Audiophile Terms For Beginners - An Intro Into Hifi

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@megasquidd 3 жыл бұрын

I love this type of video. I’m new in the hobby and really enjoy the angle you explain things from.

@ufarkingicehole 3 жыл бұрын

Lol...don't do it!! Its a never ending quest

@prinzexisalowqualityytber 4 ай бұрын

@@ufarkingicehole thats the point 😈

@odwatchguy 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Randy, good information to keep anyone from feeling left out of the conversation. This is a good area with lots of opportunity to expand the topics available. Keep them coming.

@alm5693 3 жыл бұрын

Great primer for digital equipment. Future Audiophile for Beginners: What are vinyls and how do we play them. When you're talking about audiophile equipment, vinyl playback should probably get a mention considering it's what got the ball rolling in the first place. Good excuse for a buddy video.

@MrHopii Жыл бұрын

Hey Randy, thinking about getting into this as a hobby and after watching a few videos i got a little discouraged because I couldn’t use the informations i was getting. Then I found your channel and you really put things into a perspective and deliver great information at the same time. Thanks for that, great video!

@JohnScheppler 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and information for not only beginners but for everyone so we can make sure we are all describing things correctly in helping others

@iowaudioreviews 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Randy. Easy to understand and will definitely help new audiophiles with many of these terms we toss around.

@jkmsaturn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Your channel is my new Audiopedia!

@bobmarteal Жыл бұрын

This is the most useful video ever! So much jargon, so well explained.

@JohnnyGrateful 3 жыл бұрын

Love your teaching style. Great content!

@veroman007 3 жыл бұрын

Well Randy I’ve been involved in this hobby for many years and have owned some pretty high-end gear but you are a really great asset to this community. Your funny dry humor is greatly appreciated. If I could make a prediction it would be that within five years you will have expanded into higher end gear. You’re doing a great service for the beginners nonetheless

@kurtlyons136 3 жыл бұрын

Define high end

@xokamikyox 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Randy, I just ordered the Elac UB 5.2 based on your recommendation. I picked it up from Crutchfield in an open box deal. I ended up getting a UB5.2 center channel as well and with some gift cards, I ended up only paying 600 for all 3 speakers. As soon as they're delivered I'm going to figure out how much I'd like to donate. Your videos are amazing and I wish you all the success youtube has to offer!

@darkpatches 3 жыл бұрын

0:40 My mom says when I came out of the womb, the doctor smacked my bottom and instead of crying I yelled, "ABX!" So he smacked me bum two more times and I had to say whether the 3rd smack was the same as the first or second smack. Nailed it.

@Sonofholhorse 3 жыл бұрын

I love that definition of CD Transport. Perfection.

@MichaelEKaz 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate this. Lots of terms being tossed around (and that's OK!) so it's good to have an entry point for that.

@Lou.B Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank You!

@SergeyKucheruk 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Randy! Very good explanation.

@HeyYall398 Жыл бұрын

Amazing talk. Taking it all in one minute at a time!

@taidee 3 жыл бұрын

This is a solidly great informative video, thank you and keep this up.

@teddybonkers337 3 жыл бұрын

Love it sir! Great video. 👍

@thefactor6909 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo Randy ! Well done as the norm 👍🏻

@welderfixer 3 жыл бұрын

Very good sir ! Thank you.

@adearmas2003 2 жыл бұрын

Best and most important video I've seen from you. Now I can understand the rest.

@nashbreazell100 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@DBrownCo 3 жыл бұрын

Very Helpful thanks !!👍

@ginom407 3 жыл бұрын

Great Review 👍 This kind of information Needs to be put out by all reviewers.

@robertmitchell87 3 жыл бұрын

A great introduction to hi-fi.

@a.j9645 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Randy. For everything! I remember seeing one of your videos and (my bad, ok) wrote you off like a effin crazy person. Came back after zero fidelitys shout out and fell in fucking love!! You are great at what you do and in my opinion we need more of what you do for sure. So much Knowledge, humor and warmth. Not so common when it comes to this type of videos if you ask me! And to be clear I am a male from Sweden with kids and a wife and all that stuff, i am about your age, but i truly love the shit you dooooooo! Keep it up😁🥂

@ML-rm3vk 2 жыл бұрын

Great video very insightful thank you.

@MrDoc55 2 жыл бұрын

VERY well explained.

@raymondperaino9875 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this one!

@chrislj2890 Жыл бұрын

I'm just getting back into the hobby and CD transport had me confused also. Then mix in all of the streaming stuff available and now I'm really scratching my head. Great video!

@LeoBianki 10 ай бұрын

Great video.

@tragusrock 6 ай бұрын

Please do not get me wrong, I do appreciate you content and that you apprear to be currntly under the influce of somthing or on the rebound. It actually brings a level of authenticity to these reiew vieos, that is often left out.

