the source... and speakers.. and your mood of the day. psychology and peace of mind are 50 percent of musical enjoyment
@stimpy1226 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Which book and which CD?
@stimpy1226 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Do you know of there is a digital version of the CD?
@stimpy1226 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@usaturnuranus Жыл бұрын
@@stimpy1226 👍
@JJ-no2ob Жыл бұрын
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 😊
@BurtWicks Жыл бұрын
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.
@aussie_philosopher8079 Жыл бұрын
Spot on, Room, acoustics, setup. Something I rarely see 👍🎵🤩
@user-od9iz9cv1w Жыл бұрын
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.
@ryanschipp8513 Жыл бұрын
What about cable risers? You forgot that. LOL
@dans550 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanschipp8513 I'll get right on that soon as I get my second mortgage for cables to be risen 😅
@dans550 Жыл бұрын
Copper off the spool at my buddies car audio shop seems to be doing fine
@ryanschipp8513 Жыл бұрын
@@dans550 lol!!
@dans550 Жыл бұрын
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
@gdownz1044 Жыл бұрын
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. 👍
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
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
@BoredSilly666 Жыл бұрын
Its such a shame the UK Hifi show has been cancelled this weekend, was looking forward to meeting you.
@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461 Жыл бұрын
I CAN CONCUR WITH PAUL…AFTER I SAVED UP 😅 I bought the book 📖 and the 💿 CD .. I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND NOW I AM ENJOYING THE BENEFITS 🤗😎💚💚💚
@IndyJoner Жыл бұрын
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
@thomaskandersen7250 Жыл бұрын
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. ✌️❤️🇩🇰
@stevenosborne5117 Жыл бұрын
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.
@spacemissing Жыл бұрын
There aren't many houses or flats with floor plans that don't rule out a good setup. Add the 'spouse factor' and it is even more difficult.
@Pete.across.the.street Жыл бұрын
You can always get a new spouse and house
@fsmoura Жыл бұрын
_Which component is most important?_ The wallet! 💰
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
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
@musicnexo3114 Жыл бұрын
The preamplifier/phono stage then the source are the components that make music
@shipsahoy1793 Жыл бұрын
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! 👨🏻
@Pete.across.the.street Жыл бұрын
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
@shipsahoy1793 Жыл бұрын
@@Pete.across.the.street You must’ve had a crappy amp! 🤣🤣
@shipsahoy1793 Жыл бұрын
@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 KZfaq threads due to time constraints..👨🏻
@roadracer517 Жыл бұрын
@Douglas Blake So what about two or three people listening?
@gtrguyinaz Жыл бұрын
This blog is oh so correct…. I every 6 months get the bug to play the retest the set up..
@Epochstudios Жыл бұрын
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
@Roof_Pizza Жыл бұрын
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.
@LuxAudio389 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ryanschipp8513 Жыл бұрын
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.
@richardvannoy1198 Жыл бұрын
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.
@joz411no8 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been putting off getting the guide, but I should have it as well. I’ve seen audiophile setups on KZfaq that use it during installations.
@Antoon55 Жыл бұрын
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 ;)
@ryanschipp8513 Жыл бұрын
Same here. Not all of us have the luxury to have a dedicated Listening Room
@geddylee501 Жыл бұрын
The most important component is your music collection that you play through your hifi, and sometimes we forget this!
@housepianist Жыл бұрын
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".
@geddylee501 Жыл бұрын
@@housepianist I just meant that the music is far more important than any equipment you use to play it on, good or bad 👍
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
Without proper room acoustics your library even on high-end gear will sound shitty
@geddylee501 Жыл бұрын
@@Harald_Reindl you've completely and entirely missed my point, well done
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
@@geddylee501 because you have none with your off-topic comment - your music collection is worth nothing when it sounds like a jukebox from the 50s
@nestcoast289 Жыл бұрын
What are those color basketballs used for there in the factory? 🏀😆
@digggerrjones7345 Жыл бұрын
*Neither* the speaker book or CD is on your website. Amazon lists the book (but not the CD), but when you click on it there is an error message.
@georgeageorgopoulos Жыл бұрын
Γεια σου Paul, another great video of yours, you always sell big, big is better? no complain about that, go bigger still!!! cheers ;))
@janinapalmer8368 Жыл бұрын
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 !
