My Hi-Fi Stereo: Does He Agree with Thomas&Stereo? - This Feels Like a Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Dave from @davelistenstohifi visits the Hi-fi cave and gives his opinion on what was good and what could be improved as well as discuss the concept of midrange, frequency response, soundstaging, and various other Audio nerd talk.
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This was fun, thank you @davelistenstohifi
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I can relate to the enthusiasm heard during your discussion. I am the same way when I talk audio. This is a fun listen.
Greetings from Toronto ☕️
One of the best hour spent on TH-cam regarding audio and audiophillia .
Thomas’s new stuff seems to hit in the right spots ..we all like the audio spectaculars ..but trying to recreate an intimate jazz trio at a club ( Jazz at the Pawnshop for example) that’s where equipment AND the room need to work together.
Once again thanks .
Have a great weekend.
The truth is our differences, and diifferent perceptions, make the audiophile world go round. We are not automatons and that's the best thing!
As someone wrote earlier on, each one of us have a deep bedded perception on what sounds, as well as feel correctly balanced to us. Logically friends and associates of mine whom are more accustomed to older recordings or amplified music, can’t really understand the beauty of which jazz or classical recordings have to offer.
I’ve taking the time to understand what has the capability of moving me to tears, if it isn’t engaging?, why bother at all?……., said time it takes to understand the sound signature of each component is vital in how the final voicing as the system collectively counts more than simply allowing oneself to be drawn into mere sound, as opposed to learning to hear deeper into the music itself, bass doesn’t not a system make, if it’s boomy, there are very few ways of restoring said balance once it’s lost. Unless one’s recordings are strictly geared towards pipe organ recordings?, I’d say please thy self above all, o4 anyone else.
Knowing which brands of tubes do what also counts, say for example while NOS Black-plate RCA | Sylvania preamp tubes in tandem offer some of the best vocal shading I’ve encountered to date, Raytheon is more geared towards low end impact, while lacking in other areas, seek out brands like Lorenz ( Germany ) | Thompson-CSF or Mazda Black-Plate ( both from France ) | NEC and TEN Kobe ( both from Japan ) and than understanding that balance versus noise is the key objective.
The extra bass impact you’re referring to by doing an array of 3 bass drivers of subs isn’t necessarily the best path to pursue……, dude in the end, you’ve to satisfy yourself above anyone else, least you have lost your own individuality. Just food for thought.
OK, I like this guy! Gonna go check him out!! - Well done guys! GREAT CONTENT
Thanks James
Happiness Is Easy, by Talk Talk, as well as Does Caroline Know?, and Mark Hollis self titled album is a must-own. And ideally selecting speakers which fit your room, followed by a synergistic amp which matches them tonality wise as well as offering the proper amount of current, versus raw power rating is more important.
Yet if your electronics aren’t getting said current draw ( right gauge of power cords ) then said electronics aren’t being driven or heard to their fullest potential, cabling ( especially the right flavoring) matters just as much, and never overlook the importance of the connectors themselves.
Love this one.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s “Dragon” is the track I use to satisfy metal friends that don’t understand my hifi rig.
Great video, as always, Loic.
Good content. Enjoyed it.
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Good stuff 👍haven’t heard your system in awhile,but seems like he enjoyed what he heard.
For me, I find realism in soundstage height and width. I do not strive to have my vocalist 10 feet tall or cymbal crashes 20 feet to the right. To each his own … glad you’re enjoying your DIY audio journey.
Dialing the system in is the thing. We all have our own take on good sound. I've heard some mega dollar setups some have impressed me greatly others have not. I am very interested in what can be achieved on a low to medium budget. Eq and component combinations are worth a look too. I haven't played with room treatment apart from all rhe cds and records and generally clutter innlive in lol. Us audiophiles are always seeking and will never be utterly satisfied. Great discussion guys.
All of us intrested in getting mid $ to high fi sound
I hope self appointed king of Audiophilia and Master HIFI TH-camSalesman Guttenberg learns a lesson here.
In what way? Im curious. I am not familiar with the situation you are refering to?
@@hificave your video is about the skill, appreciation and ideas how to listen and think about music reproduction at home, very inspiring - and the pure opposite of most other HIFI channels that are all about equipment sales hiding behind superficial rave reviews.Very refreshing and educational your channel!
@@mediascapes2011 ahhh thank you sir.
As per Dave’s system…….., I didn’t spot anything on any of his videos which speaks to the same volume of what’s heard briefly through your system, I only wish you’d make a effort to include a list of the artist and tracks you’re playing on your videos, one jazz lover to another.
