Most of my gear is second hand. You can save a lot of money.
@shreddherring
Just to put this out there, most modern speaker amps have a separate op amp driven headphone section, rather than being tapped off the main amplifier, unfortunately
@jonathandavis9507
Hate to be this person but the room is a bigger factor than most people realize.
@WeeWeeJumbo
i just took delivery on the priciest piece of gear i’ve ever owned, and to be honest, the biggest difference is to my confidence that
@michaelvincent8306
The amount of money I've wasted on recommended gear I dare not say if you get to the point where you're happy stop buy the way I borrowed kef ls50 meta from a friend absolute junk my spendor bc1 is in about 5 league's above great review common sense plays a part
@robertballard8833
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Example - ther is a boutique brand called Speakercraft in the Us - I had a 920, around a 1000 USD new. it was detailed, but just sounded flat, even when Eq'd. It was beat out in both imaging and matched for detail by my 77 Pioneer Sx 750, which was eventually beat on sound by my 71 Sansui 4000!
@slowpawstevet3676
system matching is a dark art, at least our mistakes can be sold off and save up for new mistakes... :-D
@simeonbanner6204
I think you get hi-fi obsessives who aren't actually into music, more the gear. Then you go to some record head and they have amazing vinyl but a crap turntable and don't give a hoot for the sound quality. I think you have to stop when you have a smile, when enjoying the music. So much of it, for me is the original recording. Spira Gira, Morning Dance. That should sound good on anything.
@carl_valentin
Don´t buy HIFI equipment. Buy studio equipment. Professionals don´t fall for snake oil that easy.
@shimtest
audiophiles should keep chasing the hi end sound because it makes them happy. but music lovers (unless they are also audiophiles) can probably keep it relatively cheap and get what they need
@jackfordmac
A lot of snobbery in the hifi world - a lot of smoke and mirrors - you always keep it real and down to earth.
@markphillips1509
There is some really solid advice here. Great video as always.
@nicktoft6308
Your years of experience have certaily gone into this video. I myself reached a level of mid-fi that seemed to do the job and spent more money collecting records. Did buy some lovely transmission line speakers to kid myself it was high end! Thank you for your Sunday afternoon broadcasts.
@jmad627
I have three systems. One is an old Pioneer SX-780 receiver, another is a small vacuum tube amp, and the third is for the tv, a home stereo receiver.
@JK-rt2jj
It would be very interesting to have you talking us through a few good matches in your own collection, from A to Z that is, cable matching included. What I would also love to watch is a complete tour of your collection; all the stuff. Take ur time.😄
@keithvincent322
This is an illness not a hobby and I'm amazed that in 2024 this is still going on. I worked in the hifi retail market fifty years ago and let me tell you now. If you are the kind of person that has the money to buy any system on the market you will never ever ever ever be happy. You have accidentally fallen into the twight zone and you have made the biggest mistake of all, you have stopped listening to the thing that hifi was designed for and that is the music. All this crap about spending £700 on an amp and the £800 on a pair of speakers and then no doubt £1000 on a turntable and £500 on the cartridge followed by god knows how many different types of connecting cables, it's bollocks. There is an amp in my local hifi shop for £5500 and no doubt some bozo with too much money will buy it, along with the £8000 pair of speakers next to it and the £3000 turntable on top of that. I get that if you have a £4.000.0000 house with a couple of farrari's on the drive you are going to need a really expensive hifi system to go with your home cinema and helipad. You are then very unlikely to be a music connoisseur unless you have made your money in the music industry, in which case in most instances you are even less likely to be one. You are much more likely to be spending the money just because you can.
@edjrod29
lovely to see you back, the video concept is very interesting
@a760541
Kelvin always a interesting channel and discussion.
@sidesup8286
Good video Kelvin. Some people doubt whether there really is a higher performance level. And some of them are suspicious enough to think the hogher priced stuff is snake oil. When buying used amps, on the internet, you often get ones which are staticy sounding when you turn the knobs. One of them, an older vintage integrated, always had static and the one channel would go out and then come on again, when you jiggled the knobs. After using it for about 5 months on a regular basis, it just stopped doing it; like it fixed itself.
@eazydraw4681
Another brilliant video Kelvin , thank you for sharing your experience , knowledge and views in such an easy way to understand
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