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I feel your pain Paul, the mind does not age much but the body does and will let you know it. Watching you is like watching a kid with his favorite toy, that's great! Same excitement that I get when a new piece of gear arrives!
WOW! Changing of the guard! Cathartic for you, Paul; moving for us. Thank you so much for allowing us to see the stages of the change unfold before us. You are making us part of something so meaningful to you. Hope to make a trip one day to PS Audio to hear those "Bitchin' " woofers in their new home!
12 hours vs 8... It's not just about the hours but what you get done during those hours and how complex that is. Managers that believe that it's just the hours that counts need to learn and learn fast or they break their staff. Seen it happen to many times. Work smarter, not more. (Besides getting the job done in a shorter time makes it cheaper for the company, many years ago when I started a career in IT (luckily out now) we measured our performance during a high load period... turned out we worked four times faster at the start of the day then in the end of those 12 hour days...)
I work from home and always have. I don’t like the idea of wasting half of my life stuck inside a building on a beautiful sunny day only to come out when the day is over. I work on my own terms and any hour. I’m not rich but I’m happy.
Easy to work 12 hours a day when it’s your own business and passion. Can’t expect the same commitment from an employee that most likely has less to gain from spending extra hour for company and owner to earn x% more.
Had a chance to listen to a set of these driven by a pair of Carver silver seven tube amps. The high end store that had them (in Toronto Canada) burnt to the ground with many rare audio pieces in it i remember tearing up when i saw the footage on the news. By the way the speakers sounded amazing.
I also am in my 70’s and feel your pain with the spikes and resultant blood letting. Doesn’t take much to puncture our skin these days, enjoy your dailies and videos and if ever back in Colorado will visit you, On my bucket list…..!
honestly, the dsp probably contributed the most to the bass quality ... in addition, if the drivers were replaced, the amplifier changed, the crossover modified - it can be hardly called as the design of Arnold Nudell ...
Paul...you CONSTANTLY heap tons of praise on your engineers, and staff......Can't believe there are so many clueless morons in the world who can't recognize a silly, off the cuff joke about working hours, and totally disregard this, and all your other FANTASTIC videos !?!? One of my highest bucket list wishes (I'm 72), would be to just spend one day "shooting the breeze" with you in the studio. Your videos are always my first "go to" video every day when I get on my computer !! Thanks for the mammaries.
Thats alot of work for one person but I admire your motivation . i really admire that amp in the middle Thats alot of compasitors in the unit ! if thats what there called. Looking forward to see the move by the crew .
My first exposure to 'real' hifi was at my barber's house (circa '95) and listening to his RS-1B set. I was dumbfounded... 25 years later, I'm happy with my ET-8a and ET-IIIs, but if given the chance, I'd snap a set of those up in a heartbeat!
Paul, Which DSP was implemented for the room correction. Was it a custom made electronic by PS Audio or kind of a mini DSP or similar? And was it implemented in the analog signal path or in the digital domain, say after the CD player. I’d love if you could explain in detail ? Thank’s and greetings from Leipzig in Germany
Paul, I think you were starting to explain why the cables between the crossovers and the wings looked like ribbon cables, before that spike got you. I'd be interested in hearing why they're that shape. thanks.
That's weird..why do you use a passive crossover system for that type of speaker system. You could custom build an active crossover and feed the arrays directly from their own dedicated power amps. ALL passive crossovers have much high distortion than active units.🤨
I believe they were Daytons that Chris chose as replacements. Had no idea the bass towers werent powered by the BHK. How much filter capacitance does that amp have!?!? Looks like well over 100k uf!
A theater may be the best place to hear those monsters. Try listening to that system in a small room and watch the walls move. Is bigger always better? Which produces less distortion, one speaker or many at low power ?
Paul , are you the only person allowed to connect, disconnected the IRSV set up? Second. Who the basic part express woofers. I have this in woofers in Marantz HD880 cabinets, (Ed May design) to replace the foster paper woofers. Pat b Minnesota
I bet those get pretty loud, I would say the louder it can get the better but I am not sure how the Harman Kardon HK 980 would handle them, they are kinda a beast but maybe a HK 990 would do.
