I love that you break down your philosophy about hi- fi products simply and plainly.I will buy your equipment as soon as I win any kinda of lottery.AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE PIC OF YOUR EQUIPMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLUNT AND HONEST OPINIONS!
Wish I could afford your whole system. I would think that nobody makes anything any better , amp , speakers, ect ! Just Wonderful ! Maybe I’ll hit the lottery someday. It’s always nice to Dream !
@@Roof_Pizza Yamaha maybe one of the Best Built amps today. They are built like tanks ! I have the same Marantz 2325 that I’ve had since the cows came home. It Rocks still , it’s a Power house runs my K- Horns on A channel and B channel runs my Klipsch Belle’s in back ! It will still pressurize my room but it’s old and could use a restoration. After nearly 50 years it still looks near mint and only has one bulb out. Quality piece and I can’t say anything bad after nearly 50 years of service ! The big Yamaha reminds me of it .
Just a suggestion for future gear aesthetic; Carbon Fiber! I know its unlikely, but some CF accents on the speakers/components would look pretty sweet!
I have a question, no matter where you sit in a movie theater you always get great sound, and at home you have to be in the right spot. I hope you answer me, greetings.
@@Mark-lq3sb that power play bottlenecks power and you know it. You’re up-selling an arrogate population of wealthy men who are to proud to learn the difference, yet can afford it. The BHK’s 600’s are amazing by the way. I can’t wait to order a pair. I wouldn’t be caught dead with a single power plant with that set up; I wouldn’t want want at all. Zero noise as is.
@@realtalk6340 They are called Power Plants. Now, I wonder if you're really familiar with a PS Audio power plant. I mean, you don't even know what they're called. Have you owned one? Have you heard one? Have you experimented with one in a system? Oh, I get it, you're just going by what other people have said on TH-cam. You're one of those blind followers. I've done all of the above mentioned. I'm so worried that a wealthy man is going to spend his money on what he wants, Laugh out loud! I don't know about you, but I really don't like people telling me how to spend my money (other than taxes. Not much choice there.) So, you're going to spend $32, 000 U.S. dollars on a pair of mono blocks. Talk about wealthy! Make sure you tell all your wealthy friends about your views on the power plants. You mention "zero noise as is." Absolute zero? I doubt that highly!
Paul mentions from time to time his overall profit margin model, which is BOM + profit margin. That is a relative fair pricing strategy towards customers. At least they don't use value pricing, or rather perceived value pricing, because what is the value of HiFi in daily use any way?
Personally I think the pricing structure he mentions is better suited to retail than direct to consumer or wholesale. Meh, if he can keep the doors open then good for him. I know of some gear that'll blow his stuff away that is cheaper and to me more prestigious as well.
@@Roof_Pizza To be honest, I never gave most of ps audios line up a 2nd look because class d amps are kinda dumb if you're going for best sound. And for the price why? class d boards are cheap and it's not like ps audio is packing a hypex ncore, module or a purifi modules. If I buy class d it's for convenience and to save space. If I want 300+ watts I'll take class ab. If I want musical sound that sounds like angels to my ears I'll take class a. And with that said there are tons of cheaper options.
@@V1ralB1ack Yep. You can get powerful Hypex or Purifi amps for relatively little money. I prefer low watt Class-A tube amps so I'm not a customer of Paul's company but I can appreciate what he does at the same time.
I have an Aragon 8008 BB from the late 90's that is dual mono in a single chassis. It has two transformers. It has functioned flawlessly for the past 25+ years. I think it cost about $2500 new.
@@hugobloemers4425 since Paul was talking about high end amps, that's why I mentioned my Aragon, which I bought new. It's also dual mono in a single case, which he was saying is nearly impossible to do. But, yeah, lots of very old electronics are still functioning. I bought an old Nakamichi cassette deck from the '80s that still works. My Mom had an old record player from God knows when that still works.
dB is a logarithmic scale, not a linear measurement. +3 dB is a doubling of power which corresponds to an increased potential for SPL (though not necessarily +3 dB SPL).
Take Stellar M700’s and compare to BHK 300. And BHK 250 with Stellar S300. STELLAR M1200 with BHK 600. All with the Aspens. That is what I want to hear.
