Our Vintage Audio Roundtable with Ed from Old Guy HiFi!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- This week, Kevin and Eric chat with Ed Holmwood, the "Old Guy HiFi" on TH-cam! We really had a blast. Ed took the time to drive down from Chicago and share what drives his passion for music with all of us. Thanks, Ed!
During our conversation, we cover a lot of ground, from Ed's first encounter with hi-fi growing up to his take on Taylor Swift albums. We also discuss some cool "audiophile" products from the past and what really matters when it comes to enjoying music.
Ed has one of our favorite channels on TH-cam!
You need to check it out and subscribe here: / @oldguyhifi
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A HUGE thank you to Kevin & Eric for allowing me to be a part of this. I had so much fun. I can't wait to do it again. Thank you all.
We can't wait either... this was a blast
Sure was!
Two of my favorite channels in one! Bonus!
i think your channel may have been hacked . i received an email form you stating that i had won something and that i should contact the link in the email OR it really was from you guys and your are just having some fun .
@@siriosstar4789 I got the same thing. Watch out.
Don't understand how Ed's channel never came up in my feed! Thanks for giving him the exposure.
I know, right? He recently came up in my feed... so glad I found him.
Thank you Skylabs for having this conversation with Ed. I also recall the 70s of what I remember as the heyday of stereo , quad records, open reels, amps and receivers. Much of my current gear is vintage. I feel Skylab’s is similar in the spirit, but I cannot access your store for services, because I am Indiana. Ed has some great stories as well. I recall Fat Julian’s Audio in Atlanta, (and Crazy Larry’s of Indianapolis), and Julian sat me upstairs in large area to listen to Fusalier speakers through Brystan amp, and it was an experience to hear Supertramp music with no restriction on time. Keep the Skylab channel going!
loved this! great to listen to all the talk. I grew up during this time (now 69) when you put on an album and held the jacket and cover and read them all; all the time! Many around me don't understand the satisfaction you get from listening to music this way. Getting back to my musical roots and planning on a trip to your store sometime!
I'm 66 & drank from the same kegs you guys did growing up. I loved the "music first audiophile" observation, VERY well put, and an absolute bullseye. During my years in an independent record store, the worst customers were (some) "audiophiles" who bought LP's to listen for surface noise rather than the recorded content, so that they could indignantly return the record & blame us.
One nearly comical release was the Telarc (?) LP audiophile recording of the "1812 Overture" with the grand finale cannons recorded so hot that no stylus/cartridge known to man could track it. Mercifully, MOST buyers understood that, but it just seemed like trying to wear a welded pair of steel blue jeans. Audiophiles run amok!!!
I remember that recording. WARNING "Real cannons" I think was printed on the label.
That’s one recording that would have. Benefited from being cut so it plays from the inside out. I remember techmoan said something about an edition of Bolero that was cut that way to take advantage of the outer tracks having more space to accommodate the greater dynamics and volume of the end of that piece of music.
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So great to get some deep background info of your life's journey, Ed. Thank you to you all for sharing this wonderful content with us all.
Thank you my friend.
As much as I like the gear talk, this is priceless, coming from a guy old enough to have lived it. Well Done!
Wonderful conversation! Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed listening to you guys talk about the music.
I totally agree, I stream 90-95% and the rest of the time, particularly when I am feeling nostalgic… vinyl!
Love this format and free flow conversation about music.
👍 Enjoyed very much .Shared experiences brought things my friends and I used to feel when we all started. Suggest continuing as much as possible. Thanks
I can’t wait to hear more from you guys, what a treat. Ed helped me make some adjustments to my setup that had a profoundly positive impact and learned a thing or two in the process. Skylabs and OldGuyHifi is peanut butter and jelly! ❤❤❤❤
Listening to your channel and watching content like this one makes me, the listener feel like you're talking good old times with people you've known for a long time . Thanks, and I'll keep on following! 👍
Wow, what a great conversation, Kevin, Eric, and Ed Holmwood! That was a lot of fun to watch with so many great points too. It was like comfort food and I look forward to seeing other amazing conversations in the future. :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I thought it was great, very interesting and really enjoyed listening to you guys❤
Loved it. Brought so many lost memories back. I used to cut the lawn (my mid teens} with a '62 Willies Jeep, with gang mowers, and mid 70's 8-tracks, with headphones on. One favorite was Johnny Winters, Still Alive and Well. So many great tunes included that track switch click. I still keep a collection of 8'tracks and player. Now retired, it's finding the right car with an 8-track player to fit them. Also, a great record skip on Ziggy Stardust that became part of the song. Luckily it was at the end, where most skips happened.
