Ultra High-End Audio store tour - American sound of Canada
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Wanted to show you guys what to expect in a high-end audio store.
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Angie's Audio Corner
Products they carry :
Focal speakers
Audio research
Jeff Roland
Audio quest cables
Transparent cables
Aurender
DCS
Avantgarde
Bel Canto
Bergmann
Oracle
Boulder
Esoteric
HRS
I had to cut short the sound clips in the video because youtube blocked my first upload. Let me know if these kind of videos are interesting to you so I will include these kind of videos in my future uploads.
it's interesting to me. Keep it up. What's a good pre-amp, tube or solid state?
I'm wondering what the logic behind blocking videos with music is. There are plenty of people who record their vinyl and put it on RUclips without an issue. It's simply not possible to monetize it and you get the obligatory link to the song at RUclips Music. And then your video gets blocked... strange.
@@Simon-dn9kv It's the specific song that is the problem. Some song, they will block it. Usually, you just can't monetize it which is not a big deal.
Hell yea these videos are interesting, and informative too. I loved this video Thomas. I could easily have watched this for a lot longer too. Those Sonus Faber have the most amazing grills I've ever seen. There was actually a ton of stuff that looked amazing. What a great store. Definitely worth the money, if you have it that is, to shop there. Over buying stuff yourself, and trying to figure it out on your own. Thank you Thomas. 👍 ✌️
@@amb3cog Hey, it's great to hear from you again. Yeah, I really dig the grills on the sonus faber, very unique and quite stylish. I am glad that people enjoyed the video, I made an effort to go film there and it was a good 6 hours drive to get there from my home.
Beautiful store, thanks to the owner for letting us have a tour. I agree 100% about the synergy between components and speakers being critical.
I’ve yet to go to the current location (last time I was at American Sound was at the old location when Angie was finishing setting up the current shop) but Angie is a great lady and a wealth of knowledge. Whether you’re spending a few hundred or thousands of dollars she treats everybody really well.
And that is why Angie has been around as long as she has and survived in a business where so many have folded.
I concur. Angie is a legend
My fellow audiophiles Magazines and RUclips isn't enough, you gotta take the time and find a high end store and hear this stuff in person!
The sad thing is stores like this are dying a slow death. We need them more then ever now to help us navigate through the sea of gear out there. Back in the ‘80’s there wasn’t this much to choose from.
It was easy. 😎
this ones fine lol pretty sure they launder money for the local crime familys
The fact that this guy has so many duplicates crammed in one place means he's moving them somehow. Most places I visit of this caliber only have the demo models and maybe another set in the storage.
Why are they dying ? Not enough interested customers any more? Can’t imagine that…
@@patricknguyen3651 🤷
Didn't mean to offend you lol
Another great video Thomas , thanks for the incredible audio tour . When I was in Korea I was able to hear MBL’s big tower speakers with the separate subwoofers and mono block amps to drive them and the sound was breath taking , glad you got to hear a pair .
Yeah, now I need to hear their big towers too!
Just sent my Audio Research SP14 preamp in to American Sound of Canada for repairs. Though all the components in a system are important, I have to agree with Angie about the preamp being the most important. All my gear is Rega and I had a Rega preamp. I didn`t like it so I bought my AR SP14 and ended up selling my Rega preamp. Game changer!
Very impressive audiophile HiFi shop with very nice real world demo rooms.
Thomas thank you much for taking us viewers along for another adventure. Great looking store. Incredible inventory. Great work on the commentary man! I love this type of video.
Thanks for dropping by again! I think it's fun to change up my videos from time to time instead of just reviews. Glad you enjoyed it.
O-man Thomas you are so lucky to live close enough to visit a audio center like that, so nice. Thank you and the owner for the tour.
