High End Audiophile Test Demo CD - Audiophile Music Vol 2

[@Duyntje3]

This is Reealy Speccial, The Sound of Music !

[@worldmusicgeneration8399]

Un grand mercier pour les morceaux de musique que tu as mis... Chapeau

[@Michael-oz3ik]

I have

[@moisesjumosalserrano3467]

​@@worldmusicgeneration8399 66666y6yy6yyyyyd

[@m.9243]

Great sounding systems, but, alas.. only a dream for the average man. Don't have the money or space for such extravagance, however... over many years in this 'circuit' of buying and selling mostly used equipment,\ I managed to end up with a great sounding setup that is giving me many hours of pleasure. One should never forget that it is the music that ''connects'' with us, not the equipment. Thanks for making the effort to present to us these exotic systems, they do sound great even through KZbin and the little Class D amplifier attached to my computer.

[@ALUDRUMOND]

Imagine the price of this!!!

[@joeslacker1020]

"One should never forget that it is the music that "connects" with us, not the equipment" well said

[@mediapc4747]

'Audiophile' demo CD's are always crisp sparse recordings that are always just going to sound great. This why when you demo speakers it should be with music you actually listen to rather than some over engineered recording the saleman puts on. 'oh i can her the fingers on the strings', well of course you can, it's been selected precisely because you can.

[@ryankramer]

You need both. Because, let's face it, a lot of our favorite music might not have been produced/mastered very well. Even variations from one release to another for the same album can happen. Muse has albums that sound better on vinyl than disc because the master used had more dynamic range. So it's not all "Oh I can hear her fingers" it's also "can these speakers shine with good AND bad recordings?"

[@marlonsoysa2148]

you are absolutely spot on

[@thxepsilon8292]

Thank you for the upload. 8:08: Dear viewer, there is a popping sound in the video, so do not worry, your audio system is OK.

[@thxepsilon8292]

Ugh I should learn how to edit my comments instead of adding my own followup. Anyway there are lots of such moments, I stopped keeping track. A bit unacceptable, really, "Audiophile Music". Another Naked Emperor moment from Overpriced Audio? Or maybe it's just overpriced garbage making that noise. But I think at least one of those systems should sound OK even though they are all obviously working hard at being overpriced. So it must be your video.

[@secondfirstsecond]

Im crying and smiling at the same time, what a beautiful sound... Im an audiophile and this is so peacefull...

[@martybousum1010]

Real quality from recording to equipment, to room treatments, can stir our souls to the point of tears. I also experience such ecstasy.

[@thuongthucgiainh3012]

In the first track, i love the way singer tell audiophile what he feeling. Crying although i cant understand fully lyric

[@rustikchem]

If you are an audiophile, then you should know that KZbin cuts to 256 KB , how can you enjoy such a sound

[@bradhuskers]

@@rustikchem Because once you're in the digital realm, you can then manipulate the digital files. In other words? The possibilities are endless. You should understand this if your intelligence is at a high level.

[@letsgetreal6792]

@@rustikchem Don't know how, but I can tell. Get the right audio equipment and you will too

[@davidkeyes9414]

As someone just learning about higher-end audio (by no means an audiophile) but I could not understand what had happened to music over the past 20ish year. The only explanation I could describe was that it was flat. I stopped in at a local higher-end retailer and I was ever educated. I did not know anything about the "loudness war" and how audio mixing has really changed "dynamic range" yet another term that I was introduced to. I was completely blown away by how a decent set of speakers, driven with good quality power, and a non-compressed file could sound like. I've found a new passion; ordered a NAD amp, Focal speakers, can't wait for the install and to continue to explore music as it was intended to be.

[@howardgoldberg5318]

Best choice was the focal speakers. Try their headphones too. Closed back pro. You are absorbed in the sound

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

You could have a new 20k sound system and some older tube amplifiers will make them sound flat It’s all subjective and placement of speakers is a huge issue I just use 2 Ads speaker on a 1963 HH Scott 20x2 watt tube amp and it is unbelievable detailed compared to my very expensive New Marantz it’s night and day for me

[@yippie6862]

This is one of the best sound from a system I've heard on KZbin.

[@AudiophileMusicio]

I'm glad to hear this 👍

[@jacobkeller29]

I’m an audiophile listening to this on my iPhone in a solo cup. The world needs to know about this.

[@MalaescuAdrianL]

Night....a little lamp...some drink and this Music! Thank you KZbin!

[@ralphfurley123]

I’m not an audiophile, but I do love music!!! The sound I heard from this video is very impressive!!! ☮️🖖🏽

[@peterlester8830]

I lived in Hong Kong for 3 years and loved the Chinese music, good to hear it playing again.

