How to upgrade your stereo
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- There are those that buy a good stereo and use it for years without ever changing anything. And there are those that buy a stereo and keep changing components year after year. For those in-between this video is made.
Contents of this video
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Start of program
01:57 - The web
03:37 - Be structured
04:57 - Vinyl source
06:12 - Digital sources
08:55 - The music server
09:49 - The amp
10:51 - The loudspeaker
12:07 - The cabling
13:26 - The accessories
13:59 - The wrap
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Only one word describes the advice and thought inducing questions posed in this video post: OUTSTANDING 👌
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I agree
I like the way you call our wife’s, the esthetic commity. In our hobby a great conquer.
She’s in that function and others for 47 years already and I wouldn’t want it differently
@@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel bless you Hans. Mine is also very forgiving in my hobby, and, she enjoys it just as much as I do.
I am always very pleased to listen to you thoughtful videos and recommendations.
Happily I've been successfully built my stereo setup very much alike your recommendations.
Thank you very much.
Regards from Lima, Perú.
Thank you sir.
Thank you for that nice and open minded video. It wraps up nicely some videos that you’ve made in the past. I love those “no specs -no tech talks” Videos. Just simply talking about Hi-Fi as a whole. Emotions will be always involved in Hi-Fi and listening to music. That’s why tech-talk and reviews based on specs will never explain the whole thing. Even though one thing doesn’t work without the other.
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Wanted to let you know i am enjoying the music and enjoying your videos on audio science too. Thank you for what you do.
My pleasure
God bless this wise and caring man, that wishes to help us understand 🙏
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Thank you. Love your way. Just enough to be pleased, what is not to ask for? When I am pleased I am happy.
Enjoy the music
I'm a fan of your approach and your channel. I was surprised to hear a quote from Yuval Harari, as if the WEF has an audio stake? "In the future you will hear nothing and be happy?"
Cheers!
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Amen, I am so much agree on the forum take view. Excellent suggestions and video.
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Terrific summary and advice.
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Hans, wat een mooie en leerzame informatieve boodschap.👍 Well done.
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A very informative monologue delivering loads of common sense in stereo 👍
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Thank you very much, and I bought a Holo usb processor on your recommendation and I am very pleased with it, it has noticeably improved the sound at medium and high frequencies of the range. I have a degree in Physics and a musician and I confirm your words that things in audio that cannot be explained from existing technical knowledge although some think that measurements tell you all there. Modern science does not know much about electricity. Thank you!
It's more our auditory system that is not understood by engineers in electronics.
@@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel This is in addition to what I already said. Modern science can only describe the superficial phenomena of electricity, but there are many completely incomprehensible and unexplored phenomena that no one knows how to describe, because electricity has been little studied. Аny change in electricity that we translate into sound we will hear, however we do not know what happened to electricity and how to describe it
100% correct. Words of wisdom, experience and knowledge. Thx Hans.
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Nice advice
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Thanks!
You bet!
Great advise, I have had most of my current system for 20 years. Speakers, Amplifier sources. Upgraded my Pre-amp 5 years ago and added an Ifi Zen Blue Dac. I'm happy with the sound and so I feel no need to change anything else.
Enjoy the music.
very good advice :)
Thanks!
God bless your knowledge and wisdom... I wish for your soul to be filled with positive energy, and happiness because you are true and sincere...
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My first high end cables were speaker cables that I bought used. I was able to try them before I bought them and heard a significant difference. The difference was so big, it was almost like I changed a component. Next cables I tried were power cables with a audiophile power conditioner, I didn't hear a difference at all. I went from Audioquest Mackenzie XLRs to Earths and the difference was very noticeable. When I upgraded my amplifier, the differences in cables became more apparent as well.
What amp are you using now?
Hi Hans,
Thanks for this inforrmative vid.
Can you recomemend a 14:11 few accoustic pannel companies that are based here in the US?
Thanks!
@@davidstein9129 I am in process of treating my listening room. Am using Vicoustic for panels and other surfaces. Also using an acoustic panel treatment company locally to do measurements and installation.
