Haha, so true, seems like you need to focus on finding your way out of the huge labyrinth of that house making sure that you don't step over some fancy thick silver cable on your way. 😂It must be cool being able to play around with all of that stuff.
Its a rich person thing. After your third million or so, its beneath you to care if the house burns down, the insurance will handle it. You just go to your east coast home.
I'll never understand how some people can't hear the smoke alarm beep in their house. When I visit someone and hear their smoke alarm, I judge them hardcore.
Robert Do is a good friend of mine. He completely changed my perception of what was possible in the HIFI world. I've been down the rabbit hole for over 10 years. I went to the last 5 RMAF shows. He convinced me to move to Aries Cerat 'entry level' Incito S pre and Helene DAC. Absolutely the best 'value' in their line up. Completely blew away my Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated which is considered top 5 best in the world. If you live in the Portland Oregon area swing by for a listen!
When you said "something" completely blew away gryphon diablo 300, you got my full attention 😮. Because, for that money, gryphon diablo 300 was on the another level from all other integrated amps. So which Aries Cerat integrated amp blows him away? I would be willing to sell my diablo 300 if I can hear that difference!
Wow what amazing systems! I met the previous importer of ASR Tube preamps and Tube Amps (made in Germany) he lived in Southern California! Great sounding gear!
Hi Jason, Love your video’s thanks for all your great work! I’ve been an audiophile since 1975, when I went to my Ex brother-in-laws apartment in Beverly Hills, Ca. He had Quad ESL Loudspeakers with a Linn LP12 table, GAS (Great American sound) Thalia preamp designed by John Curl with Dynaco specially modded Amps that could drive the quad ESL speakers down to from 1Ohm - 16 Ohm’s! That was my first experience hearing a high-end audio system I was 20 years old! From that moment on I was hooked and I proceeded to buy a used pair of quad ESL loudspeakers, GAS Thalia preamp and a quad 404 amp to drive them I couldn’t afford a LINN LP 12 table, at that time I owned a Girard zero 100 Turntable! I’ve heard hundreds of systems since that time and a owned a Perreaux amps and preamp, a Linn amp and Preamp, Apogee Stage loudspeakers, Dunlavy SC-3 loudspeakers, Apogee Centaurs and much more! VAC Amps, VAC preamps, Proceed CD player and DAC. Linn Akito table. Well Tempered Table, ML preamps and ML 27 amp and much more!
Similar path to me, I first heard a good system at a friend of friend's house, early 1980's, it was an Linn LP12 Ittock with not sure of cartridge only know it was a moving coil cartridge? and Linn Isobarik speakers which he said he'd had for a while longer than the rest of the system (which had been updated apparently you could do this with them), everything was on spiked stands and isolation stands (and he had a big pair of KEFs, not sure what they were but never got to hear those). Not sure what the amps were though, pre-amp and monoblocs? to drive the different drivers in the Isobariks (I'm sure they weren't naim amps, because that is what I went for when I bought my own system a while later and his didn't look at all like naim). It was the early 1980's. But yes, it blew me away, we played a lot of albums (we had a weekend of it at his house chillin' and listening music. A friend of his brought his Michell Gyrodec round and plugged it in, he brought it round to get him to set up the arm and new cartridge for him. And that sounded great. It was a cool chilled out weekend, nice ;-). Albums I remember us playing a side or two of, were: Todd - A Wizard A True Star & Something/Anything, Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti, Hot Rats and Freak Out! Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (hadn't heard them before that weekend, ended up buying a copy of the album!), The Who - Quadrophenia (the original album not the soundtrack album). Kraftwerk - TTE, Hawkwind - Space Ritual, Quark, Strangeness & Charm, Gong - Angel's Egg, Steve Hillage - Green, Motivation Radio, King Crimson - Discipline (It had just been released) & In The Court of The Crimson King. Genesis - Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound. Bowie - Heroes, Kate Bush - Never Forever, YES - Fragile... Those are the ones I remember us playing a side or two of or dipping into listen certain tracks. He did play some classical works but sorry can't remember what they was, the only one I do remember (and it's because I was already a fan) was, Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no.2 (if I remember rightly, but it is a while ago now!). It blew me away, I couldn't believe how different/better those albums sounded and the two turntables convinced me that was the way to go. Mind blowing! Gobsmacked! Having now got into this world and ending up with both the Linn and Michell decks, I'll still listen to music anywhere on anything, as music always comes first for me. (I was in a couple of bands, played keys & synths and toys and anything I could make sounds and textures with etc but we never made it big, we were more on the experimental side of things, so not much chance of commercial success! But it was fun to play at those kind of events etc). The main problem I have is storage for all the albums and cds! They've taken over my modest sized house. It's crazy! (but I love it ;-) "Music Is The Best" - Frank Zappa In fact I'm just about to play my latest box set that just arrived this week, Robert Fripp - Exposure Boxset (Exposure and other solo projects, live works etc it's a 32 disc boxset). I already have all the King Crimson box sets, which have been incredible and worth every penny. The last new vinyl I bought were by Tunng and the latest Liquid Tension Experiment (vinyl & cd box set). I'm waiting of iamthemorning's - 'Belighted' and 'The Bell' on vinyl to arrive, I have them on CD but wanted to hear/compare and contrast the cd & vinyl. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
@@theworldaccordingto4555 in 1986 I went to a Linn audio store in Sherman Oaks, Ca. I heard the LK1 and LK2 preamp and amps powering Linn Kan stand mount monitors. In 1990 I went to Beverly Hilld audio Linn Store they were selling Linn LP-12 with the Itok arm K9 cartridge? I went to one of their employees Apartmartment he had Linn Isobaric Loudspeakers, LP 12 Itok arm, cartridge was a ruby red over $1000. don’t remember the Electronics. He played Astrund Gilberto “Girl from Ipanema” she had a beautiful voice like an angel! It’s actually a very well produced LP on Vervey records Most people have no idea who Jao Gilberto and his wife Astrund are. they sang in Portuguese from Brazil. A new Kilmax LP-12 starts at $30,150 that’s 💰 lot of money. www.linn.co.uk/us/turntables/klimax-lp12
@@AudiophileJunkie Quicksilver Audio Mid Mono amps 30-40 WPC into 8 ohms, NEW Quicksilver Audio preamplifier, Hanss T-10 table, Origin Live Silver Tonearm, Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony mm Phono Cartridge, Esprit Audio Calesta Cables, GR Research NX -Treme cabinets completed, No Drivers yet! Just bought a 30 Gallon DeWalt Compressor. 5.8CFM, will be buying a spray gun and automotive paint soon.
