I met Herb at the Capital Audio Fest last year. He was speaking to a few other luminaries in the business, and I listened, didn't speak, I was mesmerized. Steve, once again your skills bring out the best of each guest.

One of the things that I love about you and Herb, Steve, is that you don't get all gaga over a piece of equipment simply because it costs an arm and a leg. Cheap stuff that sounds good can get you just as excited! I love that. Thanks, guys!

Herb is delightfully quirky. More Herb please.

These are the video's I enjoy the most, when you interview fellow audiophiles and today's was a screamer! Nice one mate.👍

" '68 to now is at least 30 years" true statement. 😁

The wisdom and no bullshit approach is the best. Cheers Mr Reichert

I had a moment of realization that all of us are after the same thing, we just approach it in different directions. I began with 'imaging', then chased 'tonality', then pursued 'resolution', and finally after achieving a balance of these, I found the right mix of equipment (for me in my room on my budget, $5,000) that elicits the 'emotion' of the musician and the moment. Be encouraged! You are on the right path, maybe just coming at it from a different angle than others!

Excellent casual interview with the sights and sounds of NY in the background and of course Herb, a treasure in hifi. You're both lucky to have each other as friends and a great cheer to you both from Ottawa, Canada. Stay healthy, we want more of you both for many years to come!

I'm going on 74 and you guys reminiscing of the various gear you had was so awesome! Had me remembering my past Audio Gear and some of my first Solid State Gear which I thought was so cool after ditching my Tube Amps! LOL!

Man. I love these type of conversations and I really miss the music rooms walk around talks interviews and chats.

Herb's the Bomb and Steve's the Igniter! You guys are Great! Thanks. F

I just ordered an Audio Technica AT-VM95 before finishing the video. :D

It's the love of music that gets me to look for your videos. All the way from London, England.

Herb is so on point and so funny too. Loved this vid. You can tell you guys are old friends. Thanks, Herb and Steve!

Love the pointing on the brick wall behind Herb. Some quality workmanship.

Thanks Steve and Herb! I’m of a similar vintage as you guys and I still fondly remember listening to “The Wall” hours on end with my Technics receiver, Technics turntable, and big Fisher speakers. In my college fraternity we catalogued all of our cassette tapes so we could play a game called select hits. You would give the “DJ” the side and counter number so no one knew what was coming until he hit play. My roommate in that fraternity opened my audio world from classic rock in Georgia to his eclectic library from Buffalo New York which included jazz and blues. It always has been and always will be about the music and our community.

Amazing to listen to your friends stories. Passion that's what you both have. To boys in a candy shop. Thanks Steve for keeping it real man....

Love Herb, wish he was on more

Excellent interview... The honking of the horn in the background just adds ambience that seems really neat on the street interview

I could of listened to a longer interview it was that good. A true love of music. Herb inspired me to restore my Thorens and add it back into my stereo system. I love your interviews keep them coming!

Love Herb, I met him at CAF 2019 and he was wondering how to get upstairs we were working on the mezzanine level and that hotel in Rockville is strange with the way it is set up I showed him where the stairs were and he thanked me graciously and went on about his business. Maybe 2 to 3 hours later he walked by and thanked me again because he knew where to go because I was out in the hallway again, we laughed together it was great, Thanks Steve maid me smile thinking about that

More Steve and Herb!! Would love to hear you guys reminisce about Art D some day.

Absolutely love these kind of videos, they are truly a feeling of great joy for me. GREAT JOB STEVE!!!

Herb is such an interesting individual. I bet he's a blast to have coffee with. Great interview! ☕👍

Great interview good to see you guys!Very interesting information and informative. Fascinating tidbit about Bob Dylan and how that particular cut was recorded!! Keep up the good work, and keep on spinning!

i enjoy reading Herb's column every month but still miss Sam Telig and his cat. I think it's important to cover the affordable end of the market because you can catch the younger crowd and bring some fresh blood into the fold.

I first ran into Herb through the pages of Sound Practices where he demonstrated a strong understanding of what we all are looking for, that emotional connection using old gear. Great interview

"eccentric weirdos but smart eccentric weirdos" QFT! Always enjoyed Herb's editorials and talking with Herb at Peter Breuninger's events. I'm pretty sure our phone conversations back in the day kept AT&T in business, LOL. Happy to see the thermionic glow still burning bright! Many thanks, Steve for bringing Herb to us on your KZfaq channel.

Very cool. I hope there are young guys to carry the torch of tube audio and vintage style gear. Love to hear the stories.

Great interview Steve n Herb, two zen masters, love the both of you, stay well

Thanks for making this, comes across as just stopping on the street to chat about hi-fi. Just what I needed in these crazy times.

It's hard not to like you two men "in your best age" (like me) with a lovely boyish heart talking about their passion. It reminds me of the passage of the song "what a wonderful world": "I see friends shaking hands; Saying how do you do; They're really saying; I love you". I could listen to you guys all day - and then some. Thanks for sharing your experience, opinions and not least passion for music and the equipment we use to get the communication right :-).

