🆂🆃🅾🅿 🅁🄰🄽🅃🄸🄽🄶 Enjoy the hobby and the music!

[@gerihifi]

You are one of the very, very rare Audiophiles who STICKS with his philosophy and not every 2 weeks another next best thing! I watch you know for a long, long time and followed you since your 4th yt video and your journey was very nice! I do own two high quality hifi chains and fully agree with your statements: it is so stupid how so called hifi audiophiles try to convience not-so-much experienced just to get into this buy-new-gear every 6 months hamster-wheel! I was there as well, but since I follow people like you, I'm much more on the tuning side and I already reached a high level to be satisfied with my room situation! I AM SO TIRED when people tell me, room adjustment is 60% of our hobby, NO ITs not, if you have an average listening room its perfectly fine, I'm listening to music and NOT remastering songs! Than go for studio monitors in fully dampened room 😅 keep going!!! Your listener from Germany!😊 BTW: through you, I've ordered the complete Crytone tube selection, love it and really good and I do have a huge tube selection 😅

[@hificave]

Thank you for the feedback. I really appreciate it.

[@arunaryan1983]

The MACO MACARIA is an absolute stunner. Still ick myself for not buying them at the preorder prices.

[@joenovak6393]

MACO Macaria is Still work in progress, as I too had a Pre-order 40% and did not purchase. I did buy the Decware/Lii-song Zen Master ZF15L with Caintuck Audio Lii W-15 bass baffle which in my system and Tube gear, work very very well.

[@daveyurkovich9459]

Exactly Loic! I was literally saying throughout his rant, reach out and ask the question to the mfg directly rather than speculate.

[@Staybrown11]

@@daveyurkovich9459 but why does a private company need to explain their profit margins? Build cost? Hifi is a luxury hobby. There are manufacturers who focus on low cost budget products. Why focus on niche gear that they would never buy nor intended to?

[@daveyurkovich9459]

@@Staybrown11 not saying they do, however if your going to try and educate people on a particular topic/product you need to be informed and whom better to get the information from, but the mfg. Once you are armed with the necessary information then you can have an opinion if you’re trying to educate. We all know about opinions.

[@hificave]

Why not focus on niches? Thats what makes this hobby special. You can enjoy it on any level, deep dive, keep it simple, make it complex, cheap, expensive, fun! Expensive niche stuff influences low cost stuff to find ways to deliver more at low costs. And low cost stuff keeps niche and high end in check and gives us a grounded perspective. Its all good. Ford made the ford gt, which made them learn how to improve regular cars in the next generations. I say bring on the crazy stuff, it brings a wave of better affordable stuff afterwards.

[@JohnZolla-bp7tl]

Wait just a minute Loic. You are being rational and logical. There is no room in this hobby for rational and logical.

[@carminedesanto6746]

I was at the Toronto Audiofest this past weekend..and there’s something for everyone..that being said (yes,the rooms killed a lot of the performances) .but …when everything was on point (as close as one can at these affairs) it was glorious!🥹 Though,I must admit in those rooms..the prices for the gear was eye wateringly expensive…but FUN! Have a great Thursday.🍻

[@318ishonk]

Some people will delve in negativity and get angry about things they can't change in the first place. That's their decision to make. Here's another expensive Open Baffle Speaker: Joseph Crowe No. 1695 (beautifully CNC machined solid wood baffle, 15" for bass, 10" + 800Hz horn, $13,500 USD/pair plus shipping from Canada)

[@restcarl83]

Oh, man! That guy's receiving way more acknowledgment than he deserves. I blocked him from KZbin's algorithm ages ago for putting out too much negativity in this community. Probably his dog hates him too...

[@hificave]

Lol

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

How do you block someone from KZbins algorithm? I've got a long list

[@wolffriendsllc7195]

Loic, izzat a Wienerdog!!? Now, you’re officially the only channel to watch! 😊

[@hificave]

Sure is! Marshall the wiener!

[@geardawg1358]

I ignore a LARGE portion of the people, especially on the internet! Love the pooch, probably smarter than most that I previously mentioned!

[@hificave]

Hahahaha 😎

[@CarlVanDoren61]

Auditioned Linkwitz near field setup Too close for comfort and didn't dig deep enough. Songer S1(open field coil) with tubes was far superior 😊

[@felipeneri3364]

Nice to found your channel, I did a lampizators with sabas and Altec, not perfect but super 3D, what do you think diy with la Dolce Audio kit?

[@hificave]

I have not yet used la dolce audio, but I know and trust guys who have and they love it.

[@felipeneri3364]

Than you

[@abxaudiophiles]

FKN FAX!!! ❤🎉😊

[@hificave]

Always including a cover page!