[@pascalaverty8810]

Système audiophile d'exception vous nous faite rêvé malgré son prix très élevé......Les artistes sont aussi exceptionnel Merci pour se partage je n'arrive jamais à aligné mes textes que de difficulté pour moi Merci car la video est longue bravo

[@jamesvalentine7618]

The ears are so special to listen with! the sounds reproduced are immaculate! Colors of the rainbow when reproduced correctly! Thanks for this experience from You!

[@danhamstra4517]

There have been many good comments and I'll summarize a few that I agree with and add my own little bit. My work involves lots of live sound of a variety of genres. I don't consider myself an audiophile and, while we have some good recording/monitoring systems in various venues at my work, I certainly don't have an "audiophile" caliber system at home. But, I do know a bit about music, computers, A/D conversion, bit rates, compression, FFMpeg, etc. Yes, there are issues with noise and dropouts in this video but there are still many good things here and it would be nice if an updated audio track without these annoyances could be posted. The sample rates and bit depth that KZbin supports are not true HQ or HD or whatever other name you like to assign to higher quality recordings but this video using the Opus Codec (at 48KHz x 32 bit) is way better than the typical Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon, etc. online sources and their optimized for streaming content and it's also better than many KZbin videos. It would be nice if KZbin supported FLAC or another lossless codec but, since more people listen to music on KZbin than just about any other service, i don't fault the poster for posting this here using the best audio quality that KZbin supports. The use of the term "HQ sound" IS a bit much but, since there's no trademark on that term, it is what it is. For those who have experience, please recommend some entry level DACs, headphones, speakers, amps etc that might help those of us with low/modest means to find a better listening experinece. Similarly, where do you get your higher quality content? The comments about Michael Jackson etc are extremely helpful to those who are just getting into this. Don't like MJ? Share something about recordings that you do like. Do you like High Definition on iTunes or Amazon? Let us know or steer us somewhere you like better. Finally, my own comments on the first piece in this video, a cover of Sting's "Fragile" by Primrose Path. Overall I definitely like Sting's version better just because, well, it's Sting, he wrote it and it would be difficult for anyone to equal or surpass his performance and interpretation of this piece because he's just an amazing writer and performer. It's been one of my favorite Sting pieces since I purchased the CD over 30 years ago. I especially like his voice and the tempo that he set better than the much slower pace of the Primrose Path cover presented here. But there are many things I like about the Primrose Path version, especially as a piece to demo an audio system. The Sting recording has more of a "produced" feel and the use of reverb sort of muddles things more than I like. The Primrose Path version has a more acoustic feel, even though the harp is electronic vs. Sting's acoustic guitar. I like the vocalist's voice and interpretation and I think the recording engineer(s) did a very good job with the mic of capturing his voice as well as the other instruments. I also like how I can place the instruments left to right and front to back in the Primrose Path version, especially when listening on speakers. On headphones however, everything in this piece sounds to me like it's spread left to right in the middle of my head so I don't think there was much room ambience in the original recording or added in post production. I would encourage any of you who listen primarily on headphones to try to find even a modest room/speaker environment, put yourself right in the best spot in the room, close your eyes, and listen to this piece trying to place the various objects in space. I hear the voice just right of center, the harp spread across the whole space but just left of center with the drums/percussion behind. Overall, I like it very much and it's easy to see why the poster put this piece first in the set. It may not tax every aspect of your audiophile system, but I still think it's a great piece to listen to and have probably listened to it 40 or 50 times since I found this. It sounds terrible on the system in my car but, it sounds pretty good to me just about everywhere I've listened.

[@brandonhampton7505]

Great comment from start to finish! Not your typical one liner with no substance. With more comments, and suggestions like this, KZbin could become a more helpful tool for those that wish to further their knowledge in any subject.

[@georgewashington3164]

nice to see so many audiophiles listening to and admiring AAC lossy audio at average bitrate of 150 kbps :-)

[@scottyo64]

Funny

[@squidwardo7074]

KZbin is probably the worst place for this type of quality with all the compression that youtube has

[@mitsuracer87]

KZbin should at least offer the option of having a minimum of 320kbps audio or higher

[@debabrataghosh7589]

Agree

[@rockfella27]

Funny thing is sounds way better than the other YT videos:)

[@nurzenmuhammad5371]

Easy listening, superb quality music, very detail and layering music is incredible. I like very much thank for sharing

[@snivesz32]

One observation, all these tracks showcase natural instruments recorded from microphones and mixed to have pleasing tonal qualities which are easily reproducible by nice speakers, but certainly don’t require an audiophile grade system. A fantastic recording studio and engineer can produce this “audiophile grade” recording, but let’s not confuse that with “audiophile grade speakers”. I quote that because defining that empirically is not possible in a YT comment. I feel that it’s probably more difficult for a system to reproduce dynamic and artificial sounds that are conceived in a pure digital form. In this scenario the burden of reproducing a purely digital source with such huge dynamic range and bandwidth is placed upon the speakers which stress their design to reproduce a sound which may not even be possible in air. The demands that heavy bass and detailed treble while also preserving the delicate midrange is somewhat more difficult in my opinion. Beautiful music none-the-less.

