I Visit A High End Audio Store In London !

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I Visit A High End Audio Store In London !

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I visited a high end audio store in London. They had some impressive equipment and the store manager was kind enough to let me record a video for you all. I hope you enjoy !
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@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

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@gadymarcus2362 9 ай бұрын

Magnifico.💗💗💗💗💗💗

@wa2368 9 ай бұрын

What this Brit dealer dude needs more than music is a gym and sunlight, lol. Keep up the good work Jay.

@markwilson5262 9 ай бұрын

more of these very interesting double the length would be good x cheers from the freezing uk

@howardskeivys4184 8 ай бұрын

There was no way I could watch that video. For a man who prides himself on his ability to select and put together the highest quality system, the audio reproduction on that video was unacceptably appalling! Shame, because it was a potentially interesting video.

@daveuk1324 9 ай бұрын

Loved meeting the dealer - he seems very knowledgeable and not hard sales! You should do more videos like this.

@klaipedalietuva 9 ай бұрын

Next time please use external BT mic's.

@frankpic 9 ай бұрын

Simply an amazing and eye opening experience. Well done and this video and lessons will serve all. Amazing dealer with a customer first mindset.

@allenh.7373 9 ай бұрын

I was about to say Jay would be a fish out of water in London, but then I realized that all audiophiles are equally weird so everything just clicks.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Huh

@allenh.7373 9 ай бұрын

@@stevenburdick424 Wut?

@faysalriaz1312 9 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO. Hope you enjoy my country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and have a GREAT HOLIDAY 👍🏽

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Happy holidays!

@g.p.9656 9 ай бұрын

Great coverage Jay! Brings back memories. My wife let me have 30 minutes touring the store when we visited last July, lol. The sales associates were super friendly, letting me listen to music. I asked the guys what brand 'spoke" to them and they loved McIntosh.(??)

@brentcollins9727 9 ай бұрын

I love my hybrid Mcintosh MA352.

@tima.478 8 ай бұрын

"Let you..." You're a fully grown ass man, dog!

@Stan_the_Belgian 7 ай бұрын

I would be more shocked if it was fosi

@quma001 9 ай бұрын

What a nice and interesting guy. Great video Jay.

@manjacovus5342 9 ай бұрын

Could have been so interesting, but ironically for video about high end audio, the audio quality itself was dreadful.

@gt4viking789 8 ай бұрын

Exactly what I thought, a beautiful echo chamber 🙈

@dmd7472 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Please come back soon

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@jonortet86 9 ай бұрын

Great video Jay! I visites KJ West One last year and was in the same room as well and I listened to the Grand Utopia’s. Absolutely beautiful. Jason is very kind and a great dealer.

@danielzzz7232 9 ай бұрын

Jay, cool video. I would (have) love(d) to hear also about their main room's acoustic treatment system, which is renowned for its special design and the result talks for itself...

@brentcollins9727 9 ай бұрын

That was great. Jay is the only guy in America, and maybe the world, going to such great lengths to SHARE his passion for the ULTRA high end listening experience. Thin gentleman echoed everything Jay has said countless times. He validated Jay’s views on analog vs digital, but from a different perspective, discussing the sales ratios to high end clients. Bravo!!!!

@brentcollins9727 9 ай бұрын

THIS gentleman. Not thin. 😂

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Brent !

@Ivy13276 9 ай бұрын

Hello regarding digital not sounding like analog, ever heard about the new Mark Levinson's amp Daniel Hertz Maria? It sure sounds better than any of my past analog setups

@chuckmaddison2924 9 ай бұрын

Jay, you lucky dude. I haven't been to London for a very long time. I expect this store doesn't just sell to UK. I expect Dubai for one. Unlike most dealers, they probably don't display prices. Talking and showing $$ is considered obscene. All the best from Western Australia.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks chuck

@simonirvine1628 7 ай бұрын

If you think the prices of the equipment is high in this video you should checkout the prices for renting property in that area. I know a chap who has 2 properties about 1 minute away from that store and the 3 bedroom house 11 years ago he was renting it out and it was going out for £2700 a week, yes a week.

@kjwestonelondon 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Jay for visiting. Glad you enjoyed seeing what we have to offer! Fantastic video.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@arthurpendragon1610 8 ай бұрын

He's RIGHT! Digital, especially computers, dump tons of dirt onto your sound if they are running as the analog will pick it up like an antenna!

@jbsaudio 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video. Thanks guys.

@snomofilms 9 ай бұрын

Yup, The Speaker Shop in Buffalo, NY has Magico and Wilson. Awesome dealer- you should visit them someday Jay. I’ve been to that shop a hundred times. Great people.