Ed is spot on. It's all about the music! Build the best system you can afford on your budget that sounds good to your ears & enjoy it! God knows as a buyer, selling & trader of vintage electronics for almost 20 years I finally realized that it was time to say enough's enough. I'm quite content now & never think about my system at all other than basic upkeep.
You have reached Shangri-La my friend. Good on you.
Great Vid. Love the old hi-fi store stories. Wish I'd been around for that!
Great episode, I really enjoyed listening to your guest and echo many of his points about hifi.
Great conversation, Kevin. I would like more please. Funny that people looking at speakers wonder how loud they are. My first live concert was Hendrix in 1969 and my ears rang for a full day. Any sound system/media is many steps down from that so to Ed's point, listen to what you like however you can. Thanks to Ed, Kevin and Eric for doing this.
Wow! What great content right here! This is a home run! Just hearing you guys nerd out on gear and the expertise we’re getting is priceless! Not even halfway through the video yet!
Thank you.
Thanks for having Ed on your channel! Three of my favorite guys in one setting! The late great Roger Russell of McIntosh said that 18 gauge speaker wire was good up to 30 feet. He said the extra resistance added to the damping factor. I'm a Harman Kardon and Yamaha fanboy too.
Great one, Kevin.
Thanks for inviting Ed to rap about his lifetime passion of music.
Please release the rest of his interview when you’re able.
Another grand slam!
Great conversation! Very truthful and informative for novices and hardcore enthusiasts. I have been an aspiring audiophile for decades since I got a new Pioneer SX-450 receiver and a hand-down Fisher table and Criterion speakers. That was 1977. Played music great. Then got some HPM speakers for Christmas. In the military in the early 80's, I went through various gear bought at the BX, and local hifi stores. Then had a used MAC MA6100 I loved for decades, traded in six years sgo for a new MA252 integrated. That one didn’t really do anything for me, so sold it last year. It did look nice. But now I have a simple vintage mid-power Kenwood KR4070 receiver bought for $50, and $75 vintage Vector Research VR-5000 receiver. Both mint, found on CL. I alternate using those with my vintage $25 thrift-found Pioneer PL41 turntable, and change out my vintage Model 6, and thrift-found EPI 100 speakers. Real walnut too. Very tiny investment, and it all looks and sounds great to my almost senior ears. In the end, I just didn't want to go down the audiophile gear rabbit hole, and money required. Also, so much snake oil in pursuing that too. Now I am content with my simple old gear, and can just enjoy the music and my huge old vinyl collection. Great points on this interview.
Great video! I love this format mixed in with your other types of videos! Ed’s take on album listening is spot on for me. Cheers.
This has become one of my absolute favorite channels. You guys hit just the right balance of enthusiasm for hifi tempered with practicality. Feel privileged that you’re also only 15min away.
I seldom make comments on you tube videos but I REALLY enjoyed this one. Great job. Your comments about the music being the most important part of HiFi hit a real cord with me. The biggest part of new equipment, for me, is the ability to hear new music because of streaming. My new equip. is modest but the streaming aspect is fantastic. I can listen to more and different music that wasn't possible in the 70s. True I miss being able to go to the local stereo store and hearing new speakers but the streaming music makes up for that big time. Thanks for your videos.
Great point. Glad you enjoyed our gab fest. Thx.
