Wow! Hi End Brand Redefines Affordable Audio in Italy!

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This high end brand is redefining what is possible in affordable with with their handmade Italian Hifi products. I had to see it to believe it! This is the Story of Gold Note...
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@chrisbeall9098 Месяц назад

a good day is one where you learn something. I live in Italy and today I learned of this company. Thanx!!

@stevezeidman7224 Месяц назад

Italy rocks, Randy. Beautiful looking components.

@tharveytucker1 Месяц назад

$1k isn’t affordable for the average listener. But the owner explained it best- affordable in the high end range. I’ll take that. Most products considered high end are far more. So bringing that cost down at the bottom end is a good thing.

@carminedesanto6746 Месяц назад

11:54 I love introducing people to better sound and seeing the expression on their faces 😊

@adsph Месяц назад

Good to see companies like Gold Note. I never knew some products on the more affordable side existed. Hand made by good people is a great thing. Thanks for sharing Randy.

@stevenhunter3454 Месяц назад

Love it, a proper hifi company sourcing locally,making high quality ,value products in Italy- in style. ❤️

@mannye Месяц назад

So nice to see a company that's sourcing locally and not giving in to the greed of making everything in China.

@nc3419 Месяц назад

I have made a commitment to not buy a product domiciled in one country but outsourced to China, as well as elsewhere. I would consider a product made in China if by a Chinese company. Especially at full retail. If heavily discounted, at least 40% or more or used, I might give some consideration. Don't want to add to the success of that government or them building their military. It's tough in Europe as the cost of doing business is often prohibitive but then, the people should act to change things and keep business within their borders. Emotiva while successful, I would consider if built in Taiwan, but not the mainland. Same for other companies, such as Dali. I have the Opticon 1 and like it. Would not have bought it if it were made in China.

@jorgenavas6704 Месяц назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@lukerestlessstudios Месяц назад

This isn’t an option for every company especially when starting out. Plus China has more manufacturing ability today than other nations. Yes I mean high quality manufacturing not just sweat shops.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

Well the cool thing is that we can vote With our wallets and highlighting gold note as well as many American independents makes my heart happy. There are real companies that are choosing to make things where they want and how they want. So cool to have choices

@gvr6079 Месяц назад

Shame .... Europe is in the state it is not because of the Chinese but because of the idiots in charge of the EU. Making policies that chase companies away and then blame the Chinese.

@saverioricchiuto5386 Месяц назад

I wish I could see your wife’s reaction to your videos from Venice, Tuscany, etc. and “…I was working dear!” 😂

@dingskydongsky Месяц назад

really ? does he have a wife ?

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

yeah. and a bunch of kids too.

@peterlundskow4061 Месяц назад

I have heard of them but, great to learn more! What a beautiful trip you had to Italy! Bet you never expected to be doing something like this when you started the channel!

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

not in a million years

@Yeybeth Месяц назад

😮!!! Very nice editing video 👍 and also your tour is amazing. I enjoyed your video

@jerryjazzbo2845 Месяц назад

Italians do a lot of things so well. Art, fashion, cars, cuisine, decor...and audio (why not?). If you're in Tuscany now, that's one of the friggin' best countryside areas ever. May more companies like Gold Note thrive in the difficult audio market.

@MilGrip76 23 дня назад

Cars? No. None of them last even 100k km. Beautiful? Of course.

@scottzahn3298 Месяц назад

I heard a Goldnote IS1000 against a Hegel 390 and was floored how much better it sounded. Never heard of the brand before that, I hope you can review their cheaper integrated amp.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

definitely happening

@walterdockins8475 Месяц назад

That integrated is on my wish list!

@jipillow1 Месяц назад

You dont have to have the gold leaf turntable, but you want the gold leaf turntable

@WireHedd Месяц назад

I was sold the second he said KISS Dynasty was his big influence. That is a man who speaks truth cuz NOBODY else would admit to that. Awesome video Randy, thanks.

@LOUDERthanU Месяц назад

Dynasty? Back in Black? Its my long lost Italian brother🕺🏻

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

Right!?

@frankvalls2487 Месяц назад

I just really like your new direction. Really interesting and out of the norm for the corporate world. Optimism is the feel that I take away. Keep the good stuff coming.

@Simon_Hawkshaw Месяц назад

Stunning video and scenery. Thank you for taking us along on your journey, both physically and musically. You're really getting out there! Stay well and safe, brother.