Almost everything is made to a price point, and when it isn't you get things about which you don't ask "how much?" --- all you do is hand over your unlimited credit card and don't begin to consider what will be on your next statement. Which brings up the difference between a "vayce" and a "vahz": A "vayce" is one you can afford to break, and the "vahz" is the one you don't even touch.
@@tac6044 And that's a real shame becuase it subverts our democracy for so few to have all the economic power. "A 2014 study by political scientists Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin Page of Northwestern University stated that "majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts."[30] The study analyzed nearly 1,800 policies enacted by the US government between 1981 and 2002 and compared them to the expressed preferences of the American public as opposed to wealthy Americans and large special interest groups.[31] It found that wealthy individuals and organizations representing business interests have substantial political influence, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little to none." And the pandemic saw the largest transfer of wealth up to the top in history.
For optimal sound you don’t want anything between the speakers. Probably keeping them low helps with that a bit, ideally they shouldn’t be there at all.
I gotta ask. So many of you are commenting about the price of and need for these components. Many are saying the mark up is extreme or the products are not worth the money. Yet, if you are a subscriber here you know that PS Audio is a high end company that favors the maximum disaggregation of the component chain. And if you aren’t a subscriber, you might bother to find that out before you comment. But regardless if you are not in favor of the approach or the value proposition, why are you watching these videos? I’m no PS Audio apologist… I find the FR 30s flat out ugly, I have serious doubts about the merits of power conditioners and regenerators, and I strongly dislike when Paul injects his politics into the channel, but none of this stops me from enjoying the channel and learning from it.
All amplifiers are fundamentally built the same, and while hand building, using premium components does increase the cost, it doesn't increase the cost proportionately to the asking price. In plain language it doesn't cost $15,000 to build an amplifier, even of the best quality and there are amplifiers that cost significantly less that will match the specifications of overpriced "audiophile" amplifiers
@@JonAnderhub No, it doesn’t cost $15k to build the amplifier. By Paul’s own admission it costs less and he adds a multiplier. I completely agree that amps costing half to one- third as much may sound indiscernibly different in blind listening. However, if there is an audience for PS amps as constructed and at that price, they will sell them. People obviously see value in them. You can buy a $50 Seiko quartz watch that keeps better time than a $30k Rolex. That does not change the fact that there is a huge audience for the Rolex. And make no mistake, while a Rolex has some precious metals in it, the technology of a mechanical watch movement has not changed materially in 70 years, so the mark up is very high there too. You may think paying for a Rolex is insanity, and you may not be wrong, but that’s besides the point. Why would PS, or any other company, deny customers a product they are obviously demanding, albeit in limited quantities? Would you subscribe to a Rolex TH-cam channel or watch their videos regularly and constantly complain that they are no better timekeepers than a quartz watch? Well i suppose one might, but it would still be silly to do so, which was my original contention in this post.
@@JonAnderhub It's not just the cost of the parts, it's all the direct and indirect costs involved in buying the parts, storing the parts, issuing the parts, building the product, etc. Also, small lot sizes, supply and demand, etc.
@@YouSoundButtHurt These don't account for the absurdly high price. There are amplifiers with similar specifications and build that cost 1/3 the price.
Thanks to PS Audio, I visited their show room years ago and they demonstrated their gears which I can't afford it even at second hand market. On the other hand, my local Lamborghini dealer wouldn't even let me seat as passenger to demonstrate their car. 😡
I don't know why but amps now a days don't have power meters. Firstly, they serve a very important function of knowing if some strange and loud signal is being sent to the power amp. Secondly, they are pretty. Also, I no longer see speaker switches....what's with that ? Meters add form and function...seriously.
That 'Power Plant' = $10K ... properly designed Amps should be plugged straight into the wall outlet unless your power grid is malfunctioning. Then , get your electrical wiring repaired and updated
In a properly designed amplifier there is no need to compromise with having dual monoblocks. Good circuit design and layout will keep the crosstalk far below levels that would be audible, and the only real conceivable reason would be possibly if you need 1kW+ of power output per channel. But for the vast majority of applications its a waste of resources and money with no tangible gains except for extra profit from being able to sell two of something instead of just one to a customer. The biggest source of crosstalk/distortion in most linears is likely to be the rectified audio that is imposed on the power rails since they are unregulated, and the PSRR degrades with frequency. If you want all the benefits of a monoblock in a stereo configuration but with better distortion characteristics, then go to a well-regulated switching supply that will also push all the noise into the ultrasonic region where it is much easier to deal with.