In Southern China a wealthy kitchen knife factory owner with the name Li Jihui is an audiophile with the world’s biggest private collection of audiophile gear (lots of rooms) and also biggest collection of vinyl/CD discs (> 2 million discs). I was visiting him a few years ago and believe he is still the #1 on the planet as audiophile collector.
Jaw droppingly stunning! The dedicated Estelon rig, the REL stack is directly adjacent to the Mid/High of the Estelon... Damn, a first world hifi problem if there ever was one; using a REL Stack as nearfield diffusion! So subs CAN cause greater apparent source width! Thanks for this
I thought I was the only one making my own grounding cables lol. What’s important is to audition them so they synergize properly, not just put the fanciest material in.
2:10 Thanks for saying that. Personally I love music and love also electronics engineering, product design, material technologies etc. So this is a dream channel.
My point was based on the fact that I saw those stupid stones on most of his equipment. I can’t believe they’re still in business. Love the channel and that exorbitantly priced gear is always visually fascinating even those wacky looking horn speakers
He's got lots of stuff for sure, but I admire his honesty to tell me when something doesn't work. Many refuse to be intellectually honest about their purchases.
Yeah... Thanks...I need to double check that. I thought they called multiple speakers part of the "Everest" family and then had different model designations, but you're probably right. I was going off memory in this overview video.
*When you gesticulate a forward-moving timeline (from left to right) with your hands. You have to reverse this if you’re presenting to a camera / audience - otherwise it’s round the wrong way.
the last carzy thing i did was after looking to my diesel mercedes from 2015 it had like tweeters with a signature ,Burmester and when on line i looked for it and spent a fortune in a nmew all burmester system with turntable and cd player but i hooked on a high-end TEAC cassette deck after they left the house
I am a poor audiophile, I start build speakers when I was 15, helped friends put speakers in cars, never big woofers, max 8 inch. most expensive speakers I had was Dynaudio for 1k usd. But I listen on music a whole day a saturday or sunday when I am free
The best reviews on the best stereo in the world. I'm so glad I found your channel! Junkie, I have a pair of MBL 323's, conventional driver bookshelf speakers. Do you know anything about them, if anyone does it's you. Thanks for such awesome videos, and fueling my passion.
for sure a nice house ,i also have around 5 systems in all my home,even a cheapest one in the garage that would cost today more than 5.000€, with branded components like pioneer and technics mainly
Love The Home And Gear And His Style Of Trying Everything! My only suggestion is to hire acousticians to build the perfect room size and materials separate from the house! With a hall way from the main house leading to the new music specific engineered room space!
Does the grounding box ultimately connect to a thick copper spike hammered down to 30'ft deep into the ground under or to the side of the house's foundation, partly silver plated at the connecting end?
No but the theory is enhancing signal ground versus safety ground although there is overlap. I don't think it's going to be a simple one size fits all equation. I haven't got my hands on one yet to try and figure out.
It's natural, but I wouldn't sweat it. You don't have to be in the top .1% to be excited about what you can achieve. I have plenty videos showing more modest gear that gets great results too.
You must not have watched closely every room has treatments and not every room needs third party boxes filled with insulation. Things like couches, rugs, books, drapes, etc a can be just as effective. He also has a totally dedicated room with special build out dimensions, walls, ceilings and other treatments. Few have put more effort into a dedicated room.
@@AudiophileJunkie Yes I know. some rooms were treated to get better acoustics. If you have very expensive high-end equipment, then the room and how you place the speakers are important it looked a bit messy with speakers placed all over. But it's a cool house
You have to think of it from the perspective of signs. It's small to the eyes, but not sound waves with all those treatments. Just like my room, it behaves much different than a typical "small" room. Plus, he has large rooms for his other systems.
Great systems, some gear I've never seen on my side of the pond, over here in old blighty. Would love to have a good listen to his systems. His house looks more like a high-end audio dealership! What I wanted to ask was... Where is all the music? The Vinyl, DVD-A discs, CDs, Tapes? Or Music memorabilia? (Michael Fremer would be distraught at the lack of Turntables & Vinyl?). I'm now into the 1000s of LPs & CDs & DVD-A discs, Box Sets etc as well as some Hi-Res studio quality downloads. Though streaming is something I only use for background music and downloaded music files Mp3/Flac/Wave files are used more for on-the-move listening such as in car or portable Flac/Wav player w/headphones on. (When out walking the sighthounds (Greyhound, Greyhound/Lurcher). Must say albums do take up a lot of room and mine are taking over a bit, spilling over into other rooms. Along with other bits of memorabilia from over the years, which I have sold and swapped a lot of memorabilia recently. I will however keep my ticket stubs. I have glass coffee table tv stand with all the ticket stubs sandwiched between glass from gigs & festivals I've been to, dating back to the late 1970s, I only have stubs & programmes from gigs I've been to (I them as a kind of CV, if you will). Haven't got them all as I didn't consciously save them at first and some simply got lost or washed in a jeans pocket...Some ticket stubs are probably still lurking in LP covers (LPs or Cd's I've not played for a while). I had a habit of often putting a ticket stub into an album cover by the band I'd just seen whenever I got home from a gig.
The fish are very impressed, until the aquarium springs a leak. My girlfriend had a bikini connector once, didn't like it because it wasn't properly grounded.