@DKMRFCBrlz 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@gordoa172 3 жыл бұрын

As always - great job my friend! THIS is what separates you from the rest! Just like having a conversation with your buddy - no judgements, just knowledge. Bella says Hi Randy!!!

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

What’s up, G.

@williamcanada6195 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx !!!

@alecdawson1668 3 жыл бұрын

This was really useful. I wish is come across it a few years ago

@FlyGuy457 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff for good people.

@TheNo1red Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Aberdeen Scotland,Great video and Chanel in general, I’ve recently become a seeker of “ great sound” and between your good self ,Steve Gutenberg and John Darko, I’ve bought my new pieces , speakers Klipsch 600, Emotiva TA1 , Bluesound node 3 and a few new headphones, including Hifiman,Grado & Stenheiser Oh I prefer tea to coffees. Keeping it real All the best. Alan 🎶

@M2GAMER10 Жыл бұрын

Just bought a pair of nice headphones. I'm slowly getting into enthusiast audio. This video really helped me get acquainted with the verbage. Thank you!

@edgardorivera617 3 жыл бұрын

My main man, teaching the masses. U think you did great. Hope you do more of these. Deeper explainations about DAC units and the advantage of using these new small external input devices. Maybe explain all these different codecs. Thanks

@davidpartlow1623 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.. sir

@davidcaldwell1778 3 жыл бұрын

Great video more please

@daverossiter357 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@cheapaudioman Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for supporting the channel!

@jaydenstowe7588 9 ай бұрын

The Altec Lansing Nano phones ANC are audiophile grade headphones over Bluetooth with ANC turned on!! They sound absolutely fantastic

@deparoo 2 жыл бұрын

Got into audiophile stuff a while ago and started watching reviews of equipment and had no idea what they went by bright, dark, veiled and so on. Gald I found this video and some more that explains.

@darrelgustafson2507 3 жыл бұрын

Good explanation video. I see Cassettes are making a comeback for reasons I can't fathom. If they get more popular you'll have to update this with a " wow & flutter" explanation. I'm still waiting for the episode that explains to old farts like me & DM who came of age before the digital age. I'm still stuck on the fence and overwhelmed by options on where to dive into that world. I do love my physical media, but the digital convenience looks very appealing.

@PunkasFolk 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Though you didn’t mention “musical” speakers, as opposed to non musical speakers. Love the cd transport explanation.

@ricksmith7659 3 жыл бұрын

You tell me the difference please ?

@PunkasFolk 3 жыл бұрын

@@ricksmith7659 it was a joke about something that was said on the Ron and Randy audio hour a few weeks ago. Just that sometimes the descriptors come across sort of silly.

@ricksmith7659 3 жыл бұрын

@@PunkasFolk Lol. I was thinking it was a joke with the quotations. But had to ask anyway

@Darrylizer1 2 жыл бұрын

This video had good pace and rhythm with an airy transparency and a quick, punchy bass.

@DougMen1 3 жыл бұрын

My first car was a brand new 1971 VW Beetle that my parents got me when I turned 16. That's how spoiled I was, and how old I am, lol

@donalddeorio2237 3 жыл бұрын

Very good Randy, it can be confusing if you are just starting out in this hobby.

@kurtlyons136 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video...suggestion for another video: "Understanding amp power" Doubling amp power = +3db. Doubling apparent loudness to the human ear = +10db. 400% increase in amplifier watts to double apparent sound level.

@Lordofmrak 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, I am new to all this and I am learning through listening stuff I don't understand trying to figure out... And here comes the best possible video for me. So sorry I can't like this video like 100 times...

@dave6526 3 жыл бұрын

Your passion for audio definitely comes across . For a beginner guide like this, maybe use pictures to show how the things you describe connect and fit into a complete system. Great job still.

@iamgates7679 Жыл бұрын

a year later, still finding this helpful. Always thought CD Transport was just people saying CD Player and being pretentious. Turns out I was kinda right :p Would love to see an updated version of this with your new found video skills. Thanks!

@TheCerealHobbyist 2 жыл бұрын

All other explanation videos have either made fun of a lot of the terms, or was guys pontifibating about the terms. This is perfect.

@lamecasuelas2 3 жыл бұрын

Cheap audio Man; making audio fun for everyone since...2020?

@traildoggy 2 жыл бұрын

My first car was a '62 VW Beetle. It cost less than most of the equipment you review. 😀

@rjzlwop3153 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome thank you so much for sharing the audio dictionary well the start of the auto dictionary with us it is greatly appreciated and dude you’re so freaking awesome

@PizzaHawks 3 жыл бұрын

Not a beginner but enjoyed this video none the less!

@fernsehrgeret 4 ай бұрын

The intro with his first car reminded me of Max from airplanefactswithmax.

