Your book and CD helped me reposition my speakers slightly to make a sizable difference in the soundstage of my music system. Now that it’s set in place and it’s been more than 6 months of musical nirvana sitting in my listening chair, I have to shout out a giant thank you to Paul.
@@PlatinumMastering Paul’s book ‘The Audiophile’s Guide’ and Octave’s companion CD, ‘The Audiophile’s Reference Disc’. In addition, I contacted Paul directly by email to ask a question about speaker positioning since his former reference speakers Magnalanar 3.6 R’s were the same model that I use in my system.
@@jorgebravo7980 i’m not sure what you’re speaking about. Bu it’s very definition a CD is a digital recording. You need to be more specific with your question and direct it to PS Audio.
Thank you for the book & companion CD Paul. I set up my system per instructions and it made a distinct improvement to my ears. I passed them on to another audio enthusiast and so it goes - Building community 😊
I bought the book and CD, and low and behold my system was already properly setup within the constraints of the room. I did mark off two toe-in settings so that I can adjust for live music vs studio recordings, but ultimately, I find that it's the mixing and mastering that are the weakest link (or biggest factor) in whether you achieve a great soundstage. The speakers can't disappear if the mix places a high-hat (or any instrument) in only one channel with no spatial cues in the other channel. This leads you to a chicken and egg situation, since you can't tell if you have a great recording when your speakers are not setup properly, and you can't setup your speakers optimally without a great recording. The companion disk is a great head start.
Great advice. Certainly consistent with my experience. Speaker set up, then source. Then all the stuff that can kill the micro details and timing. Volume controller, then amps, then cables. It all matters but if your source doesn't create the phase correct details then it does not matter how much the stuff filters.
I have a pair of 25 year old Klipch klf20s form 98, and a couple years ago my old INTEGRA receiver failed and I replaced it with a midlevel Yamaha AVR and an emotiva a2 for my mains, I worked in AV at the retail level for 30 years, been to all the trade shows and I gotta say the modern AVR should not be dismissed, mine was under 1k and has beautiful imaging and a huge soundstage for under a k
I have a small room that is hard to get speaker placement the way I want but it's sufficient enough. I replaced my AV Yamaha receiver with the little Vincent sv 500 and all of the sudden the Sound was Unbelievable! Preamp does make a difference. 👍
Than you should have read the manual of your Yamaha, learn about loudness below reference volume and how to position the microphone for a multipount room-eq measurement
Regarding soundstage, u have to consider which speaker design were talking about? Every manufacturing makes compromises, when designing a speaker. Some sounds at their best, close to the front wall. Most speakers gain a lot from getting out in the room. Others works best in a corner, like some horn speakers do. It's all about what compromises there is taking, when a company makes the design. Of course every set-up needs attention, but not every design is focused on sound stage. ✌️❤️🇩🇰
My take is that you want the speakers to "disappear " rather that get them to expand widthways...any system that can do that is pretty High Fidelity in my humble opinion
No! 2000 dollar speakers on a 1000 dollar AVR in a room with 5000 dollar acoustic treatment will blow your 100k high-end crap lacking dynamic loudness in a shitty room away
Funny, I’ve never had a problem getting left, right, and center images from any stereo I’ve ever had. I don’’t know if that makes me lucky, not that picky, or just that I have common sense on how to place my speakers for my listening position, and the “appropriate” way to go about it for a particular listening space, which brings me back to “common” sense, 😆 which we all know it’s not that common in this century! 👨🏻
If you have good gear and good room, it can be easy, if you don't, it can be very hard to get good bass and a good image. I couldn't get my speakers right until I got a new amp last week, then it all finally came together
@Douglas Blake You’re not telling me something I don’t already know.. I knew full well what he was talking about in his video; maybe I was not careful about detailing my thoughts in my posting.. I tend to avoid getting consumed in RU-vid threads due to time constraints..👨🏻
Don't steal my idea haha so I'm a guitar player, obsessed with all things audio! Mainly recording and production. But I absolutely love a killer high fidelity home audio system. My idea is....not sure if someone has probably thought along the same lines. Why couldn't we develop a super high fidelity home audio system with tubes( in the amp) and amazing speakers to apply an Impulse Response of say I.E. sunset studio room A or in the control room through the monitors and apply that on the High Fidelity home audio system! You could do all kinds of high end studios like abbey road aswell. I hope that makes sense?! I've not heard of this tech yet or ideas in the home setting. But why not? Why not replicate the room of studio A @ sunset and apply that Impulse response to the music you are listening to? In my mind it will add that rooms reverb and what it would sound like with that music in the room. But where the sound is like the actual artist playing in that room as opposed to a recording being played..... food for thought
Paul In 1826, Campau moved westward and established a trading post in what is today Grand Rapids. In 1831, he bought land for what is now the downtown business district of that city from the federal government for $90. Along with fellow pioneer Lucius Lyon, Campau is remembered as one of the founding fathers of Grand Rapids. Shortly after, Detroit-born Louis Campau, known as the official founder of Grand Rapids, was convinced by fur trader William Brewster, who was in a rivalry with the American Fur Company, to travel to Grand Rapids and establish trade there. In 1826, Campau built his cabin, trading post, and blacksmith shop on the east bank of the Grand River near the rapids, stating that the Native Americans in the area were "friendly and peaceable". Campau returned to Detroit, then returned a year later with his wife and $5,000 of trade goods to trade with the Ottawa and Ojibwa, with the only currency being fur. Campau's younger brother Touissant would often assist him with trade and other tasks at hand.
