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I have diamond encrusted socks designed by shun muk and tuned by Bill Ying. Really isolates me from the floor and increases my listening pleasure. .
LOL!!
Hahahahahahah!!!
Can I get a pair of those on Amazon?
lol, Great tweak!
I see you're an individual of discerning taste.
I was thinking how amazing this sounds coming out of my $15 desktop speakers.
That rug really ties the room together...
fuckin A
the dude abides
Has he acoustically tuned that too?
.........Did it not ? Ha Ha love that comment Russ Goodban !
The rug looks more happy than that guy.
In 1972 I bought my first and only stereo system. The Pioneer sx-727 receiver and KLH 6 speakers still work fine. Dual turntable, Teac A-360 cassette player, and Koss headphones have bit the dust. Cost about $780.00. His system is better in every way. Love to hear it.
Instead of buying this system, I decided it's better to use my money to call up the artists and bands directly and pay them to play for me live in my home or backyard.
Really, but just sometimes, not as anytime as you wish to.
indeed, if you are able to call to the heavens and invite them back, you don't need such audio system
@@d.zhdanov ;))
I really don’t think they’ll sounds good
Deekay 2 audiophile is not for you audiophile is only for people who are near gods excellence and perfection are the definition
I have no idea how gorgeous this System actually sounds; the
music played sounded heavenly through my desktop JBL monitors.
try record how sounds this with your jbl monitors from you roomm as this guy do in his house, and compare
Relax, kids.
Not a single audio engineer was harmed (or used) in the creation of this 'system'.
This system is above what the artists produce !Amaizing ! Is 50% more realistic what the instruments and musician's produce in real life here in this room !Respect from Romania !
That Bill Ying guy seems to have a successful business model ... nothing quite like esoteric high end stuff 😂
This $1,000,000 system sounds great on my twin laptop tweeters...
Even better in my LG phone with boombox speaker built in ! Provides a deep spacial mono image
i would play a 96 kbps youtube rip of an iphone recorded concert on this
Best comment here
Laughing my ass off!
make your 96kbps sounded like a lossless audio
And isn't make a sense!
😂dafaq.. FLAC or 256kbps is my way to go
But, can it run Crysis?
😂😂😂 Underrated comment
Awesome! :)
Ez in 4D
Lol best comment so far
Or minecraft rtx
Man they don't make music lovers like they used to! I hope the current and future generations can have a revival and fall back in love with true music.
True music? Do you mean the youth listens to fake music?
There's more creativity now than there ever was. Artists are pushing boundaries so called purists can't even understand. Thank fake dichotomy of true vs fake music is the dumbest thing ever. There's a finite amount of sou des you can achieve with an instrument but an infinite amount of sound with any of the DAW's on the market. Some of the most creative, genre bending and innovative music I've ever heard was created in the last 10 years. My first love was Pink Floyd, then Hendrix and Zeppelin and I still vibe to those but the richness and complexity of artists like Nils Frahm, Shlomo, Amon Tobin, etc blows that away.
Notice that all the instruments are solo'ed and the recordings are laid back and spacious. Nothing complicated or intense.
Yep, when people want to demonstrate their system it's invariably that music though it would be more impressive to me how they can resolve intense music. Or even, just once, put on some Wagner and crank it up. Surely every audiophile , so called, doesn't own a Diana Krall cd.
Wow that's sounds amazing. I never knew my iPhone audio sounded so good
no acoustic treatment? wow
Tyler m unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
The Shun Muk are his tune up on acoustics. He says they created an "acoustic sound boundary". What do u know really huh?😂😂😂😂
Don't forget the hockey pucks!
but he has those wood discs and those perfectly treat the room. you have stupid
You must have missed all his wooden disks.
Im listening to this off my dollar tree head phones and they sound like a million dollars.
this was by far the best sounding system displayed on TH-cam. Normally when folks are showing off their speakers, I sit here and say really. what are you thinking. the first time I played this was on my 65in LED TV. I was blow away. She was singing to me. I can't wait to find the LP. Thanks for the display.
Ok but what about how it was recorded? Deca tree? Maybe Ortf? It’s a wash...
this system is so clear that mt. fuji water started leaking out my phone
idestroi1 tap water, broseph
Yes, I agree... "that rug really ties the room together."
The demo was awesome!
It was like Woody Allen was in the room with me, drinking all my beer. His clarinet has never sounded so lush
just don't let him baby sit.
You do realize that you're not hearing this systems speakers, right ?