So hang on, if I got this right you changed the crossovers and the drivers and the power amps. So what is left of the original speakers then Paul? Just the cabinets?!? Sounds like Trigger’s broom!
Paul , we turn 67 in 3 months-- getting old Sucks!!!,, have had your gear since 1982----Need advice for Audiophile hearing aids--thanking in advance( saw the Who and 150 other concerts, we rest our bleeding ears Mr. Mason)
I suffered cochlear damage a few years ago while in Nashville at a job. I told the audiologist how important music was to me, not to mention how much time and money I'd spent on audio in the last 25 years. She told me that they have happy patients that are audio engineers using the Widex brand of hearing aids. They have them come into the office and set up the new hearing aids with their own music.
As much as I love PS, and as much as I love working hard, I feel that aiming at engineers or anyone who want to keep a healthy work/life balance to avoid burn-out or just have a healthy life.. is not a good approach...
Paul was just kidding around and was being self-depreciating by calling himself an old man. The engineers who work their regular eight-hour day are safe from being fired for being lazy. Paul doesn't really think that.
That comment regarding the engineers was very unfortunate. It is easy to put in 12 hours a day when you are the one making most of the money. Where would your company be without engineers?
@@scottyo64 Paul is great, but I think he wrote he wasn't an engineer: «self-taught analog electronics engineer». Some Usonian brands are proud to work all day long in the same way Chinese are. I won't pay extra cost for a «made in USA» product, if I can't see the difference. Healthcare system won't help to change my mind.
I didn't know that paid vacation (1 month) wasn't guarantee in USA. Well, I probably won't buy anything expensive, if I can't find easily how many hours and vacations their workers have and where the manufacture is made (MDF and painting, metal, soldering, assembly...).
Supposedly they help to isolate the device from the floor to reduce vibrations. For speakers and subs it could make sense on a hardwood floor, not sure why you’d need them on a crossover though.
At 4:18 "why not start with the good stuff in the first place". Needing less "correction" will always be superior. Thanks Paul! That's how it should always be.
Funnily enough he had the opposite idea when he answered the AC question yesterday, saying that it's pointless to put better stuff in the wall if you're going to correct the signal anyway. It's always a case by case thing and it's just dumb to spend more money if the end result is the same.
That's what Dr. Bose thought when he designed the 901. He told his design engineers we will add more drivers to make up for the lack off surface area and equalize the crap out of them. Bose has never changed. Use cheap drivers and the electronics can appear to be theater quality designs. That's like a cheaply made engine and add a turbo charger to the car. Short term thrill but very short term reliability.
? Such thing as 110v ac supply...and since you changed everything...it is not an infinity system....what you are saying is it was obsolete junk and it needed to get fixed..stop calling it some system that it's not
This entire *system* weighed 1500lbs. originally. Even with all the tweaks that have been done, there is *no possibility* that it weighs 900lbs. more now!!
why Mr. Paul do all that moving? Put the piano black boat anchors in the big room let then breath Owner's and most owners work more or as many hr.s as you, Stop, stop, Stop your sobbing
Wimpy engineers!! Well, I would go home after my 8 hrs shift without hesitation unless I'm being paid for every bit of my time... Most have a life besides work.. You can be the next Elon Musk because You are the Owner and because You can. Sorry, but the only thing that caught my attention from this video. At least this shows that I follow the channel and watch, as well as the wimpy engineers do....
Wow... Calling your employees wimps. Hopefully it was a joke. I'd bet money they work a helluva lot harder than he does I wonder if PS audio employees can even afford PS audio products 🤷
I feel your pain Paul, the mind does not age much but the body does and will let you know it. Watching you is like watching a kid with his favorite toy, that's great! Same excitement that I get when a new piece of gear arrives!
WOW! Changing of the guard! Cathartic for you, Paul; moving for us. Thank you so much for allowing us to see the stages of the change unfold before us. You are making us part of something so meaningful to you. Hope to make a trip one day to PS Audio to hear those "Bitchin' " woofers in their new home!
I know, right? I haven't heard that word since, oh God, back when you could get real LSD and not the fake stuff. Not that I ever partook.
I could run my entire house with the amount of power that system takes.
I can ruin and make a hole in my house floor with the amount of weight that system has.