@paulantoine1696 Месяц назад

Loved this episode... particularly enjoyed the interview with the CEO Maurizio Aterini. He **gets it** with respect to audio, technology, innovation... and frankly the opportunity and scope for the industry. I do wish everyone approached running their company the way he does, and thinking about his business the way he does. Being a technologist I've been endlessly annoyed by so many new products and their approach, especially anything that involves software. Gold Note seem to understand!

@ethimself5064 Месяц назад

More eye candy👍I believe my eyes are now drooling. All parts made in Italy and sourced within 2 hours is very impressive

@ericlane5949 Месяц назад

That phono stage looks awesome. Dialing in vinyl playback on the fly would be fantabulous!

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

I’m going to get one in for review

@lokerola Месяц назад

@@cheapaudioman Looking forward to that review.

@1mctous Месяц назад

Their PH-10 and PH-5 have already been rave reviewed by Ken Micallef and others. Ken's PH-10 review answered my question about what the "enhanced" EQ does: it allows treble up to 50 KHz if your cartridge can track such high frequencies (CD-4 quad records came to mind with their 38 KHz rear channel subcarriers).

@Jason787 Месяц назад

I so love this vlog style videos over standard face in camera review. Of course just my personal preference.

@rupertherbert594 Месяц назад

glad you had the opportunity to go in such beautiful place,, really surrounded by art, also proud to see how people could do such beautiful things here in Italy. Thanks for the video :)

@kujiko88 Месяц назад

While I'll probably never have the kind of money to buy even their cheapest product, I can appreciate what these guys are doing and what they're striving for. Every product looked beautifully made.

@riccitone Месяц назад

What a great feature here. Glad you’re putting some attention their way! Love my GoldNote PA-10 amp. Powerful, dynamic, balanced, beautiful midrange, and a beautiful, compact enclosure. This video was a work of art, Randy👌🏼

@craigforeman903 Месяц назад

I'm starting to really love Italy. I found Sonus faber after a search for better speakers the past few months. Now Gold Note. I love the shared passion for art and performance. I would love to get an amp from them if they do have something affordable in the future.

@CommanderGinyu Месяц назад

I own the DS-10 EVO streaming dac and it sounds absolutely phenomenal. All their products I’ve heard from them do far have exceeded expectations

@ColoGrayWolf Месяц назад

I am impressed! The passion is clearly present in what they do...A distinctly Italian attitude!

@martincrisler7728 Месяц назад

Thank you, Randy for sharing this tour with us. This was awesome! All I knew about Gold Note was they made rather expensive high end cartridges. It is really great to find out how passionate they are about all the different items they design and make, how many items are made with affordability in mind!! Thanks again!

@mohammedabdulla85 Месяц назад

bottle of Sassaica just chilling on the CEO's desk, so perfect!

@bentleygt3716 Месяц назад

BEAUTIFUL looking equipment, and a great place too. thanks for the tour.

@Aubury Месяц назад

I remain impressed with my Unico hybrid amplifier, a long term love affair. Italian HIFi has so much to commend it.

@patbarr1351 Месяц назад

Good to hear! I'm still using my tiny Italian made M2 Tech DAC and it's been about 10 years.

@kymvalleygardensdesign5350 Месяц назад

A beautifully shot episode, loving the egg boxes for stopping screws and washers from going on the floor. I might well employ that idea myself. Thats what it is all about lifting the veil.

@paulcsaszar5824 Месяц назад

Man those products are drop dead gorgeous especially the speakers.....wow

@HoundStuff Месяц назад

Very cool, neat to see their space, products, and hear from their people!

@thmmikweb Месяц назад

Very nice!!!! I've had Gold Note IS-1000 deluxe for 5-6 years now! I love this amp, it's roon ready and it has a very good phone stage.

@adamcanterbury Месяц назад

Love your content Randy...😊 keep doing you cause your followers love what you do

@rosswarren436 Месяц назад

Wow, I only knew them as turntable cartridge makers (their Vasari series). Never had a clue they had all this other cool stuff. Neat.