You are listening to you computer/ iPad/ phone speakers.
looooool
Despite the fact that this system is for very few, clearly has amazing dynamics and separation. I been invited to a room like this, and I can say is marvelous to listen to...
this might be the least possible bang for your buck that you can buy lmao
I'm a trucker viewing and listening via Bluetooth in my 2018 Freightliner, and I'm blown away, astonished 🔈🔉🔊
I wish they would play more complex music. Two instruments or a vocal and a guitar sounds great on a lot of systems. Show the system off with a orchestra or a brass band or a rock band.
they do it on purpose to let the sound 'breathe'..there's also less chance of transients and reflections showing up the errors in the room....because: marketing.
"reflections showing up the errors in the room" i was really thinking at the same issue. I have Always had the feeling that to get a really great soundstage using omnidirectional speakers is a challenge. Actually i tend to lean towards very directional speakers. Very small sweet spot but also much less reflections to cope with. Maybe i am completely wrong in this approach. I do not know.
gino
You are not wrong. I do this for a living. Much larger scale and time coherency and minimal comb filtering are vital to good sound.
chris meier
Or a rap band! 😂
@@gino3286
Boxless ribbon speakes, such as the Magnepan 1D solves all the wall refraction/distortion problems.
These guys are sooo interesting and seem to have boundless unconstrained enthusiasm for their hobby. I be they spend more time looking at this stuff and talking about it, than playing it
A million dolllar system to play a vinyl record with a 50dB dynamic range.
And placed as close as possible to the speaker to get the best sound enhancement. :-o
Plus the older you are, the less dynamic range you're going to hear. Even if I had untold wealth, I reckon £20,000 would be nearer my budget requirement for a top sounding system.
but havent you heard? vinyl is more lifelike and doesnt give you digititis ;'D
HI FI VCR is a great way to go analog, with great range, but it may have to have a sound cover for it. Easier then Reel to Reel.
@@markeaton2003 DAT digital recorders today are super cheap and sound incredible good.
It's not the amount of $ a system costs that makes it great! Being able to put a system together for a fraction of the price while getting the same sound to me makes it better!!
Oh how quickly a curved 4k tv becomes outdated. Good thing audio equipment holds its value. Sweet record player!
I’m happy with my old vintage Sony cassette player ❤️
Well bless your heart.
to my understanding you spend more on your sound system and get much higher quality equipment than the recording artist has
isn't the equipment more nuanced and sophisticated than the human ear at this point too?
+Mel le some of it is but a huge part of the av experience is visuals too part of the cost is aesthetic.
I don't think any equipment can be better than the human ear. It may be better than some human ears but not better than all human ears. That would be absurd, by definition
I couldn't agree more .
can you hear me now ?
This awesome, even through my headphones! The staging is awesome.
It sounds amazig ! Wait, im listening to it on 20$ headphones
think about this.... Sound ONLY exists in our mind. Without a brain there to interpret, it's just vibrating air. Now if these beautiful devices can help someone BELIEVE sound is improved in some way than in their mind it 100% does. There is NO question. Can these room enhancements survive scientific enquiry? Seems unlikely, but that isn't the point now is it? I love the idea of EVERYTHING in this room. I love the cables being suspended above the floor. I ignore the regular romex in the wall and the ordinary power transformer outside. The tape machine machine enhancements are superb. The giant price tag can also add value to the sound inside the human mind. It is beautiful. The human mind is capable of AMAZING things and audiophile gear is a wonderful expression of that.
"Is it necessary? Of course, not!"
His own words.
Listened to many mlb recordings on you tube through NS-1000 and MX1000U amp. Very detailed and accurate. I think these speakers are worth al least a listen. Would like to hear these in person.
Is the cost of the house included in ?
You would need an acoustically perfect house for it.
The houst cost $500k max
I have buyers remorse for this man.
Any tips on how to negate the audio distortion from contrails overhead?
being an individual who has never even heard of these types of intricate equipment, in my 52 years of living there's always an amazing chance to know that there's another part of life... even in the world of electronics I once only reel-to-reel system when I was a teenager and knew the sound quality was much more
wow, adjust volume by remote control, the things they come up with !
wow i thought all my audio gear was top notch but this guy takes it to a whole nother level,awesome !!
Perhaps time to upgrade your Denon all in one system. ;-)
He needs to run out and buy some of those $17,000 speaker cables.
Why should he do that? The ones he's using are 23K per set.
i heard this system at an audio show.The song was mind blowing.
To my ears you need to drop this middle shelf of that wood thing down 2 3/4 inches it would sound a hell of a lot better.
John Hopkins yeeesh 2 3/4 inches? I was thinking 1 1/2 inches MAX! You have to be insane to suggest a full 2 3/4 inch drop.