Ah, this was SUCH an enjoyable clip to watch, I could easily do it for hours. The 'no BS' approach of all the participants was just so refreshing, and Aussies like myself really appreciate that. So glad you took the time to chat and 'get it down on tape'. Can't wait for the next instalment. I'm now subscribed to Ed's channel too. 🙂
Thanks so much.
Ed has a very affable nature to him, always great to hear him speak. Love these interviews.
For sure do more videos like this! Ed was an excellent guest and is an all around vintage audio connoisseur who has a great approach on his channel. Nice interview Kevin!
Thank you my friend. I am going to get a big head now.
I turned 64 and grew up with the power wars. Classic Pioneers, Yamaha, Advent and Klipsch. Great hearing wisdom from the old school
Kevin great talk video. I like it.
...And in your discussion you hit the nail on the head, Vendor "Trust" or guys like yourself. We flock to you because of that trust in Vintage Audio. We trust the details and topics on your channel. For me thats what it is all about.
Nice job gentlemen.
What A BLAST !! My Vintage stereo retail time with Franklin Music was about five years before Ed's, and then there was my Heathkit time. This was fun. Thanks for putting it together.... Rip
This is hands down the best video that you have done. Great guest, great production quality. I really appreciate all of the effort that you’ve put into it. Please keep doing these!
Thanks!
Enjoyed the visit & conversation. Thanks. Many of your reminiscences made me smile, especially about enjoying the music not the gear. I have great memories in my younger years of certain periods of my life that revolved around music. Like driving around after school listening to 8-track tapes in his Mustang. We had great times and heard a lot of great music. I couldn’t begin to recall what kind of stereo he had. I do vividly recall the songs & artists. 👍🏼😎🎶
I can recall the car and player, 63 impala ss and a kraco 8 track. Lots of great memories.
Thanks for taking me down memory lane. Great job!
Really enjoyed this! I bet the off camera conversation was even better! Thanks!!
I liked this table chat a lot. It reminded me of a time when a couple of friends and I would get together, listen to each other's music on vinyl or R-R tape. I built my first good speakers from Allied / Knight kit two-ways. If I could attach, I would show you myself and friend with my Teac 6010 tape deck. I'm sitting in my living room with KLH model 6 speakers and Time Window 1 speakers. I still have vintage integrated amps, equalizer, etc. I've gone over to the convenience, features and the excellent sound from my Onkyo and Marantz receivers.
Ed discussing what makes him happy as well as both of you, the music, that says it all. Gear is one thing, but the music well reproduced without ear splitting volumes and fatiguing emphasis on highs & lows, is where it's at.
I chat with a few other people, who like myself repair audio gear. Everyone that does, watches your channel. We like your candor and discussions like this, keep it up.
9 am 6/10 Loved the show. I'm around Ed's age and yes back the we listened to both sides of an LP because we had real musicians and not this computer generated stuff they put out today. And it was original. Thanks guy's.
That was awesome! I follow a lot of Audio reviewers on TH-cam and i can honestly say Ed's channel and Skylabs are at the top of my list.
Some channels are informative and some are Entertaining, but few are both. These two are both. A crazy Lenny interview would be awesome as well.
Jim, I don't think Kevin's store contains enough oxygen for a Lenny interview. That boy is energetic.
I really loved this conversation and thank you Kevin and crew!
Love the attention to actual listening music rather than gear. I do love gear, I develop a connection to it. The HPM-100 and Philips CD-101 from my dad are my most treasured pieces. But it's still a means to an end, enjoy great music. You guys get this, thanks!
This was fantastic! Even in the context of your usual stellar videos!
Fun discussion! Thanks!
Great discussion. I love this format. Thanks
great discussion. sure would love to see more of the 4 hours recorded.
I had a ball doing it. Kevin & Eric are great guys.
Great show .spot on the idea is what you like . My self marantz 2245 ,jvc integrated amp grudig 50s tube radio. Built my speaker .happy happy joy joy.
Hey, I know that guy! Hi Ed! Great interview, thank you all!!
Hey Broch!
Great interview guys. Thanks.
I'm from the Toledo area and enjoyed listening to Ed. I was hoping he would have mentioned anything about the Hi-Fi stores around Toledo back in the day...
