Just moved from Yamaha A-S1200 to Accuphase e280. Man, what a jump. This is a piece of jewellery. Better tighter bass, fuller sound, sweeter tone, more clarity, significantly better low volume performance, and better build. Yamaha is great and I thought I was done until I got e280. My fav is loudness compensation- makes it sing even at 45db.

I have the as2200 and before I had the 1100. Amazing amps. I recently ordered the m5000 and the c5000. I believe it matches so well with my ATC smc40. Looks like the market perception on Yamaha is way bellow what Yamaha deliveres. To me they are on par with Luxman and accuphase.

You should try room correction with REW. Will make a bigger difference than dacs and most respectable amps. Come on man you're an audio KZfaqr, learn about room correction. Then you talk about funfi and don't do room correction? 😅

Good Day as an influential audio reviewer can you please call attention to the fact that WiiM removed AirPlay casting (the feature that allows you to send what’s playing on the WiiM to HomePods) with the latest firmware update and forum posts referencing this “upgrade” keep disappearing. It worked reliably and was also the reason I pre-ordered a WiiM Ultra for another room. Thanks.

Using good earbuds, I heard more presence with the Accuphase. The music just became more alive and engaging.

Longevity in a streamer😵‍💫 It will be obsolete in 3 years anyway. Might as well spend the money on a quality DAC instead of an overpriced streamer with a useless screen. Ps “Fun-Fi”🙄 - what an arrogant way to degrade a product you haven’t even listened to yet🙈 Is this ZZ Top’s goofy cousins Snob-Fi channel?🤷‍♂️

Klipsch will grab you first.........but then those big horns will fatigue you after a while....and you will live alongside the Wharfedale's like an old friend as they are easy on the ear.

Someone bought the "improved" tweeter hype. Too bad, the originals are better.

Accuphase sounds over controlled with a overdone feedback loop. The Luxman sounds more relaxed and is an amp I could live with. If in the Nighted States, I would go with something McIntosh or Decware (two years waiting list, I ordered one), if in Europe I would check out the Sugden A21SE (SS single ended class a) or the Sugden A21 AI if you want more like a tube characteristic and MM/MC phono. I own a Sugden A21SE. I run LEAK Sandwich 250 and 200 speakers - the vintage ones. LEAK Sandwich speakers are just in another league. Sugden has also a TDA1543 non-oversampling DAC -Sugden DAC-4 masterclass - with a gorgeous output stage, which works nicely with the Sugden Amps and the LEAK speakers. I respect the Klipsch Forte and Cornwall speakers and if I had the space and money I would check them out with single ended tube electronics. As for an affordable budget system, I would go with a MHDT Paradiese DAC (TDA1543), a vintage McIntosh 1700 receiver and vintage LEAK speakers. In the USA, there are vintage THE FISHER tube amps and receivers often sold cheap, with the will to pay a technician when something tube goes wrong, that is a valid alternative.

so you want me to compare the sound using different speakers?

The most annoying person I have watched in a review....

At some point a second goat comes along...... He at least has a bit more modest voice.....

Keep on screaming!!! Now that is so annoying....... You sound like your goatee....

I’m glad you touched on the downside of this switcher, because I returned it immediately after noticing the sound is cleaner using the same speaker cable when plugged in directly. I wonder if you tried to A/B that with this unit? ... even though you mentioned you don’t notice any added noise etc ... but it’s a good unit for demos for sure, just not for HiFi listening for me ... still going back to the speakers and switching out my speaker cables 😅

👎👎👎👎👎👎 So this was supposed to be a video on testing the sound of the Luxman tube amp. So what ?? Nothing. Just babbling about all sorts of non relevant random stuff. Are you kidding ?? This is totally ridiculous.

I toured the McIntosh factory in 2014. Their dedication to quality and service is king. They can restore or repair any component they make or made regardless of age. They also have a so-called unaffiliated sister store in a town not far away from their factory that has the used equipment for sale that has been serviced. It’s called Audio Classics in Vestal New York. No foreign manufacturer can beat that.

Thanks, I loved how you guys were surprised hearing Kef Reference 1s thinking they were Cornwall 4s. Yeah Kef Reference 1 are that good and I have always been back and forth and this helps a lot! Forte in the beginning were good but Ref 1 are another level. 👌

Thanks Lenny, which one has better bass: Luxman 509z or Yamaha AS3200 or Accuphase e280?

Dealers should ban Accuphase until they can get in line with the Japanese imports prices that are HALF! Of US Retail!!!

How do you think those intergrated amps stack up with the rotel michi X5 S2? Roughly the same price point. Keep up the stellar work and rock on!!!!

It’s not worth the upgrade if you have the CXA81 trust me. You might as well go up to high tier the returns are super super small

WHARFEDALE DOVEDALE deeper bass, feel better for me to enjoy music

Am I the only one who thinks this amp looks like a white van special😂

Luxman all day long. Depth and attack

I liked Accuphase’s bass and ups and mids of Yamaha. To get both, I’d buy Yamaha and use those awesome tone controls to boost the bass a bit 😊. Yamaha sounded more like a clearer pane of glass and more liquid and Accuphase more warm. This Yamaha voicing confuses folks giving them a false impression that it is lean in the bass but that is just the way they naturally voice it. Just bumping the bass will offer more bass without changing the sound.