@@NigelThornbery Anything past 1 1/4 inches is pure blasphemy. You young kids these days and your excess inches of drop.
Thought the same thing..
You have to factor in that any change to the elevation of the middle shelf of that wood thing would require those Shun Mook Mpingo pucks to be retuned by Bill Ying himself.....that's gonna cost you $$$.
Mbls are always the star speakers at the CES in Vegas every year. They are amazing and if you have the opertunity to hear them you should jump on it.
God would I love to listen to Dark Side of the Moon on this system. Imagine the travel section (On The Run, track 3) with all the sound effects panning left to right and back.... damn!!
Joey D I always listen to Money on my $4000 setup. :)
The trouble is with DSOTM is that the songs are too simple..It's studio effects album..good as it is, but the actual material is very, very simple..Also i tend to find that the vocals are quite sibilant on most tracks, or in different sections of the songs..I have the album on various pressings and CD's from the original 1973 Harvest to Doug Sax remasters and they all the sibilance to a greater or lesser extent.
simon lloyd the division bell is a nice sounding album
You’re crazy. DSOTM is quite possibly the greatest album ever made. If you don’t get it your opinions on music and high end stereo equipment is completely irrelevant. There’s no other album with the depth, richness, and quality of DSOTM.
simon lloyd are you sure it is sibilance you can hear? I can hear reverb, echo, and decay but not sibilance. The extensive use of echo to create the effect of a much larger recording area is very obvious, and to some degree is making the vocals a little muddy. Is there one particular track you can hear it on more than others? The use of multiple overlays also makes it extremely hard to pick up.
Pristine clarity even thru tiny computer speakers. Amazing system. Over the top for me, but I can surely appreciate what he has assembled! Thankyou!
I bet Merzbow sounds amazing on that!
Lol I listen to him on my quite expensive hi-fi. I hear more stuff in there than i imagined!
i watched it on my samsung s7. i see why it is so expencive!!! the sound on my phone is great!!
But the recording studio used a pair of $2000 studio monitors...
need to upgrade the studio sound equipment to hmmm.. Cool, "i think i can hear it"
Not exactly true . A real studio uses many monitor pairs and the final master is made on very expansive speakers ..
But yes some tiny studio are doing that ..no wonder that so many songs sound really bad
Studio Monitors wipe the floor with hifi speaker at the same price point.
Don't forget the mic.
@Matt man NS10s are used to make sure it doesn't sound bad on crap speakers. It's not used to judge the overall recording quality. Most studios will use two or three or four pairs, of increasing size and cost. They switch back and forth to create the compromise they feel is best for the target audience of that music.
What a beautiful music played by red rug on the floor. Astonishing.
Weirdest looking speaker I ever saw but sound pretty good. Maybe it was the recording but
the vocals were uninspiring and way over played by the treble.
the look of MBL speakers is just amazing ...and the sound marvelous
I don't get why so many are disliking this so much. There are people who spend a lot more on really stupid and useless things. This is not one of them.
I doubt that. Maybe you have an example?
I really like the wall paint color.
I respect this man for spending so much time and thoughts and hard work to optimize this brillant Audio system. Well done, congratulation.
It's a great and rewarding hobby.
I invite some friends to my little house, I push the table and chairs around and some take the guitar, other starts to sing.... What a beautiful hifi sound !
These rich audiophile has spent much more money in Mpingo-Shoon Mook (or werever it writes) than me in my entire audio system.
Magic at its best.
why not just go watch musicias live what happened.
What about bands that don't use sound systems?
Very nice to see the "tone" controls on the playback decks. As someone listening to prerecorded tapes for over 60 years, these are absolutely necessary, as vintage tapes vary widely in equalization. True even for the same title, produced in different duplication batches.
How was the audio recorded for this video? Mic selection, positioning, preamps, etc make a huge difference.
And type of tape as well.
I have been doing magnetic both audio and video for over 50 yrs. And tape stock makes a huge difference
Bingo! We have our winner!
Demo music at the end is really helpful, as I listen on my $2 eBay headphones.
This guy's voice wants to make me stop caring about everything in the world.
😆😅😆🤣
I almost peed my pants laughing at your commen t
It's magical.
I have heard Super Audio CD, and that was a whole other experience for me in comparison to common CD sound. As to classical music it felt like being in a real concert hall. Or listening to Celine Dion .... it feels like she is singing right in front of you and her voice was so clean and clear. I wonder how SACD compares to this 1,000,000 Dollar system.
20:16 start listening.