@cdelapaz5 3 жыл бұрын

This is all kinda new to me, I’m learning. I really didn’t know what a preamp was, or that there is a difference between dac sound quality before I started watching videos. I really don’t know what sound stage and imaging is on speakers. Thanks for the video

@fiskfisk33 3 жыл бұрын

sorry for nitpicking: resistance =/= impedance Love your stuff man

@Euanduncan3 Жыл бұрын

First car! Mine - 1979 Dodge Aspen, which was brown and had the nickname "Brown Sickness"!!!, oh, and it cost me $220.00 (and Canadian $'s at that!)

@offason 3 жыл бұрын

I learned about of axis from you

@treyhorn5645 3 жыл бұрын

The power comment is spot on.... I bought these dumb crown amplifiers and that was probably the stupidest move ever made now I own two I'm really thinking about selling them I've dropped down to one running in stereo it's out of control I don't listen that loud sometimes

@tabithamaydavis5792 2 жыл бұрын

Coax cable is an 75 ohm cable with RCA style terminations (plugs). The 75 ohm cable resistance is the key difference.

@guessundheit6494 2 жыл бұрын

1:30 - You could start your acronym with Power if you want to wimp out.

@spinstreamer1750 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. If you do more like this, could different in/outs, rca, spdif etc and why you might choose one over the other?

@docox27 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Randy, great information, thank you for putting it together. Any chance you have with written down any where? If you think about putting a book together, I would buy a copy.

@carewser 3 жыл бұрын

I've got a pair of Kanto Tuk's which include a 130 watt RMS power amp, a preamp, a dac and a DSP

@RetroResurrectionAI 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Randy question so if the digital Cox looks the same as an RCA but is different do I need to use a special cable or can I just use an RCA cable? Great video as always keep up the good work.

@treyhorn5645 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. I'm going to be honest and say I never knew a transport did not have a built-in dac.. I thought it was just a fancy way of saying CD player shows how smart I am

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

you're not alone. I thought the same thing for a while.

@DougMen1 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Randy, have you thought about checking out the Wharfedale D320? It's the same size cabinet, sensitivity, and power handling as the Diamond 12.1, but it's woofer actually goes lower, and it uses the woven Kevlar woofer like the previous Diamond lines instead of the newer woofer design, but is only $249, $150 less than the 12.1. It looks on paper to have the potential to be one of the class leaders at that price.

@dicmccoy 3 жыл бұрын

My first vehicle was a 81 Ford Ranger that I bought in 95 for $500. I guess I'm way way way over budget on my stereo.

@Klocaine237 3 жыл бұрын

FuKYeah RANDY. We build em from the ground up rounhere. Nice

@snavs1966 3 жыл бұрын

Helloooo. Love whats your doing. What it all the hype about balanced headphone cables. You need a new headphone amp for that or ? I’m a newbee around headphones. Maybe you could make a video about this 🥴😘😂 Take care. Love’n’joy. Søren

@BERO17071991 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question: What's the easiest way to capture digital audio from toslink output (bit perfect)? I need to capture it from some laserdiscs of concerts I love that have never been released on DVD. Only VHS and laserdisc.

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

that's a great question and unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you on that one.

@kevingest5452 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Randy, you're one of my favorite reviewers, but I think you have some misconceptions about speaker impedance and ease to drive a speaker. You said that the higher the sensitivity and the higher the impedance, the easier it is to drive. That is true about sensitivity, but not about impedance. In fact, most amps will make more power with a lower impedance speaker. If my amp, puts out 40 watts into 8 ohms, It would likely put out 60 watts into 6 ohm, so If you left the volume knob in the same position on your amp and switched between an 8ohm/88db speaker, and a 6ohm/88db speaker, the 6ohm speakers would be louder. The reason why people sometimes say low impedance speakers are harder to drive is because it is more possible to over-drive an amp with a lower impedance speaker, but you would have to turn the volume up louder than a high impedance speaker is even capable of going on a given amp to do it.

@starker1971 Жыл бұрын

Could you do a glossary of the terms used to describe a Speaker's sound characteristics ? I know you do it on a per speaker basis, but I was wonder if you could make a compellation of all the terms with how they show up in well known songs. Apologies in advance if it's already out there and I just haven't found it yet. One example where I think I understand is how you describe Nasally with a horn. Is that like the 1kHZ that I turn up on an EQ to make everything sound like swimming pool speakers ?? :)

@drdelewded 3 жыл бұрын

CD Transport could also have an AES/EBU XLR out And I think the most important term for beginners is SNAKE OIL..

@daverossiter357 Жыл бұрын

Good video..thanks still a little confused about DACs. I have a CD Transport..ok, Transport to DAC to Int AMP. I have a Streamer with a built in DAC (Cambridge CXN V2) I bought a Geshelli J2 upon your recommendation. How do I hook up the streamer to the new DAC to by-pass the internal DAC in the streamer? Does this even make sense?

