PART TWO: Under 30 audiophiles show off their systems
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- This is Part Two of the Under 30 Audiophiles slideshow, here's Part One, • Under 30 audiophiles s...
Now it's the Over 30 crowd's turn, send no more than TWO JPEGs to Audiophiliac@mail.com Make sure to include a list of the gear in the same email as the JPEGS!! Start snapping now! The gear doesn't have to be expensive, but picture quality and composition quality do! You can be in the shot, or your dog or parakeet or snake are welcome.
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You know what, Steve? I was despairing of younger generations seemingly only listening to Spotify using phones and earbuds. But this, and your previous one, has restored my faith that the future of audio is in good hands after all!
spotify sounds bad alot of ppl settle but i didnt at 24 no excuses but need more equipment 😂😂
You can't make any generalizations from these two videos. The sample size is too small, and they weren't chosen randomly. They specifically responded to Steve's invitation to show off their audiophile system.
@@RandomUser20130101 Aw, don't spoil it with science - I'm just having a bit of fun 😀
@@RandomUser20130101 not only were these systems submitted by willing contributors; they were selected from the best photos. Just facts, no opinions.
Still, there are always people from newer generations coming into this hobby. Even if they listen to the music for enjoyment or music production etc, its all about being interested and enjoying music.
I myself am 25 and started collecting vinyl to immortalize (best translation I could do from the Dutch language) my favourite rap, techno and jazz records.
Borrowed my dads setup for a few months with the plan to slowly build my own and gotten a bit ahead of myself but only through good deals and researching what works well for me.
Early in my carreer, living in an appartement with flatmates, small space.
So just pieced the final piece together, the Denon PME-600NE after watching Steve's video about my speakers (B&W607) which I bought with a fantastic discount. That together with my Project Debut 3 Esprit (also discounted), makes for the perfect system to get into the hobby, be satisfied with excellent basics for the coming years, allow me to listen to my records as well as have my TV connected and have decent quality Bluetooth connectivity.
It works fantastic for me and even rekindled my dad's love for vinyl as well, as he's started upgrading his system (which I borrowed for a short while) recently as well to listen to his father's jazz collection.
Anyways, don't focus too much on what the general public is doing but keep in mind that the love for music always caries on and there are always individuals who do their own thing.
Cheers
The kid into cassettes made me proud.
Yea I wanna send him some of my classics.
Anyone for 8 track. My dad in that era only used Ampex and Sony. Strictly reel to reel. Thorens turntable too. Grado and Shure cartridges
@@jetfansuperd 8 tracks weren’t ever good
It's nice to see anyone so young into the hobby of HiFI audio, but cassette tape makes no sense these days.
Just seeing these photos gives me great hope for the future of our hobby. I myself became an audiophile when I was 20 years old. That was...47 years ago!
These are by far my fav episodes. We’re typically an introverted bunch
Can we please showcase more from the POC, LatinX, LGBTQ communities. It would be helpful to be inclusive.
The 10 year old with the groot action figure and baby yoda warms my heart
Oh I remember those days. The younger generations are not kidding around. Every one of them is set up so neat. System integrity reigns.
Thanks for the feature! (8:49) I'm joyed to see all these amazing systems.
Thanks , More of this videos please, Nice and well done, love the channel.
I think the winner should get a rug. seriously, so many bare floors!
Nice to see the kids taking an interest!
Thanks for the feature!!! (12:15) love to see everyone’s setup!
Thanks for sending in your shot
Congrats to Evan, age 19. You are accomplishing several things by picking up the easily discarded. 1) No functioning audio equipment should end up in a landfill and they do. Dusty receivers are often dumped and that is an unnecessary shame. 2) Evan, you are building equity over time. I take my excess pieces to local, brick-and-mortar hifi shops and often trade up or acquire store credit for new vinyl and used cds/sacds. Everybody wins! 3) Your developing an ear for quality. Listen to mixes and matches of components and turn others on to the possibilities of surprisingly great stuff. Look for vintage cd players with cdm transports and TDA 1541/43 chips.
would love an over 80s compilation to see what the old guard is up to. great channel!
Awesome to see the younger generation caring about sound quality.
Great to see these young people into audio gear and listening to music! We need all these young folks to carry us all forward into the future of hifi audiophile gear! Great stuff!
Love the one with the equipment stand that looks like a 1947 era Singer sewing machine.
These are some amazingly awesome systems, regardless of the owner's ages! I'm very impressed that there ARE still audiophiles out there, even in the younger generation...