Sounds just like my cell phone...
r/whoosh
Lol Richard
@@timgraysontv pissing myself lol!
Thanks for the playback.. My Denon fed Linaeum's sounds wonderful.
For 11 thousand dollars you'd think the deck would come with a remote
Too expensive🙄🤔
I knew a guy whose store was in a house. The living room and bedrooms were all different showrooms, and the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen held all the different cables he sold.
I think the law of diminishing returns kicked in a while ago. Amazing system....but I'm not sure my ears can hear past $2000 lol
Give yourself credit, I'm sure they can hear to at least $20,000
If you can't hear beyond 2k you are very very old or you have very serious hearing problems.
As helloboom says if you have healthy hearing they can hear to at least 20k and probably way way beyond.
One of those wooden dampening blocks probably cost $2000
Oh please, you most certainly can if you have normal hearing range.
Oh, well exactly how many $$$ can you guys hear to?
This is the craziest looking speakers I ever saw playing the craziest music I ever heard. At least nothing sounds overly bright or overly deep. Quite perfect sounding. Wish I had a million dollars (but I still wouldn't spend it on all this). ☺️
the first song is black beauty by Tomas ornberg, amazing song
yes..it is a great album..Every track is beautifully recorded.
Thanx i was looking for the name of that song!
One more observation, a good high end DAC is upgradeabae for free, can play master tape quality sources and never wears out. A tape head starts to wear out as soon as you play it and heaven knows how much a replacement head costs.
David Tomsett Tape heads are not simply replaced, they are refurbished several times before they’re done. On a non-pro machine such as these, it’s a big job just to remove and reinstall and realign... The head might be a couple hundred dollars, the job much more. Analog tape is dead and those of us who lived with it are the happiest to see it die. Maintenance, distortion, noise, inconsistent tape quality. I could go on and on. Today we convert those microphone’s gorgeous sound into data and store it flawlessly. I wouldn’t say the cost has come down, but quality, reliability, musicality - all way up!
Wow, impressive sound through TH-cam encoder and my 10$ headphone. I'm shocked! :))
Listening to this made me tier... It sounds amazing! Even though I was listening to this through my headphones and on TH-cam! Wow! I can even hear that spacious sound through my headphones... Can't imagine in person; I wish to get an opportunity to physically hear it there, in person.
if you can hear the spacious sound through your headphones, look no further. You already have what you need!
Best part of the video: 25:05 - 31:13
"House of the rising sun" - Cyndee Peters from the 1977 Opus 3 LP "Black is the Colour"
I neglected to comment on the imaging of loudspeakers which appears phenomenal in this video and I'm pretty sure it's even better and stunning when you are sat in front of these marvels. The instruments appear palpable, vibrating in the room, the image is tangible. It's astonishing! I see that the tweeter and midrange, practically vibrate from the same point. That's probably crucial.(If only these harsh brass instrument peaks were absent! Perhaps they need a beefier amp.)
These men are totally mad but so what. It's art and if they adore music, which I think they do, then fine. At this level it is like appreciating a Veronese painting etc. My system is basic but I bought the best I could and it gives me huge pleasure. I suspect most of us haven't heard real hi-fi. Very sad generations growing up on mp3 and headphones. A dad passed on the love of hi-fi to his son. I think that's magical. I remember the first time I heard a decent system as a kid.
Anyway thanks for this video. I would do anything to hear a few of my favourites on the system.
Did you know that 1.7 metre is optimal lenght for power cable and it sounds better than any other lenght. No bts some guys tested that
Most speakers are straight out the front, these ones are completely omni. I tried to mimic how it really is, more. Semi omni. I have semi dipole speakers with FR drivers half (out of the box). The drivers are raised from the speaker hole (about a half inch). The sound from the back of the driver escapes through the gap, still making the speakers (basically) directional, but with some dipole mixed (and still has enough warmth in the med range). I love it, it has the same "open" sound as dipoles but more directional like most live music is (depending on the instrument, though). So it's still a compromise but sounds better than full frontals and full on omnis (I reckon).
After a certain point,It's just showing off. That being said. It's your money...... spend it anyway you want. I'll just have to suffer,with my old school Pioneer SX1250......
Jim Basler but man i would like to have such an amp,you know its Worth some Money🤷🏼♂️
wow $1M audio system through my laptop's speakers. awesome!
good news for owners of these tape decks: Analogue Productions is now selling tapes along with The Tape Project. same price $450/each
and AP says it's tapes are second generation TP are third
That is great news as soon as I sell my diamond mine I will buy some.