@timkneer9880 9 ай бұрын

Yes, the Speaker Shop in Buffalo, NY, has Magico and Wilson Audio. I had a great time listening to their incredible systems.

@donpayne1040 9 ай бұрын

Yep, i think so too. Transistors are SUPER contaminating.

@glenncurry3041 9 ай бұрын

One possible advantage of a vinyl release of a digitally master session, that seem to make it better than the digital release, might be filtering. One of the most expensive and complicated parts of a DAC is the output filtering. Transcoding through vinyl forces compliance to the analog world. The individual samples are forced into a physically continuous signal. In a way no electronic filter can.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

@clivewilliams9460 9 ай бұрын

Wow , Bro, well said. 👍🏽🙏🏽💕

@adrianadrianp5305 9 ай бұрын

I bought a pair of Magneplanars from KJ from there old store in Wigmore street and also a Sonus Faber centre 15 years ago. Great shop, I always remember fist hearing a pair of Apogee's driven by Krell at KJ's wonderful

@khaido7341 9 ай бұрын

He is 100 percent right.I have both vinyl,cd,sacd.The best against the best,analog rules.

@paulhallford1904 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the uk 😁, been in kj West one a few years ago 😁 hope you enjoy your time, don't know how long your here for but give Trevor at Guilford audio a bell and see if you can have a visit 😁 anyway have fun 😁

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@ronwevers5529 8 ай бұрын

RCM! I once sold there Bonasus tube amp and the Phonostages when i had my audioshop in the Netherlands. Very nice brand from Poland.

@mcfIy 9 ай бұрын

Great video Jay. Enjoy your trip!

@gil3green 9 ай бұрын

Always striving to keep it interesting, nice work!

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Always!

@danielhamm4146 9 ай бұрын

Jay, love your channel. I've been following you for about a year and a half, i got really interested in hifi from hearing a McIntosh sytem in the late 70's. Did not realize how far audio had advanced till i started watching your reviews. Great job bringing that world to us who are not able to hear that level of gear. Ive been checking out some of the music that you have been listening to such as Malia and Boris and i love it. Please let me suggest that you check out the new Ozric Tentacles release "Lotus Unfolding" on your home system. Its probably not like anything you have ever heard. It would sound fabulous on your system! Please check it out and thanks so much!

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@martinjohnson2381 8 ай бұрын

Just checked your recommendation out and will be purchasing - thanks for sharing!

@danielhamm4146 8 ай бұрын

Hey Martin, thanks for the reply. I really like sharing some of the great music that I have found over the years. If you like cutting edge prog, you won't be disappointed. Enjoy!

@marclajeunesse3890 9 ай бұрын

7 X 45 rpm of Quadrophenia ? That's hilarious ! Great video !

@kurthill7030 9 ай бұрын

Great work jay nice to see thanks for sharing with us 👍👍

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@stevenburdick424 9 ай бұрын

The Speaker Shop, Buffalo NY. I have been there. They sell Sonus Faber and Focal also.

@francisdelacruz6439 8 ай бұрын

Nice 😂 Wonderful store showroom visits!

@Hi-EndAudioGuy 9 ай бұрын

Guys you're working too hard to try to sell vinyl! After years of the vinyl hobby and spending countless hours at local audio showrooms, I have come to the conclusion that most of the time digital is better, especially for classical music on SACD. I've never looked back selling off the LP stuff a couple years ago and making good money on my Roksan TT.

@pellepop100 4 ай бұрын

Good for you

@gracenotes5379 8 ай бұрын

A great reminder of what the HiFi value proposition used to be! I don't doubt that this gentleman's customers are well served. It's just a little sad that this kind of service is only economically viable when selling the highest of high-end systems and equipment. (No judgement should be inferred here; it's just the way the market has been driven as attitudes to recorded music have changed.)

@alpro3714 9 ай бұрын

If I were a dealer, I would definitely sell analog gear... It's the greatest source of never ending upgrades and tweeks which translate into fantastic revenue stream. Interesting that speakers in the super high price category are those with detailed ("sharp") tweeters such as Focal, Magico and Wilson. Are they are matched with analog to compensate the overly "warmth" of analog? In my opinion, it's a question of good equipment matching and quality recordings. In the end, it should be all about the appreciation of music, not the sound itself...

@mike_lowndes 9 ай бұрын

I might stare into that window wistfully next week lol...