Wow Thanks for sharing this is something very special. A ultra Crazy Rich Asian audiophile 😀. Normally hifi is annoyingly hidden away in a sterile room or a holiday home & rarely enjoyed, this is real life hifi! 👍! This is also such a nice change from the usually overly sterile mansion tours. At 18:05 I was amazed to see that he has a Nakamichi Soundspace system! I personally have this system & it's as hifi as I'll ever get, probably 😊. When you see him again, please tell him that he can upgrade the 4 mids in that Nakamichi to Neodymium drivers to really elevate the holographic quality for pennies. I have found a 1 to 1 drop in replacement Neodymium midrange. I'll send him the link to the stockist in China if he wants to get some. Thanks again, loved the video & can't wait to see more of this place in the future 👍
Some odd choices, like Kondo Japan would have been a better choice over ANUK. Aeries Cerat does not make great amps - another odd choice. And there are way better DACs available… Strange!
MIND fucking blowing. Even if I had a billion dollars I could not configure such a setup. But what he is doing I am trying my diy way slow and steady. I am surprised how come no audiophile has a Beolab 90.
What you just showed us is beyond belief. Thank you for revealing something that I would never in my life see I wouldn’t even know this insanity existed I’m into high end audio but I never knew people went to such extremes For me room acoustics and speaker placement is the key This paradise of gear is overkill In the end sound is subjective and the human hear has its limitations varying in each individual More than enjoying music it’s also GAS gear accumulation syndrome 🤪🤪
I had a customer for my IT company that was uber rich. Private jet and other planes. Mansion on Lake Michigan around Chicago that had a better IT network than many companies. His wife would redo rooms just to spend money. A house would fit in their kitchen area. The two boys had every remote airplane, car, paintball guns with cartons of paint balls in every corner. Massive PCs all over..... But now that I think about it, not a single HiFi system/ multi-media .... anywhere.
I probably won't call out tweaks and brands on the public channel more than what I did in this video. I will likely share more in the membership area. Tweaks are very polarizing and bring out the drama, so I'm happy to share my thoughts and his experiences that he shared with me, but I usually do that for a limited audience that is truly interested in the feedback and not just there to troll and argue. I know it's good for clickbait and views on the channel, but that's not my main priority.
Even Jay from Jay's Audio Lab would be impressed with this home. ps> Synergistic Research mods are the single best way to get zero sonic improvement and make yourself homeless at the same time. :D
Are you talking about the grounding boxes? Send me an email to discuss in more detail. My email is in the description. These grounding boxes are just for him and super pricey to build, but that budget should suffice.
Bocchino... It's very esoteric and under the radar. I have the IEC inside my amp. Most people that try it swear by it as the best connector, but they are definitely under the radar and not a volume enterprise.
Unfortunately, the bocchino website is from the 1990s and doesn't have much info. It's kind of an industry secret and word of mouth product, but you'll find some cable companies that use them. The issue is needing high volume. Plus the mfg is in australia I think.
I worked at a book bindery for 18 yrs and that don't mean nothing. Cheap to make hard covered books, it is called smythe sewn. So manuals need to be clear and concise not fancy. Last room he entered sounded real dead and nice and quiet. But with no music or any signals in any room WTF.
So I'm currently demoing an Entreq Grounding boxes, and now you got me thinking there is much better options out there, would you be so kind and give me you thoughts now after seeing and hearing his, btw if someone was interested in buying one of his would he have interest in selling one? P.S. I have also demoed the Noedost QKORE grounding box, wasn't too impressed-thanks
Send me an email (it's in the description). I can put you in touch and he can tell you directly about what he found with the Entreq and how/why he decided to build his own. In short, I think your concerns are valid and worthy of talking to him further, but I don't want to share too much publicly. I'm also not sure he's at the point of selling them or what cost they would be (it would be VERY pricey based on the material I saw him use). However, it's definitely worth a conversation at least, so I can put you in touch.
You must not have watched closely or used a tiny screen. Each room has treatments, and he has dedicated room with literally everything customized including room dimensions, walls, ceilings, etc.
Watch the video twice. This guy loves grounding boxes. Looking forward to more in-depth review of individual rooms what's your worthy of considerable attention. This guy is definitely a fascinating individual. What's his background and does he have degrees in electrical engineering etc.? Not sure whether he's just got lots of showrooms in a residential home that's a business or a home or more likely both, seems like pretty big blend between business and personal. Suddenly I have an interest in getting a fish aquarium. Were you checking your pulse every time you walked into a room?
His background is in real estate, but he's built buildings and complexes such that he has access to a lot of experts in engineering. When you combine that expertise with his resources, you often get products like his grounding boxes which are as insane as it gets when you learn what's inside. I can disclose the formula, but I saw an invoice for just one of six ingredients. It was a bulk purchase, but cost over $100k...and these are built just for his systems... Not for sale. That's the kind of thing that made me check my pulse as you alluded to. I've spent time with tons of mega dollar gear whether at shows, dealers or people's homes... It takes a lot to make me speachless, but this was a passion and dedication for the absolute best that I've rarely seen.
@@AudiophileJunkie my thinking on the ground box is that with all those audio systems all kinds of electrical noise is probably being created. If your house has a terrible grounding system then maybe one of these boxes makes sense. As to what's in the box my guess is it's a combination of special ceramic mixes, magnets, crystals, and very very exotic rare earth materials. Most people would be better spending all that money up the audio food chain but since he's already done that he's only left With dumping money in the ground box. It's terribly easy to spend all kinds of money on audio equipment if you have ample discretionary funds. If only his airies cerat preamplifiers could be turned on or off with a remote otherwise I'll be buying a Conrad Johnson gat.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the grounding stuff. It's something to pursue after you got after everything else settled. Email your info and I'll get you in touch with the guy to ask about the Aries Cerat preamp. I bet they have a solution.