@SgtMjr Жыл бұрын
Speakers
@davidfromamerica1871 Жыл бұрын
Which component is the most important. Your Brain..
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
Not in case of audiophiles - they don't own one :-)
@mcflash23 Жыл бұрын
No Kindle Edition Paul?
@athathsonty2925 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. I prefer a Digital edition.
@lucienpellerin Жыл бұрын
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,
@cliveangel5729 Жыл бұрын
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.
@genesmith4019 Жыл бұрын
Which component? The program source!
@byronb. Жыл бұрын
What happened to the 2160p (4K) videos on this channel??
@butchwillard55 Жыл бұрын
Paul. I have Audiophile Book and Reference Music CDs. What SACD are you discussing that goes with your Loudspeaker book? Thanks
@pablokagioglu2546 Жыл бұрын
The one that sounds the worst. Fix that first. Then when you get more money, do it again and again
@hugobloemers4425 Жыл бұрын
Subliminal message, Paul is standing in front of his power re-generators...
@larrywe3320 Жыл бұрын
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
@georgeageorgopoulos Жыл бұрын
west makes big stuff, thats why i commented,,,paul tell me do you know audio quality? is big it?...take it as an email question
@stevepickering5978 Жыл бұрын
yes have both books need the sacd and also a Rel subwoofer
@ingenfestbrems Жыл бұрын
F30 vs Magico M9 ????
@ScottsLifeOffGrid Жыл бұрын
currently reading "The Audiophile's Guide, the stereo"
@duaynenaugle4186 Жыл бұрын
Is the set up the same with rear ported speakers and the front ported speakers.
@duaynenaugle4186 Жыл бұрын
@Douglas Blake I was told to contact you
@robertdecrock4038 Жыл бұрын
Crutchfield
@p0mgarcia121987 Жыл бұрын
I want to buy your book and setup my speakers right but I dont have a sacd player
@hugobloemers4425 Жыл бұрын
Go out on a dumpster diving spree this Saturday and return home with a blue ray player, problem solved.
@Ricky-cl5bu Жыл бұрын
I see people with speakers up against the wall and 6 feet apart terrible, it doesn’t matter how much you spend
@robertdecrock4038 Жыл бұрын
I listen to Bluetooth good sound from Sony
@usaturnuranus Жыл бұрын
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.
@skullpoly1967 Жыл бұрын
Hey man your belt is off to the left.
@PetraKann Жыл бұрын
After the music? I would say the speakers
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
Don't make a difference in a bad room
@PetraKann Жыл бұрын
@@Harald_Reindl There are no "bad" Rooms
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
@@PetraKann typical audiophile - little to no knowledge - 50% of what you hear is the room and In fact most rooms are bad until they are treated
@PetraKann Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
@@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
@DetroitRockCitizen Жыл бұрын
Apparently you've never been to Grand Rapids. A total misnomer. :-D
@digggerrjones7345 Жыл бұрын
There are no *rapids* in Grand Rapids!!
@crazyprayingmantis5596 Жыл бұрын
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. ☺️
@geddylee501 Жыл бұрын
Best wishes to the Royal Family for the loss of our Queen, long live the King
@connorduke4619 Жыл бұрын
Beware - the King is a member of the WEF cult who want to cripple your power so that you can no longer listen to hifi.
@fishbonelodge3842 Жыл бұрын
The bartender
@wlsnpndrvs8593 Жыл бұрын
Without watching this or reading the comments I will tell you it's the weakest link... the speaker
@vinylrules4838 Жыл бұрын
Actually it is the room. The room is the most important component in an audio system.
@junkmail7263 Жыл бұрын
Your ears.
@johnsenchak1428 Жыл бұрын
WHAT HAPPENED TO JESSICA ?
@Harald_Reindl Жыл бұрын
The room
@jamiemcneil9462 Жыл бұрын
The one between your ears?
@faludabutt8253 Жыл бұрын
Nose isn’t designed for that 😁
@hugobloemers4425 Жыл бұрын
@@faludabutt8253 Yes it is, smell the coffee.
@jackhuang1434 Жыл бұрын
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.