Curt Campbell, and other designers who publish, you are essentially creating a new design from whole cloth. This is also the case if you like "most" of a published design but want to re-design the enclosure, pick different drivers, use different crossover components, or a different baffle layout - those things all affect the outcome. To do that properly, you need to have a measurement microphone (with free software like REW or commerical software like OmniMic or ARTA) and an impedance measuring device (like DATS) to collect data, then you need to teach yourself what to do with it. The work that goes with DIY speaker design brings me joy because of satisfying my curiosity about how speakers work and my desire to make something great to share with others, but it is about 100 hours of work at least. It takes me about a year to be really happy with a speaker design, and all that time is worth it - believe me, you can tell who hasn't put in the time fine-tuning their designs. If you are ready for that kind of investment, then great, get started.
@@Acoustic_Theory
Agreed.
Built myself a pair of troels gravesen 3 way Mk2.
Ready made design with crossover parts and speaker elements in a kit.
With home tools and pre cut 21mm marine plywood, most certainly took 100h.
Mighty fine speakers for about 1300$ in the end, spent 300 on the finish.
If you have a summer and some tools, why not.
Cant beat the bang for the buck.
Did you see the speaker column wobble when he tapped it! There'll be lost energy and precision from the sound...maybe needs floor spikes or something to improve. Forget the 'snake-oil'...good sound comes from good basic engineering principles.
This looks like a very, very nice (and dare I say unusual) setup. Always nice when people don't just repeat others, but make their own choices :) Very interesting! Thanks for posting the video.
11:58 - Snazzy: Every device you've ever heard has a DAC...
Record player and reel2reel: HEY!!!
And as a pedantic correction, there is a class of loudspeakers popular with a very small subset of the DIY crazy club that don’t require crossovers - i.e. “full-range” drivers. They of course have significant compromises in terms of bass response to name just one performance metric, but that can easily be compensated for with the addition of subs.
That said, looks like a great rig, Quinn, and stumbling across this video answers a question I posted in your recent review of the AirPods Max.
And thanks for your reality check on the snake oil that has predominated the audiophile market since the late ‘70s.
Interesting video! having more of a music recording perspective, I am amazed at how much Audiophiles spend, and their attention to what I would consider insignificant details, but they dont seem to spend much energy or money on the acoustics of the room. With the current state of the technology the proper acoustic treatment of the room will have far more impact on your sound than changing a from basic preamp or amp or even DAC. I dont even want to talk about the pure copper 100% oxygen free digital cable that audibly reduces the jitter. At the end of the day all the music we are listening to has been recorded, mixed and mastered in the same type of audio engineering environment. The fact that audio engineering and HiFi are 2 completely seperate unverses is really puzzling. That being said it's a hobby, Hifi gear look cool and if you are happy and have fun listening to your music it's all that really matters.
Yes! you got the right point that's the hobby I love music also love the nice and big scale of sounds so I must have a good sound room to be able to get the maximum performed of the gears
The room can + 40% or - 40% of the sound with the same equipments
Exactly. I'm on a strict budget so I'm running vintage gear that belonged to my dad back in the 70's. For listening in the basement I have a pair of Dayton Audio speakers that are on the small side of things but because of how I have them placed, I get great sound out of them despite the fact that I paid $26 for them brand new. Sure, there's much better gear out there, but these speakers would have still been a bargain at $150.
Became aware few months back about compression (not the file size shrinking) and other stuff that happens at the recording/mastering stages. It has been an eye-opener. For the first time i can see that investing in bigger and pricey equipment cannot offset the decisions of recordist. I now try to find better mastered versions of songs for evaluating audio gear. Wish there was a benchmark list of good recorded tracks...
Hey Frederic, Not all audiophiles are created equal. all the rigs I build, start with room first then Grounding and AC Power. By virtue recording is coloring . So trying to make things accurate.. to what as a reference ? Live concert using sound reinforcement line arrays ? no effing way. The way the "engineer" wanted you to hear it ? does he publish spec ? no , and we are not in his control room with his midfield setup. at the end of the day absolutely all of it is BS other than are you having fun and enjoying the music .. I'm going to listen right now i think..
Cheers !
Good points.
Tips for buying hi-fi:
1) Buy used. You can afford better used gear than new gear, especially as new gear becomes more art than science and the price skyrockets.
2) Never pay full price. You can find deals on gear, as long as you look in the right places.
3) Pay cash. It is not worth throwing your finances into turmoil for a hi-fi product or system that will never pull its weight financially.