I couldn’t even afford one of those speaker cables . My life sucks 😂😂😂 but I love this , it’s awesome , but does he really enjoy it . Probably not , always looking for that holy grail, something better, but that’s a human brain for you , no matter what your into you always need more . Crazy world .
Expensive speakers cables are a scam like many other things in the Hi-Fi world. They don't measure better, and sometimes they measure even worse. They are placebo.
Shoot me an email (it's in the description of each video). I can talk in more detail about performance and also give you connection on where to audition/buy. If you are a member of my TH-cam channel, you can also use the text group.
This dude needs a dedicated maid/detailing service just for his equipment! Also, was definitely expecting to see some master chronosonics, m9’s, etc. those are probably too low end or mainstream for this dude 😅
The under the display center channel is ridiculous. All the speakers should be same height and at ear level and same brand crossover and drivers. And he doesn't use ARC room correction? I have played with all gear for decades and zero in rooms with experience and ARC humbled me by giving me more spl and lower bass without boom. It was better than 40 years of listening and tweeking. That is my honest humble defeated truth. It DOES work.
Silver wire is not very expensive. 10 gauge fine silver round wire is under $18 per foot from Rio Grande (major jewelry supply company.) I'm not sure why one needs fine silver wire in a ground cable, but it shouldn't be that expensive to make one.
I can't disclose the details, but it's not just the silver wire needed for all the ground cables. The grounding mixture is in the jacket too, and he uses stuff you typically see in jewelry as well as a rare quartz type substance with limited supply globally. We compared it to a $500 retail ground cable that he cut open, and the parts cost is night and day.
let me just tell you those flat surfaces, windows and reflective surfaces arent gonna make the system to shine although all those gears are wonderful and everything.
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This has made Jays audio Lab seem like a car boot sale
A humbling experience to say the least.
Haha, so true, seems like you need to focus on finding your way out of the huge labyrinth of that house making sure that you don't step over some fancy thick silver cable on your way. 😂It must be cool being able to play around with all of that stuff.
JAL doesn't have to spend much to get his gear anyway, but yeah.
I’m certainly glad someone could! They were getting a bit grating and fatiguing
Big, big bucks! May he and his family enjoy it in good health.
He needs a 9volt battery for his smoke detector! I recommend pure silver version.
Its a rich person thing. After your third million or so, its beneath you to care if the house burns down, the insurance will handle it. You just go to your east coast home.
LOL
@@user-xd1qr9lg6v the gear in this video is 3 mil alone probably
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I'll never understand how some people can't hear the smoke alarm beep in their house. When I visit someone and hear their smoke alarm, I judge them hardcore.
Robert Do is a good friend of mine. He completely changed my perception of what was possible in the HIFI world. I've been down the rabbit hole for over 10 years. I went to the last 5 RMAF shows. He convinced me to move to Aries Cerat 'entry level' Incito S pre and Helene DAC. Absolutely the best 'value' in their line up. Completely blew away my Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated which is considered top 5 best in the world. If you live in the Portland Oregon area swing by for a listen!
When you said "something" completely blew away gryphon diablo 300, you got my full attention 😮. Because, for that money, gryphon diablo 300 was on the another level from all other integrated amps. So which Aries Cerat integrated amp blows him away? I would be willing to sell my diablo 300 if I can hear that difference!
This is absolutely spellbinding. The effort and dedication is like nothing I’ve seen. Thank you for allowing us a glimpse.
Glad you enjoyed. I filmed plenty more to take you guys on a virtual tour with me. Stay tuned.
that's insane I'd never leave the place. I'd stagger between rooms, recover a few seconds between then overdose again oh my goodness
Didn't know this great gear existed. Looks really nice.
Wow what amazing systems! I met the previous importer of ASR Tube preamps and Tube Amps (made in Germany) he lived in Southern California! Great sounding gear!
Hi Jason,
Love your video’s thanks for all your great work!
I’ve been an audiophile since 1975, when I went to my Ex brother-in-laws apartment in Beverly Hills, Ca. He had Quad ESL Loudspeakers with a Linn LP12 table, GAS (Great American sound) Thalia preamp designed by John Curl with Dynaco specially modded Amps that could drive the quad ESL speakers down to from 1Ohm - 16 Ohm’s! That was my first experience hearing a high-end audio system I was 20 years old! From that moment on I was hooked and I proceeded to buy a used pair of quad ESL loudspeakers, GAS Thalia preamp and a quad 404 amp to drive them I couldn’t afford a LINN LP 12 table, at that time I owned a Girard zero 100 Turntable!
I’ve heard hundreds of systems since that time and a owned a Perreaux amps and preamp, a Linn amp and Preamp, Apogee Stage loudspeakers, Dunlavy SC-3 loudspeakers, Apogee Centaurs and much more! VAC Amps, VAC preamps, Proceed CD player and DAC. Linn Akito table. Well Tempered Table, ML preamps and ML 27 amp and much more!
That original system you heard would be killer to still have today. I can see why you got hooked and have had great stuff every since.
Similar path to me, I first heard a good system at a friend of friend's house, early 1980's, it was an Linn LP12 Ittock with not sure of cartridge only know it was a moving coil cartridge? and Linn Isobarik speakers which he said he'd had for a while longer than the rest of the system (which had been updated apparently you could do this with them), everything was on spiked stands and isolation stands (and he had a big pair of KEFs, not sure what they were but never got to hear those). Not sure what the amps were though, pre-amp and monoblocs? to drive the different drivers in the Isobariks (I'm sure they weren't naim amps, because that is what I went for when I bought my own system a while later and his didn't look at all like naim).
It was the early 1980's. But yes, it blew me away, we played a lot of albums (we had a weekend of it at his house chillin' and listening music. A friend of his brought his Michell Gyrodec round and plugged it in, he brought it round to get him to set up the arm and new cartridge for him. And that sounded great. It was a cool chilled out weekend, nice ;-).