I actually enjoy these videos, and seeing what super high end audio has to offer. I will stick with my setup though, unless something magic happens to my budget.
These comments are freakin hilarious. Saying how good it sounds. Soooooo your phone speaker is as good as this million dollar system?
R H yepp. Better!
You CAN hear how good it sounds, if you use some reference headphones and a decent dac. It's not going to sound as good as being there but you can get an idea.
Well the thing is that you also have to deal with youtubes horrible compression.
??????????
@@ColAngus It's not going to sound as good as being there nor is it going to sound as good as listening to the original track straight from your laptop. whatever you hear in this video has more to do with mic placement and sound editing of the video than to how the system really sounds.
While the trumpets, strings and wind instruments sounded perfect, the Upright Piano and some drums sounded wrong. Some instruments are not omni-directional and only play forward or downward. So while there is no denying the experience is breathtaking, some things aren't right. Vocals are so natural, but low notes sound like they are down low near floor and the high notes sound like they are coming in high up. Very noticeable with her range, so that's rare, but there. This is a great design, perhaps in the future the single direction instruments can be configured to come from just a certain part of the speaker via one of the incredibly expensive amps on the floor. Until then it's not quite perfect. But what beats it? Owning a jazz club perhaps?
The treble is so lifelike. Even through my crappy Acer laptop speakers......
You see.. ? Acer went high-end apparently.
The sounds really greatest yet ! Unmatched parts of greatest audio system ( about $600,000 )
Resume: your $1000000 audio system need more cowbell
It is like those ads about high end tv set shown on my super cheap crt philips 14 inch tv!
I listen to this gorgeous system through my cheap one speaker laptop!
I want to listen to Benny Hill theme on this setup :D
Amazingly clean and realistic. Beautiful sound.
Not sure if those shun mook bits of wood make any difference but awesome setup nonetheless
Cyba IT same for me... it’s an impressive system but he lost me a bit with the whole Shun Mook Mpingo talk.
I am willing to bet my pet (it has ultra high hearing capabilities, great for reviewing ultra-tweeters) that measurements taken in front and behind the 'sonic barrier' would be identical.
Wow!!! $ 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 sound in my ears...
What are the sources of the tapes themselves? Who makes these tapes and what do they use to make them? Are they all used from back when analog reel-to-reel tape was the state of the art source?
I'm listening to this with my $14,000.00 Headphone system but only using my modified V-Moda's M-100's and your system sounds amazing. Great job putting it together. AMAZING
Great, obviously sounds amazing giving the type of music. Now lets blast some AC/DC or Metallica through it!
Thanks so much for the video. I think MBL is state of the art, hand built in Germany by happy folks -- you can't beat that --- so I hope they keep selling them! For those who want this kind of sound in the home... yes it can be done DiY with dynamic all paper speakers and horns. For those who commented on how it's even possible to gain an impression of quality via TH-cam... Yes it's possible and not too hard with some practice -- that's how mastering artists do it in the first place -- using reproducers of a known standard (ie Yamaha NS-10's, headphones or whatever). It's much better to post TH-cam videos made with better quality condenser mics, XY, or Side/Front setups (aka Zoom HD6). Built in camera mics are often not so hot. Very nice sounding transients on the MBL's -- but they come across a little harsh at some freq points -- maybe?. I have heard plenty of 3 way horn systems at 1/10th the cost that would keep up fine with these... using vintage components that are about as clean and speedy, and smoother with even more detail. But they are not Omni, and not NEW -- so hey!
I love how great this sounds from a recording of a set up through youtube
300,000 tops!! those large MBL towers are 80,000 and the small ones are 12,000 a pair. the rest of the money is in the other equipment. needless to say these are one of the best sounding speakers I've ever personally heard and yes I've heard 2 channel set up that cost 300,000 Grand alone.
InChrist87 300,000 Grand. I guess you win.
The system sounds spectacular but I'm sorry Peter it isn't the MBLs, it is completely due to the source components & you should have been more up front on that point. My first experience hearing what tape did was in the late 70s & I was in the recording studio when George Duke was recording his Master of the Game album & I heard it played from the tape through the wall mounted JBL 4311b monitors which are nothing to write home about & the sound was so stunning that I simply couldn't believe what I heard. No turntable or digital system can come anywhere near the level of performance of tape, the tape is in a completely different league & it doesn't matter what amps, speakers, turntables or cartridges you have it doesn't matter. I have little doubt your not aware of this & you really should have made the point as there may be some viewers that never had the pleasure of hearing this format.
I guess a system like this would only be suited to a dedicated room. Nice sound, but I would say impractical for most people.
Andrew C No shit