@yuckysamson Месяц назад

Randy! RANDY! RAN, RAN, RAN-MAN. wow. The pull out from the window was bordering on serious filmmaker auteur chops my friend. Careful now.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

ahhh... thanks. I was pretty proud of that shot. I'm having a lot of fun trying to do new things

@yuckysamson Месяц назад

@@cheapaudioman Part of the reason it works is that--and bear in mind, this opens up a larger conversation about the fact that Randy learns, as Arnold would say in T2 regarding cyberdine systems, "at a geometric rrrate...."--is the edit. By now you clearly realize that the edit is, in effect, figuratively and literally, everything. So the cut from your colleague taking the exterior building shot on his cell phone to 'entering' the room from the window via the trucking back works on two levels, or perhaps three; the outside-to-inside transition, looking at a building vs. looking FROM a building back, and the diegetic acknowledgement of the camera as apparatus (via the building ext. moment) to the use of your camera to pull backwards. The shot itself is great, but the context makes it that much better.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

@@yuckysamson I wish I could say it was on purpose. Maybe subconsciously it was. I do believe the story is in the edit. The only thing that I knew was that it “felt right” I was proud of both of those shots and it made sense to put them where they landed in the final edit. I wasn’t thinking of it that way but man o man if I having fun with making my silly little movies

@yuckysamson Месяц назад

@@cheapaudioman "felt right" = "on purpose." The only thing I can say is that perhaps, with time, decisions like these will be better informed (i.e. asking yourself, 'why does this work better'? and having an answer as to how and why) but ultimately you've already shown the instinct to edit with intention to storytell. That's great.

@jonjoubert4734 Месяц назад

Well done Randy. I am glad that you were able to get outa Dodge and be there in person. Very nice video...one of your best.

@neilsnyder7915 10 дней назад

Informative,entertaining, well produced. Thank you

@Ian-wh8ut Месяц назад

That was way unexpected and totally awsome! CAM upping the game.I do wish it was longer tho.

@peterowings7233 Месяц назад

Fantastic infomercial!

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

Glad you think so!

@hamidrezahabibi8111 Месяц назад

I knew you’re going to Gold Note one day. It’s your thing. 👍🤜

@raddad10 Месяц назад

Love to video as it always fun to dream. BTW, who is this Neil that you speak of who can upgrade the Sony SSCS5 crossovers . Thanks again

@terryhu57 Месяц назад

The trip of a lifetime

@LS-ti6jo Месяц назад

My dealer turned me on to Gold Note during Covid when I got back into playing records. Now I have a Rega P10 table fronted by a Gold Note PH10 + PSU10 power supply. Highly Satisfying. Thanks tp you I now know of their CD-10 and will check it out.

@ahmeteren4561 Месяц назад

Absolutely garbage products! I bought their phono combo ph-10 with the dedicated psu-10 separate power supply for 2900€. Not even after a year ph-10 blew my wilson audio watt puppy 5 tweeter with a micro peak! I tried to return to after sales assistance for a repair. After weeks of trying to reach the company I was directed to one of their authorized repair services who simply denied even to see the product saying that the company is full of these boxes which they don’t even know what to do with… if you want pay a nice logo, a well sculptured box, go ahead and buy their junk. But be aware, they are not well engineered, and when they go bad, just forget about the guarantee, assistance which is inexistent… by the way i I live in Turin , ITALY.

@farrd14 Месяц назад

Italian guy had a Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido sitting on the shelf behind him...speaking of hi-end😅

@paulbugoni2846 Месяц назад

Grande vino!

@bingdong8571 Месяц назад

A free trip to italy! Im not buying a single word of what ur saying but im also not hating.

@jamesatkins8344 Месяц назад

Nice to see things being done for all the right reasons

@kaminobatto Месяц назад

I love such videos, I learned something new watching this as I've never heard of these guys before. Their motto at 12:08, and while it means "The Italian Sound" kinda reminds me of Toto Cutugno's "L'italiano" when he says "sono un italiano" and it's quite appropriate in the context of this video when you consider "lasciatemi cantare" as well, especially with Gold Note being an Italian audio company and all. I don't know if any of this makes sense to anyone else :D

@derekpaisley620 Месяц назад

Love the vlog. Great editing 👌

@Solicitor1957 Месяц назад

Lovely. Great story. Italian style is something else….

@mikemunro811 Месяц назад

The GOLD NOTE logo looks very GOLDENEYE 😎

@vulgarninja9 Месяц назад

My kitchen remodel will include a pair of Cornwall IV's and a hot tub.

@marchuvfulz Месяц назад

The problem small firms traditionally have is with maintaining high quality while scaling production. This is much harder to do than it sounds, and pressure to hold prices down, to "build to a price point," invariably introduces compromises. Nice vid, and good luck to Gold Note.

@bengleason508 Месяц назад

I hope you are back safe and sound.

@scottbaylor6215 Месяц назад

Looks awesome.

@justasimplefox Месяц назад

Will there be a streamer only (without dac)?