Albums I remember us playing a side or two of, were: Todd - A Wizard A True Star & Something/Anything, Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti, Hot Rats and Freak Out!
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (hadn't heard them before that weekend, ended up buying a copy of the album!), The Who - Quadrophenia (the original album not the soundtrack album). Kraftwerk - TTE, Hawkwind - Space Ritual, Quark, Strangeness & Charm, Gong - Angel's Egg, Steve Hillage - Green, Motivation Radio, King Crimson - Discipline (It had just been released) & In The Court of The Crimson King.
Genesis - Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound. Bowie - Heroes, Kate Bush - Never Forever, YES - Fragile...
Those are the ones I remember us playing a side or two of or dipping into listen certain tracks. He did play some classical works but sorry can't remember what they was, the only one I do remember (and it's because I was already a fan) was, Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no.2 (if I remember rightly, but it is a while ago now!).
It blew me away, I couldn't believe how different/better those albums sounded and the two turntables convinced me that was the way to go. Mind blowing! Gobsmacked!
Having now got into this world and ending up with both the Linn and Michell decks, I'll still listen to music anywhere on anything, as music always comes first for me. (I was in a couple of bands, played keys & synths and toys and anything I could make sounds and textures with etc but we never made it big, we were more on the experimental side of things, so not much chance of commercial success! But it was fun to play at those kind of events etc).
The main problem I have is storage for all the albums and cds! They've taken over my modest sized house. It's crazy! (but I love it ;-)
"Music Is The Best" - Frank Zappa
In fact I'm just about to play my latest box set that just arrived this week, Robert Fripp - Exposure Boxset (Exposure and other solo projects, live works etc it's a 32 disc boxset).
I already have all the King Crimson box sets, which have been incredible and worth every penny.
The last new vinyl I bought were by Tunng and the latest Liquid Tension Experiment (vinyl & cd box set). I'm waiting of iamthemorning's - 'Belighted' and 'The Bell' on vinyl to arrive, I have them on CD but wanted to hear/compare and contrast the cd & vinyl.
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
@@theworldaccordingto4555 in 1986 I went to a Linn audio store in Sherman Oaks, Ca. I heard the LK1 and LK2 preamp and amps powering Linn Kan stand mount monitors. In 1990 I went to Beverly Hilld audio Linn Store they were selling Linn LP-12 with the Itok arm K9 cartridge? I went to one of their employees Apartmartment he had Linn Isobaric Loudspeakers, LP 12 Itok arm, cartridge was a ruby red over $1000. don’t remember the Electronics. He played Astrund Gilberto “Girl from Ipanema” she had a beautiful voice like an angel! It’s actually a very well produced LP on Vervey records
Most people have no idea who Jao Gilberto and his wife Astrund are. they sang in Portuguese from Brazil.
A new Kilmax LP-12 starts at $30,150 that’s 💰 lot of money.
www.linn.co.uk/us/turntables/klimax-lp12
@@AudiophileJunkie Quicksilver Audio Mid Mono amps 30-40 WPC into 8 ohms, NEW Quicksilver Audio preamplifier, Hanss T-10 table, Origin Live Silver Tonearm, Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony mm Phono Cartridge, Esprit Audio Calesta Cables, GR Research NX -Treme cabinets completed, No Drivers yet! Just bought a 30 Gallon DeWalt Compressor. 5.8CFM, will be buying a spray gun and automotive paint soon.
Amazing house and systems! Thanks for going there and making this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just insane. Can't wait to see other videos.
I've released some of them (including one yesterday) and there's a playlist created. Music clips will come too...Enjoy!
In Southern China a wealthy kitchen knife factory owner with the name Li Jihui is an audiophile with the world’s biggest private collection of audiophile gear (lots of rooms) and also biggest collection of vinyl/CD discs (> 2 million discs). I was visiting him a few years ago and believe he is still the #1 on the planet as audiophile collector.
Cool... I'll have to visit him one day :)
Who is this dude ?????? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Why don’t you post his address too? So lame.
So..When is going to enjoy his systems?
An incredible video & what a nice guy to invite you over.
Jaw droppingly stunning!
The dedicated Estelon rig, the REL stack is directly adjacent to the Mid/High of the Estelon... Damn, a first world hifi problem if there ever was one; using a REL Stack as nearfield diffusion!
So subs CAN cause greater apparent source width!
Thanks for this
I thought I was the only one making my own grounding cables lol. What’s important is to audition them so they synergize properly, not just put the fanciest material in.
2:10 Thanks for saying that. Personally I love music and love also electronics engineering, product design, material technologies etc. So this is a dream channel.
Excellent sound. I was convinced that the smoke alarm in the flat upstairs was beeping until I realised it was my phone 😂
My point was based on the fact that I saw those stupid stones on most of his equipment. I can’t believe they’re still in business. Love the channel and that exorbitantly priced gear is always visually fascinating even those wacky looking horn speakers
He's got lots of stuff for sure, but I admire his honesty to tell me when something doesn't work. Many refuse to be intellectually honest about their purchases.
He should get Dali Kore ande Hegel 2x H30A as mono bloks, Lyngdorf mp40 as preamp. That setup would beat all his stoff, for a much lesser price.
Hi Jason. I believe those JBLs you showed in the first room are not Everests but more likely K2 speakers. The Everests are much bigger.
Yeah... Thanks...I need to double check that. I thought they called multiple speakers part of the "Everest" family and then had different model designations, but you're probably right.
I was going off memory in this overview video.
*When you gesticulate a forward-moving timeline (from left to right) with your hands.
You have to reverse this if you’re presenting to a camera / audience - otherwise it’s round the wrong way.
Beautiful systems, I just picked up x4 of the Townshend Seismic Platforms myself can't wait to try them out.
Great videos buddy 👍.