@@egis7908 Thanks for the name of the acoustic pannel company
I will check into them online.
I live on the East Coast in The USA. I want to go with a company who is close by so I can save on the shipping cost...either a company on the East Coast or in the Midwest such as Auralex.
I haven’t reviewed acoustic panels so I can’t. Sorry.
hi, I congratulate you for your extreme professionalism, the question I ask you is the following: ONLINE DOUBLE CONVERSION UPS can be useful for improving the sound of a hifi system thanks
I have not reviewed UPS's so I don't have an opinion on them.
5:52 moving cartridge 😁. Moving Coil 😊
I know.🥴
putting together a stereo system is a balancing act. this once accomplished one should be very very careful when changing components.
I fully agree
5:51 'MC stands for Moving Coil'
It's easily done
Just a slip of the tongue
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"Please the aesthetics committee" haha
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Old Ben had 'the right of it': “If You Fail to Plan, You Are Planning to Fail” - Benjamin Franklin
A plan by definition has structure but to develop a personally solid plan requires first identifying our audio priorities. Neutral? Romantic? Tonality? Sound-stage? Resolution? Once that is determined, then financial considerations are an important factor in any plan we may devise. A plan by definition has structure but to be workable in the real world it must allow for adaptation to changed circumstance; such as a sale too good to turn away from or an exceptional 'pre-owned' deal popping up... or reduced funds and/or failed equipment... (I've had 3 amps just quit on me) In such a case, returning to a reformed plan is essential.
Arguably, the garbage in / garbage out rationale indicates that rather than the source, the 'chain' starts with the AC entering the components. When streaming or using a NAS as source, the Ethernet / WiFi signal's cleanliness/integrity comes before the streamer in the 'chain'. So why do so many new and even experienced audio enthusiasts ignore the 'cleanliness' of the AC, Ethernet data and WiFi signal?
Simply because addressing those areas will only be noticeable if the quality of the components allows for the difference in fidelity to be detected. Rarely do new audio enthusiasts initially purchase that level of quality 'straight out of the gate' and many, perhaps most experienced audio enthusiasts have a long history of falling for the latest/greatest in the dreaded disease... upgraditis. It's a long journey and only hindsight allows us to see where we stumbled along the way. Reflecting upon what those who've gone before us on this path have to say can ease the way when we find someone whose perspective resonates with our own audio priorities.
But we all have 'feet of clay' and no clear, straight and narrow path to audio nirvana lies before us. Which with a positive attitude, makes it an adventure.
My gosh Hans. You put all straight. You sorted minds straight in this "land of confusion" with regards to achieving audio nirvana. Super Wow, you. Coupled with experience and wisdom and passion, you do it.
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I swear that if Hans was a beautiful, smart European,... especially Hungarian female (like my wife, ❤,
and if I were young again...
I would be infatuated.
Thank you Mr. Hans for reminding us of reality 🙏
That’s a lot of if’s😁
Have you reviewed any digital power amplifiers like the Peachtree GAN-1? I'm curious about how they sound.
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MC = Moving Coil
You're right, slip of the pen.
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Garden hose cables 😂 thats mine. Lol
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Dear Hans, could you please test Peachtree gan-1. Looks that there’s some new technology, which might be interesting.
I focus on streaming devices, power amps are off topic for me.
I thought MC = Moving Coil? (you mentioned Moving Cartridge)
Oops
Ah, I caught the same oops. Great video overall 👌
Whats your opinon of G.R.Research & the mods That Danny Richie Does on speakers?
I have no experience with them so I can't say.
Hi Hans. Your reviews sound to me very respectable. And I will ask you the question of questions: BURNING IN. Some people say there is improvement and other reason that the burning in concept is illogical on the verge of an stupid insult. Other say that in headphones is the effect of pad accommodation to the ear. What is your view and what equipment has to be burned in? Only headphones speakers and tubes? Or digital circuits such as dacs an daps too?