@jasonarsenault3791 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I want more videos. Or just hire you to buy my stuff for me. Haha

@Jos3Miguel 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, The follow up video must have a classroom scenario. You can color the board, you can explain better what you mean with the words you use to talk about speakers, amps, sources. Just an idea!! Kind regards from Porrugal.

@iPhi-YT 3 жыл бұрын

4:27 language! ~ steve rogers

@richardshippful 3 жыл бұрын

To me Warm= woody, smooth. Bright= Brassy, strident.

@jlmain5777 3 жыл бұрын

Randy, now if you could do one on investing....

@williamvezina1944 Жыл бұрын

I've got a "B" rated, not ab,not d rated, Elite Pioneer 94 ,av receiver, 140-7watts,sounds really good, 07model still sounds great, My speakers are Elac Unified 2.0 ub52 running in 2 channel mode,Receiver sounds great and love the Elacs,my question is are ab,receivers better quality then B -d receivers? And are they still making B receivers.? Thanks

@LaGataNegra3073 3 жыл бұрын

What about using a blu ray player as a cd player / transport via hdmi into a receiver. Is that a digital out or does it go through the players dac to transfer the signal to the receiver??

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

Yup. That would do it

@williamvezina1944 Жыл бұрын

I understand the ab-A-d rated work.The B rated a slightly more distortion,so they say.From the way they operate in the 2 way and spacial operation. Does ab have less distortion because of there operation method? Thanks,your hysterical, and knowledgeable, great combo, I play drums, last set Donor🎧🎶🤘

@homerjones3291 3 жыл бұрын

I consider“fatiguing” as more of a feeling that someone has cupped hands over your ears so everything sounds a bit muffled for a while, similar to if you’ve ever experienced a PA or guitar amp squeal from feedback. It can be as varied as gradually coming on after a few minutes or so, or as extreme as actually hurting immediately. KEF LS50’s and some old Boston Acoustics speakers up close are fatiguing to me.

@johnmorgan6724 Жыл бұрын

Cheap ~ Audio ~ Man ~ CAM. In the mechanics of a loom they say that the cam is the fruit. This is just fyi, Randy.

@DougMen1 3 жыл бұрын

The power game was so out of control that in the 70s the FTC required the amp makers to publish their power ratings as watts RMS (continuous, because an amp can put out a lot more than their continuous power for a millisecond at a single frequency, so some makers would spec their 10 watt amps as 100 watts, or their 100 watt amps as 1000, because they could do that for a fraction of a second at a single frequency) with both channels driven from 20-20khz and at what distortion level (1% is pretty high, 1/10 of 1% is more reasonable, for good clear sound. However, tube amps may produce more than that). Then, when the home theater multi channel receivers became popular that all fell by the wayside, and they stopped enforcing it. So now for instance, many receivers that say they are 100 watts per channel are really only capable of that for the front two channels, and put out much less for the other channels.

@jeremy_h 3 жыл бұрын

Would sending my Blu-ray to my TV via HDMI, and then my TV to a DAC via optical result in a (reasonably) pure digital signal getting from my Blu-ray to my DAC?

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

yes. you maybe able to do an optical or digital right out of the blueray but the way you're saying will work too

@jeremy_h 3 жыл бұрын

@@cheapaudioman Thank you!

@hrvojebartulovic7870 Жыл бұрын

Mine was/is Ford Taunus 1969. Now it's indicator cost more than my DAC. Don't ask how I know🫣

@donolds4722 3 жыл бұрын

something that might help out as well, is some of the connections. i am thinking about putting nicer equipment on my computer desktop, but am unsure how to make the connections.

@cheapaudioman 3 жыл бұрын

good point. I can do that

@ajasen 7 ай бұрын

3:12 voice is 1k-2k? that's 2-3 octaves above middle C (256hz). That's very high for the fundamental, but yes I guess a lot of the important harmonics will be up there?

@davidpollard3492 Жыл бұрын

New Guy- I am absolutely new to audio equipment. I have made some serious mistakes. Not qualified to comment, need advice. I have a pair of klipsh r51 pm speakers. I need to add an appropriate subwoofer. THANKS

@nicholasfox6198 3 жыл бұрын

TL:DW. Did you finally explain what "crunchy" means? 😉

@paulkerr9128 3 жыл бұрын

Most CD players have optical out as well as RCA out so can be used as a Transport. I have an ancient Pioneer CD player that holds a 100 CDs. It has optical out so I bypass its ancient DAC and use it as a transport into my Onkyo receiver, which has a decent modern DAC. Sound s great. Thanks Randy, good intro into what can be a confusing hobby.