That is a whole different can of worms, but certainly one that is worthwhile learning more about. The Kiss Analog TH-cam channel has a whole series about this subject. For those who are technically inclined and want to learn about this subject, these videos are a must to watch.
It’s not so much about the aspects you describe as much as it is about headroom and the amplifier having linearity with this kind of headroom. If you have ever heard this then I digress. Wattages in these incriminates make no real perceptible difference in their respective correlation to output in terms quantity which a lot of people get off on. That’s not how an amplifier works it delivers only what a loudspeaker requires and the rest goes into superb sound reproduction! I would digress into saying you could have 1 watt or even 50 or 600 watts of pure crap based on poor circuit execution. But these are definitely not in that category.
@@Channel-cm7yc The comment is not about headroom. It is about the merits of two power supplies versus one power supply, whereby possibly both configurations deliver the same total power at the same output voltage. The statement is that one regulated power supply can mitigate the cross talk issues that occur with one unregulated power supply. And thus, one regulated power supply is as good or even better than two unregulated power supplies. Within these design choices, you can then independently opt for any head-room you desire, much the same as that you can opt for different colors of the enclosure. But that is just off-topic.
I would rather trust the views of professional audio engineers and circuit designers. Life is a compromise and taste differs. To me, and my modest budget and system, the S300’s work really well. Even Paul admits his wife will not allow the huge Aspens in her living room.
@@tms372 all large speakers are not inefficient and need powerful amps if you have a large space like I have 30by 23 by 12 foot ceiling full range speakers are the only choice and large power to fill that room properly is needed,small rooms with small speakers can’t compete with a system like mine I like to experience a live performance not just listening near field with small speakers
I own two BHK 300’s, and can guarantee anyone that the power plant neuters power. I’m willing to bet, the main reason the people who are touring will hear a noticeable difference, WITH THE SETUP in this video, is 100% related to that power plant. That power plant will bottle neck clean power. Individual direct power line/outlet connections are the best way to go with HIGH CURRENT amps like these. These BHK 600’s deserve a set of Electrostatic Speakers (2channel stereo) connected to a laptop with Tidal music MQA files a la MASTERS, playing.
@@PetraKann Well, it is a joke. I have 6 credit cards with a total balance of zero. I don’t use them but they serve a credit score value. Indeed I learned a lesson years ago not to use credit cards with those insane interests.
How can you make that statement when you have no idea what their total business model may be? Their monoblock amplifiers could be "halo" products used as much for image and marketing as for revenue generation.
I would steer clear of their tech. I purchased a stellar DAC from them and the optical input has never worked properly. I sent it to them for repair and was basically advised that’s just how it is. It’s either cheap parts or poor software, either way unacceptable at this price point.
Your dreaming Paul if you think I’m gonna swallow your reason for price point 😮and that’s pretty narcissistic view with the amount of great manufactures out there
@@VideoArchiveGuy actually no, I read the title, sighed then left a comment, thanks for bringing me back here to write this, more sighs (have a great day lol)
There's no scientific test data to back up the misleading idea that “special” or “audiophile” speaker wires or expensive cable make a noticeable difference versus affordable, good-quality speaker wires of the correct gauge. 99.9% of the time it's unsubstantiated claims and the difference really does not matter! Nothing you do to speaker wire with twists or wraps or reverse osmosis is going to make it transmit sound different or better.
@@VideoArchiveGuy Actually I have because that is a part of testing these types of snake-oil claims. It is easier to fool people then it is to convince them they have been fooled.
@@JonAnderhub The fact that you call them "snake oil" claims shows that you haven't listened to them or you would know they make large and obvious differences.
I love that you break down your philosophy about hi- fi products simply and plainly.I will buy your equipment as soon as I win any kinda of lottery.AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE PIC OF YOUR EQUIPMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLUNT AND HONEST OPINIONS!
Wish I could afford your whole system. I would think that nobody makes anything any better , amp , speakers, ect ! Just Wonderful ! Maybe I’ll hit the lottery someday. It’s always nice to Dream !