Awesome...I think you'll like them. I'll be checking out their room this weekend at the audio show in Long Beach
the last carzy thing i did was after looking to my diesel mercedes from 2015 it had like tweeters with a signature ,Burmester and when on line i looked for it and spent a fortune in a nmew all burmester system with turntable and cd player but i hooked on a high-end TEAC cassette deck after they left the house
Lucky boy, the top of the top adult audio toys, probably get up every morning with a smile on their face and wonder which room it will be today.
I am a poor audiophile, I start build speakers when I was 15, helped friends put speakers in cars, never big woofers, max 8 inch. most expensive speakers I had was Dynaudio for 1k usd. But I listen on music a whole day a saturday or sunday when I am free
The best reviews on the best stereo in the world. I'm so glad I found your channel! Junkie, I have a pair of MBL 323's, conventional driver bookshelf speakers. Do you know anything about them, if anyone does it's you. Thanks for such awesome videos, and fueling my passion.
How do u change the water in the aquarium tank without wetting those eqiupments? ...but its beautiful
Good question
Thanks for showing us this caliber gear from a fellow hobbyist, and i mean that in a very good way. This guy is blessed.
Glad you liked it...I figured my long time subscribers would enjoy seeing this.
for sure a nice house ,i also have around 5 systems in all my home,even a cheapest one in the garage that would cost today more than 5.000€, with branded components like pioneer and technics mainly
This place reminds me of a guy I bought a pair of Martin Logan’s from up there. Said he had too many systems to keep them.
So much stuff, it looks almost like an ultra High-end store, I love it 🎭🎷🎶🎹🎻
I'm clueless wich one is more expensive. The house or the entire audio gear system. But i guess, audio gears is the winner.
I’m out of breath just watching this video. It’s beyond amazing into the surreal. Wow !
Love The Home And Gear And His Style Of Trying Everything! My only suggestion is to hire acousticians to build the perfect room size and materials separate from the house! With a hall way from the main house leading to the new music specific engineered room space!
You must not have watched til the end
@@AudiophileJunkie I thought I did!?!? will have to rewatch!
Beautiful gear. Potato video. Thanks for sharing.
Does the grounding box ultimately connect to a thick copper spike hammered down to 30'ft deep into the ground under or to the side of the house's foundation, partly silver plated at the connecting end?
No but the theory is enhancing signal ground versus safety ground although there is overlap.
I don't think it's going to be a simple one size fits all equation. I haven't got my hands on one yet to try and figure out.
Good for him it's nice that he gets his hands dirty and tweaks and experiments himself,most rich people just calles someone, he loves the hobby!!
Would love his opinion on the siltech cables for $150k
I almost expected an audiophile stack near the dumpster next to garage.
And here I was excited with my new Kef LS5…….😢 amazing setups but now I feel inadequate 🤣
It's natural, but I wouldn't sweat it. You don't have to be in the top .1% to be excited about what you can achieve. I have plenty videos showing more modest gear that gets great results too.
Stunning gear but I'm sorry if you can't get a REL array to disappear, then you aren't listening or your ambition proceeds your skills
Should have spent some of that money on batteries for the smoke detector , that chirping would drive me nuts, it's all in the details, lol
Ha... Yeah it's was unfortunate, but he has to rent a scissor lift to reach the smoke detector. We made sure to play loud enough to overcome it :)
@@AudiophileJunkie Just having fun, love the channel keep up the good work.
I think the gentleman currently has a pair of tannoy speakers, on Audiogon, that he is selling.
Amazing, thanks for the video.
the problem with all this equipment is the rooms that do not look completely optimal for the equipment he has
You must not have watched closely every room has treatments and not every room needs third party boxes filled with insulation. Things like couches, rugs, books, drapes, etc a can be just as effective.
He also has a totally dedicated room with special build out dimensions, walls, ceilings and other treatments. Few have put more effort into a dedicated room.
@@AudiophileJunkie Yes I know. some rooms were treated to get better acoustics. If you have very expensive high-end equipment, then the room and how you place the speakers are important
it looked a bit messy with speakers placed all over.
But it's a cool house
Very nice.
Considering the seemingly endless amount of funds he has, frankly I’m surprised by the “smallish” dedicated room.
You have to think of it from the perspective of signs. It's small to the eyes, but not sound waves with all those treatments. Just like my room, it behaves much different than a typical "small" room.
Plus, he has large rooms for his other systems.
@@AudiophileJunkie gotcha
Great systems, some gear I've never seen on my side of the pond, over here in old blighty. Would love to have a good listen to his systems. His house looks more like a high-end audio dealership!
What I wanted to ask was...
Where is all the music? The Vinyl, DVD-A discs, CDs, Tapes? Or Music memorabilia? (Michael Fremer would be distraught at the lack of Turntables & Vinyl?).
I'm now into the 1000s of LPs & CDs & DVD-A discs, Box Sets etc as well as some Hi-Res studio quality downloads. Though streaming is something I only use for background music and downloaded music files Mp3/Flac/Wave files are used more for on-the-move listening such as in car or portable Flac/Wav player w/headphones on. (When out walking the sighthounds (Greyhound, Greyhound/Lurcher).
Must say albums do take up a lot of room and mine are taking over a bit, spilling over into other rooms. Along with other bits of memorabilia from over the years, which I have sold and swapped a lot of memorabilia recently. I will however keep my ticket stubs. I have glass coffee table tv stand with all the ticket stubs sandwiched between glass from gigs & festivals I've been to, dating back to the late 1970s, I only have stubs & programmes from gigs I've been to (I them as a kind of CV, if you will).
Haven't got them all as I didn't consciously save them at first and some simply got lost or washed in a jeans pocket...Some ticket stubs are probably still lurking in LP covers (LPs or Cd's I've not played for a while). I had a habit of often putting a ticket stub into an album cover by the band I'd just seen whenever I got home from a gig.