True story.
“Wimpy” engineers and “Bitchen” woofers. Gotta love Paul and the crew at PS Audio!!
12 hours vs 8... It's not just about the hours but what you get done during those hours and how complex that is.
Managers that believe that it's just the hours that counts need to learn and learn fast or they break their staff. Seen it happen to many times. Work smarter, not more.
(Besides getting the job done in a shorter time makes it cheaper for the company, many years ago when I started a career in IT (luckily out now) we measured our performance during a high load period... turned out we worked four times faster at the start of the day then in the end of those 12 hour days...)
🤗 IMHHO…I AGREE ALSO WHEN IT IS YOUR PROJECT, BUSINESS YOU HAVE AN EXTRA MOTIVATION AND DON’T WANT TO QUIT …IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE ❤️
And if you know you have a long stretch you go slower at the beginning as well. I can do more in 4 days than I can in 6.
I work from home and always have. I don’t like the idea of wasting half of my life stuck inside a building on a beautiful sunny day only to come out when the day is over. I work on my own terms and any hour. I’m not rich but I’m happy.
Easy to work 12 hours a day when it’s your own business and passion. Can’t expect the same commitment from an employee that most likely has less to gain from spending extra hour for company and owner to earn x% more.
That is some setup unbelievable, hope your arm is ok Paul
Paul well done for recording this moment in PS audio's history.
As a CEO it is nice to have fully dedicated staff, but you SHOULD NOT expect everyone to be as dedicated as you are.
Hi Paul great video nice that you took the time to explain your equipment , thanks.
What a privilege to see this system's back sides, connectors, internals, and hear Paul explain the technicals.
Had a chance to listen to a set of these driven by a pair of Carver silver seven tube amps. The high end store that had them (in Toronto Canada) burnt to the ground with many rare audio pieces in it i remember tearing up when i saw the footage on the news. By the way the speakers sounded amazing.
I also am in my 70’s and feel your pain with the spikes and resultant blood letting. Doesn’t take much to puncture our skin these days, enjoy your dailies and videos and if ever back in Colorado will visit you, On my bucket list…..!
Always thought you're like 60-62, you look great! Thanks for the videos and all the work you do!
Paul, I know the feelings exactly. 35 in my head, 70 in my knees !!
I'm going to enjoy this series!
😎 THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY 🤗😍😍😍
Thanks for the insight!! Looking forward to seeing the new speakers setup in the room.
honestly, the dsp probably contributed the most to the bass quality ... in addition, if the drivers were replaced, the amplifier changed, the crossover modified - it can be hardly called as the design of Arnold Nudell ...
Excellent demonstration of the IEC socket (apox at 6min), and how "good" this connection is.. :) So glad my amps uses PowerCon connectors.
That system uses more power than north Korea at night.When Paul turns that system on the lights in Colorado dim out for a second.
It used up all the carbon credit of Colorado plus some. Just kidding. :)
Class D amps are very efficient.
Paul...you CONSTANTLY heap tons of praise on your engineers, and staff......Can't believe there are so many clueless morons in the world who can't recognize a silly, off the cuff joke about working hours, and totally disregard this, and all your other FANTASTIC videos !?!? One of my highest bucket list wishes (I'm 72), would be to just spend one day "shooting the breeze" with you in the studio. Your videos are always my first "go to" video every day when I get on my computer !! Thanks for the mammaries.
Paul is so positive
I need to find a set of these IRSV speakers complete in good to excellent condition. Serious replies received.
Getting old is a bitch, ... but it beats the alternative.
Your a good man Paul
Man I would love to hear that system.
Interesting stuff, cheers!
Thats alot of work for one person but I admire your motivation . i really admire that amp in the middle Thats alot of compasitors in the unit ! if thats what there called. Looking forward to see the move by the crew .
Ahh so now we can see that the IRS are OPEN BAFFLE! 😂
My first exposure to 'real' hifi was at my barber's house (circa '95) and listening to his RS-1B set. I was dumbfounded... 25 years later, I'm happy with my ET-8a and ET-IIIs, but if given the chance, I'd snap a set of those up in a heartbeat!
So many on here have forgotten that Paul is an Engineer 😆
Those woofers look great.
