Amazing Million Dollar Speakers - Acapella Sphaeron - Interview with the Owner

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Amazing Million Dollar Speakers - Acapella Sphaeron - Interview with the Owner - Best in the World??

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This is a bucket list thing for almost all audiophiles...a chance to hear a one million dollar speaker - Acapella Sphaerons - with state-of-the-art electronics almost just as much in cost.
I've featured the electronics in the prior videos as well as the smaller Acapella Triolons in Jim's other room. However, today we get to see the big boys and hear him speak about his goals and what he accomplished with this system and why.
I think any audiophile will find this interview and system intriguing and enjoyable to see and learn more.
Here are the details on the rest of his system:
Acapella Sphaeron Excalibur horn system. Run full range with the Berning SET amp.
Berning Hi-Fi One edition SET. 20wpc OTL with Ypsilon silver wired external chokes and EnKlein Silver umbilical’s in a 4-box reference amplifier
SMc/Hi-Fi One edition VRE-2 Silver Reference line stage
SMc/Hi-Fi One Nexus AC Power distribution and grounding enhancement system with Furutech V1 AC cable
EnKlein Hi-Fi One edition XerXes silver speaker, interconnect, AC, digital and grounding cables
Döhmann Helix One Mk 2 turntable
Two Schroeder 9” CB tonearms
Lyra (Lambda version) Atlas and Etna
Lyra Connoisseur 4-3 phono stage
emm labs transport, DA2 v2, and NS-1 streamer
Stillpoints Ultra 6. And bespoke Ultra 7’s isolation feet specifically made for the Acapella Spherion’s
Ayra RevOpod isolation feet
HRS racks and amp stands
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@kjaudio1 2 жыл бұрын

This gentleman really knows what he is talking about.Only an avid concert goer will understand him. Period.

@vorteco7692 Жыл бұрын

That room echos a lot. I noticed it when he was talking. I wonder how that effects the listening experience

@badgermike1231 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the manufacturing process of those. It'd be cool if Acapella did a video tour of their manufacturing facility.

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea... Maybe in the future

@TheStefan126 2 жыл бұрын

I think the room should get some acoustic treatment.

@Yeybeth Жыл бұрын

What a talk Jason!! Amazing listen 👂 to you very good talk of a million dollar system!! Now I know why you have a lot of contacts of audio highend!! Because you live and enjoyed talk and listen and interacting with the people in a way that you only can do it in the way you do it it make your Chan so special 👍 thanks for your hard work !!!

@vaneast411 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard a reviewer speak of this man's system with a lot of passion for what it is able to accomplish. Those speakers look incredible and the David Berning mono blocks are equalling interesting with fascinating tech as well. thank you for sharing...

@les5309 2 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of hearing what the orchestra conductor hears a few years ago and was flabbergasted. This was a 75 piece orchestra in a lovely acoustic space during a rehearsal and the conductor allowed me to stand a couple of inches behind him during a rendition of a classical warhorse. Having heard this same group from normal seats many times, this up-close experience was outrageously exciting and thrilling. I easily relate to what Jim is saying. Thanks Jason for allowing us to witness this awareness.

@nnc2199 2 жыл бұрын

This is great stuff, thanks to everyone involved!

@don7680 2 жыл бұрын

Nice equipment, but the room sounds like an echo chamber. Maybe some acoustic treatment would be good.

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

You'll see that addressed in future video and I made some comments in the video. It can actually work to your advantage in many respects depending on music and listening position. It's not always as simple as it looks.

@kurthill7030 Жыл бұрын

The only amazing thing is that there are people who pay that for speakers 👍

@Blubb5000 Жыл бұрын

I own a pair of the Acapella Campanile speakers. Best speaker company in the world.

@luisrodrigonunezolguin7038 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I really enjoyed this interview, and the truth in many points of what he exposed. My congratulations to both...

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks..I think you'll enjoy the music clips video to come soon.