If I was looking for a one company system I'd deffo check out the Yamaha 5000 series. Just sayin'.
@@Roof_Pizza Yamaha maybe one of the Best Built amps today. They are built like tanks ! I have the same Marantz 2325 that I’ve had since the cows came home. It Rocks still , it’s a Power house runs my K- Horns on A channel and B channel runs my Klipsch Belle’s in back ! It will still pressurize my room but it’s old and could use a restoration. After nearly 50 years it still looks near mint and only has one bulb out. Quality piece and I can’t say anything bad after nearly 50 years of service ! The big Yamaha reminds me of it .
@@Roof_Pizza
MSRP of $42,999 for 100 watts into 8ohm and one 12-inch woofer with no digital at all. No thanks.
Your equipment is absolutely beautiful, works of art, seriously museum quality
You need to get out more.
Those speakers are gorgeous!
They do look very nice.
Just a suggestion for future gear aesthetic; Carbon Fiber!
I know its unlikely, but some CF accents on the speakers/components would look pretty sweet!
@paulmcgowanpsaudio --- Is this something worth getting for movie/game center, or is it a waste if not using in a Hi-Fi music center?
I have a question, no matter where you sit in a movie theater you always get great sound, and at home you have to be in the right spot. I hope you answer me, greetings.
@paulmcgowanpsaudio --- Aren't soldering tubes directly to a PCB a sign of a low quality device?
I've been at it for over 50 years, never seen a tube soldered directly to a PCB board.
Everything is beautiful!
I’d like to hear this setup without the powerplant
Have you heard this setup with the power plant? More than likely, no.
@@Mark-lq3sb irrelevant. Strawman.
@@Mark-lq3sb that power play bottlenecks power and you know it. You’re up-selling an arrogate population of wealthy men who are to proud to learn the difference, yet can afford it.
The BHK’s 600’s are amazing by the way. I can’t wait to order a pair. I wouldn’t be caught dead with a single power plant with that set up; I wouldn’t want want at all. Zero noise as is.
It will sound the same. The power plants are snake oil
@@realtalk6340
They are called Power Plants. Now, I wonder if you're really familiar with a PS Audio power plant.
I mean, you don't even know what they're called. Have you owned one? Have you heard one? Have you experimented with one in a system? Oh, I get it, you're just going by what other people have said on TH-cam. You're one of those blind followers. I've done all of the above mentioned.
I'm so worried that a wealthy man is going to spend his money on what he wants, Laugh out loud!
I don't know about you, but I really don't like people telling me how to spend my money (other than taxes. Not much choice there.)
So, you're going to spend $32, 000 U.S. dollars on a pair of mono blocks. Talk about wealthy! Make sure you tell all your wealthy friends about your views on the power plants.
You mention "zero noise as is." Absolute zero? I doubt that highly!
Paul mentions from time to time his overall profit margin model, which is BOM + profit margin. That is a relative fair pricing strategy towards customers. At least they don't use value pricing, or rather perceived value pricing, because what is the value of HiFi in daily use any way?
I don't exactly believe his pricing model is that. If that were true his amps should be much less spaced out in price.
Personally I think the pricing structure he mentions is better suited to retail than direct to consumer or wholesale. Meh, if he can keep the doors open then good for him. I know of some gear that'll blow his stuff away that is cheaper and to me more prestigious as well.
@@Roof_Pizza To be honest, I never gave most of ps audios line up a 2nd look because class d amps are kinda dumb if you're going for best sound. And for the price why? class d boards are cheap and it's not like ps audio is packing a hypex ncore,
module or a purifi modules. If I buy class d it's for convenience and to save space. If I want 300+ watts I'll take class ab. If I want musical sound that sounds like angels to my ears I'll take class a. And with that said there are tons of cheaper options.
@@V1ralB1ack Yep. You can get powerful Hypex or Purifi amps for relatively little money. I prefer low watt Class-A tube amps so I'm not a customer of Paul's company but I can appreciate what he does at the same time.
@@YouSoundButtHurt I think he is a great guy and same I prefer tubes. Mainly a set amp
@paulmcgowanpsaudio --- Shouldn't the title be "Why we *don't* make stereo amplifiers"?
I have an Aragon 8008 BB from the late 90's that is dual mono in a single chassis. It has two transformers. It has functioned flawlessly for the past 25+ years. I think it cost about $2500 new.