This is how it should be ,,!! perfect music,sound

[@norbert207]

"Instrumental" ist immer am Einfachsten für eine Stereoanlage. Stimmen und Aufnahmen geben für mich "Wirklichkeit".

[@mariareed417]

Still sound awesome even on my Bowers & Wilkins head phone! 💯

[@steveee2511]

i wanted to get bowers wilkings px 7 at end i get sonus faber pryma headphones soud quality may be similar but estetics of the sonus are mush higher and materials what made me angry is that bowers finish most products in china and these sonus faber are all made in Italy

[@Coneman3]

I have thousands of CDs and some of the best recordings are those of Michael Jackson. Reference Recordings are also excellent.

[@stevesnodgrass7434]

I just upgraded my downgrade. Well i have never had equipment like what you all have. I went from a decent nad receiver with difintives and theils for surrounds. I couldn't use them in my temporary housing. So i purchased some edifier air pulse speakers. Really thought i was going to hate them. But I must say for what i spent i am blown away. I know nothing like what you folks have but best a poor man can do lol.

[@itsmorphed6416]

You can buy excellent budget amps , speakers these days . Some very impressive choices around .

[@stevesnodgrass7434]

I didnt have the room. But yes there are a ton of new things. Great to see good sound doesn't have to cost so much anymore

[@crisfiler6128]

Every high end audio audition I hear play the most boring music on huge speakers capable of so much more.... MJ's Off The Wall or Paul Weller Stanley Road, both top notch production that shows you what a system can really do!

[@andysmith7903]

I totally agree Cris. Every high end demo always the most boring simple music!

[@markholder6851]

Funny how that is true. Almost like they are afraid their high end audio system might just fail to deliver on anything really decent and powerful!!!

[@enndee9353]

Or Shpongle!

[@sheko2000]

because this music contains lots of acoustics details such as vocals, guitars high to low frequencies not such bass and treble audio tracks

[@googlecoc3166]

@@sheko2000 I aggree with you. It is about that detail, which not everybody appriciates or notices

[@vannamdinh9200]

I really fall in love with the first melody!

[@syaifulachmad598]

suara sound begitu jernih, Luar biasa

[@normlor8109]

AN INCREDIBLE SYSTEM WE CAN ONLY DREAM OF!!

[@mikefadu]

Sopra 2 with right power are amazing how sweet it is

[@xfoolsgoldx]

Listening on some £30 cheap wireless in ear ear phones and this music sound excellent quality 👌

[@LibertyWarrior68]

This is great, I don't have to spend $100,000 on a high end system, I can experience everything on KZbin, (face slap).

[@vattanaapinantaporn2413]

Watching from Thailand

[@elmfire3342]

Great test of the virtual stage! Although, unfortunately, there is some distortion in the second track, it is a great chance to test the sound system. Wonderful recordings! 😃

[@miguelearaujop]

Beautiful music with beautiful songs! Greetings from El Salvador.

[@chalitlee2721]

Listening with any systems is beautiful sound..

[@micheled.4545]

It is nice.. I`m glad I`m a audiophile too Nothing like the sun is a digital recording, on vinyl, and sounds so good.

[@edmilsonsoares3105]

Just, the state of the art... No more words....

[@augustpropertymanagement3389]

That sound is gorgeous.

[@ambienteecosol]

Einfach fantastisch, ein phänomenaler Sound! Mehr gibt es nicht zu sagen.

[@SupakijOonboonruang]

เคื่องเสียงชุดนี้ ยอดเยี่ยมมาก

[@optimusvader7823]

This sounds great on my KLIPSCH RF-7 III 🔊🔊🎶. Thank you for sharing this great compilation of music 🎶...

[@AudiophileMusicio]

OPTIMUS VADER ok thanks

[@optimusvader7823]

Audiophile Music Thanks to You 🔊🙋🏻‍♂️!

[@luisalmeida2866]

Best audiophile test ever! Testing my Antelope Audio Discrete 4 with ADAM A7X Monitors and sounds terrific. Absolutely amaing.