@LS-ti6jo 2 жыл бұрын

You did what good/great interviewers do - let him speak and go where the conversation tales you. Really enjoyed it. I get that the owner isn'a a fan of records, but I thought I saw a turntable on his rack. Will you be posting another focusing on the gear?

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he has tons of records as you can see in the prior video of his second system. He enjoys records now that he has exceptional playback of them, but is honest about the limitations and trade-offs. That's the type of honesty you see in sophisticated audiophiles that aren't about dogmas and fragile egos.

@GavinHodgson 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you out the comment up about reverb… great video, would be lost without the interview!

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

We'll discuss even more of it in the next video. It was a learning experience for me about reverb and how things aren't as simple as they seem.

@glennquagmire1747 7 ай бұрын

I would love to hear the DOORS on that system

@iampuzzleman282 2 жыл бұрын

I like listening to this elegant gentleman. I am now inspired to listen to Beethoven. Don't understand the Hidden TV turned on in the background. The system certainly deserves a grande room and he's certainly got that. Hope you have some time to spend by his pool. This is a great video and quite a tease for what is to come.

@twoeggcups 4 ай бұрын

That room is ridiculously live. Why hasn’t he treated it?

@christopherspiro9857 5 ай бұрын

Wow! Also could you play Bach Organ and post it. That would be heaven!

@my2sons8975 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to you again- great content!

@TheXnyu Ай бұрын

so the echo in the room doesnt distort the sound?

@terrymenacker8323 2 жыл бұрын

They would sound better in a good room with ASC room treatment.

@tonyb7748 Жыл бұрын

I duuno, my goldmund setup would crush those horns.

@michaelnaretto3409 6 ай бұрын

I want to hear some AC/DC blasted through them...

@giggitygiggityquagmire Жыл бұрын

With that room echo.... Could be the world's best speakers and it would still pe something not sounding right.

@gme10955 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised to see I have the exact same lamp from Lamps Plus. Stereo equipment, not quite the same.

@keesverhagen9227 11 ай бұрын

Hello, I am not a rich guy that can effort a lot. Currently i own a B&W 802 speakerset. I am happy with them but when listening to Jazz sometimes i do find them a bit dark in sound. Not "open" enough. Now i am able to purchase a Heco Metron 1000 speakerset. They are very big with a massive woofer. Do you maybe have experience with this Heco speakerset ? And if so could you comment on the soundquality ? I do not have the possibility to hear them. And i needs to be a surprise buy so to say. But i only will do it if it is a really good upgrade from my B&W speakers. On a Dutch audio channel i heard some other Heco speakers. And to me they sounded more "open". Sadly could not find any review. Thanks in advange.👍

@gadymarcus5297 2 жыл бұрын

magnificent.

@nicktube3904 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! May I ask which types the small speakers on the left he refers to? Are these the horn of coaxial bookshelves?

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

HSU speakers

@robertherman1146 Жыл бұрын

Hsu CCB-8

@pf5658 2 жыл бұрын

I love his story about how he came to love classical music. I love it too. It’s very relaxing. Btw please ignore haters. Some,of them have nothing better to do than come on YT and make bad comments about things some of them never even seen or heard in person. It’s a lot of jealousy too. I’ve been meaning to ask but keep forgetting. What brand are those black and white speakers that’s always next to you ?

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.. The haters actually embarrass themselves more than anything. Most people see through whatever troll remark is made.

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

BTW those speakers are GR Research Nxtremes in the background. I have a bunch of videos showing where I built them if you're interested in learning more. Just search my archive or I have a playlist dedicated to it.

@pf5658 2 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileJunkie Thank you. I’m definitely interested in seeing those videos.

@my2sons8975 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you will showcase the components in his system as well, thanks

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Most are featured in the prior videos in the series especially when I featured Rick Brown's house (Super Rare Audio Gear Video), but I'll have more in upcoming videos.

@pennfootball71 2 жыл бұрын

I am dying to hear these and Avant Guard

@jctai100 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not terribly into classical (though I definitely enjoy it over Jazz anyday!) But I remember that piece of 1812 overture playing during "V for Vendetta's" blowing up of the old bailey. Can only imagine how glorious it would sound on this system. Well done!