I just wish I could find a GF who was also an audiophile like I am, because that would be a great passion to have in common as a couple!... And then later in your relationship, the W.A.F. (Wife Acceptance Factor) would be much easier to meet as a result too! Lol!...
But in my whole life so far, I've never actually met a single female audiophile, not even ONE!... They are wonderfully rare I guess, if you ever meet one!
I think it's quite important to point out when doing speaker review's that a speaker that sounds great in your room might not necessarily sound as good in another persons room. I myself have experienced this when listening to a set of speakers in 2 different rooms. I think we can all agree that the room plays a BIG factor in how a speaker sounds.
Someone asked me what they should buy. I pointed out room differences and individual perception of sound. Bottom line be sure you have return privilege
I could watch these setup shows all day. Keep them coming👍🏻
Thanks for showing my system, Steve! (13:28)
Hey Steve, you should do a headphone system video collection! If you haven’t already. I bet you could get some amazing pictures out of that me bring one.
What comes through all the wonderful AUDIO gear combinations is a deep and abiding love of MUSIC !
fun to see these systems. It is not easy building a dream system at a time in life where rent, mortgages, car loans, and basic necessities are the priority.
Because of the explosion in surround sound and ht in the 90s through today, with significant upgrade cycles, there’s a goldmine of great sounding high quality receivers out there for thrift prices or free, perfect starter amps, preamps for beginners or even seasoned audiophiles who know the Good Stuff from bpc
I too couldn’t help noticing the amount of tape machines In this series’s of images. I also use to make compilation tapes for my car and parties In the 70 & 80’s on my Nakamichi 600 tape deck using only TDK SA and SAX tapes. The source was vinyl and a AR turntable with a Stanton 681EEE cartridge. The tapes sounded very good then and they it still sounds good today, when compared to some of the streamed stuff I hear my kids playing today. The tape deck needs a service, but is still going strong. Love your work Steve.
My first "system" was a Yamaha M80 amp, a Sony CD Player and Mini Advent bookshelf speakers. This was 1986. No preamp. Used the output level knobs on the amp to control volume. I was 18. Ah the good old days
Those DIY speakers with Bliesma tweeters... best tweeters I've ever heard for my taste.
Thanks a lot Steve! Great job! Looking at all those setups is fantastic. These kids "get it"! I very much look forward to your next slideshow. Thanks again!
Those sets are no cheaper than serious audiophile... People in this hobby is really something...
Great to see the many vinyl collections in these pictures.
It's great to have kids 'cause generally (unless they're really spoiled) they are appreciative of your old gear and this frees you to buy more to replace what you gave to your kids. Win - win ! There were some great, tasteful systems here, can't believe the classic speakers pictured, one after another.
like when I worked at a lexus dealership and this guy's teenage daughter had final say on the car
@@user-ex9zm7bg3x Well that's just good money sense, right?
Much appreciated. I love music and the audio equipment it’s played on...
These two videos have certainly been refreshing--please do more.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw those Polk Monitor 10 speakers. They were my first speakers and they were AWESOME!. Back when Polk made real high end speakers.
Those were the 10B I still have the Model 10 and not the 10A. Anyway have them hooked up to a Kenwood receiver and a 90s Marantz 5 CD player and put a pair of Polk R1s on top and upside down as speaker B and it sounds sweet! The only problem is I had is both woofers had the stuck cone syndrome and wouldn't play on one of them but good news is Parts Express had them for 9 bucks each I bought 4 and replaced the two and they sound good.
They still do
16:10 it's my place 😁. Thanks for adding me on the list.
I still have the Davis Acoustics speakers that are on the picture but now I play my music with Sonus Faber's Lumina III tower speakers.
Harman/Kardon HK 670 integrated amplifier and a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo turntable.
My audiophile journey is still ongoing 😀.
Cheers from France 👍.
Early on someone mentioned JBL Northridge speakers - a guilty pleasure those, bought a budget pair from Best Buy years ago for my #3 system, meant for a low volume / social / background listening kind of a room. I actually spend a lot of time these days listening on those, pure non critical enjoyment, I load up 5 low impact CDs in the 90s Sony multidisc player, and my late 80s Denon AV amp. Those cheap JBL Northridge catalog speakers are sitting on the floor, they sound kind of awesome in a non assuming functional way.
Sounds a bit like my Polk Model 10s on the floor getting fed by a 90s Marantz CD player and Kenwood receiver.
yheaa thats my kit and yes i love them ..check the rug
I was 14 when I got my first turntable as an Xmas present. I built an amp from a kit and speakers later that year. That was over 50 years ago. It is so good to see renewed interest in better than "good enough" sound. Especially vinyl.