That does it! Now I have no reason not to move to Canada. If only you’d let me in. 😏 Love your content and this store is awesome. Thank you, as always, for sharing.
local high/ish end stores are super fun and sometimes you can find bargains .
i bought my polk SDAs in 1985 at a high end shop in a university town . the owner expected to sell a bundle of those speakers but told me they seemed out of the price range of most students ,so they sat there for ages without a sale .
he discounted them to 50% off and i didn't even hesitate . So ,you never know until you go .
I bought a pair of Vandersteen 2ce from Angie in 1994. Still enjoying them to this day.
Congrats, if you kept the speaker for so long, it means you must really like it.
Yo Disfruto de unos Mirage M-590i BIPOLAR desde el año 1998. Saludos desde España.
I stopped by here today and was thrilled. I was also very impressed with the time Nate spent with me, as I had stated that I was a budget guy.
Long story short, I can take my speakers in for an audition, for an integrated amp.
Brilliant treatment considering my budget.
Yeah, Nate is a really nice guy.
I've known Angie for years. She runs a good shop. Very fair; and she knows her stuff. I haven't been to the store for a while, but whenever I see her, she's always willing to bring me up to speed on what's current.
Whether you purchase something new, or on the consignment inventory, you're bound to be satisfied.
I strongly recommend American Sound Canada, on Yonge Street North... Richmond Hill... and be nice to Angie.
🍺😋👍
Those MBL speakers are pretty cool, but you really need to dial them into a room. You can't just plop them anywhere, but once you position them properly they sound quite nice.
Ah, thanks for the comment. Yeah, she really knows her stuff. Maybe it's time for you to drop by again...just don't bring your wallet.
The MBL sounded 'the same' no matter where I walked in the room.
Very nice video, this gives such a nice impression of the atmosphere in a well sorted High-End audio store. The white speakers you mention when going up the stairs are Meridian if I'm not mistaken.
Awesome vid, man! Please keep em coming, and thank you for taking the time to make them, especially this one, which I’m pretty sure was pretty easy to make in the presence of all of that amazing HiFi equipment.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I can attest to the fact that Angie is right about the importance of the Pre-amp. I am a vintage guy and have the Marantz 300 amp with the 1150 pre-amp and tuner with the oscilloscope (all refurbished by American Sound BTW). This was my dream system as a kid so when I got back into audio this is what I sought. For the longest time though, I felt something was just lacking with the sound and couldn't figure out what it was. Finally, I swapped out the preamp for a Marantz 2252B receiver keeping the 300 in the loop and OMG what a difference. The sound is what I have been dreaming of forever. BTW, American Sound of Canada is awesome and a very comfortable place whether you are ultra high end or not.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. It's nice to hear about people's experience in getting the sound they like. Yes, that store is nice and cozy.
I have never been to a high end audio store. Thanks so much for exposing me to it. Really cool stuff!
Yeah, I wanted to show people around the world how a high end store looks like. Not all of us live nearby one.
Loved this video Thomas. Always a joy to watch, listen and learn.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome tour! Thanks Thomas.
I really appreciate that you made this video, thank you! The cliffhanger is an amazing one.
Yeah, we all know if the preamp are bad you will not get good sound but in reality it's super easy and cheap to find preamps that sounds good enough to make other parts of the system much more important and it's the same with amps.
Speakers and Acoustics are the most important to the over all performance and are hard to get really good.
Thomas, I love your tour here! I was like in a dream! Had to pick up my mouth! Thanks for sharing man.
I am not head phone guy also. Just a lunch pal guy now retired. I got my system years ago. Love all . Health and happiness for you Thomas
I like how you remove the negative comments when it comes to other people but not yourself. You come across as a really top guy! Great content too. Thanks
Thanks for noticing. I have gotten used to negative comments for myself but for my friends, I don't want them to experience it especially they were nice enough to let me film their place.
I have been in a high end shop, but nothing like this. I didn't even know equipment like this exist. Thank you for the tour.
Awesome video. 👍🏾This really is what heaven looks like for audiophiles.😊MBL is awesome but you need deep pockets to afford it. Heard one of their reference systems and it was the best system I’ve ever heard.