Indeed... My HiFi set up would be $15K+ at retail prices when they were new...I spent just under $2K and that included shipping of an amp that I also had recapped (Adcom GFA 5500 for $100 plus $100 shipping and about $160 to have recapped, but still a huge bargain for what it is) Aside form speakers, my most expensive component is a phono preamp that I got for 25% of retail price though an industry friend. I never pay full price for anything. Never. And that includes things outside of HiFi as well.
OK, so say youre a manufacturer with dealers. As you say the ever demanding customer will not pay full price as just a blind policy. No consideration if the products may actually be worth retail, most are not, i get it but some are. Do you not think for a second that there is a possibility that we inflate the retail price to "fake retail" for the sole purpose of the dealer making a "fake discount" so in the end the piece is actually sold at full normal retail price ? I'm sure youve noticed an uptick in prices across the board ? exactly. Rather than using your own knowledge of how to value a HiFi product, you are simply dependent on discount and it is very easy for us to hyper inflate price for the fake out. ... I would personally rather forget the stroke job part, have Integrity, and simply sell at a fair price reflecting value.
@@OCDHIFiGuy This is consumer advice, not retailer advice. The consumer should use their head and decide whether they are being played in the way you describe. There are at least alternatives to most types of new products that are sold on the used market. A person who wishes to use their wealth to separate them from others with audacious purchases, and/or has a great deal of wealth to throw around so that costly hi-fi gear is not a large part of their life (so they won't experience a big financial hit from the depreciation) and has a desire to own new hi-fi gear can certainly go out and do that. My advice is to average-joe hi-fi buyers who would like to own a "good" system to entertain themselves rather than showing off to others. The new gear will continue to be sold (because showing off or the hedonistic pleasure of owning new hi-fi gear will continue to remain common motivations for buying) and those with more limited means will have access to that gear as it enters the used market. My equipment is all pre-owned, B-stock, employee purchase, or value-level new purchased gear. I have Thiel CS1.7 speakers, an Aragon 2004 amplifier, a Rega Planar 3 turntable, and an Emotiva DC-1 DAC currently in my system. I also have a Mark Levinson No.38 preamp, JOB 225 amplifier, Emotiva XPA-2 amplifier, and a Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 preamp all in storage, not currently used. You can do very well on used gear.
@@Acoustic_Theory I could think of much cooler things to buy to show off than audio gear. I don't think this practice is as prolific as you make it sound. Wealthy guys buy everything at luxury level as its thier lifestyle. So who cares about them. The point I'm indirectly making is that advising people to never buy anything at full retail may not be good advice and that attitude about myst have a discount to buy has hurt our industry and misleads the uninitiated into believing all hi fi is a hustle. It's not though. Some of it is worth the premium. If it's still to high then your problem is with buying from a dealer due to his margin. I get that. I split my 40 points with the buyer. So I hear and feel your gripe. I have it as well, but we need to educate the newbies about how or why and the delivery of the message is important. Like saying " lucky for us there are dealers that dont abide by making high margins as well." Thetes gotta be some hope there with the message..
Cheers
@@OCDHIFiGuy If there's a positive angle for dealers like yourself, it's that a vibrant used gear market keeps prices of new gear from deflating. You won't miss a meal because I decide to buy B-stock speakers or a used power amp, or because someone without the means to buy a new $20,000 preamp decides to buy a $2000 used one instead. They weren't going to spend the $20 large anyway. But someone with that money to spend is more likely to spend it if they think their gear won't lose as much value over time as it might if no one were buying used hi-fi.
holy shit, that chair alone is 5k or more... lovelly budget
@@tylerebowers is hard not to, is an iconic design piece
If it’s a genuine Eames, could be another DIY piece
Fr my grandpa has one 😂
@@dylanwhite6957 nice
@@Johanniscool it doesn't lool DIY, but even if it were, making such a good looking chair is no cheap either... not 5k expensive, but maybe 1k atleast
Enjoyed your vid. I used to sell high-end audio gear back in the 70s when it was hugely popular and I met every one of those guys who claimed to hear as well as cats and bats. They'd take up my time talking, but never buying because nothing was good enough, usually on a busy Saturday afternoon. Later, I was a home-tech journalist and found out the people who made the stuff were just as kooky. You may not be an old coot who can hear differences in wires, but you're close enough.
Love this video. Really want you to do more audio stuff. Like the way you speak about it more than most of the audio guys on UA-cam.