[@AudiophileMusicio]

Thanks

[@neofoxbuba]

hi, in the 06:47 you hear a digital sound the rest of the time is a spectacular music. Thank you very much.-

[@MCpornoable]

58:20 and 49:46 are also not so clean parts, but the pictures are still really interesting

[@bentleygt3716]

high end and high prices.. also , some of those speakers are gigantic !!. they don't fit in most apartments or even houses. makes me wonder who buys these things ??????!!. thanks for sharing.

[@Cvandenhazel]

Listening on my onkyo tx-nr 535 with Klipsch F2 main spaekers, simply wonderfull collections, my ears and body are gratefull te you, so I am as well! Thank you

[@markstevenfall]

Wow! My Quart 95X headphones from the last millennium just came to life!!

[@AudiophileMusicio]

Thank you!

[@robnexus7]

Sounds amazing through my Bluetooth speaker

[@finnweigelt9943]

Love it to listen to music such like this with my beyerdynmics

[@SangTran-yq8om]

Nhạc hay, bạn mở phỏng dàn âm thanh quá đỉnh

[@panagiotispenesakis]

ONE STEP FROM PERFECTION

[@akm197]

Эстетика во всём, от дизайна до качества звучания.

[@peterkiryakov8729]

Absolutely stunning

[@danlivni2097]

MC Culture 811.A mono amps, MC Culture 611 Preamp and MC Culture MC-501a CD player. The Designer at MC Culture was the M at MBL. Mr Meletzky

[@FrankyRiverz]

very expensive I think

[@dksculpture]

@@FrankyRiverz No doubt.

[@roltol7539]

This sounds so good on my cheap headphones ;)

[@fury_6310]

What a system,,music is so clear, ah that is nice

[@whitesimurgh6363]

I can feel that music reverberating in my body

[@nurzafirahchannel4681]

Just listening with my Sony Sound bar HTS 350 ..great music

[@ЭрнстИсаков]

Потрясающе красиво звучит!! Салам из Кыргызстана 🇰🇬

[@미키찬스리]

오디오를 아는 사람들은 역시 CD로 음악 감상 역시 👍 굿

[@Persiancouplelife]

The little pops at in the songs really freaked me out until I realized it’s in the track. Example 8:09

[@xiemangun6389]

Wonderful aidiophile.. ❤️❤️❤️ 💪💪💪

[@willwagner2252]

High end has become how well you can hear every bit and byte.

[@guixinyang8969]

声质很好！高中底都全，是试机的好来源。谢谢！

[@WinsomeInternational]

Very nice interpreting various uses for diff speakers... better adding map of speakers for surrounding effects

[@jochvomberg5541]

Here's a summary of KZbin's audio quality history.2019 also only 128kbps.Spotivy has 320 kbps. Early 2016 to now (mid-2016) : 128kbps mid-2013 - early 2016 : 256kbps mid-2012 to mid-2013 : 192kbps mid-2011 to mid-2012 : 152 kbps prior to mid-2011 : 128 kbps

[@SuyonoTriw]

Wah enak banget suaranya

[@christianbuscher9718]

This is KZbin. You are not able to reproduce the original sound quality. A picture of a high-end device doesn't improve your System... But have fun with it anyway 😆

[@srx214]

Million dollar system.................. Awesome!

[@danlivni2097]

First system is Music Culture Amps, Music Culture Preamp, Music Culture CD Player and Focal speakers.

[@ekasat7329]

The great of music..perfect

[@AudiophileMusicio]

ok thank you

[@OENIGMA.000]

Qualidade do som cristalino. Estou esperando sair a qualidade do som losslessno KZbin Premium .

[@Curi0u50ne]

By the time you already have for example the most expensive focals speakers (Grande Utopia EVO) and all set up with equally expensive dual mono amp setup and tube etc etc…this would sound incredibly good even though I’ve seen comments here saying how good it sounds on Bluetooth speakers, can we juss forget about KZbin compression rate and crank up the volume an enjoy…..🤗

[@Trev9]

Sounds OK over the internet and KZbin

[@fredbouvet2913]

This is youtube

[@MowBTC]

@Randy Martin I'm sorry, but that's not true. I downloaded the internet on my iphone yesterday. Now i can use youtube without internet. It's great. You should try it, too. This message was brought to you by a messenger pigeon, fully offline.

[@twilomix]

That looks a stunning setup ... I would play enigma on this

[@antonyharding5360]

If the recording bad i ain't playing it, even if its a song i like, that what this game is about. Nice sounds.. i like the music your playing its chilling me out. we can enjoy those bad recordings in the car .