Good lord. That is unbelievable. I’ve never seen a store with that much high end audio.. amazing. I agree with you, it was just yesterday that I heard the Sopra No. 2s and those are the end of the road for me. Any and everything more expensive would result in such negligible benefits (if any). I’ll be picking up for the Sopra No. 1s this summer.
Subscribed!
I never heard the Sopra 1 but I would assume it's also amazing,
Thanks Thomas for sharing, really enjoyed. 🎼🎵🎼🎵
Thanks Thomas, another good one. I've seen a walk thru of her store before. the amount of different brands
and a selection of the range in each line. cool. You've mentioned the negative comments before but you
do such a good job of deleting them we never get to see them. We need one vlog to let people vent, let em get it out.
Thanks Tom. I am ok with venting in a respectful way but I usually let it in a video that is related to me. It's because I am used to getting criticize now but don't want my friends to experience it. Some of the comments I get use swearing words so...
i agree 100%
The preamp sets the sound signature for the whole system
Thanks Thomas - don't know how I missed this particular vid originally, but I really enjoyed it - and I agree with some of the other comments, no problem in my world if you made it even longer.
love the focals
Thanks for the walk around looks amazing
My first pair of "high end" speakers came from this store. I had a great experience with the staff. You do have to keep an open mind when going though... The staff challenged my views on audio and introduced me to brands I never knew existed.
Which is what I want in a store like this. It's easy to read on the internet each component but they don't necessary have good synergy too. Also, there are other good stuff out there, just that we might not know about them especially highend gear.
Hey Thomas, you should look more into the T+A products. They are especially good with their T+A DAC 8 DSD, which has a dedicated high quality chip only for DSD playback, which sounds great. To really take advantage of this chip, the DAC has to be fed DSD 512 oversampled signal with HQ Player.
Yes, they are highly regarded.
I'm too embarrassed to go into a high end audio store. It makes me feel like a scrub but I enjoy watching on youtube!
Nah, don't be. I do understand some store employees are not that 'nice' but many of them are.
I went into a high-end audio store, they, the staff looked at us funny because we were BLACK and asked me for my driver's license.l Did purchase a pair of speaker cables for over $300 I also have 2 pairs of MIT cables. Mono Block Amps.. the Old Kappa 9's infinity Loudspeakers. I guess the next time I go there I'll wear a white dress shirt and a bow tie.. maybe we will get treated better.
Clyde ... 😂🤣😂🤣 ... they really asked you for your driver’s license??! They might as well take your fingerprint ... swab for some DNA then ask you to empty your pockets on the way out. Just in case you were hiding some 200W valve amp inside your pants.
@@hushpuppykl sure did.. in Jacksonville Fla Hoyt stereo. I will go there again.
Clyde ... but in your Armani suit 😬
Wow the famous Angie’s place. It’s much larger than I’ve seen before. Wow what a load of inventory. Hope she has great financial cover on her insurance package. I see cramped premises and little in protection. Fascinating vid thanks
I want to live there. Awesome place, WOW !
Wow... love it - Thankyou Thomas :)
Oh hell, I just drooled on my iPad.
Been running very cheap dac/pre-amp combo up until recently and got a decent tube pre-amp and found quite an improvement. Not sure why a volume control pre-amp changes sound that much would like to hear your explanations of the importance of pre-amps in your next videos.
Everyone take a shot when you hear him say, "these are pretty good". Fun time for sure, I love looking at the new stuff, too bad we can't hear it. I used to get so depressed after leaving a showroom like this, coming home to what I had spent so much hard earned money on and not being anywhere near the really great sound systems. After many years and systems, I finely got into the McIntosh world and I have been very happy for a long time now, but his week, I'm upgrading most of my cables to the newest Wire World mid priced stuff and wow, what a difference those wires make, it's like a new system all over again, has me playing music for hours like the old days. That's one great thing about upgrading any part of the system, it's new all over again and it inspires listening more.