Time for damage control with the wimpy engineers only working 8 hour days 😂
Paul,
Which DSP was implemented for the room correction. Was it a custom made electronic by PS Audio or kind of a mini DSP or similar? And was it implemented in the analog signal path or in the digital domain, say after the CD player. I’d love if you could explain in detail ? Thank’s and greetings from Leipzig in Germany
Thats serious stuff , and that sort of things best done yourself.
Paul, I think you were starting to explain why the cables between the crossovers and the wings looked like ribbon cables, before that spike got you. I'd be interested in hearing why they're that shape. thanks.
That's weird..why do you use a passive crossover system for that type of speaker system. You could custom build an active crossover and feed the arrays directly from their own dedicated power amps. ALL passive crossovers have much high distortion than active units.🤨
My thoughts as well...
I'm guessing passive is the path Arnie choose.
Paul, I am surprised Terry allows you to work such long hours, unless she works around you? Thanks for sharing.
Allows? Is he a child?
@@arthurott4561 Yes Paul is like a child in a sweet shop
SOLDIER!!!
With the modifications of the woofers, is this really a set of the Infinity IRS5s? Did the company contribute to the modification engineering?
2:00 the sound of despair.
there looks to be a lot of parallel cables all strapped together on the back.
What brand and modell are those woofers you mounted in the sub towers? They look beefy.
They look like Dayton RSS woofers.
@@analogkid4557 Yes I think you're right, thanks for letting me know.
I believe they were Daytons that Chris chose as replacements. Had no idea the bass towers werent powered by the BHK. How much filter capacitance does that amp have!?!? Looks like well over 100k uf!
That was what I thought they were. I have Dayton RSS series woofers and they look the same.
The IRSV has drawn first blood! Now that it has a taste for it no future listener is safe.
Attacked by a crossover.
I was hoping to make a trip out there at some point to hear the IRSV set up. I'm disappointed that I've missed that opportunity.
you have NOT missed it. they are moving one room over.
A theater may be the best place to hear those monsters. Try listening to that system in a small room and watch the walls move. Is bigger always better? Which produces less distortion, one speaker or many at low power ?
Paul , are you the only person allowed to connect, disconnected the IRSV set up?
Second. Who the basic part express woofers. I have this in woofers in Marantz HD880 cabinets, (Ed May design) to replace the foster paper woofers.
Pat b
Minnesota
Number of Days Since Workplace Injuries at PS Audio [0]
Interesting. What brand speaker cables are you using?
I bet those get pretty loud, I would say the louder it can get the better but I am not sure how the Harman Kardon HK 980 would handle them, they are kinda a beast but maybe a HK 990 would do.
So hang on, if I got this right you changed the crossovers and the drivers and the power amps. So what is left of the original speakers then Paul? Just the cabinets?!? Sounds like Trigger’s broom!
Crossover? I thought that was a substation transformer. lol!
Paul , we turn 67 in 3 months-- getting old Sucks!!!,, have had your gear since 1982----Need advice for Audiophile hearing aids--thanking in advance( saw the Who and 150 other concerts, we rest our bleeding ears Mr. Mason)
I suffered cochlear damage a few years ago while in Nashville at a job. I told the audiologist how important music was to me, not to mention how much time and money I'd spent on audio in the last 25 years. She told me that they have happy patients that are audio engineers using the Widex brand of hearing aids. They have them come into the office and set up the new hearing aids with their own music.
Thank you-- will definitely try out the Widex's-----@@RyanStone143 ---hello, ? hello? is there anybody out there?
I guessing the boy's from shipping is code name for the avenger, hulk etc. Love to get there number for my next move.
I - hope - you didn't just disconnect those speakers with the power amps still powered up....
Spikes. It had to be spikes. Very dangerous! You go first Indy...
As much as I love PS, and as much as I love working hard, I feel that aiming at engineers or anyone who want to keep a healthy work/life balance to avoid burn-out or just have a healthy life.. is not a good approach...
Yeah I mean working 12 hour days for over 50 years like Paul ain't much of a life. I'm guessing he is going to work until he dies.
Ahhhh not worth bringing up, he's probably buddies with all of them and just jerking their chains.