The thumbnail is GOLD 👌
Hi, thanks for posting. I found it interesting that you think that “Power is a bunch of crap” but you have the expensive power cables hooked up to your equipment. 😂😂😂
I thort exactly the same and a power conditioner🤔.I can't say anything I've got diy power cables an rca's
Ever wondered why "audiophiles" have more expensive gear than studios which recorded the songs they're listening to? Or why they're using gear brands that have zero Pro line but they must be great because it's expensive?
From my limited experience of using powered studio monitors in my hifi setup for over 10 years is simply that studio gear is better and hifi gear is just over priced.
That would apply to only extreme setups. Recording studios use DAC's that cost several thousands of dollars and so on.
I used to mix audio for a living, the set up I saw from some audiophiles where just absurd. Specially considering the loss of frequency with age ... you speaker play it cool, but its science old man you dont hear that anymore.
@@NoMoreRadioMyths Not to even mention the cost of the console or microphones.
Because the monitors used in music production are monitors to monitor. Not speakers to enjoy music. Studio monitors are super flat. The idea behind that is: if your music sounds great on studio monitors its not because of the speaker but because of the quality of the music itself. As a music producer you want your music to sound great on as many devices as possible. Not only on expensive set ups. That why.
I listened to this, using the speakers from my crappy laptop. Thank you!
Use equalizer APO to make your PC sound badass
I bought the iPad Pro instead of the air for da speakers
A D I O Fil
How to transform cheap FR drivers to sound BETTER than tweeters!
Make a whizzer cone that is just a little bit more conical than the main cone and carefully glue it on with PVA, super glue doesn't give you that second chance. Then cut out a tiny "pizzer" from coffer can seal tin foil. The size in important, it's 5mm x 3mm. Small and cut it into a teardrop shape, and with an end of a compass, prick a hole into the foil at the big end. This will help gluing the foil onto the stick. Make a tiny stick (3mm tall) out of a split up toothpick or cane. It must be really thin. Then press down the dust cap (if you can) so only the top 2/3rds collapses (do it NEATLY) so it's a nice round "crater" on your dust cap. Then put a really tiny drop of PVA glue to the center of the pressed down dust cap. And using a wet toothpick lift the 3 mm stick to the glue spot and stick it in the standing position (wait 30 min to dry). After it's dry, put a spot of PVA glue onto the end of the stick. Now pick up the foil bit with the damp toothpick and (carefully) place it on the glue spot, with the top side of the punched hole, down. That makes it easier to set the foil in the right place and as it dries keep adjusting it cos the drying glue makes it tip (but stays on the hole) so you just tip it back with a toothpick (very carefully). And after about an hour you have the best of the best in treble sound. The cymbals are so life like and they have a real cymbal sound just like a live band and it penetrates even the strongest bass (unlike most original FR drivers). And the trumpets have that sparkle just like in a real band. And it's not really the intensity that does it. It's the quality of the upper treble that does the penetrating. The sound comes from both sides of the foil, making the upper treble really sweet (like a tube amp). Without the tiny post you won't get the same effect. I coined it "acoustic separation", the foil vibrates independently of the cone and dust cap. And that's the secret, you don't get the same effect if the foil is glued directly to the dustcap, cos it acts like one thing and isn't acoustic separation. I would love you to try it and hear your speakers. Try it on a set of other FR drivers first. lol If it's too much treble just change the crossover. Don't resist the top end, let more med and bass in if you can. It sounds intense but it's really just the nature of the treble, don't listen to it as speakers, we are used to listening to boxes. Listen to it as real, then too much treble is suddenly not enough. Try that if the mod make too much treble (unheared of with most original FR drivers) but with the mod they STING!
Techmoan wants to know your location.
Utah
he’s going to literally moan.
He's not an audiophile though, he's a collector :).
and what kind of security system he has
@@rollingtroll Yea he wouldn't see the use in spending $4,000 on a turntable, and rightfully so.
Holy audiophile Batman. Good vid, good stuff, good job!!!
I found my audio bliss in 1977. Still have the complete stereo. It will out live me. Hope my grandson enjoys it when I'm gone.
May we see it?
Vintage Marantz?
Radio Shack?
The best thing that stand out in that room and probably the only thing that i need for listening to my music is that chair of yourse,it just looks super comfortable.
"As little as $1500...."
That's not a lot if they sound 2x or 3x more expensive.
Clicked off so quickly
@Dog Mutt I know. Got anything else to add?
