Those Philips speakers look serious indeed. Clearly a great expert. I would just replace the cd player with a small tablet with some applications to do a bouncing sweep and maybe even get a freq response from speakers. Plus of course some pieces of music. Thanks for the always very nice videos. Regards, gino
For those of you laughing at that mini portable CD player you would be surprised how most of them actually sound great even better than a full size unit. $129 Radio Shack portable CD player outperformed full sized audiophile High End CD players! Read the link here; www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/480/index.html
If i'm testing speakers I use classical for mids and tweeters, and some early 70s reggae for the woofers. You have to give it some volume to throw those cones back and forth, to check the coils aren't rubbing on both the forward or backward motion, female vocals also good for mids.
Interesting! I use an SPL meter to test the relative output of the drivers (tweeters, mids, woofers). This immediately reveals if a driver is dead or having problems.
cnhhnc, I use a digital SLM (Extech 407730). It is amazing just how loud some speaker models can get. Using my Hitachi SR-804 receiver I can drive my EPI-180 speakers to 102dB+. This of course is not constant but "peak" readings and the sound is very clear and clean. I don't usually listen at that volume, however, it's nice to know my speakers can do it. A sound level meter is a great addition to a good hifi system, for testing SPL and just checkin' on the drivers and if you're curious as to how loud they play.
Last year i got 4 fb850 for free. All needed to be refoamed. Today they are ready to play for some time now but i have not the time to test them. (informal care) I also recapt and modified my Luxman L-230 (better transistors and led's). Also free because it was broken. I am very curious how the luxman amplifier sounds with the philips speakers.
I liked this old guy. I had mixed feelings while I was watching this video but never irony and God forbid arrogance.. Andrew, it's you in 15 years, isn't it?) I never laugh at old people.. And this old guy is right than he has bought set of speakers for the price of one tweeter). It's definately worthwhile driving such a distance)
if i make fun it's not because I don't respect but to check out his reaction, this is who i am, always skating on the edges , watched this video back and couldn't discovered me being disrespectful. In the end i wanted to help him with the speakers but got him very angry because i lifted one of the speakers over the trunk edge. He had his own system , blanket under the speaker and not lift it in the trunk but slide it over the edge..... he was very angry and raised his voice.....
@@vintagestereo it's very nice of you Andrew to be helpful, i saw that in the end of this movie and was proud of you! sorry to hear that your good intentions upset this old guy. But IMHO we have to do correction or compensation don't know how to say for the age of such people and just be patient).
@@vintagestereo I do not find it proper to loud his right anger. You should get approval in advance for any touch. . If somebody would treat harsh something for me valuable and unique excusing it with his will to help it would make me crazy.
What do u think about Canadian psb speakers in a surround set up?I just won auction for a yr 2000 pioneer amp with the big surround speakers and book shelf’s.Got for 30 euro.The new of the equivalent is 1200 euro per surround speaker.I got it all for 30.pretty happy
Donbusto Arigato The amp is a pioneer vsx D509s 100w 5 ch multi channel receiver,equal 100 watt each channel ,is this good and powerful enough to sustain the speakers?what wire is best for it?Ill try and work out the psb speakers and update .It also comes with a accusound sw200 subwoofer made in Australia.Thanks
Donbusto Arigato better still here is the ad for it,you can see the pictures in it,I didn’t actually find out the speaker numbers but the price I said was for new similar looking ones the double sided ones in the pic.Do these psbs look good?what models do u think they are and more importantly do u think this set will be good for audio sound?I might even hook up a phono but there is no output,will have to work something out.He says that this set was very expensive when new and that it’s all tested and working,but it’s too big and too much power for him.
not sure if he worked at Philips but he know very much about these speakers , from the testing up till the shop version. He also told me that since 5/6 years electrical engineers are very bad because of bad education, it lacks them of practice experience the schools don't give them enough
@@vintagestereo Experience is something you get while working. But especially when it comes to sound there's a problem since the content has gotten of less quality as well. Much of the new music is based on samples f.e. and there's so much music that good sound became less of an priority. And many young people of today grew up listening to mp3's and cheap overly compressed streaming solutions. Also, good audio has gotten way more expensive. So it's not necessarily the education, but the culture and industry. I mean, the professors of today are mostly the same as the onces from 10 years ago. When we look at the industry, it makes sense that companies like JBL are moving in a different way. They make a lot of money with the solutions they sell now that are based on live style. Harman (who owns JBL, but also Harman Kardon and f.e. Lexicon that once was known for their R&D infrastructure) doesn't do anything with real high end audio. It's all lifestyle, experience and design. And Samsung who owns Harman but also AKG will not invest in it extra as long as people don't care for it. And the people who do care for it, generally don't look at the big players and of the more famous brands will go for brands like Dali and DynAudio. I respect f.e. a Sony that they still have stuff like high end amps, but economically it would be better to shut that part down. Not sure if Sony still makes speakers like the SS-AR2.