Paul was just kidding around and was being self-depreciating by calling himself an old man. The engineers who work their regular eight-hour day are safe from being fired for being lazy. Paul doesn't really think that.
the longer you watch, the more youll know what he means & what is a jab...
8 hours its enough , they need go home ! they have family life and family life more important from work, you have all your life to work.
Which woofers did you use as replacements? Curiousity abounds..please do tell.
I've no idea, but they appear Dayton'ish
yeah motional day
Ice power amps from B&o ?
Are those Dayton Reference woofers?
They look like RSS Daytons to me.
That comment regarding the engineers was very unfortunate. It is easy to put in 12 hours a day when you are the one making most of the money. Where would your company be without engineers?
Being the boss watching people work, ISN'T WORK.
@@sjowners that was a cluesless statement. Also don't forget Paul is an engineer 😉
@@scottyo64 Paul is great, but I think he wrote he wasn't an engineer: «self-taught analog electronics engineer». Some Usonian brands are proud to work all day long in the same way Chinese are. I won't pay extra cost for a «made in USA» product, if I can't see the difference. Healthcare system won't help to change my mind.
If you love what you do it's no longer work, 12 hr days may not be enough for some. And you can call in the boys to do the heavy lifting helps a lot.
I didn't know that paid vacation (1 month) wasn't guarantee in USA. Well, I probably won't buy anything expensive, if I can't find easily how many hours and vacations their workers have and where the manufacture is made (MDF and painting, metal, soldering, assembly...).
As I tell my dad as well, “at least you’re not Thick Skinned anymore” 😂🙈
Be careful Paul , be gentle with this beast .....
You can move it to my house. . .
So many filter capacitors?
Why not just build new V's with all the upgrades you want?
What is it with these spikes, they destroy most thinks you put under them and - they are kind of dangerous as per this video.
Supposedly they help to isolate the device from the floor to reduce vibrations. For speakers and subs it could make sense on a hardwood floor, not sure why you’d need them on a crossover though.
On-the-job injury.
2:20 It's not the same when you work for somebody compared to "you own the company".....
Im sorry but i think you will miss the deep, thunder of these...
At 4:18 "why not start with the good stuff in the first place". Needing less "correction" will always be superior.
Thanks Paul! That's how it should always be.
Funnily enough he had the opposite idea when he answered the AC question yesterday, saying that it's pointless to put better stuff in the wall if you're going to correct the signal anyway. It's always a case by case thing and it's just dumb to spend more money if the end result is the same.
That's what Dr. Bose thought when he designed the 901. He told his design engineers we will add more drivers to make up for the lack off surface area and equalize the crap out of them. Bose has never changed. Use cheap drivers and the electronics can appear to be theater quality designs. That's like a cheaply made engine and add a turbo charger to the car. Short term thrill but very short term reliability.
Now just move those speakers into a room big enough for them 🤷♂️
I'm here until Paul starts taking about Depend.....
HaHaHa……. Getting old isn’t for sissies! Thanks for everything!
0:34 that plinth sounds like a tupperware box.
I've seen underneath IRS' towers, and yeah, it's plastic or maybe fiberglass.
Why go through the bother of moving this speaker system?
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" 🧐
? Such thing as 110v ac supply...and since you changed everything...it is not an infinity system....what you are saying is it was obsolete junk and it needed to get fixed..stop calling it some system that it's not
This entire *system* weighed 1500lbs. originally. Even with all the tweaks that have been done, there is *no possibility* that it weighs 900lbs. more now!!
why Mr. Paul do all that moving? Put the piano black boat anchors in the big room let then breath Owner's and most owners work more or as many hr.s as you, Stop, stop,
Stop your sobbing
Wimpy engineers!! Well, I would go home after my 8 hrs shift without hesitation unless I'm being paid for every bit of my time... Most have a life besides work.. You can be the next Elon Musk because You are the Owner and because You can. Sorry, but the only thing that caught my attention from this video. At least this shows that I follow the channel and watch, as well as the wimpy engineers do....
Wow... Calling your employees wimps. Hopefully it was a joke. I'd bet money they work a helluva lot harder than he does I wonder if PS audio employees can even afford PS audio products 🤷