Burning in audio equipment and cables does improve the sound quality, provided it is higher class equipment and not a € 100 streaming speaker. But who cares. If you buy equipment, you will automatically burn it in when you start using it. And your dealer better use burned in equipment for demo since he wants to sell it to you.
Totally concur re: burn-in, over my 30 yrs of AV experience. With the exception of course for mechanical/electronic devices like speaker systems, I've rarely demo'd the effect nor received many client responses to the affirmative with their electronics, cables, etc.
That said, besides speakers, I do believe certain levels of audio amplifiers creep out of a factory line spec or settle into an improved audio level and therefore may improve over time.
Does anyone know what is actually happening to the components during burn-in?
Mainly new capacitors and freshly soldered contacts change sound for the better. Solder takes hours, capacitors much longer.
I always wonnder why you say start with the mains AC. Is there any theory to what that is doing? We get AC from wall then it converted to DC for the AMP, so what features are you suggesting that one look at for an AC cord.
you should notice a difference in sound, trying to understand all the aspects of cables is a waste of time that will lead you nowhere .we are not engineers but we have ears.
I need some clarification, when upgrading mains power is it better to run single per outlet or run to a sub panel then single runs to each outlet? Is there any difference?
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You will have the correct answer to YOUR question when you try it out for yourself ......
@@frankgeeraerts6243 Trial and error works but more often than not is a not inexpensive path. Reading and listening to what others who have gone before have to say can save a lot of expense.
@@geoffreydebrito7934 If expense is a problem than the person should better buy what he likes and shouldn't worry about upgrading .
Learning has a cost , it is never for free , there's always a price to pay !
MC stands for moving coil.
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Price is a discriminating factor but ROI is a personal decision
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Moving Coil ?
Slip if the pen
Dear Hans, could you recommend me a hi-fi shop in the Netherlands?
No. I want to stay impartial. Sorry.
@@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel fair enough
Ha ha, you said moving cartridge. 😊
I know
I feel the spend on cables should be bigger. I know cables are a controversy but the way I listen to music I find upgrades in cabling to make an inexplicable difference to the very fabric of what I hear. "Quantitatively," as if you could assign imaginary numbers to these things, I know how strongly different speakers can sound from each other, but, again, the way I listen, I find bumping up the non-speaker infrastructure to create the most satisfying human experience QUALITATIVELY. Cables do something to my engagement with music that is simply fundamental to my experience and resulting happiness. I suppose the 3% guideline is sufficient if what you're talking about is a growth path... that is, cable cost shouldn't be 3% of the total spend on the *final* system but the delta for growth at this phase. I.e., once you have the rest of your system figured out - all the high-cost components - then start by spending 3% of what the system value is at that time, to purchase cables in steps or groups, so that by the time your cable upgrade process is over, you've spent that 3% guideline multiple times (once for power cables, once for interconnects, once for speaker cables - depending on how integrated or separated your system is). In short, I support the 3% rule if what you're talking about in the cable-buying phase is going from 100% system cost to ~109% system cost. (And yes, I totally caught that the 3% figure was a symbolic substitution, we are simply playing with abstract representations of other people's money which nobody here can measure or value.)
One more thing Hans, despite my willingness to provide input without invitation, please be assured I think your thought processes, explanations, and judgment are all top-notch. Thank you for doing all that you do, exactly the way you do it!
Thanks for sharing
Hi Hans I’m i stupid to upgrade my stereo at age of my 72 years old ears
No way. Age is not a obstacle. HifiOn!
Well I'm 69 and still enjoy every update I do. As long as the ears keep functioning....
I'm 74 and have every intention of continuing to improve my audio chain. Simply because I haven't yet attained a level of fidelity, which is entirely fulfilling. For me, it's a journey not a destination. Regardless, I enjoy what I do have because the music always comes first. I can listen to a table radio and 'in the moment', easily accept that level of fidelity for the casual listening it offers.
Guilty as charged 😞
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"The 3% is only an indication" ???
Yes