This is what I played for him:
Walking on the moon. Yuri honing trio
Hallelujah : Damien Rice live at rock hall of fame (he felt shouty in the mids)
Call to prayer : Snorre Kirk
I cant quit you babe: zeppelin
Wellerman: Nathan evans
Wicked game: tenacious D
House of the rising sun: ghost of johnny cash (he felt Johnny cash didnt sound right.. cause its not johnny cash 😅)
Fragile: Jorane (he felt shouty effect in mids)
Drum solo live: manu katche
Brush with the blues: jeff beck
Stolen moments: Oliver Nelson
Notget: Bjork
Ratchets
Coyotes: Don Edwards
Keep the wolves away: Uncle Lucious
where do you live in canada?
@hificave were you using the Cryotone 300B?
Yes.
Experience Clarisys or Alsyvox 😊
Separation is beyond Magnepan
Hi love your work id like to know when you talk about Ratchet what is it exactly?
Ratchets by Hedegaard
Question for Dave, did you go to Roslyn school? You look like Someone I used to know. Andrew McCrae. Mtl
🤨 Gosh, highly tempted to hit that “thumb down” button when you said you didn’t know Talk Talk…
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I do now
Trying New Record Day’s video length?
You got me!
Gentlemen, is there maybe a trackless to get a better idea of who, why, what ...? Cheers
For the songs played?
@@hificave respect for decoding "trackless". Fxxxxxx auto spelling. But yes, for the songs played. Thanx and cheers Uli
First part, with a guy sitting at the front rail of a newdy bar enjoying himself with some creepy dude behind him! OUCH lol
That angle was picked for you M!
Lol, saw you were referring to that tune rachet on here. Did find it on my bass list and had a listen, next random tune that played was "Queen Mary" by Francine Thirteen.
Hope you haven't heard it, compared to Ratchet, it's stunning! Cheers lad!
75db peaks please.
Just lower the volume.
@@hificave you are a freaking genius.
@@bengleason508 decades of deep studies
I guess it will take a while to reach 30-40k subscribers. And the viewership is only 3K per video, mostly less. Perhaps that's all a feedback to the way you present your info?
Who knows…
@@hificave my sense is, it's less about the reviewer's opinion or experience, it's more about the product that one is reviewing. That it is for the viewers, less about the "opinion/experience" of the reviewer. Less "I" more about "It" (the product) and how it is useful for the viewer. A large part of it is how they can save time and money, and most of all--their expectation. Sometime they expect too much, and they get disappointed. Or they under-estimate the product, which they could have been more motivated about the product (therefore buy really good stuff).
@@wiebl5266i get it. In fact, Im not interested in someone telling me “about” “it” I can find out on my own. I am more interested in the reviewers experience. Maybe, thats the incompatibility with the youtube growth I am experiencing. Fascinating. Good comment sir!
@@hificave The "It" is about your experience of the product, factually, and key discoveries, less about your "personal story" or "like or dislikes" or "what's most important to me" or "what I think is most important because I know a lot." I tune in to John Darko because he goes out of his way to get the expert's opinion, and he makes apologies if he has own "opinionated" view. He is aware of his ego, but it still "leaks out." If the review is all about the reviewers experience and knowledge, then it is less about the product. No one's opinion is fully correct, neither fully wrong. Making the information useful for the viewer, I think is the key.
What is your system ?
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I'm so tired of you talking about your open baffle speakers! So, I'm doing something about it. I just ordered the drivers to build my own. I can do the woodworking. I have no idea about crossovers. So, I'll be asking for help from the hifi community.
Tired if me talking about my open baffles?? So you ordered drivers??
I hope you have fun in the process.
Tired of not experiencing it myself! I love your heartfelt enthusiasm.
@@tedroybal5231 I had many moments of frustration to get here. But it was all worth it. I hope you have a fun time doing it.
Shouting effect is caused by hard paper cones. You can soften them up with a very light oil dilution, i use 20/80 diesel and alcohol, and spray and dry and listen and repeat until you get the lush sound back. Old speakers or cheap full range speakers are dried out. Like old cardboard or paper tape. It needs some conditioning, but not too much.
They are factory made, to a specification fiber type weight and size, not necessarily to a sound parameter or dynamic response or resonance.
It takes a fine tuned specific diaphragm hardness or softness to get the proper sound replication.
AND use 100 percent diesel, or wd40, for the surround, and the spider. Soak the spider until it loosens then don't add unessesary mass. This is for the best result.
Responce and tone and distortion is ALL IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.
Diesel and the paper cones smell like money afterwards ironically. Wd40 is probably ok too, or a more expensive higher end light oil like serious hobbyists or production shops would use.
Diesel is just the cheapest and most inert, somewhat smelly, but it does better than wd40 imo. would not use kerosene because it is not as inert as diesel.
It lubricates very well the paper.
…. Wait , what?
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