Some more lighting in the house would be nice
The fish are very impressed, until the aquarium springs a leak. My girlfriend had a bikini connector once, didn't like it because it wasn't properly grounded.
that is one aquarium I'd be worried about cleaning 😅
Wow Thanks for sharing this is something very special. A ultra Crazy Rich Asian audiophile 😀. Normally hifi is annoyingly hidden away in a sterile room or a holiday home & rarely enjoyed, this is real life hifi! 👍! This is also such a nice change from the usually overly sterile mansion tours. At 18:05 I was amazed to see that he has a Nakamichi Soundspace system! I personally have this system & it's as hifi as I'll ever get, probably 😊. When you see him again, please tell him that he can upgrade the 4 mids in that Nakamichi to Neodymium drivers to really elevate the holographic quality for pennies. I have found a 1 to 1 drop in replacement Neodymium midrange. I'll send him the link to the stockist in China if he wants to get some. Thanks again, loved the video & can't wait to see more of this place in the future 👍
He's a subscriber and will likely see your comment/suggestion. Good eye.
Some odd choices, like Kondo Japan would have been a better choice over ANUK.
Aeries Cerat does not make great amps - another odd choice.
And there are way better DACs available…
Strange!
Just insane, but my home would probably look about the same if I had the finances.
MIND fucking blowing. Even if I had a billion dollars I could not configure such a setup. But what he is doing I am trying my diy way slow and steady.
I am surprised how come no audiophile has a Beolab 90.
Good question... The Beolab is interesting and should have more fans.
What you just showed us is beyond belief.
Thank you for revealing something that I would never in my life see
I wouldn’t even know this insanity existed
I’m into high end audio but I never knew people went to such extremes
For me room acoustics and speaker placement is the key
This paradise of gear is overkill
In the end sound is subjective and the human hear has its limitations varying in each individual
More than enjoying music it’s also GAS gear accumulation syndrome
🤪🤪
Has he done Infinite Baffel for bass implementation. Since he has has a showroom kind of a house and no neighbors around.
The only thing I can say is, WOW!
Ditto.
ELvis is back in the house!
I have one of those VAC amps with 8 300B's in stereo version, I've never seen them in Monoblock's before!
Wow.. Gratz on owning the stereo version. I've never seen these monos either.
Everything is fantastic but that last room with the Estelon is just mega, i want that room in my next life, please God make it happen 🙏😅😅
It's a great retreat and I'm sure you're not alone in those prayers :)
Wow, just wow. My first reaction is - why? My second reaction is - why not!
Great way to look at it
I had a customer for my IT company that was uber rich. Private jet and other planes. Mansion on Lake Michigan around Chicago that had a better IT network than many companies. His wife would redo rooms just to spend money. A house would fit in their kitchen area. The two boys had every remote airplane, car, paintball guns with cartons of paint balls in every corner. Massive PCs all over.....
But now that I think about it, not a single HiFi system/ multi-media .... anywhere.
Yeah that's common...More and more wealthy individuals are finding out about the hobby, but this guy is an OG :)
"Without music life would be a mistake" - Friedrich Nietzsche.
WoW thanx 4 sharing, interested to know which tweaks actually worked for him ?
I probably won't call out tweaks and brands on the public channel more than what I did in this video. I will likely share more in the membership area.
Tweaks are very polarizing and bring out the drama, so I'm happy to share my thoughts and his experiences that he shared with me, but I usually do that for a limited audience that is truly interested in the feedback and not just there to troll and argue.
I know it's good for clickbait and views on the channel, but that's not my main priority.
There's a tone of reverence in his voice for all this stuff.
you have to fix the back light issues
Even Jay from Jay's Audio Lab would be impressed with this home. ps> Synergistic Research mods are the single best way to get zero sonic improvement and make yourself homeless at the same time. :D
I think this guy found the same thing with SR gear.
This guy makes me question what I'm doing with my life lol
Yeh me too 🤦🏻♂️
I expect you are working like 99% of the population -This dude is creaming it by getting real estate sales commission .
Compare to the house the main listening room is very small, but hey, if it sounds good, thanks for the video.
Yeah it seems small, but like my room it has tons of treatments so sound waves see the room much different than our eyes.
I would ask him to design me something in the 50k (total) price range after all of his years of experience dabbling in this hobby.
Are you talking about the grounding boxes? Send me an email to discuss in more detail. My email is in the description. These grounding boxes are just for him and super pricey to build, but that budget should suffice.
What was that tweak in the first system, a bikino ??, volcano ??connector? Can you tell me more please?
Bocchino... It's very esoteric and under the radar. I have the IEC inside my amp. Most people that try it swear by it as the best connector, but they are definitely under the radar and not a volume enterprise.
@@AudiophileJunkie thank you. I’ll definitely have to do some reading now
Unfortunately, the bocchino website is from the 1990s and doesn't have much info. It's kind of an industry secret and word of mouth product, but you'll find some cable companies that use them. The issue is needing high volume. Plus the mfg is in australia I think.
@@AudiophileJunkie yeah wow their website doesn’t have much info at all
Lol I don't feel bad on my recent splash anymore 😅
I worked at a book bindery for 18 yrs and that don't mean nothing. Cheap to make hard covered books, it is called smythe sewn. So manuals need to be clear and concise not fancy. Last room he entered sounded real dead and nice and quiet. But with no music or any signals in any room WTF.
I couldn't afford the remote for any of that but wow didn't even know this kind of stuff even existed so cool wish I could hear and see feel it
Glad you liked it... Definitely rare and cool stuff to see.
So I'm currently demoing an Entreq Grounding boxes, and now you got me thinking there is much better options out there, would you be so kind and give me you thoughts now after seeing and hearing his, btw if someone was interested in buying one of his would he have interest in selling one? P.S. I have also demoed the Noedost QKORE grounding box, wasn't too impressed-thanks
Send me an email (it's in the description). I can put you in touch and he can tell you directly about what he found with the Entreq and how/why he decided to build his own. In short, I think your concerns are valid and worthy of talking to him further, but I don't want to share too much publicly. I'm also not sure he's at the point of selling them or what cost they would be (it would be VERY pricey based on the material I saw him use). However, it's definitely worth a conversation at least, so I can put you in touch.