I have a 1968 National Panasonic transistor radio. It is working flawlessly until now and only cost about $20,-
@@hugobloemers4425 since Paul was talking about high end amps, that's why I mentioned my Aragon, which I bought new. It's also dual mono in a single case, which he was saying is nearly impossible to do.
But, yeah, lots of very old electronics are still functioning. I bought an old Nakamichi cassette deck from the '80s that still works. My Mom had an old record player from God knows when that still works.
@@brianmoore581 Indeed, I love this really old stuff. But 70's amplifiers and receivers do need re-capping.
By definition the BHK600 will just be +3dB louder ... is it really worth it ?
dB is a logarithmic scale, not a linear measurement.
+3 dB is a doubling of power which corresponds to an increased potential for SPL (though not necessarily +3 dB SPL).
@@JonAnderhub 3dB is NOT doubling the power... it's the other way around ... doubling the power will give a 3dB lift in the perceived loudness ok 👍
Paul said they sound much better, it's not a matter of power.
Take Stellar M700’s and compare to BHK 300. And BHK 250 with Stellar S300. STELLAR M1200 with BHK 600. All with the Aspens. That is what I want to hear.
Thanks Paul
Hey Paul, you've got trolls, every time I comment on one of your videos I get a slew of responses trying to give me stuff using the PS audio logo
Almost everything is made to a price point, and when it isn't you get things about which you don't ask "how much?" ---
all you do is hand over your unlimited credit card and don't begin to consider what will be on your next statement.
Which brings up the difference between a "vayce" and a "vahz": A "vayce" is one you can afford to break,
and the "vahz" is the one you don't even touch.
A few can break a "vahnz" and replace as if it were a discarded pencil.
@@tac6044 And that's a real shame becuase it subverts our democracy for so few to have all the economic power.
"A 2014 study by political scientists Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin Page of Northwestern University stated that "majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts."[30] The study analyzed nearly 1,800 policies enacted by the US government between 1981 and 2002 and compared them to the expressed preferences of the American public as opposed to wealthy Americans and large special interest groups.[31] It found that wealthy individuals and organizations representing business interests have substantial political influence, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little to none."
And the pandemic saw the largest transfer of wealth up to the top in history.
Why's everything so close to the ground? You'd think at least waist level to work the equipment if needed.
For optimal sound you don’t want anything between the speakers.
Probably keeping them low helps with that a bit, ideally they shouldn’t be there at all.
I hate gear on the ground, it looks so high school.
I gotta ask. So many of you are commenting about the price of and need for these components. Many are saying the mark up is extreme or the products are not worth the money. Yet, if you are a subscriber here you know that PS Audio is a high end company that favors the maximum disaggregation of the component chain. And if you aren’t a subscriber, you might bother to find that out before you comment. But regardless if you are not in favor of the approach or the value proposition, why are you watching these videos? I’m no PS Audio apologist… I find the FR 30s flat out ugly, I have serious doubts about the merits of power conditioners and regenerators, and I strongly dislike when Paul injects his politics into the channel, but none of this stops me from enjoying the channel and learning from it.
They're just broke, ignorant, losers venting instead of trying to improve their lives. I'm not a huge fan of PS Audio but I like Paul and his channel.
All amplifiers are fundamentally built the same, and while hand building, using premium components does increase the cost, it doesn't increase the cost proportionately to the asking price.
In plain language it doesn't cost $15,000 to build an amplifier, even of the best quality and there are amplifiers that cost significantly less that will match the specifications of overpriced "audiophile" amplifiers
@@JonAnderhub No, it doesn’t cost $15k to build the amplifier. By Paul’s own admission it costs less and he adds a multiplier. I completely agree that amps costing half to one- third as much may sound indiscernibly different in blind listening. However, if there is an audience for PS amps as constructed and at that price, they will sell them. People obviously see value in them. You can buy a $50 Seiko quartz watch that keeps better time than a $30k Rolex. That does not change the fact that there is a huge audience for the Rolex. And make no mistake, while a Rolex has some precious metals in it, the technology of a mechanical watch movement has not changed materially in 70 years, so the mark up is very high there too. You may think paying for a Rolex is insanity, and you may not be wrong, but that’s besides the point. Why would PS, or any other company, deny customers a product they are obviously demanding, albeit in limited quantities? Would you subscribe to a Rolex TH-cam channel or watch their videos regularly and constantly complain that they are no better timekeepers than a quartz watch? Well i suppose one might, but it would still be silly to do so, which was my original contention in this post.