I was too young. We lived in Ottawa Hills so, I only new that area and Inverness where we were members. I think I remember the Gateway shopping center. Wow that was along time ago. Thanks for the kind words.
It was fun listening to this one!
Great content. Would love to hear more of this. Thanks!
The goal was a high-end 😊
audio setup, four year build
Plan right, shop used, $save$
Shout out to “music driving the gear “
My first good set of speakers were Cerwin-Vegas Re-30’s and I still enjoy thinking about listening to them. Blew me and everyone else that heard them away.
Great show for a Sundy guy's !!! 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍
Enjoyed the interview and subscribed to the old Hifi Guy, Glad you touched on streaming ADD. It is easy to skip to the next track.
Thank you.
Enjoyed it... will be watching Ed now also.
Excellent content. Thank you
Thank you guys, for the video and everything you do! A lot of fun.
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent vid. Love this type content. It made sub to Old Man Hifi. Keep it up! Thanks
At the end, I'm like: what? it's over already... oh please guys, give us the unabridged version.
It's so great to listen to you discussing. You're all knowledgeable and knows a lot of stories.
What you could do too, is cut the full video in 2 and one part goes on Skylabs Audio and the other part goes to The Old Guy Hifi.
Just a suggestion, you do what's best for you.
Nice to see Ed on your channel! Great interview. I know him from the CAM group. He’s a great guy.
You old dog. Thank you.
I have Klipsch La Scalas with mono block tube amplifiers and over $2,500 into my Rega Planar 3 turntable. But some of my most enjoyable listening experience is on my 1957 Motorola Masterpiece mono console playing Little Richard Tutti Frutti on a 78rpm record.
Great interview Kev...I found myself smiling along with you many times throughout. I will check out his channel.
Glad you enjoyed it
I definitely agree that the love of music comes first and the gear comes second and I've nothing against those with ultra-expensive systems if that floats their boat, but I enjoy the sound from more moderately priced gear and the satisfaction of NOT having spent an absolute fortune to have a blast listening to all of my favourite music across a variety of different genres (classical music, opera, soundtracks, classic rock, folk, ragtime, jazz, swing, Tiki/exotica, electronica, country, world music, etc.). :)
Good conversation to be a "fly on the wall". Thanks for doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed can't wait to hear more.
That was incredible!!! Thanks Guys!!
What an awesome episode! Hanging out and talking about music and stereos is super fun. I think the only time I get to do it is when I’m buying something from someone with a lot of gear, haha
Great video!
You hit the nail on the head on the audio jewelry topic.. Yes im not spending $1000 on cables and I dont believe they change much of anything if you have the right gauge / length but sometimes I dont mind spending maybe $50 or $60 for a pair of nice pre made speaker cables with nice ends and nice sleeving.. I want my rig to sound great but lets not pretend like we don’t enjoy looking at is as well. I use to always say stuff like the Marantz 1060, the Technics SL1200, the Yamaha CR series.. That stuff is just like looking at a piece of jewelry.. Ive been told listening to records is the sit down meal vs hitting the drive thru ( streaming )... Sit down, relax with a beverage of choice and just soak in the music. Without the music theres no need for any of this gear!
Enjoyable and validating as well. I spent a few years studying features, reviews and specs for the system in our living room. I use it frequently but not all the time as it gives me a sense of enjoying something that is special. Like opening a great bottle of champagne every once in a while vs. sipping more affordable and forgettable wines more frequently. Our living room is very small so I sold my JBL floorstanders and my DENON. 2.1 av receiver that worked but sounded weak and mushy. Replaced it with a new YAMAHA A-S701 integrated amp, got B&W 606s on stands and matching B&W sub and a PARASOUND 200 pre-amp. Once setup I am totally satisfied with the sound and like was mentioned in this discussion I listen to the music I love, properly delivered, and the equipment is no longer the focus of my attention. I could have spent much more $$ but the components I selected work beautifully together. So good in fact that I am relistening to many hours of music I have recorded over the years and the stress of worrying about over spending has been eliminated. Looking forward to more of this discussion- thanks for posting.