When my mother went to buy the turntable from Allied Radio (pre Radio Shack days) the thing with turntable sales was list price for the turntable and a cartridge for a penny more. My mother almost did not take the cartridge because she figured at $0.01 it couldn't be very good. Additional side note, I later became a sales rep in Audio and sold Empire, AT, Nagatron, and a number of other cartridges. Dealer cost on some popular cartridges were absurdly cheap in qty. I was selling $50 list models for $2-$5 each in 100+ lot.
I want a "decent" direct drive TT with extra headshells, but not wanting to step up to Technics level. Maybe just an AudioTechnica would be good. Anyway point being I have an old Grado and an MA2000e that was actually a pretty sweet cartridge with a beryllium stylus long one that is literally unused. I bet it would sound good even today but one way to find out. Not sure the Pioneer DD is that great and Technics just seems pricey. Any thoughts?
@@JohnDoe-np3zk Get a good belt drive. Far better sonically. And if you look you can find some incredible old school legends for a fraction of a new DD. Or perhaps a Rega Planar or MFSL? Unless you are DJing and need to slip or fast lock to speed and sound is 2nd.
Next tonearm mass and resonance. There is the pivot point and cartridge. The two ends. The ole shortest distance rule tends to also be the lowest mass rule. Longer bent arms need larger diameter tubes and add mass. Sticking a massive headshell connector at the end puts mass at the worst place.
So if best sound is the goal, a good belt drive straight arm with direct mount head. But yes there are still lots of good sounds coming out of DD, J/S/... arms. But there is a reason the most expensive turntable don't have them.
Wow! I amazed at these systems - - these audiophiles are eons ahead of where I was in my 20's and 30's ! Fantastic!
I love these videos. @14:16 So great that another audiophile is enjoying the Nobsound Integrated Tube Amp paired with some nice Klipsch speakers.
Someone had a lillingtons record on the wall. Thats a killer lp!
My apologies. Looks like it was a shins record. Still killer!
Great! Interesting in how the systems sometimes reflect nationality - not necessarily in the origin of the gear though the whole implementation/media storage etc. That listening room at 14.27 is nuts!! (In a good way...)
Hey Steve! Your "Under 30 Audiophiles" vlog is making you look younger..!!
Magnum Dynolab stuff is so stylish.
It's great seeing a new audiophile generation coming through! Great seeing the willingness to mix and match digital with analogue. I wandered into my local hi-fi store where they rubbished the equipment I had, trying to sell me 'up to date' components. I said nothing but it was strange them telling me I need not bother taking in my Mission Cyrus and Luxman amps to test their speakers..They have issues I think! Generally I find once conversation gets onto hi-fi, cultural, social and racial distinctions melt away but maybe I've been out of the loop awhile..hi-fi salespeople have changed! For example, the guy was telling me old speaker's rubber seals harden over time, cross-overs cannot be economically repaired (despite speakers being much more expensive than before), and technology changing month by month rendering components a few years old less viable than the latest components. So I'm asking on here, is this guy right?! Should I not repair old components? Should I junk perfectly working audiophile level equipment? Should I not bother with cassettes?! I see some featured here, its very confusing!
I agree with you. I have some 20 year old Mirage OM10 and one of the speakers was weaker sounding than the other. Most of the receivers I had were either 2nd or 4th gear Yamaha. I felt my speakers never could sing. Well I went speaker hunting after I got my brand new receiver back. I put my mirages in the shop. I saw deals on high end polks and Sonus Feber. I was about to go get the polks when I got my mirages back. They sound better than before. It only cost me 270 dollars to fix because the person fixed other stuff in it. I get up every morning to listen to my system because I am hearing stuff I never hear in the song before. There is this place call speaker factory that fix speaker. I am about to buy a Amp even though I have a flag ship model receiver and I only been playing it for 2 weeks. It may save you money.
He was right about some things, but his goal in telling you this was not to help you with good advice, but rather to convince you to buy new equipment from him.
Yes, everything will age and need some maintainance. Speakers may need re-coning, caps may go bad and need to be replaced, corrosion may dull the sound through connection points.
All of these things are easily taken care of for a modest cost, or with a little elbow grease.
The important thing for you, is to do your research and become well informed.
That will help you not only to know when you're being misinformed, but also which equipment you should be looking for, how to know what condition it's in when you find it, whether it's worth trying to recondition, and what you will need to do in order for it to sound it's best.
*Knowledge!* That's the key!
After 25 years I entered a local HiFi store and they asked the right questions. Do you want a new system, or upgrade components? What are the best working components you have now? For a new system the components you have can act as a benchmark, to hear how much better a new system is and if it's worth the money for you. For an upgrade we (at the shop) can help select the best additions to the components you want to keep.