If you stopped there, you missed the part where he goes over his $4,000 turntable and $1300 turntable cartridge.
$1500 wouldn't cover the power cables on a high end system.
Quinn: Power cables don’t make a difference.
Also Quinn: *Shows off python-sized power cables sprouting from his bedside headphone amps.*
This is my favourite SL video in a while. More audio content please.
😂 all for show tho. Thanks man!
me, considering getting to high end audio
"as little as $1500"
"oh nvm haha.."
i would say this is a a setup that is on the upper echelon of hi-fi audio. honestly, "hi-fi" is kind of a misleading term anyways because like 90% of modern day music isn't even recorded well enough to be considered "hi-fi." I'm sure if you were to listen to your average pop music on his systems you would be harder pressed to enjoy them as you would simply hear a lot of the flaws in the original recordings of the music as compared to listening to music that is actually well recorded.
so, because of that i think you should absolutely disregard this video if you are looking to get into hi-fi. there's a HUGE influx of new products that are being labeled as "mid-fi" by a lot of audiophile snobs which are honestly as "hi-fi" as you will ever realistically need. i recommend checking out people like Z Reviews (he's my personal favorite reviewer), Joshua Valour, or DMS on youtube. they give honest opinions and avoid a lot of the snake oil commonly seen in the community which is nice. they also don't typically recommend (especially in the case of Z Reviews) gear that costs thousands of dollars. if you want to get into high-end audio you could do it sub $500 with like a Schiit Modi/Magni stack and a pair of Sennheiser hd600 headphones and i promise you that you'll be happy for the rest of your entire life. there's no realistic need to take audio further unless it becomes an obsessive hobby (like it does for many people).
Anyways, i really hope you're not scared off from hi-fi stuff because of this. a lot the gear Quinn showed in this vid is completely unnecessary and simply there because he's a big ol' nerd who likes to invest lots of money into his hobbies.
You can get into hifi for like $200 if you buy used. Look on fb marketplace and craigslist for a slightly dated av receiver (this will be your cheapest entry for driving speakers), and some quality old tower or bookshelf speakers. Nice thing about tower speakers is they seem to be more readily available in the used market and you can hold off on buying a sub for a while as many towers will play the full range for music just fine. For movies you'll prob want a sub straight off the bat. Check out the budget audiophile subreddit, there's tons of us cheap audio folk out there. Even if you buy new you can get a perfectly serviceable set up for $200-300 that will be the best system you've ever heard, at least for now.
So wait a second, you keep showing up on my UA-cam recommendations, I love cars, HiFi audio and Computers, you're on all of them! at least cars, I saw Doug Demuro on the background of one of your videos. Your NUC vs. Mac mini help me so much on getting my NUC8 to work on Mojave, thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
Time to make more Audiophile - esque videos that are more for the lower-end budget. You have such a great presentation style and the information is priceless.
I'm no audiophile, but I do enjoy a nice listening experience. So I went cheap and just bought some Truth B2031A's (like I said, cheap) and an Onyx Artist 1-2 hooked up to my PC. It's a balanced setup, and my brother, who is the audiophile and someone who has been engineering club and theater sound systems for a few decades was actually surprised by these monitors. I would like to build a DIY setup, though, and that Linkwitz design is right up my alley.
All of my electronics run off of a massive "pure sine wave" UPS battery backup that I got second hand from a data center I used to work at. They were tossing it to the dumpster, so I took it home, filled it with Li-Ion cells and it's worked perfectly for the last 4 1/2 years.
Wait - the VPI tonearm wobbles back and forth like that and you can't hear anything? Doesn't say much for those wackadoodle speakers, IMO.
that,s a uni pivot arm, I don't like them, and Vpi its known for not so good tonearms, if it was me i would just have gotten a used SME 4 or 5.
"400 bucks" shows product 1c away from $500 lol
Necessary? No
Overkill? Yes
Cool? Hell yeah
jeremiah mitchell johnson necessary? Yes
Overkill ? yes
Cool? Yes!!
Linkwitz once said. "What is important to the eye is not necessarily Important to the ear" This was in reference to measurements .R.I.P. Ziegfried.
Also, these old blokes have decades of specialist HiFi setup hearing in their brains.They are not just young newbies like you.They can still focus.
You also need to get a separate circuit for your gear if you don't have one. Lowers noise floor, raising dynamics.