Have your book and CD. They’re awesome. Especially the large format, large print book. By the way, does speaker budget include any Subwoofers or not? Thanks.
Last time I moved I had my stereo system in mind as to where it was gonna be positioned. Best thing I've ever done for the sound. Second best thing was to dump an entry level sub for some 'proper' musical ones. Amps and DAC are way down the list.
You'd think dealers would be exceptional at set up as they are selling the speaker and can charge as a service for proper setup. I easily got my panel isf by a pro.
The dealers are good for the most part he's just trying to sell his book. It's quite obvious. What an ignorant statement to make that essentially most dealers don't know what they're doing. That's like me looking at a line of 100 people and saying that none of them are athletic or know how to play basketball well.
Good recordings are one of biggest factors here .... how many really good recordings are there these days ... hardly any! You can get exceptionally good spatial separation from tv sound before recordings !
The book and CD are helpfull. On the other hand I could not follow all recommendations due to practical reasons that appear when listening in a living room ;)
Hi Paul, I’m looking at buying your book for speaker setup but I haven’t got a SACD player apart from a Sony PS3 would this do ? Many Thanks Clive from England Would have loved to seen you guys at the Hifi Show live Event.
That's not always the case depending on the quality, type, format, etc, of your music collection but Paul is probably right. But then again, I know that all of this is subjective but in the long run, personally, I would rather listen to an average recording on a properly set-up speaker system than a high-quality recording on a improperly set-up speaker system. Any music collection is worthless if it doesn't sound "right".
I have ordered your book at amazon and cancelled it,i could not find you bloody cd that is supposed to go with, 1)Could the 2 be sold together 2) Could you write the title the of the said CD.all i get with all your referances is an error messge page not available and so on,Pls Ck,Bye,Lucien,
Buy Paul's equipment (all of it A-Z) Buy Paul's music from Octave Records... Then buy Paul's setup books & DVDs... Then only then will you achieve Musical Nirvana
@@Harald_Reindl 50%? My own acoustic analysis points more towards 43%. II am not sure why you would attempt to soil my reputation and insult me by referring to me as an audiophile.
@@PetraKann in some rooms it's 70% mororn - how does that matter? i only tried a valid explanation for a dumb statement like "there are no bad rooms" with assuming you are an audiophile - i mean nobody with basic education should be that dumb - besides that "bad room" means typically untreated room there are rooms you even can't treat properly: quadratic ones and when you want the pure hell cubes
Yeah, I'm an old Yamaha fan, but I've heard about some killer equipment from Sony over the years - and the price of their stuff isn't even extortionary. They have these "SSCS5" bookshelf speakers that a lot of people swear by. CheapAudioMan's YT channel holds 'em in high regard, among others.
How do I make my system sound better? Well sonny come sit down over here and I'll tell you a little story about my book I have for sale that will tell you and your family all you need to know about this here stereo system problem you're having. ☺️
You have this you tube channel is useless. Consistently refer to your ps audiophile book as your answer to the poeple's questions. The poeples just won't get straight forward answer from you Paul. I am very disappointed.