Thanks for the tour.
Those Sonus Faber’s are in my dreams. I love their laid back nature
EQ software, room correction, and room treatment should be on the top of your list over upgrading your gear.
Anthem do a little box for a few hundred quid.
Yup, that is what I learned this year.
@@ThomasAndStereo NAD m3 or is it m2 have room correction feature
Those white bookshelf speakers are meridian audio speakers
One of the best in the world
Great video, love the cliff hanger too.
I bought a Niagara 1200 with them months ago, and the seller allowed me to demo the speakers they had set up back then. It was the first time I understood what holographic sound really means.
Thanks for the great tour of an amazing HiFi store, Thomas.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Angie has been in the business for decades. I haven't been to her new location as of yet.
Beautiful store 😍👍
MBL speakers ..for me the best ❤️
*you should keep going to stores. we have no audio stores here.*
There are no stores like this near me. I would have to go to the San Francisco bay area for a store like this. Fun look.
Thanks Richard. I am glad the owner allowed me to film her store, it's fun to make a video on stuff we don't see everyday.
"This is what paradise looks like for an audiophile"... 😄
I think pre-amp is a marketers answer to turn things on their heads for the sake of boosting sales. 4" mid-bass to 8" mid-bass, big difference. 10 watt amp to 200 watt amp, big difference. MP3 to CD or LP's big differences. Pre-amps...., the differences are there but not as drastic as the previous examples. Input and output sensitivity matching is essential, after that it's gain reduction.
I don't think I would want all those components in my house, but what a museum visit.
Preamp is like the brain. It take the input from a source (transport, streamer, tt). And also usually where you adjust the volume. When you increase the volume, then you start to notice any flaws in the system. And any existing minor flaws at low vol will appear even more noticeable at higher vol. like the quietness of the background.
Very nice tour Thomas. Thanks to Angie too. I agree with preamp as the key to great sound due to signal processing or lack there of.
Thanks Vic, one day I will talk about why in a video, just need time to get to it.
Thomas can you please provide us a status as to where you are with regard to replicating you friends 300K system for less money. I notice you mention Focal S2 speakers as being the ultimate. It would be nice to know what that equipment list currently looks like. @@ThomasAndStereo
@@vicg5323 I gave up already. You would think that the more I upgrade, the closer I get. It's true BUT my hearing and understanding also improved. Because I improved, I learn to appreciate his system even more. If you take bass for example, nothing i heard can keep up with it's speed except those Magico I heard at the montreal audio show. Then I found out those are also diamond tweeters that cost like $60k. I mean you have a lot of speakers with good bass for way less expensive but for me, either you have lightning speed or you don't. Because of that, I realized I never can enter that ultra high end world. So instead, I am now going the reverse, how to built a few good system with different sound for a modest budget The sopra 2 are very good, but that is to be expected for $15k+ but once again, if I compare the speed of the bass to the Raidho, nope, not there.
T+A sounds great. Heard them at 2019 AXPONA
T+A are amazing
Surprised to see 3 ppl that did not like this video!
Would love to know why!
Great tour Thomas and this store looks a lot like our Australian High End outlets.
This second hand room must be of much interest to you as you buy and sell heaps of equipment, constantly.
It's a shame RUclips policy doesn't allow playing a whole song.. but, if I recall you have done this from home when comparing speakers and amps, right?
I mean, you did play almost a whole piece of music. How do they allow it there but not at the store?
I really hope people do buy from these stores to keep them in business. Many times the practice of some audiophiles is, to go listen to a product and then buy on internet! Sad but true.
If that practice continuous very soon we won't have any more dealers such as this.
Keep up the great videos coming!
Thanks, some songs are blocked on youtube and unfortunately, we chose one that is. The other reason is because the video cannot be monetize once there is copyright song in it. So all my sound demo videos are not monetized.