@clivewilliams9460 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic City. 👍🏽🙏🏽💕💕

@ofir5000 9 ай бұрын

Great video But also a missed opportunity I wanted to see/ hear more about the store itself and all the speakers and gear in it, and less about that guy's opinion on vinyl vs Digital

@Coneman3 9 ай бұрын

Great video, interesting stuff. Dealer seems great.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

They are!

@KT88gs 9 ай бұрын

Interesting.This guy has it all...and the records too.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Yep

@darrylj3852 9 ай бұрын

Wow! It is incredible to see that level of Great US Gear represented Overseas. I have never seen or heard in the US.

@MasterofPlay7 9 ай бұрын

You are not snobby enough

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Interesting

@snomofilms 9 ай бұрын

First guy I’ve ever seen that makes Jay look small 😮

@charliecroker2541 9 ай бұрын

Quality work Jay

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@BA-ng7vt 9 ай бұрын

Very nice video. Would audio research reference 160m mk2 + ref 6 se be recommended with Wilson audio Alexia V ? In US, both brands are usually paired with dCS sources and shunyata or transparent cables.

@stifoli 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to Europe!

@Coneman3 9 ай бұрын

I met the Australian creator of Dohmann at a Hifi show in UK

@inductionrecords 9 ай бұрын

I live in Buffalo, and there is a store (the Speaker Shop) that has both Wilson and Magico. I've visited many times and bought speaker cables from them. Let me know if you're ever in town!

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@imosolar 9 ай бұрын

Jay, welcome to UK and I know that shop in London

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@jeffreythurston1822 9 ай бұрын

When I’m listening to vinyl I always turn off all digital pieces. Just makes sense.

@SounduSleep 9 ай бұрын

You should have used God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols as the music. It reflects how many of us Brits feel about the country. Well at least the ones who care about it.

@charlieanderson8497 9 ай бұрын

Must be a pleasure for him to go to work every day.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

Probably

@helgar791 9 ай бұрын

Jay I told you on multiple occasions, and I started when you first got the Kronos, that you need to turn off or disconnect your digital equipment before listening to vinyl because it throws digital hash and distortions into analogue components.

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

I’ll try it man. I got too much going on

@jordenb9469 9 ай бұрын

1 year max. You will be broke..like all.of us. Max! Wish youna well here on the channel..

@Coneman3 9 ай бұрын

Wow u get around dude, but we ain’t all rich royals lol

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

lol 😂

@Rob81957 9 ай бұрын

Search for a brand called PMC. 😃

@jazzmetalaudiophile 9 ай бұрын

Is this London in the UK, Great Britain or England?

@groovesick 9 ай бұрын

Maybe he is referring to the one in Ontario, Canada ?!

@wusta72 9 ай бұрын

Kj westone, London UK

@gtrguyinaz 9 ай бұрын

London Duh….. digital is 90% of the market…

@steve6465 9 ай бұрын

Great video Jay, it's good to see you on our side of the pond. Have a great time here in the UK

@christopherwright8179 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to London Jay. I was about a half a mile away from you today. Not sure how much time you have here, but you should check out HiFi Lounge in Bedfordshire. It’s about 1 hours drive north of London in beautiful countryside. It’s also a proper high end store.

@notmanatee2445 9 ай бұрын

Does he sell DACs amps,and Kronos turntables?

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

I don’t think he sells Kronos

@davidcross890 9 ай бұрын

The comments on unplugging your digital off the main when playing vinyl to get VINYL to sound better is EXACTLY why I invented, developed and built The Absolute Finest power circuits that exists at ANY PRICE. IT SHOWS HOW TRUE AND RIDICULOUS IT IS THAT PEOPLE WITH THIS LEVEL OF GEAR WOULD HAVE TO UNPLUG ANYTHING TO GET THE FINEST SOUND POSDIBLE OUT OF THERE SYSTEM AT ANY TIME. AND EVEN UNPLUGGED IT IS BETTER BUT STILL RIDICULOUSLY FAR FROM OPTIMAL

@jaysaudiolab 9 ай бұрын

I understand your point

@davidcross890 9 ай бұрын

@@jaysaudiolab I Hope You are having a great time in London 👍

@obudaifourty9 8 ай бұрын

With all due respect and nothing personal.....one can advocate Wilson Audio till they turn green... and still don't like them only a few RE viewers, whom all are biased based on advertisers they work for. I have been a huge, and serious audiophile for 40+ years.

@JingoLoBa57 8 ай бұрын

Too much hubris here. Jay cops out. No discussion of alternatives including DSD. It’s one guy’s view. Mikey has a stronger resilience of attitudes and experiences.