@montycaps8235 Месяц назад

Great job!!! I absolutely love the Gold Note products and their approach. Been a fan for years and now happy to say I own a Giglio table with the B7 arm , the PH10 with power supply and have a back up Donatello Gold cart as a back up. When shopping for a table I had gone through a few different brands but they won by a huge margin for me and my ears. They seem to work on making something musical first then fill in the blanks suck as details and all the other audiophile buzz words. A lot of tables and products are hell bent on detail first then hoping it still has a soul left (cough, cough Clearaudio. Haha. ) my journey for an all Gold Note setup continues. Cheers !!

@timbacchus Месяц назад

Thank you so much for this

@bengleason508 Месяц назад

I love their black boxes.

@psyphonyxaudio Месяц назад

Need to keep doing on location videos - if you can even around home. I love the dynamics of these shots. it's great. =)

@Alamo-cz5xc Месяц назад

Good video Randy

@computerfreakch8912 Месяц назад

With all the good said, this place looks more like a showroom than like a factory

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

You haven’t been to as many audio companies as I have. Most are some offices with jack snd crap being made there

@jim010109 Месяц назад

That was cool! Is thier stuff even available in the US?

@mattrismatt Месяц назад

Where can I look into the HP-10 headphone amplifier?

@DigitalDonAV Месяц назад

Great Video Brother!

@OldGuyHifi Месяц назад

Very interesting company. I would love to hear some of their gear.

@saedamad Месяц назад

Wow ! ! it amazing....

@MakubexGB Месяц назад

Looks like an awesome place to work at. I do wonder how far the "hand made" part goes. Like does it just mean hand assembled or do they go as far hand soldering all the components on the PCBs and even manually create some of those components?

@harrisarp3841 Месяц назад

Bravo Randy!!!Since you are in Italy come to Greece too!!!

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

would love to

@harrisarp3841 Месяц назад

Would love to show you around if you come.

@crimlarksSteve Месяц назад

Very cool!

@jakedavila4468 Месяц назад

Nice change on different products and presentations

@AudiophileJunkie Месяц назад

Nice job!

@MultiRalvarado Месяц назад

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing that. Never heard about that brand, probably because of the price 😊. But i liked the idea of affordable equipments, usually share something (design, components) from the high end line on the low cost gear. Love the assembly line, very clean and organized, Very typical of manufacturing in Europe.👍🏻

@NeilBlanchard Месяц назад

I have heard of Gold Note - but I thought it was a Japanese company - thank you for the correct info. They certainly do make gorgeous stuff! I'm sure it sounds good, too.

@rabit818 Месяц назад

I love Italian shoes and Italian cars working or not. Italian audio needs to be explored

@martinmerino3272 Месяц назад

Hope you get to review that phono stage! Looks amazing.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

I’m pretty sure it’s going to happen

@bruceevans3746 Месяц назад

Love the extra effort you put in to provide something unique for your viewers! Not only is this video good for us, hoping it’s good for you too, which is good for us! Way to separate yourself from the pack.

@Theupgradeguy Месяц назад

Nice introduction and profile video of a company.

@jma4038 Месяц назад

Their warehouse entrance looks like a Golds Gym hah!

@johnnyholm1493 Месяц назад

That wine farm, is that located around Florence? If so i've benen Therese at at wedding a few years ago.🙂

@jayburkette8977 22 дня назад

Love my Gold Note Giglio (turntable)...

@ronenbuium7699 Месяц назад

To see more and more devices with EQ, it's a very good news! For example, I can get that Harman Curve (Target Frequency Response) that produces the “best possible sound” for headphones.! Thanks...

@uclaxab Месяц назад

love your videos Randy; works of art. Are you planning to visit Sonus Faber?

@steveh545 Месяц назад

randy, were you staring at the watch behind the CEO when he was talking? lol

@dnate697 5 дней назад

Love it!

@tallpaull9367 Месяц назад

The vented enclosure is so familiar, where is that from?

@tallpaull9367 Месяц назад

Maybe from old satellite TV receivers..? or from power supply cases..? not sure, something like that

@rblack77 Месяц назад

@cheapaudioman- I think from a comment that you made once that you may be in the Dallas area. Is that correct and if so, will you be at CanJam in November? I really enjoy and benefit from your content and would love to say hi if you’re gonna be there.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

for sure if it's not during Capital Audio Fest

@flynow5614 Месяц назад

Once again great video. Try and do a video with John Grado. Stand up guy and Iv,e owned his products for 40 years.