Ohh, the turntable is more important by a long way then the cartridge. You need a platform that isolates the cartridge from intrusive material and air derived noise. Also, speed stability is of the upmost importance. The 17D is a great cartridge, I also own a 23R and 23B as well. These guys have very low output which can be easily affected by material noise.
Other then that, good video.
That crazy old coot is a friend of mine. Eric Smith of Radio Shropshire. I'm sure he would be amused that you have used his picture. He was recently given an honorary doctorate award for services to local radio. He is also a local hero for his acting in Pantomimes. An all round great crazy old coot!
I celebrate your crazy obsession with high prices and shiny knobs. It all looks great; especially Zoom. Thanks.
Why I'm not married? Is better title. Great video.
LOL
He isn’t married because he isn’t stupid
@Quincy Breed Nerds earn a lot of money usually, get all the "chicks" as you would call them...
Quincy Breed he seems like an ok bloke
Quincy Breed i know my life was not so great at his age. he seems to have his head screwed on pretty well id say, a 40k hifi in a nice clean room, relatively high quality video etc, also think he tries to be ironic about the cost of things and fully appreciates the 'elitism and or snobbery , or pointlessness in the pursuit of the perfect sound, hell, you have been doing it since before he was born. i think he has made a good effort in the hifi game and good luck to him , i hope he enjoys his music. as for other critics commenting on him in terms of how attractive he would be as a female suitor, thats just plain stupid. women are a huge burden , and if he chose to spend his life making hifi a priority and not women, then good luck to him also, perhaps he enjoys peace quiet and freedom that a single life can give, having a 'hot chick' on your arm is not all its cracked up to be.
I haven't been subbed to Snazzy Labs long enough to remember Quinn knows his audio shit! This was great man
Yet here I am with my spotify subscription and tfz in ears.
Same here tfz t2 and soundcloud yikes
Thanks a lot for the video, I'm not an analog guy but your enthusiasm is infectious. Enjoy!
The starting of this video is hilarious 😂😂😂 you’ve made me laugh so loud 🤣🤣🤣 just when I was sad and stressed.really nice video. You’ve got one more subscriber . Thank you 🙏
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Worth it!
I really don't know why people are freaked ou about FaceApp. They don't even ask for your name, and almost everyone has ther name and profile pic public on Facebook anyways! Meh...
@@redyau_ tough crowd
Ha, nice one - using stink pipes for speaker stands, noiiice! Great vid and channel 👍
(Stink pipes is the informal British slang given to Soil Vent Pipes or SVPs - they are attached to toilets, it is where the poo goes)
The "stink pipes" aren't just stands. They are the cabs for the woofer, too.
@@46wireboy Well, that's even better then.
Are they to help with 'brown outs'?
6:48 Where is the IO Shield,Quinn?
I built a set of the LXmini loudspeakers last summer for a buddy of mine who had never had decent audio before. Came out fine. I've been running a set of Linkwitz Orions since 2006. Still some of the best sound I've ever heard.
I hooked up a set of Logitech X530 speakers in my living room, used a digital equalizer to turn the lower frequencies down (very boomy subwoofer as with all Logitechs) and it's just as enjoyable for music and movies as a $4000+ system I've listened to extensively at a relative's house. The speakers cost me less than $20, second hand. Yes, it's nowhere near as tight, and not even close in volume, quality and range, but my point is, it's JUST as enjoyable. To be fair to the audiophile culture, the more expensive system I listened to was very much a style over performance type setup - and I've heard a $40,000+ system that blew my mind. Worth the investment if you have the money.
Mega interesting! Could you please do more videos like this please 👍👍👍👍👍
Any body notice the "Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman" ?
Straight away! I had one and found it really uncomfortable!
Yea, peak chair design
Stunning!
Not sure why he is worried about DIY speakers and stuff with an Eames lounge chair
@@Mooza1 it might not be original, clones can be found for tenth of the price, the original is a ripoff compared to them
@@BoKKeR111 it would be a very good ripoff. Notice the four legs for the ottoman, and five for the chair. Also, no visible screws, etc.
10:43 Guy was just talkin shit about expensive power cables lol what’s on that back of that tube amp sir? ☝🏼🤔
He posted it in the description. Its 35 bucks. If you still think thats expensive, dont do audio.
Justin Senturias Touchè... you can see how easy it would be to assume otherwise... or you don’t whatever 🤷🏻♂️
I had watched this video when it came out, but it popped back up in my feed. I just wanted to say that this is the best thumbnail ever.