[@naeemabbassahibzada]

Thank you. Awesome music. Awesome quality. Listened on my 5.1 Bose double cubes, Denon 150 watt output amplifier and JBL powered subwoofer. It was a treat. I am no audiophile but love good music. Best regards.

[@uzbuser]

Sting - Fragile love

[@skumnjepf]

Great Music.

[@BBB-ii9pi]

2 Bose Revolve plus in “party mode” awesome 👏

[@sundaylim]

Another nice compilation for me. 👍 Just go through some of the comment, for those who don't like, maybe it is not up to your expected, but is not worst or bad. Please just walk away if you are unlike, don't reply negative comment, feeling unfair for the effort. 😊

[@wilsongautama1688]

Money does matter for this 🤩

[@marcjackson995]

The emperor's new clothes me thinks. I was expecting something special, astounding or magical.

[@TheCosmicHubble]

I don't even know what this is. But it's beautiful.

[@MrMatijajur]

Wov superb quality music..

[@ethimself5064]

Ha - this even sounds great on my Wedge Yamaha's. Great sourcing material.

[@arikurniawan118]

AMAZING SYSTEM SOUND REAL GOOD OF MUSIC SOUL

[@1lluminati09]

Many thanks for sharing

[@tinoguerrero3120]

Just testing my new Final audio ze3000’s and it sounds pretty darn good for the $$.

[@claudiogiulioni2351]

Impianto stupendo adatto per ogni audiofilo. 😂😂😂

[@bernardbarroga1497]

I bet this whole set up is worth more than my house!!

[@thewiseguy3529]

It's about a $45,000 set up

[@paganrythyms]

Wow my $150 soundbar sounds amazing 😂

[@BEUSA42]

Excellent quality

[@mordaz9543]

Amigos Excelente musica definitivamente para tus oidos no w pide más gratis music regards

[@capezyo]

Nice inicial song....Sting Fragile

[@kingcrimson234]

Imagine listening to an audiophile "CD" on your audiophile equipment... after KZbin compression.

[@BrixxonLP]

Outstsnding selection of music to display these concepts, however could we please have a proper list of which songs were played, "C sharp minor" is a chord, definitely not the full song title, would really appreciate, keep up the great work!

[@Javier03Li]

I love high resolution speakers with great bass and clear vocals, if I ever listen to a crappy speaker I’ll go insane, I’m i considered as an audiophile? 😂

[@jaredkaler]

Nope, that's why I have 2 systems. The better one for my room and the other for the livingroom:)

[@mediapc4747]

You like a great sounding system, most people do, that doesn't necessarily mean you need a diagnosis. Besides, 'audiophile' isn't a term you want to embrace because it's shorthand for 'more money than sense' and before you know it you'll be buying $500 cables that are exactly the same as $20 cables.....except they're 'audiophile' cables :)

[@fernandobernardo6324]

@@mediapc4747The thing is most professional musicians don't care so much, when they're listening outside their job. It can be on a 50 buck bluetooth speaker and they're just fine.

[@chrissimmonds4383]

The ridiculousness of Hi-End Audio and the mad people that try to reach the unobtainable. They all must sound incredible but over KZbin and our PC how could we know? I guess there are billionaires for whom the cost of these systems is immaterial and who have the room for them. I've had this battle with audio improvements for over 50 years and have ended up with a nice system, but my ears are so old now I'd never hear the difference these elaborate systems make over my own. In the end it's a losing battle as all of these systems have compromises in reproducing real life sound, no matter how much you pay.

[@lukasadamson6091]

You can pay more for less all day long, if you're willing to.

[@hatu5798]

If you can't hear the different, that way you'll save a lot of money 😄

[@martybousum1010]

My pursuit has led me to go minimalist including a decent DAC, a good pair of 'cans' and good source with small tube amp. Heavenly at

[@lemigrant]

90% of the best audio engineers in the world are 50+, and they cant hear high frequency (-range in general) as youngers ... But they are the ones who "make" those music/recordings/mix/master tracks... so, theres no point in spends loads of money on audio gear to hear what isnt there.

[@cadwellcollins3188]

the new attempt in getting good sound for a reasonable cost is good thing. I have been an audio nut for decades but you are correct the cost is crazy it is a rabbit hole I will say this SVS and Elac have been pushing the envelope with speakers that are a small cost with amazing output for the money

[@cliverivers5431]

Listening on my monitor audios MA1’s beautiful sound....

[@badgingers]

음질이 좋네요~~

[@shankerlee]

This is super good！非常好，非常棒！

[@hifimusic1526]

It is lovely song on the beautiful system