@duckofdeath3266 Месяц назад

DSP in headphone amps \o/ I like my Topping EX5, but flat sound _is_ kind of flat sounding. Where the only option to get some oomph is to raise the volume way above what's good for the ears. I will definitively look into this brand, once I get out of the cheap audio bracket. 😅

@edricjr7930 Месяц назад

. . . WOW!! 😮😮👍🏽👍🏽

@Ivy13276 Месяц назад

So, besides making products in Italy in a factory with an indoor pool, hiw do their products distinguish from other hifi products? Any new technologies?

@ericelliott227 Месяц назад

Wow! Well, that is really different! No other audio company is doing this! I'm completely surprised by Gold Note! I wonder how long this is going last? These units may be $1000 in Italy and the rest of Europe, but I bet the price will be ten times higher in the US. In fact, I would bet the farm on that! Part of the reason are sanctions and tariffs and the rest is pure vanity.

@Unavintage Месяц назад

Price 10 times higher in South America as well

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

it's $1,000 in the US. Don't bet the farm. However, if you do want to bet your farm on it then shoot me an email and I can get the papers drawn up. I wouldn't have made the video if it wasn't $1,000 in the US

@ericelliott227 Месяц назад

@@cheapaudioman *chuckle*. I appreciate your reply actually. I'm crossing fingers and toes hoping to actually see a unit or more in person at some point. Not that I am in market, but I just want to see a piece of new, real high-end HiFi for $1000 or less. If it is something I really need I would be interested even more....right after they revive me with amyl nitrate or something from passing out. The gear I have is double what I paid for it 5 years ago and that happened over a period of only 1.5 years! I had to up my insurance. I could not afford to replace a single part of it. Scares me. What I saw in your video is almost unbelievable. I know Gold Note is expensive high-end stuff normally (average starts around north of $4k). With the quality of parts and aesthetics, they are blasting Schiit, Cambridge and the like out of the water if that stuff hits market. (Almost anything beats Cambridge). My question to them is "how in the world are you doing it and staying afloat"? They could end up turning the industry on its head if they are not careful and I would love to see that happen.

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

@@ericelliott227 keep in mind that the “5” series of products is only one product right now but the plan is for an entire line. He touched on it in the video but smart manufacturing and efficiency. Schiit is a perfect example of how a company can absolutely make affordable products in the US. Geshelli is another. Independent companies that are controlling the manufacturing process are the future of our sport in my opinion. And multiple outfits are doing it now. Can’t wait to see what happens next.

@ericelliott227 Месяц назад

@@cheapaudioman Yes, I know it is only one right now. Yes, smart manufacturing and efficiency can be done without cutting corners or outsourcing, As you said, companies like Schiit, Geshelli Labs, Emotiva and Pro-Ject are proving it. Gold Note is a notch above, the first and only "real" high-end make currently that is showing the way. I'd love to see a few others known for being uber-expensive take a page from that book.

@archonblaze Месяц назад

Those half width chassis in the gold finish look phenomenal. If they sound as good as they look…. Non China build quality like this for 2-3k USD pricing is unheard of these days so hats off to them. I want to check out the DS-10 EVO streaming dac/pre

@lordhonest72 Месяц назад

At least you’ll know what good coffee tastes like now

@MrKarlengel Месяц назад

I went to look for Franco Battiato. Elegant and delightful Italian pop. A sort of Italian Thomas Dolby.

@jonathanmoore8886 Месяц назад

Did I just watch a long RU-vid ad for Gold Note...

@ericlarsen1721 Месяц назад

No, a 12:22 ad for Gold Note...

@stonefree1911 Месяц назад

Yes

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

you could call it an ad. I call it a story about a brand that most people don't know about that is making products thoughtfully and locally and independently. It's a story about an audio company. This might not be the video for you though. Or the channel for you

@thomasalexand Месяц назад

There's no pleasing some people. Very informative video. My mother was Italian and I have many relatives in Pesaro. I've never heard of Gold Note. I do now.

@erics.4113 Месяц назад

I'm watching Randy in Italy, and a story about a cool Italian HiFi company. Best ad I've seen in a long time

@theaudiofool5475 Месяц назад

Some twenty years ago there was an Italian brand named Blue Note, did this company came from that? Or did they have to change the name because of the Blue Note record lable? I remember some Blue Note speakers I have heard several times at Audio Selectief in Sneek in the Netherlands. These were exceptional sounding floorstanders for only €3000,-

@cheapaudioman Месяц назад

Yes. Blue note and then black not and then they got rolled into gold note. All the same place though