What about trying a treated room? It’s like driving a plethora of hyper cars with bicycle tires…
You must not have watched closely or used a tiny screen. Each room has treatments, and he has dedicated room with literally everything customized including room dimensions, walls, ceilings, etc.
Wow this is crazy. Find the audio equipment. The house just looks like it’s just full of junk everywhere. The House is a mess.
Watch the video twice. This guy loves grounding boxes. Looking forward to more in-depth review of individual rooms what's your worthy of considerable attention. This guy is definitely a fascinating individual. What's his background and does he have degrees in electrical engineering etc.? Not sure whether he's just got lots of showrooms in a residential home that's a business or a home or more likely both, seems like pretty big blend between business and personal. Suddenly I have an interest in getting a fish aquarium. Were you checking your pulse every time you walked into a room?
His background is in real estate, but he's built buildings and complexes such that he has access to a lot of experts in engineering. When you combine that expertise with his resources, you often get products like his grounding boxes which are as insane as it gets when you learn what's inside.
I can disclose the formula, but I saw an invoice for just one of six ingredients. It was a bulk purchase, but cost over $100k...and these are built just for his systems... Not for sale.
That's the kind of thing that made me check my pulse as you alluded to. I've spent time with tons of mega dollar gear whether at shows, dealers or people's homes... It takes a lot to make me speachless, but this was a passion and dedication for the absolute best that I've rarely seen.
@@AudiophileJunkie my thinking on the ground box is that with all those audio systems all kinds of electrical noise is probably being created. If your house has a terrible grounding system then maybe one of these boxes makes sense. As to what's in the box my guess is it's a combination of special ceramic mixes, magnets, crystals, and very very exotic rare earth materials. Most people would be better spending all that money up the audio food chain but since he's already done that he's only left With dumping money in the ground box. It's terribly easy to spend all kinds of money on audio equipment if you have ample discretionary funds. If only his airies cerat preamplifiers could be turned on or off with a remote otherwise I'll be buying a Conrad Johnson gat.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the grounding stuff. It's something to pursue after you got after everything else settled.
Email your info and I'll get you in touch with the guy to ask about the Aries Cerat preamp. I bet they have a solution.
Great Vid love the information you provide. Where in the US can U purchase Aries Cerat?
Shoot me an email...it's in the description of the video. I can give you contact information for someone who does home demos and sales.
I couldn’t even afford one of those speaker cables . My life sucks 😂😂😂 but I love this , it’s awesome , but does he really enjoy it . Probably not , always looking for that holy grail, something better, but that’s a human brain for you , no matter what your into you always need more . Crazy world .
Trust me...he enjoys it and in many respects he's found a couple brands where he's settled on the performance he's been looking for.
Expensive speakers cables are a scam like many other things in the Hi-Fi world.
They don't measure better, and sometimes they measure even worse.
They are placebo.
@@hypnoz7871 Did you come up with that cliche on your own? Boring comment and mostly untrue.
OMG what a house of sound. Please review the aries cerat helene dac. Because I want to order it. I need you both feedback on it?
Shoot me an email (it's in the description of each video). I can talk in more detail about performance and also give you connection on where to audition/buy. If you are a member of my TH-cam channel, you can also use the text group.
Emailed you
I don't see an email from you. Did you use audiophilejunkies@gmail.com
It's plural so maybe you misspelled it?
This dude needs a dedicated maid/detailing service just for his equipment! Also, was definitely expecting to see some master chronosonics, m9’s, etc. those are probably too low end or mainstream for this dude 😅
He's probably coming with me to Magico later this month to hear the M9.
That is an excellent video of hi-fi
11:49 smoke alarm chirping... bruv! get that battery replaced lol :) nice speakers but
Not bad he's got some nice stuff.
Awesome stuff , what is Six pack carbon specials
REL Carbon Special Subwoofers
Pure silver grounding cables does seem a bit extreme to me.
No doubt about that. Everything he does is extreme, but fun to try.
So what is this bukino/bakino/berkino connector? Tried googling various spellings and nothing comes up.
Bocchino...I mentioned it as well in the video I featured on one of the most hardcore audiophiles in the world.
I'm guessing the grounding box uses gold or silver ingots...
Not too far off in terms of cost
If Escobar were audiophile....
All that money and amazing gear and they couldn't pay someone to replace that beeping smoke detector...LOL
This house belongs to the US distributor of Aries Cerat, I believe?
No. The distributor is in Canada for all of North America. This guy is a customer that is also a "reseller" and offers home auditions.
The under the display center channel is ridiculous. All the speakers should be same height and at ear level and same brand crossover and drivers. And he doesn't use ARC room correction? I have played with all gear for decades and zero in rooms with experience and ARC humbled me by giving me more spl and lower bass without boom. It was better than 40 years of listening and tweeking. That is my honest humble defeated truth. It DOES work.
Absolutely amazing!
Is his wife an audiophile??? He is truly a lucky guy!
No way - With his dough I'd have a woman in every room -Ankles behind her ears
Can he fix the battery in his smoke detector lol
Millions in HiFi, can't replace a 9v battery in his smoke alarm...
No words can describe this.
I was stumbling for words to describe what I was seeing under one roof
But he does not have a Klipschorn, the best loudspeaker ever made. Period.
Silver wire is not very expensive. 10 gauge fine silver round wire is under $18 per foot from Rio Grande (major jewelry supply company.) I'm not sure why one needs fine silver wire in a ground cable, but it shouldn't be that expensive to make one.
I can't disclose the details, but it's not just the silver wire needed for all the ground cables. The grounding mixture is in the jacket too, and he uses stuff you typically see in jewelry as well as a rare quartz type substance with limited supply globally.
We compared it to a $500 retail ground cable that he cut open, and the parts cost is night and day.
let me just tell you those flat surfaces, windows and reflective surfaces arent gonna make the system to shine although all those gears are wonderful and everything.