Herb is a huge reason I subscribe to Stereophile, great stuff Steve, thanks for this one

This is what being an audiophile is all about. Sharing the journey, enjoying the music and the gear, looking forward and looking back. Bravo, Steve!

Herb, your column should be called; "Cookin'.......with Herb and spices!"

Greetings from India. Really enjoyed this video. It's like listening in on a laidback conversation taking place at a pub, where we're fortunate enough to be part of. I'm only a couple of years younger than both of you, so it was enjoyable to reflect back on our music system buying and listening experiences over the years. Thanks again.

Great interview two of my favorite people. April 2011 I bought my first Stereophile magazine recommended components issue. I was looking to totally change my system. The writers we’re people I could identify with, and they were very entertaining. Later when Sam and Stephen left, I thought it’s going to be hard to replace these gentlemen. Then Herb came aboard and after reading his first article, I knew everything would be OK. Steve another great episode!

Herb's the kind of person you want to hang out with. Enthusiastic and a great story teller.

Great, great interview Steve. Thank you very much for posting this. Please keep having him around. You and Herb are national treasures my friend.

This video brings me such great joy. I think of the many friends I have had in the audiophile world and the remarkable used audio equipment we experienced. You and Herb just capture the essence of what the hobby can be for many of us. Thanks for sharing.

A couple of my favorite smart eccentric guys in audio. Always a joy to hang out with you guys. I do enjoy getting to know you and some of the other legends like Nelson Pass, Peter Qvortrup John Atkinson Arnie Nudell and Paul Mcgowan through KZfaq. The DIY community is pretty interesting as well.

Nice chat, a combination of knowledgeable enthusiasm that I naturally find engrossing.......🙂

Great to see Herb back again

Herb is the man. Thanks for all of the charming shop talk that keeps me justifying my "quirky hobby" that most of my peers just don't get.

Who doesn't enjoy a little Herb now and again?

So good to see Herb again 😊

Thanks, Steve & Herb for posting this and sharing your time with us while we are all in the limbo of a pandemic driven social isolation! Watching this video has been the highlight of my audiophile week.

Loved this conversation! So cool hearing you old-ish dudes talking all that well deserved street cred wisdom for all of us who’ve tiptoed into hifi gear but to nowhere near the extent. Great post Steve! And thank you Herb…really enjoyed every bit of it

Great interview, agree some of my best friends have that quirky love for audio and they all enjoy life. Thank you Steve!

I thoroughly enjoyed that thank you so much :) wonderful video, Herb you're a star :)

What a wonderful interview. Really good to see that British speakers designed for the BBC back in the 70s? Are still sounding as good as many of the overpriced audiophile speakers of today. Some of my gear is 50 years old. Audio technica cartridges are amazing value for money. I have 2. An at 3600 l and a at ac03 moving coil. The former is great for listening to old 7inch singles and noisy pressings.

One of the best little nuggets of Audiophiliac's vblog is discovering those music gem recommendations from Steve and his guests. And boy o' boy did Herb come through with Michael Payton's Afro-Caribbean Mixtape. This is an astonishing album. The fusion of jazz, hip hop, latin jazz, afro-funk, all wrapped into one amazing album. The rich sound and texture coming through my B&W 706 S2...Wow, wow, wow. Thanks again Steve.

Steve, please have Herb on more often, Nelson Pass too. I love their stories and the way they share knowledge.

That was a blast Steve. Love these interviews with Herb.

A word to the wise: Herb can be persuaded to consult privately on system configuration and component choice. All of that accumulated wisdom and cool on tap. Best investment ever!

This video brightened up my day. Thank you.

You gotta love Herb! Such a true gentleman!

Wow, what a great episode. I love these guys. This is what this hobby is about, fantastic and well engineered product hidden in plain sight. It takes a lot of time, dedication and commitment to discover these. Thank you for an excellent episode. I would not think twice about picking some of these up. Keep up the good work.

Very insightful interview with a walking library of audiophilia. I wish I had that impressive market survey of Herb, would save my a lot of money on my audiophile try-and-error career over decades.

It is always an interesting visit when Herb stops by. There is a lot of truth in his assessment of the state of the hobby when Dynaco was around. It would be nice to see Herb as a regular here. He brings additional insight and perspective. Thank you both for your work and casual observations.

Great job Steve and Herb.. Good informations and stories 👍🤗

Thank you two. It was great to hear the two of you talking.

I'd like to believe I'm also a smart and eccentric weirdo as I thoroughly enjoyed your conversation with Herb. You two are truly a legendary meeting of audiophile minds...

Thanks Steve and Herb you made my day...again ...as a Dane with a longlife facination of NY those outdoor videos are the best ... keep them comming..

Two of my favorite people in the audio world, what more could I ask for? Really enjoyed this one!