@@vintagestereo special ? what did he do , I thought he was going to fix the reflex ? I could not hear him speak ., he looked passive to me . Any amp can test a speaker , I use Frequency Generator witch is variable for adjusting , go to the play-store try it , I use it to run up a pair of headphones for weaknesses as well . I did not see anything here !
How much did you get for them €100. You missed a trick there you should have sold them for €50 and ask for one of his amplifiers at a discount price don't think they'll be that expensive. He didn't like you're cantons then. Has it got a website or RUclips channel
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This professional is also vintage!😁
That’s CLASSIC 🤓
Hhhahahha
I wish Dirk had his you tube channel I learnt so much just in this short video.
Those Philips speakers look serious indeed. Clearly a great expert. I would just replace the cd player with a small tablet with some applications to do a bouncing sweep and maybe even get a freq response from speakers. Plus of course some pieces of music. Thanks for the always very nice videos. Regards, gino
For those of you laughing at that mini portable CD player you would be surprised how most of them actually sound great even better than a full size unit.
$129 Radio Shack portable CD player outperformed full sized audiophile High End CD players!
Read the link here;
www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/480/index.html
Good guy i hope somebody can help him back home lifting those heavy speakers. I admire his passion at that age.
Looks like a good man to know.
This guy is genius
If i'm testing speakers I use classical for mids
and tweeters, and some early 70s reggae for
the woofers. You have to give it some volume
to throw those cones back and forth, to check
the coils aren't rubbing on both the forward or
backward motion, female vocals also good for
mids.
do rhythmicällie cömplex-äir stvFF..??
Cool guys with some cool stereos
Interesting! I use an SPL meter to test the relative output of the drivers (tweeters, mids, woofers). This immediately reveals if a driver is dead or having problems.
cnhhnc, I use a digital SLM (Extech 407730). It is amazing just how loud some speaker models can get. Using my Hitachi SR-804 receiver I can drive my EPI-180 speakers to 102dB+. This of course is not constant but "peak" readings and the sound is very clear and clean. I don't usually listen at that volume, however, it's nice to know my speakers can do it.
A sound level meter is a great addition to a good hifi system, for testing SPL and just checkin' on the drivers and if you're curious as to how loud they play.
Last year i got 4 fb850 for free. All needed to be refoamed. Today they are ready to play for some time now but i have not the time to test them. (informal care)
I also recapt and modified my Luxman L-230 (better transistors and led's). Also free because it was broken.
I am very curious how the luxman amplifier sounds with the philips speakers.
I see that pioneer qx 949 hiding back there !
i want a old school amp with the big wide meters on the front that have light in them where can i find one for sale i stay in texas in the usa
be good to see the speakers when done up.
I'm better of cooking 🤣 hilarious 😆
een pro...komt die dan met een disc man.....😂 wel een coole video
dame is that the most you made from a set of speakers your so lucky.
Like your humor!
He is right Andrew....all he said
coming from you , i believe it but I am not specialist to make my own opinion about it.
I liked this old guy. I had mixed feelings while I was watching this video but never irony and God forbid arrogance.. Andrew, it's you in 15 years, isn't it?)
I never laugh at old people..
And this old guy is right than he has bought set of speakers for the price of one tweeter). It's definately worthwhile driving such a distance)
if i make fun it's not because I don't respect but to check out his reaction, this is who i am, always skating on the edges , watched this video back and couldn't discovered me being disrespectful. In the end i wanted to help him with the speakers but got him very angry because i lifted one of the speakers over the trunk edge. He had his own system , blanket under the speaker and not lift it in the trunk but slide it over the edge..... he was very angry and raised his voice.....
@@vintagestereo it's very nice of you Andrew to be helpful, i saw that in the end of this movie and was proud of you! sorry to hear that your good intentions upset this old guy. But IMHO we have to do correction or compensation don't know how to say for the age of such people and just be patient).
Yea, with these old fellas you have to just follow their lead✌️🤪
@@vintagestereo I do not find it proper to loud his right anger. You should get approval in advance for any touch. . If somebody would treat harsh something for me valuable and unique excusing it with his will to help it would make me crazy.