"Mighty bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!" Four minutes in to this video and that memorable line from John Wayne's "True Grit" wouldn't stop reverberating in my ears. Four minutes of total BS from a guy who hasn't even held this device in hand, let alone listened to it! My advice: find an audio reviewer who A) owns, and has listened to the device he claims to be reviewing and B) isn't wearing a Wrestlemania t-shirt. FAKE doesn't cut it here.

I think the Dovedale's have a richer sound signature with better low end response.

Going to get one or the other need help.. Wiim Ultra or eversolo dmp a6, Wiim or eversolo ?

I’ll take (and did) the Luxman. Cleaner, more controlled bass, excellent built in phono stage, far more micro detail, and Luxman are less stingy than accuphase on power / current delivery. The only accuphase I liked was my old E-550, because the class A was just a bit more transparent and musical than their bigger solid state amps.

Not surprisingly since they are both owned by the same company, they look a lot like the Linton’s but with silver instead of black on the grills and stands. I would definitely like to hear them compared to the Lintons. The Lintons are a little relaxed on the high end, so I’m wondering if these are a little more focused in that area. I’m also guessing they are a little taller than the Lintons.

Sorry, Luxman is the McIntosh of Japan and the phono stage is included. Accuphase is so over priced in North America it’s criminal.

Sorry ZZ Top, I thought I as going to see a proper review

I prefer the Yorx CD Pal which is one of the cheapest CD players made in the 1980s. It is missing a lot of features but it works. It can't play all CDs but is still decent despite poor build quality.

Based on the poor audio quality of the video I’m not sure you can justify criticizing a product you have not really listened to. Rework it and try again.

At lease you have a big box to go to the dump with. Win there.

Hey from Australia. Might be a silly question, but will the Yamaha 3200 power the Wharfdale Elysian 4’s or with speakers like them do you need to start getting power amps involved? I’m running a NAD 3050 with the Wharfdale Lintons, and just wondering the next step up? Understand Elysian 4s are a big step up, however does the amp step up need to be as big?

McIntosh is reliable, Advance Paris is not.😊 Styling is too flashy for my taste and resale value is disppointing,

The sound quality of the first spoken segment is pretty appaling. Thanks for the content, though.

Something I consider most important is simply is this product reliable? I've had a few annoying moments with equipment that is not cheap but cheaply made and has failed. I only look at equipment now with a proven track record and an excellent warranty.

I have the WiiM Pro and use it as a Roon endpoint. The digital signal is output through the coax connection to a Schiit Modi Multibit DAC and then into my vintage Luxman R-115 receiver. I also have a Node X that I use for headphone listening. I like the Nodes DAC and it has a decent headphone amp. I never, ever, considered using the WiiM as a streamer/DAC and would not for the Pro Plus or the Ultra. I think they stream fine, but I would always use an external DAC with them. I think the WiiM products are great for someone beginning their hi-fi journey. Great bang for the buck.

Hy guys! A few months ago I changed amplifiers, choosing this one that I consider (for the moment?!?) "definitive" for my personal needs and budget. My loudspeakers are currently B&W CM6 S2s: floorstanding loudspeakers (I know, a bit old-fashioned) that I think are the right type for my listening room (a living room of about 16/18 sqm). They were my first speakers (bought used) and I am now used to their sound and the "magic" that is created when I hear voices and mid-high frequencies (no doubt thanks to the decoupled tweeter). These speakers sounded very good with my previous amplifier, a Musical Fidelity M3si, but with the new Yamaha, although they definitely show more "authority" and body, on some tracks I use as a test, they reveal a "tinny" sound in the mid-high frequencies (for example, on some female voices or on some wind instruments). I was going to replace and upgrade the speakers anyway. But which ones? My budget was between 3 and 4 thousand euros. I had a clear idea about the amplifier and I consider myself satisfied with the purchase. But I don't know about the speakers. I think the type of stand is the right one for my environment (and the apartment building) and also for the fact that it is impossible for me to listen to music at high volume. In combination with the Yamaha, various sources recommend "warm sounding" speakers, and on paper I seem to have identified a model that might be right for me: the Opera Callas. On the other hand, a longtime audiophile tells me that if I like the B&W sound, I can safely turn to the new 7 Series. What would you recommend? Maybe the WHARFEDALE Elysian that you have tried? Thanks again.

“The build quality will affect how pure the sound is.” More decay due to better build quality? What a load of crap! Data to support your comments? That longer tail would be measurable.

Hell, you made your money back and then some with the TI-83 alone...

Sounds like a good option for a lot of people, all depends on your system, when you have a good amp and speakers i guess this thing could be the weakest link soundwise, if you have a budget system it will be a great adition with tons of funcionality. Myself will be saving a litle bit longer for a Cambridge

By the way, you never heard it and you already know it is not good? How come? Is the DAC chip bad? If you would sell a wiim streamer, how much would be your profit? Bigger profit, bigger sound?

Let the dealer earn 500$ on a wiim and they will love it. It will be high, high, high end.

About the channel ,you are in reality a world wide star ,more than some said to be famous as in all corners of the world you´re being watched, keep on doing nice and at some point comedy remarks are made , i was going to writte "keep on truckin`" , today not all understand the reference

Good afternoon. One question, I have an Onkyo 9.2 ch receiver. with Dolby Atmos. I listen to the Tidal service, Amazon music and Sirius Xm through apps through an Amazon device connected to my receiver. How could any Wiim device connected to my receiver be useful? Would the audio improve in these services or would the sound quality be the same? thank you!

It is really true, 'Buying a cheap cd player will cost you', but buying an expensive one will cost you even more...

Same dac as the leak amp.