Yeah, i hear you about retail stores and hope they stay open. Thanks again.
great vid tom i was drooling the whole time cant aford any lol . but its fun to dream thanks again .i look forward to your vids
Thanks Richard, yeah, just a video for fun, I can't afford 99% of the stuff in there too.
Awsome thomas i was drooling from the mouth looking at this amazing equipment .intresting that she mentions the pre amp as the most important part of the equipment .looking forward to that video.😊😊
Yeah, I am always drooling when I go to that store.
what a beautiful place to be, nice shop :)
wish i had something like that, just buying used and have it shipped over to me i get great deals but what works in my room is another thing. also some speakers have a look that dont come across on pictures and only in real life you see how beautiful they are :)
Yup, I can spend a day there easily. Sadly, the only way to know if a gear works for you is to take it home and try.
2:40 lol i could even tell over my laptop spekers that this must sound amazing .. mindblowing drum sound
thanks for the video thomas!
Yes, the preamplifier has the most impact on the sound.
Because it can have a remote control so we are able to turn it on! ;)
Eagerly waiting for why.. ..oh those cliffhangers.. :)
I like my tone controls available on my remote control.
I am gob smacked?!? On the 2nd floor the white angular gear by the door is Britain made Meridian. The amp and cd player are easily recognizable by the horizontal lines, on the fascia, which separates various functions. Often seen in movies like American Psycho. Extremely well made with a beautiful sound and a price to match... off course.
Fun to hear that in high end they demo with a song from the Adele 25 album.
I like that album it nicely blend with analogue and digital drums as the icing on the cake. That makes the bass lines little more interesting. 😍
Thanks Thomas!
Your welcome, I like listening to 'normal' songs with high end gear, many times at shows, the song choice is not my taste.
thanks for this is always fun drooling @ American Sound. The white speakers you didn't know where Meridian.
Yeah, I am always drooling when I go there.
Welcome to Toronto!
Thanks for showing the visit!
I would like to visit such a store and listen to the high end equipment personally!
Awesome thomas. Love what you are doing. Rock on !
Thanks, I should drop by your store again in the future.
I do agree that the Pre-amp is the most important component in the system.
"This is what heaven looks like?" Without a doubt. That's a pretty awesome audio store. They have a pretty substantial collection of gear there, very nice. I love it, they have the super-expensive gear in the big house, the 5-digit gear in the smaller house; I'd only be able to do my shopping in the shed out behind the garbage cans. ;-)
"Oh, look at that high end fax machine!" - Interjecting comedy into your videos....I like it. ;-) I couldn't agree with you more. The sign of a "great" audio store is one that understands "systems", not just individual pieces of gear.
haha, glad you got my fax machine joke. Yeah I will join you in the garbage can, I can't afford 99% of the stuff in there. Yup, it's important to approach it as a system as opposed to an individual piece of gear.
@@ThomasAndStereo Did you ever do a review of this store before? I know that I've seen a YT video about this place in the past, but can't recall who posted the video. It was some event they were having at the store, but I can't recall specifically what it was for. Anyway, I think it's great that they allow people to listen to high level gear like that to at least experience it even if they'll never be able to afford it. Cheers!
@@vcp93 it was Michael Fremer who made a video too on this store
Haha! That is a beautiful store. Would love to be in that business ( if only for fun) .
Who doesn’t like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Candy store.
Looks like the store Michael Fremer from stereophile went to in Canada , I almost started to drool there’s so much eye candy
Nice one Thomas and I’m glad they let you film. When you go up to the second floor, and round the corner between the both Sutherland phono preamps that are sitting on top of the Audio Research and the Jeff Rowland inside of the stand is my amp. I own that silver Audio Research, it is the Ds 450 and it has been very good to me, class D, so I normally leave it on all of the time. My next amp from Audio Research will be the Ref 75se, which is a tube amp. I want to hear an Avant-garde in person, the silver Audio Research on the floor to the left is the Ref 75 either the regular one or the SE, which will be my next amp in addition to the Ds450. Two separate stores, wow an Audiophiles paradise. The second building is more affordable. The Vac stuff is good and sounds wonderful.