I would saw my own leg off to own that gorgeous RS1700 tape deck. these are the Bentleys of open reel tape decks!
can you make a detailed video review only of the LXmini speakers. I think it will be popular and useful.
You say roon is expensive, and I don't know if I'm reading this correctly, but 120 bucks a year equals 10 bucks a month. Honestly that's not too bad for this kind of software.
Speaking of crazy power cables, look at those ones coming out of your headphones amps
That's what I was going to say! lol
I’ve been an audiophile for 50 years. March that Nuc 🥱 I was also a sound engineer for many top-name artists. Enough about my ho-hum life. A Lot of people have come to me for audio advice. About speakers, I tell people go to their audio lobby and begin with the lowest quality speakers and give a listen. The, moving progressively “better” and cost, check out speakers one set at a time. When you can no longer hear a difference, drop down one set and that is the best for you. Simple, but accurate. Speakers should never be pushed beyond 50% modulation. Unless you like buying speakers.
Holy crap man, that really is insane! Here's all you need: a PC, elac ub5 speakers, emotiva a-100 (modded to also drive your headphones), monoprice m1060 headphones, and cables. That's under $1000 for an audiophile setup that you probably couldn't noticeably beat spending ten times that much.
And here I am using car subs, mids, tweeters and amplifier retrofitted in an old mdf box...
I made my own speakers in the early 80's. They are still as good as ever.
See picture at : ibb . co/jSWGOo (Remove spaces to access pic)
Oh yeah!!! And pls don’t tell the secret...junkyards with Lexus, bimmers, Acura’s & caddies have some pretty decent subs and drivers...as long as you know how to work a Phillips & flat screwdriver...
How does it sound? I would love to see some blind listening tests done comparing systems from budget to high end to really see what the group listeners have to say. Sometimes all the fancy looking tech can deceive the senses. I have been there having spending tens of thousands on gear in the past and the law of diminishing returns is always there.
Please make a video on budget, Chinese DAC and headphone amp video!
Zeos of Z Reviews has some good videos of inexpensive gear ($50) all the way up to higher end consumer ($1000+). I personally am saving up for a $110 Micca OriGen G2. Check out his review. It sounds like a decent headphone dac/amp and speaker pre-amp if that's the sort of budget you're looking at.
If you really have dirty power you need a double conversion UPS, it completely isolates any AC signals with DC batteries and rebuilds a clean AC waveform on the other side. They aren't "cheap" but they aren't "audiophile price" either. Mostly made for scientific/medical applications where a hospital or lab doesn't have the budget for whole campus power filtering but their measurement equipment is sensitive enough to need it.
That line voltage conditioner is in the best place for it, protecting that computer, I used to live in a basement apartment where the voltage would sag to 90V...and that AMD Thunderbird 1K with 1 gig of ram refused stability until an avr was added.
I hear you and agree, electronic window shopping of those Chinese online stores something that generates much gratitude.
Don’t call yourself an audiophile if you don’t get the actual artist/band to play the songs inches away from your face.
I wish I could afford great equipment like this. The best I've got is the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro and a Fiio E10K amp.
there is nothing great in this video, except maybe turntable.
Hey I’m rocking a audiotechnica lp60xbt and a Bose solo 5 lol
mileslemon does
It make you happy? Yes? Then you already have great equipment
You should maybe do a budget HiFi setup?
Isn't that an oxymoron?
@@supercrazpianomanaic not quite, it's high definition but not high-end. Kind of bang-for-buck system
@@supercrazpianomanaic Not at all, high fidelity can be acquired for a pretty low budget. $200 is enough to handle all of your headphone listening needs, and if you aren't running super high impedance or low sensitivity headphones, you can get away with spending about $130 for an amazing DAC/amp combo.
It is definitely high end
@@antonhelsgaun $150 dollars isn't high end. $1000+ is high end
This was an enjoyable video. No voodoo crap which you find in hifi. I like what you said about the sub woofer. Some seem to think a sub is the main act , very frustrating. They just don't understand
Couple of things about open reel. 1) Most open reel decks play both directions and can auto-reverse with conductive sensing tape. 2) Very few decks don't have record capability. A lot of the time open reel was used to record your vinyl records to avoid wear and tear on the vinyl. Plus a double (vinyl) album can fit on a single tape at 7.5 inches per second on a 7" 1800-foot reel. So with auto-reverse you can listen to an entire double-album without touching any equipment.