@@JonAnderhub It's not just the cost of the parts, it's all the direct and indirect costs involved in buying the parts, storing the parts, issuing the parts, building the product, etc. Also, small lot sizes, supply and demand, etc.
@@YouSoundButtHurt These don't account for the absurdly high price.
There are amplifiers with similar specifications and build that cost 1/3 the price.
This BHK 600’s are priceless imo. A work of art.
Lol!
they look much better with these colors
I'm all the way over in Ohio and relatively poor, but really want to hear it😅
Thanks to PS Audio, I visited their show room years ago and they demonstrated their gears which I can't afford it even at second hand market. On the other hand, my local Lamborghini dealer wouldn't even let me seat as passenger to demonstrate their car. 😡
Paul rocks
$16,000
I was like.. wait.. I think he meant $1600… nope.. I clearly heard $16,000. 🤔🥵
Dude, are you new to the audio world? Wait until you hear about the price of the recommended cables for these amplifiers.
@@hugobloemers4425 audiophiles are on the same level like monkeys, the only difference is less hair and not living on trees
@@hugobloemers4425 it's still stupid. these cables are built to go into a living room yet they cost more than cable harnesses that go to space
@@V1ralB1ack I agree with that one 😂
McDonald’s is getting to be out of my price range..😀 Those two mono blocks are what I paid for my car when new. 😀
My car came with a stereo 😀🤗👍
Paul , why some high end amps double depths of you BHK mono , is that mean more sound quality?
It's because of the size of the transformers. Class d uses much smaller transformers.
The transformers are the most expensive part of most amplifiers.
MSRP is directly proportional to enclosed volume. that's another key factor, along w/ the BOM.
I don't know why but amps now a days don't have power meters. Firstly, they serve a very important function of knowing if some strange and loud signal is being sent to the power amp. Secondly, they are pretty. Also, I no longer see speaker switches....what's with that ? Meters add form and function...seriously.
Because they add additional cost and packaging constraints.
That 'Power Plant' = $10K ... properly designed Amps should be plugged straight into the wall outlet unless your power grid is malfunctioning. Then , get your electrical wiring repaired and updated
Would you pick the M1200 over the 250?
No. The 250 is awesome.
Why we make stereo amplifiers as big as a bar fridge
Woh ! expensive. I would just like to hear it once atleast.
give it to me. It's certainly not bad but I am not sure if it has ultra wideband sound like harman kardon.
In a properly designed amplifier there is no need to compromise with having dual monoblocks. Good circuit design and layout will keep the crosstalk far below levels that would be audible, and the only real conceivable reason would be possibly if you need 1kW+ of power output per channel. But for the vast majority of applications its a waste of resources and money with no tangible gains except for extra profit from being able to sell two of something instead of just one to a customer. The biggest source of crosstalk/distortion in most linears is likely to be the rectified audio that is imposed on the power rails since they are unregulated, and the PSRR degrades with frequency. If you want all the benefits of a monoblock in a stereo configuration but with better distortion characteristics, then go to a well-regulated switching supply that will also push all the noise into the ultrasonic region where it is much easier to deal with.
That is a whole different can of worms, but certainly one that is worthwhile learning more about. The Kiss Analog TH-cam channel has a whole series about this subject. For those who are technically inclined and want to learn about this subject, these videos are a must to watch.
It’s not so much about the aspects you describe as much as it is about headroom and the amplifier having linearity with this kind of headroom. If you have ever heard this then I digress. Wattages in these incriminates make no real perceptible difference in their respective correlation to output in terms quantity which a lot of people get off on. That’s not how an amplifier works it delivers only what a loudspeaker requires and the rest goes into superb sound reproduction!
I would digress into saying you could have 1 watt or even 50 or 600 watts of pure crap based on poor circuit execution. But these are definitely not in that category.