Now that's thinking from the customer's viewpoint. I ended up with a set of new speakers that are a perfect match to my good old Denon amplifier, a powerful beast. And added a DAC to go to a digital-sourced system that still has that amplifier from the 1990s as its heart.
My advice: go to another shop. A shop where they take the time and listen to what you want first.
Pulled a 72 Marantz 2252b outta the trash cleaned it up sounds great.
Built a set of "Mello monsters" or "folded horns" and put some mid 70s fender guitar Amp speakers in them. At a 3 ohm impedance per Channel no distortion at all.
BTW found this Channel today.
Gah, I missed this whole thing as I only recently got into audio again. Is it time to revisit this annually Steve? Cheers.
@7:57 like my system. Krix Speakers factory down the road in South Australia
I also have the Krx Neuphonics Mk1's for stereo, as well as Whatmough P1's. Aussie speakers are hard to beat! P.S. central Victoria here.
I missed the cut off by 2 months!! Im 31 lol shout out to the kid from Allentown PA!! Pottsville here
That's me! Nice to see someone else from PA
@@DemiseOfTime hell yea man!! Looks like youre a big vinyl guy! Good shit man!
All of those set ups look amazing! i miss mine :(
The chromecast audio mentioned in the 1st image is a big yes from me.
Also, if you use a turntable and streaming to listen to music, you have the oldest and newest mediums for enjoy audio.
steve thanks for using me as the thumbnail! so cool
Thank you so much, it’s such a perfect picture for this two-part series are used it twice!
I am an old man who recently has significantly upgraded my whole audio situation...and I have more in the works...but after watching the second installment of the sonically endowed youth....clearly:
I AM NOT WORTHY! 😂😂😂
SONY, KENWOOD, YAMAHA, DENON, SANSUI, TEAC, TECHNICS...
So many japanese makers! amazing!!
嬉しいなあ。
I saw that Rio. Good call!
If people wish to exhibit their audio rigs, like costly works of art hung on the hallway wall, that’s fine by me. Persomally, I’ve built my hi-fi rig to enable me to enjoy and listen to well reproduced music in its purest form. My hi-fi electronics are housed in a purpose built media cabinet fronted with dark tinted, smoked glass doors. When, colleagues, friends or family share an evening of attentive listening with me, they are clueless as to whether what they’re hearing is created by an Amstrad or Bush system from the early 80s, or the latest offering from Griffin, Mark Levinson, Mcintosh or Luxman. It eliminates any brand or price bracket bias and minimises false expectations!
Most of this is all mid-fi gear. That said, this is the same age group that starts mid and become true high end owners at my age. The spirit lives on is what is important.
All you guys with the systems out there very impressive too bad we can't talk to each other to compare notes on Steve you did a great job this time at power to the people
Love these videos Steve, Kid Cassette is my new hero.
I see Mola Mola in the background, look forward to hearing about it.
Bookshelves directly on the floor with no stands, nuts
When you think how much of their attention and money these young audiophiles are putting into this, especially proportionately to what they have, you come to realize that this hobby is alive and well!
Nice picture at the end.
Some very nice looking equipment, but I was struck by how questionable speaker placement was in many of the videos. For example, speakers almost at the back wall, speakers very close to side walls, and little or no toe-in. Also some speakers were on shelves and recessed from the front edge, which can cause diffractions.
I thought the same thing, but then realized the speakers were probably moved from their usual place so that they and the components would all be in one photo.
When I got into hifi in 1980 there was a campaign saying home taping is killing music. Cd came along & vinyl was being phased out. I went to hifi exhibitions in early 2000s no vinyl , loads of home cinema . All changed now. It remains to be seen where hifi is going.
Thumbs up to GEORGE, the ten year old Stranglers fan!!!
These slideshows are my favorite! Some of these folks have some very hard to find room treatment. I’d love to know the source.
You need to do a video like this for 50+
Please call for pictures right now from people who are 30 and over if that includes you start snapping
10yo George 👌
I am sure a lot of us can relate, though he’s got a much better start vs the Monkey Ward’s am/fm 8track unit my parents bought for the living room when I was that age
Others kids may think he’s a geek, but I’m sure he’ll do well in his career
These kids come from money, great setups
the second kit from canada did you see his rug...vintage to the bones😂😂
Man I miss Boston Acoustics
I’d love to know what the kids are listening to on these great systems, too. How about an, “ under 30 , audiophile’s ‘records to die for’ “ episode.