...and the purpose of this video, starts at 14:04
Thanks. Saved me a lot of time.
I don't know what to comment when I'm this early
Nicholas Hoi first?
@@umageddon I don't want to say first becuase it annoys people
Me neither...
Nicholas Hoi thats the fun! 😂
@@umageddon mmmm,I don't want to take the risk and having people hating on me 🤔
"My Insane DIY HiFi Audiophile Setup
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*has mic attached with 20c paperclip mic to his shirt*
How does this man not have millions of subscribers yet?! He’s by far the beat tech reviewer in UA-cam!
I just stumbled across this video. I had been perusing UA-cam for hours, watching cute, but ultimately pointless, compilation vids of cats sliding off of shiny items of furniture, or into fish tanks; dogs getting stuck in very inelegant poses and requiring rescuing, etc, all in an attempt to while away the hours whilst I’m stuck in lockdown.
I’m not, strictly speaking, an ‘audiophile’, but I do enjoy, and can recognise, good quality components and recordings. I am particularly fond of my Sennheiser headphones, which I ADORE listening to (especially when I’m feeling relaxed and well, having just consumed my erm... greens... for the evening).Anyway, long story short, I LOVED this vid, and want to see more! The content, your style, sense of humour, in fact every aspect, was exactly up my street! I haven’t laughed so much in ages! Keep it going bro!
Stay safe and chill! Peace, from 🇺🇸🇬🇧London, UK 🇬🇧🇺🇸
DIY? Only thing "diy" is the pvc pipes. The rest of the video is an audiophile in denial.
Nah. Audiophiles do roomtuning to get the most out of their equipment.
He doesn't, because he's just a shopaholic.
@@QoraxAudio Hahaha! Yeah that'll happen when you become an audio addict. There's help....no there's not. Cheers brother.
Hes just chatting arse tbh
I suppose I'm not quite an audiophile but the majority of what he said put me to sleep I usually enjoy this doods vids tbf
If you listen again, you'll see he said that only the speakers are DIY.
It took me a few seconds to realize the person in the thumbnail was you. I thought you interviewed your dad or uncle.
He looks about 25 year older in the thumbnail and I’m not sure if it’s on purpose or not ? Lol
I felt like the Schiit a few minutes ago with the Schiit stack I just got for my Beyerdynamic headphones. Then I watched this video.
Made you feel like a stack of schiitt right? Same here bro. At least we don't act like our schiitt stack don't stink.
I'm running a pair of JBL Northridge E-10's along with an Energy ESW-8 8 inch 250 watt powered subwoofer. For a tiny 8 inch subwoofer it hits very hard and hits the lows with ease and smoothness. The JBL's were (If I remember correctly) about 120 dollars for the pair at a used audio dealer in town. The Energy subwoofer was bought for 85 dollars at a pawn shop. Everything is connected to my Yamaha RX-V361 home theater receiver. I love Yamaha because their receivers have a lot of features, good looks, and epic sound quality. My JBL's are getting 100 watts RMS each and they sound excellent. I also bought an Akai AP-307 direct drive turntable at a thrift store for only 10 bucks. The Yamaha receiver was given to me for nothing. It's in mint condition as well. It's amazing what an audio system of nothing but used equipment can do. I will always buy used first before buying new.
In the early 1970's High Fidelity (Hi-Fi) sound systems were becoming all the rage, but they were initially ruinously expensive so only well-heeled, middle-aged people were able to afford them. The sad thing was (and still is) that by the time someone reaches middle-age their ears are no longer capable of actually hearing the additional frequencies of sound produced by their very expensive hi-fi system.
I'd love to hear this in person. I appreciate a nice clean, accurate sound. But, geeze I'll never buy and setup all that. What's a good value for someone who has Tidal and a modest budget? I even want to upgrade my car system to something decent eventually too.
Well you can go cheap and find stuff at Goodwill. You probably get something altogether for 500.00 or less.
You have to do better than say you have a "modest" budget. What does "modest" entail? Under $500? Under $10K? Modest means different things to different people.
Clean your decks tape path. There is dust on the capstan.
How about doing a comparison of Plex Media Server ( big fanboy ) or Emby with Roon from an audiophiles perspective
Great video nevertheless
I got myself some dali ikon 2 running on a Sony es av amplifier from the 2001 in my main room with only a centre speaker and it sounds excellent, I recently upgraded the amplifier to demon 4k 60hz hdr amplifier with all the bells and whistles and it didn't sound a patch on the old Sony, so kept it to the pc upstairs. But my old sansui stacker with bowers and wilkins from 1979 will blow all out the water, it's all about the competition at the time, they obviously spent more money and time back then trying to make a mark in the market but it shows. Beautiful headphone amplifier to, nothing competes today
Paul McCartney in the thumbnail
why did you buy a 7 channel amp for a stereo system?