@@Channel-cm7yc The comment is not about headroom. It is about the merits of two power supplies versus one power supply, whereby possibly both configurations deliver the same total power at the same output voltage. The statement is that one regulated power supply can mitigate the cross talk issues that occur with one unregulated power supply. And thus, one regulated power supply is as good or even better than two unregulated power supplies. Within these design choices, you can then independently opt for any head-room you desire, much the same as that you can opt for different colors of the enclosure. But that is just off-topic.
I would rather trust the views of professional audio engineers and circuit designers. Life is a compromise and taste differs. To me, and my modest budget and system, the S300’s work really well. Even Paul admits his wife will not allow the huge Aspens in her living room.
@@Channel-cm7yc nonsense
Loudness is not the only benefits from a more powerful amp you need to to more homework,and find out why power rules in a audio investment
The best amps I've heard are very low power amps. Big inefficient speakers need big amps.
@@tms372 all large speakers are not inefficient and need powerful amps if you have a large space like I have 30by 23 by 12 foot ceiling full range speakers are the only choice and large power to fill that room properly is needed,small rooms with small speakers can’t compete with a system like mine I like to experience a live performance not just listening near field with small speakers
Why not :)
just paid for the 300's .ill have to wait a long time for the 600's to enter through my front door.
I own two BHK 300’s, and can guarantee anyone that the power plant neuters power. I’m willing to bet, the main reason the people who are touring will hear a noticeable difference, WITH THE SETUP in this video, is 100% related to that power plant. That power plant will bottle neck clean power. Individual direct power line/outlet connections are the best way to go with HIGH CURRENT amps like these.
These BHK 600’s deserve a set of Electrostatic Speakers (2channel stereo) connected to a laptop with Tidal music MQA files a la MASTERS, playing.
Have you heard of the MQA scandal?
How does you audio set up recommendations affect the music you’re playing and listening to?
@@anonamouse5917 to be honest mqa always sounded like an extemely stupid idea
@@anonamouse5917 that’s all FUD. Mqa is disruptive, that’s why they spread fake FUD.
@@PetraKann POWER
Cause we have two ears.
But only one wallet (usually)
@@PetraKann But many credit cards in the wallet.
@@ThinkingBetter Are you sure you are thinking better, ThinkingBetter?
@@PetraKann Well, it is a joke. I have 6 credit cards with a total balance of zero. I don’t use them but they serve a credit score value. Indeed I learned a lesson years ago not to use credit cards with those insane interests.
Err...
Unless you sell a lot of these expensive amplifiers your business model does not work.
How can you make that statement when you have no idea what their total business model may be? Their monoblock amplifiers could be "halo" products used as much for image and marketing as for revenue generation.
I would steer clear of their tech. I purchased a stellar DAC from them and the optical input has never worked properly. I sent it to them for repair and was basically advised that’s just how it is. It’s either cheap parts or poor software, either way unacceptable at this price point.
Would never need it
"Almost profitable" What a load of bull yet again. For example you have loads of unused space in your facility.
yes the multiplier is 600% profit you forgot to mention 😂
Not kidding, I bet its closer to 1000%
Your dreaming Paul if you think I’m gonna swallow your reason for price point 😮and that’s pretty narcissistic view with the amount of great manufactures out there
Man this channel has become so tedious, play some music and do us a dance instead paul
Yet here you are, spending time on it.
@@VideoArchiveGuy actually no, I read the title, sighed then left a comment, thanks for bringing me back here to write this, more sighs
(have a great day lol)
This channel is about AUDIO EQUIPMENT not music.
@@tms372 get a life
There's no scientific test data to back up the misleading idea that “special” or “audiophile” speaker wires or expensive cable make a noticeable difference versus affordable, good-quality speaker wires of the correct gauge. 99.9% of the time it's unsubstantiated claims and the difference really does not matter!
Nothing you do to speaker wire with twists or wraps or reverse osmosis is going to make it transmit sound different or better.
Never actually listened, have you?
@@VideoArchiveGuy Actually I have because that is a part of testing these types of snake-oil claims.
It is easier to fool people then it is to convince them they have been fooled.
@@JonAnderhub The fact that you call them "snake oil" claims shows that you haven't listened to them or you would know they make large and obvious differences.
@paulmcgowanpsaudio --- So it takes 2 to listen to stereo music, does that mean I'd need more to listen to surround sound movies?
each of the amplifiers can only serve one channel