No old people, Wise people :) hehehe
What do u think about Canadian psb speakers in a surround set up?I just won auction for a yr 2000 pioneer amp with the big surround speakers and book shelf’s.Got for 30 euro.The new of the equivalent is 1200 euro per surround speaker.I got it all for 30.pretty happy
the cheaper you can buy the more fun you eventually have from the stuff. I don't know this Canadian brand, not sure if they where sold in Europe.
Depends on what model PSB, they do make some nice speakers, depending! What Pioneer did you get?
Donbusto Arigato The amp is a pioneer vsx D509s 100w 5 ch multi channel receiver,equal 100 watt each channel ,is this good and powerful enough to sustain the speakers?what wire is best for it?Ill try and work out the psb speakers and update .It also comes with a accusound sw200 subwoofer made in Australia.Thanks
Donbusto Arigato better still here is the ad for it,you can see the pictures in it,I didn’t actually find out the speaker numbers but the price I said was for new similar looking ones the double sided ones in the pic.Do these psbs look good?what models do u think they are and more importantly do u think this set will be good for audio sound?I might even hook up a phono but there is no output,will have to work something out.He says that this set was very expensive when new and that it’s all tested and working,but it’s too big and too much power for him.
Donbusto Arigato rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183509050326
Looking at the region he's from and his technical background and is age, I wouldn't be surprised if he had a professional background at Philips.
not sure if he worked at Philips but he know very much about these speakers , from the testing up till the shop version. He also told me that since 5/6 years electrical engineers are very bad because of bad education, it lacks them of practice experience the schools don't give them enough
@@vintagestereo Experience is something you get while working. But especially when it comes to sound there's a problem since the content has gotten of less quality as well. Much of the new music is based on samples f.e. and there's so much music that good sound became less of an priority. And many young people of today grew up listening to mp3's and cheap overly compressed streaming solutions. Also, good audio has gotten way more expensive. So it's not necessarily the education, but the culture and industry. I mean, the professors of today are mostly the same as the onces from 10 years ago.
When we look at the industry, it makes sense that companies like JBL are moving in a different way. They make a lot of money with the solutions they sell now that are based on live style. Harman (who owns JBL, but also Harman Kardon and f.e. Lexicon that once was known for their R&D infrastructure) doesn't do anything with real high end audio. It's all lifestyle, experience and design. And Samsung who owns Harman but also AKG will not invest in it extra as long as people don't care for it. And the people who do care for it, generally don't look at the big players and of the more famous brands will go for brands like Dali and DynAudio.
I respect f.e. a Sony that they still have stuff like high end amps, but economically it would be better to shut that part down. Not sure if Sony still makes speakers like the SS-AR2.
This guy just destroyed tube amplifiers. 7:00
Was that a quad poweramp?
not sure
I guessed power amp Quad 405.
Yes, looks like a 405
?! What just happened. And there’s a tear in the surround at 2:10. This poses no concern? I’m pretty sure this video is a riddle or something.
bäh düttch? ännihövv mvy germän dude just repaired föäm intö rubbäiR -:- mäh
LOL vintage stereo @1:14.
He was trollling hahaha
What did the guy really do , what was that box ?
special amplifier
@@vintagestereo special ? what did he do , I thought he was going to fix the reflex ?
I could not hear him speak ., he looked passive to me .
Any amp can test a speaker , I use Frequency Generator witch is variable for adjusting , go to the play-store try it , I use it to run up a pair of headphones for weaknesses as well .
I did not see anything here !
👀🎦👍
Actually I did not see what he did??
Lol
very funny author... what is your native language??? congrats for 5000 Euro
Dutch. He was also talking about Rotterdam in the video and they spoke Dutch a couple of times (but I guess you can only tell if you recognize it).
5000? whahaha, was a joke my friend
Thanks guys for the answers. Special thanks to the author for helping the old man to get the dream
Dutch and Dutch.... (Speaker brands joke) hahaha
they don't fit,..hahahah,... get a freaking SAW and make it fit!
This aint no measurement , want to to measurement , i can show it to you , proper .
How much did you get for them €100. You missed a trick there you should have sold them for €50 and ask for one of his amplifiers at a discount price don't think they'll be that expensive. He didn't like you're cantons then. Has it got a website or RUclips channel
www.omte.nl his website
I sold them for $5000, you didn't watch good :-)
don't get jealous though, half of the $5000 i will spend on charity
@@vintagestereo no good it says it's unsecure I don't got an unsecure site thanks anyway
@@vintagestereo wowed