Good conversation.
Had not heard of this gentleman until now. I will definitely search out his videos. Really enjoyed this format and the discussion of gear vs. the music. In my case I am music enthusiast first, all kinds, and the gear rabbit hole is about hearing the closest thing to a live performance of the music within the confines of my listening space at home.
Great show ! Thanks for introducing me to a new channel to check out !
Very insightful…certainly can relate! Good stuff!
Taylor Swift's genuine nature is what captivates her audience and makes a connection. There's a lot of great talent out there that's better than Taylor, but can they connect and relate to the audience on a deep personal level? Few can. Taylor nails it 100%. That's why she has a large devoted following. Have you seen the videos of her where she'll jump out of her limo, run up to a young girl on the street and make silly face selfies together, then hug the person, give them free front section tickets to her show? She does stuff like that all of the time.
Love the round table chat. Thanks Kevin
Love it! Sound rings!😮
Ed is the real deal! Great interview
Shill! Lol.
Fantastic! Hello from Dorset, UK….
Thank you. BTW my family id form Dorking just south of Leatherhead on the A24. If you look you will see.
A lot of things resonated in this video for me. I used to listen to the equipment over the music, now its the other way around. One of my goosebump setups is a pair of old Tannoys driven by a 0.3watt SE tube amp, just such a magical sound.
Love all your contents! I think one of the most important topics brought up was putting an album on no matter what medium it is and listening all the way through. Most of my favorite songs on albums end up being the non-hit tracks. Artist put a lot of work into the order. The old Motown engineer that taught me engineering said post mixing they would get a box of popsicles. After everybody had enjoyed their popsicle they would write a title on each popsicle stick. Then proceeded to start juggling the sticks to see what order worked! Keep up the great work! Next time I’m in Iowa I’ll stop by again.
I watch every Sunday anyway, but you were correct--not to be missed! I REALLY appreciate the points made about the music being the reason for the equipment.
Such a fun video! More of this style would be fun!
Last conversation style you did with Bill Neumann…next thing I know I own a Dual 1229 bought from him and love it.
Great video, more please.
That was a great little chat. I really enjoyed it !!
Glad you enjoyed it
It was a great interview and I went over to Old Guy HIFI and subscribed to his channel! 👍🏼
I really like this! Please keep doing this.
Pioneer 6x9 Tri-Axials! Oh yeah.
I’m SO pumped that he mentioned Worlds Best Cables using Mogami. My system is connected w these and for my Technics TT I use blue jeans cable.
Good show. I'm older so remember all this (back to late sixties) and the great "stereo golden age" of 1975-1980. Had Harmon-Kardon "twin power" 430 but then went Tandberg (Norwegian!) in '81 - which was even better. (Still have and use my Tandberg 2045 (and a used "2080"!) Now into the better quality Yamaha stuff (integrated amp - "2200") & B&W speakers (& Project table) Not the best - but good for me. I enjoy it still.
❤ this video
This was a great video and I at one time had home speakers in my car to and I even had a 65 Mustang funny
Kevin, you hit a 5-run homer here.
Love your channel love his channel
Thanks so much.
Great round table... Ed is fantastic.
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OMG.... a Paragon in the house as a kid? 😆 I wish. I've never heard of anyone that had that. I'm 70 and listened to 78s on a tube Zenith when I was little. 45 mono adapter. Finally Lear stereo 8 tracks in the late 60s! 😝
Please share a PART TWO for this one. Thanks.
You guys are on point. I used to go to a hifi store called Calif. Audio Systems around 77+. They sold Audio Research, Linn TTs and Vandersteen as their high end. Polk and Cizek (incredible) speakers were the mid price along with Rega and Micro Seiki TTs. Onkyo integrated amps and receivers were matched with these. You don’t hear much about Onkyo but they made gutsy dynamic integrated amps that were among the best of their time. Would love an A-10 just to have as audio jewelry as you say.
Wow. @OldGuyHifi went subscribed. I'm a native Toledoan.