Because it isn’t. I’m using 6 channels.
So Roon is like Plex but only for music.... and crazy expensive?
Considering it serves as your music player and music library curator, I don't know it's really that expensive.
@@nhennessy6434 Plex is free for most it's features, and Spotify works with your own music files too, and has similar features. But as an 'audiophile' thing you can charge more.
I’m a Plex user and enthusiast too for video but when it comes to music, they’re really not comparable at all.
@@snazzy Ok, didn't know that. I only use it for video myself. How about spotify, that allows you to use your own music files and stream them anywhere with the usual spotify features?
Where the heck does this guy get the money to buy macs and hifi setups like this?
He is snazzy labs
UA-cam
Let's get an update on this series!
2 easy steps to a great hi-fi setup:
1: build $1500 diy stereo speakers
2: place both of them on the same side of the chair, facing away from the listener
is this will work well enough, sir?
Most important than all the equipment is the room treatment and i see none
Well placed loudspeakers don't need room treatments...
@@marsattacks7071 50% of what you hear is the speakers and 50% the room, it is just physics, the sound waves get reflected by the walls etc
@@georgesmith3022 I don't know about the percentages. There is no way to quantify that but I understand your point. There is a way to adjust the positions of the speakers so it takes into account of everything into the room. It's a long process. I tested it with a friend and it took us 2 afternoons but the results were simply a marvel. No treatment, no nothing. Your guide are your ears and it works perfectly.
@@marsattacks7071 DSPs can do magical things
@@ilpatongi I don't know about DSP. I know what it is but never experimented.
I'm only 13 and I love audio, my setup costs $150 and sounds great!
My amp cost me $150 in 2016. If I were to buy it now, it would be $550-800
Roon is cool but I'd still rather buy CDs and use my CD player, I've stuck to this since a teen in the early 2000s.
uphill both ways in the snow
Ew
@@ilpatongi piss off Clarkson you scrub
I had a TEAC reel to reel back in the 80's hooked up to a Sansui pre/pro and Fisher speakers with these huge 15" woofers. Loved watching the VU meters dunk into the red!! The music of the 80's was phenomenal, the gear was great (for the times) and (real) people actually came to your house to listen and look at your gear. No social media sharing. You can have $100K speakers and they are still going to sound like crap on my Logitech computer speakers and your $50K turntable looks mediocre on my 20" computer screen.
I miss those days......
LG V20 smart phone with Quad DAC/AMP with high quality headphones open back at least 750hm or higher Sennheiser hd6zzz, Sharp SPH 1840, etc. is a very good budget set-up, you can feed your amp or bluetooth speaker wired high quality audio, or send hires LDAC APTXHD bluetooth
Of course a custom hifi app like USB Pro Player, or HF Player by Onkyo with special eq, headphone setting etc, and compatibility with tidal, MQA and others.
Bought my headphones last year. That's a start... 😂
Thiago Souza Well alright playa!!!
I don't know whether it's somehow related to UA-cam's picture stabilizing "feature", which sometimes makes things appear to wobble in defiance of all known physics, but....from around 7:45, when the cartridge is lowered onto the record, there's seems to be an awful lot of wobbling which most certainly shouldn't be there.
If that is indeed a real phenomenon, then it looks to me like the result of a uni-pivot arm with a much too high centre of gravity, the cause of which is likely to be those monstrous thumb screws. Audiophile or not, said wobble would be disastrous to sound quality and makes me wonder whether anything much in this video can or should be taken seriously.....
Yes. I immediately saw the arm wobble too. Looks like that is adding a LF signal to the arm... about 2 HZ(-ish). that cannot be right. My old (now) Sonndek/Ittok looks like a rock of stability by comparison.
The thumbnail though 😂😂😂
I have a 6 watt tube amp driving 99db efficient speakers, often fed by simple digital device playing DSD recordings. This setup astounds jaded audiophiles. I don’t need more.
my dream build is Mcintosh amps with legacy speakers. count yourself lucky if you get to hear Legacy speakers in person, the sound doesn't get distorted even at high volumes and it doesn't leave that ringing in your ears afterwards.