Great one! Vilip is so knowledgeable and witty! 😉 Have to agree with him regarding class A sound as I am enjoying an EL34 single ended class A amp in my system.
I also prefer the speed of Nordost cables, which run at the speed of light (about 670,616,629 miles per hour). Audioquest cables only operate at 670,616,628 miles per hour which I find extremely annoying.
Install a single circuit breaker from the fuss box to a single outlet. This will eliminate any buzz, giving the best sound. For added safety install a whole house surge suppressor. And one more thing use monoblocks and install them as close to each speaker as possible.
I am geting close to,get my dream system. Hegel h390 just bought it upgraded from my h190 big difference. To pair with my b&w 702 s2 thats all i need for now and many years a head
I like Vilip's dry humor. Adrian - you have a nice soothing voice. Even though subtle, I can see you goals , and empower others to flourish. Are you really this calm, cheerful and nice ? 😀
You guys have very helpful insight and you know your audio gear. For me, my dream system is the McIntosh MC312, C49 preamp, Focal Kanta 2 speakers, Denon CD player, and Cambridge Audio ALVA ST turntable.
Adrian is the most thoughtful Reviewer at Audio Excellence, I agree with his honest commentary 99 % of the time ! If you have the time, I would appreciate an overview of what one needs to set up a digital playback system for DSD Hi ReZ recordings . . thank you in advance !
Hi Adrian and Vilip, love your videos and your honesty, humor and insight. I have the Maggies 1.4 since the late 80s driven by Classe 30 pre amp and Classe 70 amp rated at 75 w per channel and is high current capable. Drives these speakers beautifully. No lack of bass at all and sometimes goes deep. No problem with all genres of music.I was considering getting a Klipsch Forte 111 just to get a different sound from paper cones and to alternate my listening between these and the Maggies. Is this a good idea? I know Adrian, you are not a fan of horns
Vilip, for solo piano, you said you'd use the amp you use then Adrian interrupted, would you mind share which amp that is? Many thanks to all of AEC guys for answer our questions like this, it's been a great help.
RE: Off axis response: it matters because speakers which have this e.g. ancient beloved MIrage M3s (bipoles), wide dispersion box speakers (e.g. LSA) as well as omnis tend to have huge soundstages and disappear. Magical.
Great video. How do you describe the sound of McIntosh speakers? When are you going do a review video? It will be a complete success, regardless if you talk good or bad things about them, since there are almost no reviews on the web. McIntosh vs Sonus Faber vs Willson please!!! 👌👌👌
I have a MA252. I am looking at the sonus faber lumina speakers to pair with it in the future. Specifically either the lumina 3 or 5 in a 12x20ft room. Will the Mcintosh drive this well and will you recommend the 3 or 5 for my room?
Adrian…….., I’m sorry to say this, but having heard Shindo Labs gear back in 2010 at Don Better Audio here in the states ( USA ), as well as many brands of tube gear since 1978, I consider it to be the very best sounding tube gear I’ve heard, as far as I’m concerned many can keep their ARC | C-J | C.A.T. | Constellation | MacIntrash. I’m aware it’s personal, but todays brands are more akin to sounding like solid state, versus tube gear of old.
I have only been a true diehard 2 channel audio listener, never did the home theater thing despite the popular thing since the early 90's... i just go to the theater for that lol... that said do you even get a true high-end audio 2 channel sound with using 1 of those multichannel receivers hooked up to 5 speakers? i have a pair of 1998 Paradigm Reference Studio/100 Loudspeakers driven by an Onkyo M504 and Adcom pre-amp, never needed a subwoofer with my towers, my real prize possession is a mint Nakamichi Rx-505 cassette deck sold to me for 300 dollars in the 90's... only thing ii would change is having more power for my speakers since my amp is rated at 165 watt/channel, but i just love those meters on my amp...
Please keep doing these videos guy's its very entertaining and interesting to get your thoughts. I think Vilip got out of the wrong side of the bed that morning lol or he needed his big mug of coffee.🍵 My question is have you had a chance to listen to the Gryphon audio Diablo 300 and what are your thoughts.
@Adrian Low I noticed you guys spoke about plinius as well I've just replaced my sa-103 monoblocks for the diablo 300. Both amazing amplifiers but the diablo has the edge when driving my Wilson Alexia's, the amp is amazingly dynamic. Thanks for the reply Adrian I'm a fan of the channel and never miss a video😁🎧👍
you guys are great - have been watching for a very long time. i live in the states and have a Simaudio system: 780D V2, 740P, 860A V2, (also with a naim CD3.5 with a Hi-cap and Vandersteens - speakers to be upgraded soon and adding an 820S power supply) - why don't you ever talk about Simaudio? also so many other gret Canadian brands that you don't mention - Verity comes to mind... do you have customers in the US?
Hi Jim, we only review products we carry, and yes we have many clients in the US, mostly either from preowned purchases or clients who have multiple homes between the US and Canada
Question: what would you use to power large magnepan speakers (eg 3.7s or 20.7s)? And do you think pathos amplifiers are powerful enough? Im looking for a huge soundstage, effortlessness and sweet and soft kind of sound. Thanks!
OMG … most questions seem to come from complete Greenhorn’s…who haven’t put in any thoughts themselves and own effort. This way those people will most likely not get far with this hobby. If you only ask a dealer ….this hobby is highly PERSONAL!
Well I came here to see what your title says. You didnt answer the question. "Dream system doesnt exist" You telling me that if I told you I would buy you anything you want you couldnt tell me? And it is a dream system doesnt matter whether you can afford it or not
Checkout the audio file scientist that puts all these claims about how great these cables are blow your mind you’re wasting your money on high end cables it’s all in your head. What do you think you’re not hearing or what you are hearing unbelievable I think number one and audio file if you’re going to be an audio file in the hobby, you have to understand what an instrument sounds like an oboe percussion instrument, a symbol of violin strings, and then you can justify and make a statement remember take 100 of us audio files put us on the wall play the same piece of music to 100 of us and we’re all going to hear something different so they listen to somebody else is review quite frankly full. Yes, you have to hear it, and you can’t tell you beforehand listen to this particular section wrong you just have to listen and make your own mind up but first of all you need to know what an instrument sounds like live. My opinion, and I’m a high-end audio file been in it as a hobby before 90% of you were born I got involved in a 13 1/2 years old working in electronics store part time and we had tubes transistors with just coming in anyhow enjoy your listening and stop listening all this BS and if you wanna spend $5000 on battery does a speaker cable be my guess you’re not gonna get the performance like if you put 1000 hp in an engine good luck guys Adrians, and honest shop believe me they know what they’re talking about but I can’t believe all the reviews because it’s in their ears not mine
guy walks in like 15 year old snotty teenager with no professionalism or manners. I like how Adrian captures his lack or punctuality on videos... evidence needed for grounds of dismissal
If you spend the time and effort to do a question and answer video then just answer the damn questions or don’t bother doing the video at least one of you anyways.