You are so right about system synergy, it is hugely important and it contributes so much to the final sound that you hear and the reason that so many people are constantly upgrading. The components must get out of the way along with room acoustics and when both of these things happen, the magic occurs. The owner of this store carries a lot of fine equipment for which she can service many different types of people.
Those silver Audio Research 160m that you showed at the end! I have heard at the dealers and at the show, Axpona, they are 30,000 dollars for a pair. You hit it on the head Thomas there is no best anything, we all have a different path so that we can all end up at he same final journey, Audio Nirvana. I think I know why she said the preamp is important because it is the control center and if you have a solid state amp and change the preamp to tubes, you change the sound greatly, I could go into a longer explanation but I don’t think it’s necessary. I believe in a solid state amps for bass, with the exception of a few tube power amps and pure tubes or tube hybrids for the preamps.
As always Sid, your comments are well thought out and I enjoy reading them. I did hear the Ref75 at one point there but to be honest, EVERYTHING sounds good in the store. I am always in awe whenever I listen there.
I guess I spend so much time equipment matching that I learn first hand how important synergy is. Perhaps I can make a video reminding people that, most people who have experience knows but at the same time, my audience is broad so a video on it might be a good idea. Just to introduce the concept of synergy.
I personally like tube for preamp and solid state for amp, unless I can afford those crazy $100k tube amps....need to win the lottery.
the white speakers at the top of the stairs are meridian dsp 3200's
The Jeff Rowland monoblocks and the gloss black Focals were my pick of the bunch, thanks Thomas, good one
I love audiophile playlands like this store. too bad they seem to be slowly disappearing. In New York City they were once everywhere!! I used to go to different places with my favorite jazz and classical CD's and spend an entire afternoon there. But now things seem to take place online. Please keep making more vids like this if you can. All the equipment seems awesome!!
Ooh @2:53 Patrica Barber Cafe Blue ...yes please🤗
That should be a trend...deleting negative comments.
I actually ended up deleting only one negative comment. I rather be transparent about it and people do respect it and that is the kind of audience I want on my channel.
Great place wonderful to see they are doing well. Used to work up the street from Angie. our store is long gone, it was call Stereo Factory. Thank you for the video! It was the source if you were using turntables. Now it is hard to define what the source encompasses, from file to the DAC including all the app settings? So it's easier to point to the speakers instead.
Sorry, your store closed.
@@Clyde177 last time I checked, nobody remembered us anyway.
Yeah, these days the source can be a lot of thing. I guess it's hard to keep a store these days with people buying online to get the best price. It's great to drop by an audio store once in a while.
Very nice stuff and way above my pay grade. Looks like a great store. Thanks for making this.
Having said high-end... I popped into linzbach in Bonn, Germany the other day and saw set-ups costing way way more. Eyewatering stuff costing 3x my house value. There appears to be no limit at the high end.
Have a look at Gainclone amps. That's not a brand, that's a nickname. Specifically the LM3886 chip. You'll look at _this_ audio equipment in a new light. Anyone spending that much money on something they can't hear to begin with needs an education in audio. This isn't a negative comment, just observable reality.
It'd be interesting to see you have an interview with Angie.
One day.
Wow!
I do aware high-end audio attract negative comments easily. However, this is not a good attitude to other peoples hobby, no respect at all.
Thanks for commenting, big fan of your channel
i knew it! before you said it, yes the preamp!!!!! wow
ok I've been thinking about the ARC Ref 5se. can't stop thinking thats going to match well with my Classe solid state amp
and vandersteen speakers. thank you sir!
Ah, my friend is looking for that one too. My other friend has the AR Ref 40 and yeah, it sounds good.
So crazy with the copyright laws.
If I got to hear a minute or two of
a song and liked it I would be buying the album in a heartbeat.
Doesn’t make sense 😎
Yeah, it either demonetized the video or it bans the video. It depends on the song. In this case, the song on the MBL speaker banned the video so had to cut it short.