[@hificave]

Lol you censored yourself? 🥸🤓

[@abxaudiophiles]

@@hificave It’s a thing. The Karma tug is real. 🤣🤣

[@hificave]

You are a great man bud! 😎

[@Staybrown11]

He is trying to find his niche-the “it’s too much profit” crowd. Like the ASR measurement crowd there’s no middle ground. Did you read all the comments he had on his video? It’s in all the hobby videos: cars, coffee machines, motorcycles. A bunch of grown ass men bickering like teenagers. Why are they in the business of being in people’s wallets? Build it better, cheaper, nicer and put it on the market.

[@hificave]

Amen!

[@annebokma4637]

That sounds like real work, bitching and trolling is way easier.

[@hificave]

@@annebokma4637 always is. I dont grow or get better unless I pick the route that is more work.

[@ccdccd8615]

My only comment is that I feel audiophiles too often fail to take the room and their use case into consideration. Each room has its characteristics sonically. Add to that the flexibility (or lack thereof) in speaker placement. Finally, are the speakers strictly for 2 channel use or will they be doing double duty for HT as well. The answers to these questions may determine how far you can hope to go down the audio rabbit hole without wasting your money. A speaker can only go so far in overcoming a challenging placement which circumstances do not allow for changing.

[@hificave]

Refreshing to read your comment. Agreed.

[@rodduncan1183]

To you & ABX Audio I don't know if both of you guys have spent any of your time following Stefe at Skunkie Design ? Her world revolves around building valve amps & has now moved into a minor amount of reviewing. She has a problem, she has a small room with limited space for her speakers which currently are Klipsch RP600M's. Her musical tastes are Jazz, some classical, acoustic Folk/Americana & probably old rock. She has talked to Danial at GR & I think she maybe getting a kit for probably the little giant killer if that is in her price range. I suggested open baffle as I know there is a lot of help on a site on Discord BUT I got shot down by others who seem of greater knowledge that Valve & Open Baffle doesn't work. Can either of you guys or any who follow both your channels reach out & help by lending some short not too large speakers & add them to her options & if she decides to DIY maybe help there also. Me I live in the deep south New Zealand way too far away to be able to be of any help to her. (For those who don't know where that is it's next to Australia and we still have a CUP residing in our yacht club LOL) Kiwi Rod

[@hificave]

Valve and open baffle dont work? Haha. Not true.

[@middleearthltd]

Skunkie does not have the room for an open baffle speaker

[@legione1capone]

Tube amps and open baffles are literally made for eachother. Especially in the case of la dolce audio amps and speakers. Designed for each other. Some of the best audio experiences ive had in this hobby. The people that say these kind of idiotic blanket statements are the people with no experience with it.

[@robertthurston6858]

Skunkie is a Man……Reality check

[@annebokma4637]

I will stop ranting when I am done, thank you. Now what was I ranting about again? Guess I am done 😂 To be fair maco could have chosen another color to distinguish the drivers they use from the cheaper chinese ones People who pull their speakers out in the room are just the crazies, he said sitting next to his speaker which is pulled out into the room 😂😂😂 know thyself 😎

[@hificave]

Lol

[@walterpen371]

Rarely does a speaker go flat up against a wall. How about compensation space for the speaker cable with plug. Maybe if the connections are on the side or underneath. I stand corrected now as you can eliminate the several thousand dollars worth of hi end cable, due to wireless speaker systems????

[@hificave]

My point exactly

[@walterpen371]

@@hificave I also forgot to mention that Focal has a $40,000.00 US wireless speaker. This tower speaker has three amps. built-in side the speaker. So now we have to compensate space for the several thousand dollars worth of an AC POWER CORD(S) ????? This is the crazy world of Audiophiles!!

[@hificave]

@@walterpen371 sure is. :)

[@rodduncan1183]

Yes I see them in the background. Stefe has a social conscience she was a Council member for the town on her t shirt for many years, what state I have totally no idea so I am asking a big please help her because in HI FI how many females do you know of other than the token eye candy make the effort ? Yes she has taken a lot of hate because of what she is doing because there are some who believe HI FI is exclusively a male domain Kiwi Rod

[@shadowofpain8144]

Sky high prices for soso gear. Actually innovative gear for less coming out of china. Name a US cd transport for 650 700 that plays mqa cds up samples to dsd. A decent speaker isn't even to be had for less than a used car and majority the price of a new one. As a private in the army in 79 I could afford the latest great sansui 33000. And I say the 15 inch woofers in the speakers sounded better than any of the skinny towers of today. I turn that baby up and put a crack in the barracks the bombs of ww2 couldn't. Ask me how I know. Lol

[@annebokma4637]

Ok, how do you know? Sounds like it may be a good story, where MP involved? How many cases of beer got you out of trouble again? 😂