Submission of 1 jpeg with their favorite 5 : album covers, CD/DAD/SACD covers, or if streaming, then, i guess they’ll know how to edit 5 images onto 1 jpeg :) , and if they’re live music audiophiles, throw in those stubs into the image!
If you aren't averse to hip-hop I would say
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
N.E.R.D. - No_One Ever Really Dies
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
JAY Z - 4:44
@@ThePsychicFish - no aversion to hip hop…. Not my favorite genre, but I have a few titles in my collection.
Nothing recent though… I’ll check out your recommends for sure!
Thanks for the reply.
My intent with the comment was to see if young folks have interest in classical, jazz, and blues… would be nice to know it’s catching on, too :)
@@mikewinburn Haha well that sure is a relief... In that case I probably would have recommended Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly over DAMN. since the former incorporates some jazz into the album but they are both throughly solid projects.
I am also curious to know what you are into? Are there 5 solid classical/jazz/blues albums you would recommend?
Saw that Samurai Champloo mousepad!
do u have a show talking about pairs of speakers for desktop computers. maybe not glamorous but millions of ppl are using them
Very cool... I feel old now tho
Kid listening casettes 👌👍 wow 🤩
There's a new affordable bookshelf from Tannoy called the Platinum B6, at $560 for a pair. It looks to be good competition for the popular KEF, Wharfedale, Elac, Monitor Audio, and Klipsch offerings at that price. Would you consider giving it a try and telling us what you think?
Thanks, I’ll see if I can get it for review. We’ll see
@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac Thanks Steve. I love your channel and your enthusiasm for all good gear, no matter whether it's $100 or $100k
A lot of nice stuff, love the DIY speakers and the vintage gear, but what is it with all that solid flooring and poor speaker placement ? come on people, throw a rug or three down at least and get those speakers out of the corners.
So I thought I Saw your PILOT Episode on line the other day for Stereo Fidelity ???
.... those guys no nothing about 'make up' and you LOOK MUCH YOUNGER NOW, than you did on that Pilot. --- I'm glad you decided to 'Direct' yourself. ---
You look at least 25 years Happier Too!
Great fun this
Hi Steve! Where will be another edition of under 30 years old ?
But at what budget and quality does it stop being "audiophile" and just a stereo system? Looks to me like any anything goes.
You can tell the young ones, they put stuff on their speakers & normally attatch a playstation.
Nice!
ahh, hi!
my headphones arrive soon!
I shall forever be drooling over them KEF LS50 Meta's though.
Nice
I'm surprised about the 24 year old with quads. Usually just us older guys with quads
Mmm I didn't give enough info sorry Steve 😅
Sweet!
Steve, @16:35 I'm not sure but is that Bob Katz?
I thought it might be the late Art Dudley.
@@alexandermeyerzon7059
Nice, great pic!
What exactly is an Audiophile?
Hey Steve, you're a vinyl guy. But you never review turntables or cartridges. It would be great to hear your insights...just saying...
He probably doesn't want the hassle of mounting and dismounting cartridges. Check out Michael Fremer's Analog Planet for all things analog.
@@vinylrules4838 Michael Fremer's articles and videos are very helpful and amazing. But he's the only one. None of the other usual suspects on RUclips (Zero Fidelity, New Record Day, Darko, etc) will go anywhere near a turntable or cartridge for a full-on review. It's really too bad. There's so much to talk about, but all they do is just briefly touch on the subject.
@@Leicaphile27 Steve is good friends with Michael Trei (Another turntable expert.) Maybe Steve could do some videos with him? While he doesn't have much in the way of current videos, check out the HiViNyws RUclips channel. He has compared many catridges/turntables over the past few years. A great resource for affordable priced gear.
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You should make a video about women taking time off social media and playing records.
my Lenco 8 track sound good it runs off a VW battery. got it for 20 bucks from my brother in law Joey who is looking for a job so if anyone knows of hiring let me know Ill tell Joey thanks
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Americans: clutter and messy
Europeans: clean and organized
Anyone have any good power amp recommendations
There are literally hundreds of great amplifiers out there. Both new and old.
Off the top of my head:
HH Scott
Bryston
Densen
Krell
NAD
Emotiva
Rotel
Yamaha
Rogue Audio
Schitt
Decware
Vista
PS Audio
Vincent
Cambridge Audio
McIntosh
Devialet
The list goes on and on.
Albarn m408mk2
Albarry m408mk2
Steve, I have a box of cassettes that I will send the young boy if you can me his name and address.
Mr. Pete--------->
aging hippie
Under 30? Under 30’s 😂
So where are the girl audiophiles?
Good question, I know they exist.