Your friend Angie knows what she's talking about. I confirm what she said. I switched off my Bryston 4b SST because I can't get it to work like I want to. I can't afford to buy its own preamp right now. To make a long story short the 4b was blown away by my Rotel amp/preamp combination. Is Rotel better than Bryston ? Of course not , but in this case it was outperformed because of the better synergy of the Rotel components. The preamp is everything. Good video.
Nice, Synergy is the very important in my opinion. I had to learn that the hard way.
Really enjoyed this video Thomas! Also, sorry to post off-topic, but I had a question about the Omega Loudspeakers, but can’t find your original post about them. I found the analysis framework you shared in your Buchardt review insightful and would love to know how the Omega’s fit into it.
Thanks. This one is tough. It is a full range single driver and I only have 3 speakers like that in my life. 2 Omega and 1 Zu audio. I can easily put my hand on hard dome, soft dome, horn, and what I consider musical speakers but this one, I am still thinking about it.
I’d love to have a store that has so much quality used gear. The one around us usually has 1-2 McIntosh preamps and some vintage Marantz receivers, and the rest is Sony, Kenwood, Technics, Pioneer, Bose, etc.
I guess there is always audio shows if there are no stores. It's fun to hear some system like these.
Yes, these videos are interesting to me. Totally agree with you regarding Adel. Her When We Were Young (Live at The Church Studios) sounds great even as a RUclips video. Ever see it? Those big Tannoy Super Red SRM 15X monitors behind her. Man, I'd love a pair. Bet your vintage friend would too. :)
Yeah, would love to try some older legendary Tannoys too.
Another good one Thomas.
And I'm with you on the whole concept behind electronics and speaker synergy, we might as well throw a matching cabling loom in there while we're at it. Like you......, I tend to shop within the real world price ranges ( from me, that's between $1.000 - $5.000 per component max ) and will have to look into Focal's, especially having heard that you like them on more then one occasion, has sparked my interest.
As always......., well done.
🤔_o scar
Thanks! Yeah, this is more like a fantasy store and it's just for fun. I hope people don't take it too seriously. Synergy is the most important in my opinion. Focals are great but not easy to get them sound perfect. They can sound bright with the wrong setup.
@@ThomasAndStereo i think Focal wont sound bright anymore in your treated room. Win win situation. Haha! 😂
Yeah, I can now push the volume in my room.
Thomas & Stereo
Truth be........, the more upscaled shops are there to allow us common folks to gain a point of reference, be it electronics | speakers | cabling, and as you and your friends are doing, which I did years ago is, search out lower cost items which in theory at least can give one upwards of 75-91.3 percent of said performance is one knows what to listen for to begin with?, or better yet, how to listen?.
Then the reality becomes ones concept of what they can actually afford?, as dreaming shouldn't be an option..... 😮😏
How could I possible have a negative comment...lol ooooh that AR. Is nice nice so is the pass labs..nice..those focal are awsome..
The headphone amp was a Questyle CMA600I (edited - 600, not 400, typo)
Thanks, I was trying to figure that one out
do you know why stores carry the questyle but not the topping dx7 pro which is highly praised? i can hardly find any questyle cma 12 vs topping dx7 pro comparisons online, but topping dx7 pro reviews and thx189 reviews describe them as potential end game quality while being over 2x cheaper than the questyle. do you know how they compare with each other?
This is great, wish we had stores like this around me. My wallet would point me to the second store but it be nice walk around the first one also just to listen and dream. What's the depreciation in audio gear there? What would used gear cost compare to new. Also maybe the owner would agree to a sit down to discuss all things audio. Be nice to hear what she has. Thank you Thomas
ah, we sat down and chat with her for a long time. My brother even asked me we should have recorded her for a podcast.
The depreciation, it depends on the brand, on the used market , usually they can go from 40% to 75% but mostly average around 50 to 60% drop.