@supercompooper Жыл бұрын

Room is so echhhhooooo

@samuelsalins8309 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting 👍

@FastMover86 6 ай бұрын

How do we hear it ???

@laurelhardy4064 2 жыл бұрын

The only way I can afford these speakers is if they have it on special, 99% off the retail price, even than I would be struggling, thanks for the video.

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe there will be an after Christmas sale :)

@PartyRockerOG Жыл бұрын

Why would you have these speakers in a room that has so much echo that it sounds straight out of a Caretaker album

@Nonsense62365 2 жыл бұрын

Poor guy! I’ve had tinnitus since 1996 when I lost the hearing in my left ear for 24 hours and then the right ear (20 years after I worked at a cabinet shop without hearing protection with two very large table saws, the blades constantly turned on and all the other equipment in the shop! My tinnitus was result of that 18 to 20 years later!), it came back with this oscillating high frequency noise around 8K which gets louder and louder if you’re in a live room with concrete floors or tile floors, it reverberates! if there’s 5-10 people 0r more talking in that room all the same time you basically have to run out of the room, it’s it drives anybody cuckoo!

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

It was encouraging to hear how he's been able to manage it and still enjoy high end audio. Very inspiring guy... Not just financially... Still keeps on great shape and finds ways to overcome challenges.

@christopherspiro9857 5 ай бұрын

Can you play Beethoven 1st symphony? By Herbert von Karajan. Post it please

@johanr3580 4 ай бұрын

It seems to me that this listening room has a ridiculous amount of reverberation.,how can you put a super expensive speakers in such a room?? Furthermore, as an avid concert goer, how can be your goal to hear a symphony orchestra from the perspective of the conductor? That’s certainly not the best listening position.

@Nonsense62365 2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed he’s an ex bodybuilder! Look at the size of his biceps and triceps! I’m one too that’s why I noticed this stuff!

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

I'm told he's top 3 in the country for cross fit in his age bracket

@dubsydubs5234 Ай бұрын

That room has to be acoustically the worst you could get. It says a lot about buyers of high end products much like their choice of music.

@DrBroncanuus 2 жыл бұрын

these speakers V MBL speakers ?

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Acapella Sphaeron - horns with plasma tweeter and separate bass towers

@DrBroncanuus 2 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileJunkie Wow...didn't think anything could beat the MBL's

@DanielBigss Жыл бұрын

million dollar system in a ehoe chamber

@nagumaninagu9368 2 жыл бұрын

Hi sir. From India. Poor audiophile. Please help me.

@mariocassar6087 6 ай бұрын

My very personal opinion……and they disappear!

@craigenputtock 2 жыл бұрын

But that room needs treatment? He sounds like he's in an echo chamber...

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

I briefly addressed that in the video, but will talk more about it in next video with music clips. You can mitigate or use it to your advantage depending on how close and on-axis your listen.

@TheDanEdwards 2 жыл бұрын

It is a live room. But it is also a very large room. If one sits close to the transducers, the reflections from the walls will be less impactful. If the difference between the path lengths 1) from transducer to ear, and 2) from speaker to first reflection to ear, is more than about 15ms then the liveness of the room should not cause the reflections to obscure the music. However, the live room will limit the dynamic range that one can enjoy as the minimum sound pressure level will never be really, really low. I prefer a quieter room but that is just me. I'm not one for near-field listening.

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent synopsis...I think stereophile even touched on this in the latest issue. Your listening position can have a big impact on what is heard from the room.

@Jfwr2010 2 жыл бұрын

OMG he needs some room treatment...I would think because of the cost of that system he should have the room professionally analyzed and treated. I gotta believe there would be a huge improvement, even if he is listening more nearfield...Wouldn't that be a worthwhile tweak?

@AudiophileJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

He has some treatments coming but the room and his listening position are actually optimized for what he's trying to accomplish in many respects