I totally agree with Evan Tench. My grandchildren is moving home with their parents in two weeks. They will be my apprentices. And they will not be fired...

Brooklyn ambience only adds to this interview...thank you both.

Passion and perception without pretension. So great to hear.

I really enjoyed listening to you two discussing audio and your careers. I always come away with knowledge and more enthusiasm than I possessed before. Thanks for doing this.

That blew my mind when herb recommended Audio Tech. Ordered one from radio shack and thought this can’t be true, was already a stereophile subscriber so l knew the thousand dollar options-not a bad decision for a quick fix! Influenced by an ad in said magazine-Greetings from Chicago Herb!

That man you interviewed has to me , Be the happiest man in the world just a nice guy. aware of the world around him wind, birds the street and dogs

really enjoyed all of the unpretentious little dogs... Thanks Steve and Herb...🚀

We love you Herb!

Wow, wow and wow again! No BS, great stuff. Thanks guys it really was a blast. Cheers

What a likeable guy Herb is! Fun to hear him talk about his experiences.

That was fun. Great getting Herb Reichert’s musings over all that is audio.

As a vinyl returnee, last tt was an entry level Dual, Sony entry level receiver, Sony single cassette player, Bose 501's which I bought late 70's. Early eighties, just listened to FM and cassettes thru various means. Listening was purely casual from that point until now. Just bought DIY Audio ACA (from listening to your glowing review) and Klipsch r51m, Pro-ject elemental tt, Node 2i and lets see what happens! Love you & Herb's conversations and hearing about other affordable to me audio choices, thanks to you both!

This is one of my favorite audio videos. Thank you.

Bought my first LS/35a a couple of years ago. Super tasty and keepers forever. Yes forever , I’m going down with them just in case

Great questionning on this one Steve. Got Herb to explain while making it flow even more.

The best sound system I ever heard is the one I invented and listen to now. It lacks nothing. It sounds exactly the way I want it to, not someone else's idea. There's nowhere for me to go from here but down. I enjoy some of the audiophile postings. They amuse me but I take nothing anybody in this industry says seriously. I've met some of them in person, others in line. I like some of them, others I found repulsive. Don't worry Steve. I'm a subscriber. I admire the enthusiasm audiophiles have no matter how clueless they are.

Ahh…missed y'all by mere hours in Brooklyn. Great stuff here, and bringing up memories of my own, in and out of the audio biz, and my own audio adventures.

Another fantastic interview for the record books. Herbs is always a treat.

I want un edited Herb. Love it

Thank you Steve! And thank you herb! Always a treat to listen to herb. Fun to listen to his stories! And they don't have to all be about audiophile. I think herb needs to tell some stories about his previous life building race cars. Heard him mention that a time or 2 and more curious about it. Herb brought up a great idea. Need to get herb together in a video chat session with Nelson, dan dagastino, along with Jason and like from schiit audio. That would be interesting listening to stories just flow! Thanks again and herb you need to make more appearances on Steve's channel !

Thank you Steve for the best 24 minutes of my day a great video loved it.👍

Steve, really enjoy all your reviews and audio info and experiences. Just came into knowing you grew up in Far Rockaway way back. So did I in, the 50's/60's up until about 1970. We must have crossed paths, LOL. I lived on Central Ave. a block away from the Chevrolet dealer on the corner of Nameoke. What memories!

I didn’t even realize I was a audiophile until I found steve

I remember my first kit very fondly and that first simple wonderment at how well it sounded. As I’ve got older I sometimes yearn for the early days when my listening was less encumbered by uncertainty , ,temptation and choice. If it sounds good, it sounds good and it might be the best sound you ever had. Perhaps that first foray was the best sound I ever had? Long gone now.

Great talk..I feel like I ran into you two and you invited me to breakfast...great talk in a nice, relaxed setting...great insight into both of your personalities...enjoyed muchly

Skip ahead 30-40 years. Nobody is going to be wishing that they had held onto their first Bluetooth speaker or ipod they owned. Do the world a favor and support your local audio tech, teach a ten year old how to handle records and turntables. Instead of selling off your accumulated analog equipment to guys your age and older, give it to a kid who reminds you of yourself, pass it on like the accumulated knowledge of an early tribal village. Take on an apprentice if you are an audio journeyman.

could listen all day!! so interesting...thx

Added to my bucket list - dinner with you two guys!

Steve and Herb should make some audio review videos together! That would be a delight.

Wow, I had a Dynaco Stereo 70 and PAT-3. Good stuff.

Love your talks with people that are so passionate about their hi fi

Lovely interview. Herb is my fave writer for some time. A great addition to Stereophile !

I had a LP12 with Basic Plus arm and a Linn K9 (Linns variant of AT95) cartridge. Sadly enough i sold it and i regret it so much. That combo had that Linn beat. Every record you played was like a drug, you just wanted more of it.

can never get enough of herb

“Chelsea has pretentious dogs…” Love it!