Upgrading My Listening Experience

Here are a couple of changes that has really enhanced my listening experience and music room. Inspired by a number of people here in the VC I decided to try and take some small steps to make get the most out of the music I love and just thought I would share my experience. Thanks VC.

[@vinyleyezz]

Wow what an amazing listening room! Great organization and such a beautiful layout and design! Good job!

[@mrhoffame]

+Vinyl Eyezz Thanks so much. I just found you channel a few days ago. Love your stuff man!

[@user-bf5rk2du5c]

Beautiful presentation and splendid collection. Thank you for sharing and spreading the joy!

[@indygo1963]

Love that receiver.

[@lemaitrethemonk]

Good stuff, Brother. Any person that is passionate about music, is family to me. I wish you health, happiness and patience searching for great music...

[@Prodi1977]

Very Impressive! Btw which Marantz receiver are you using?

[@hulkbrogan2015]

Dude, what the fuck do you do for a living? Your room is fucking immaculate. It's like walking into an old school NYC style record store. I'm very jealous, also I subbed.

[@vinylcity1599]

Hulk Brogan that's what I wuz thankin' wowa

[@arkman8109]

What makes this a great space for listening, is the fact he has surrounded himself with what he loves first. If you make your room comfortable the music will follow.

[@jeffgrayson7639]

Great listening space, did you have to deal with spousal approval factor???

[@mrhoffame]

Nope. Never have lol Been through few girlfriends and then wife with his collection and never been an issue. Matter fact what I actually found with my wife is that I had to tell her "No, no, no...we don't need to take over that space with records. I have plenty where I'm at" lol.

[@precbass]

CLUNK!!! That was my jaw hitting the floor! What a space! Nice Les Paul,by the way.

[@mrhoffame]

Ha Ha! Thanks so much my friend. I've moved twice since this place lol. Here is my newest place/set up... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOyh4KQlJeng6c

[@tgallison8569]

What a great video. You truly have a awesome collection. Truly brings me bk to younger days, as myself a collecter back them . Seeing this video and other vinyl collecters videos , gives me the inspiration to get started again. Keep us posted on progress.Well done

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video my friend. I would just say be careful getting back into collecting. It is a powerful addiction lol....that I highly recommend of course :)

[@tomdavis6371]

That is a gorgeous listening room. I am envious, I have never had a dedicated listening room and I'm older than dirt! Nice system, too! Obviously you enjoy your music in the very best kind of way so we are much alike. Very nice!

[@louissamuel9870]

Luv the system! Enjoyable experience!!!

[@musicman257]

Great to see ya back man would love to see another room tour soon love the new set up.

[@TheVinylCorner]

Very cool upgrades Brandon! I've always loved your music room (or music apartment if you will) and it's nice to see you finally have a good sweet spot as well. I have some quite big "upgrades" on my music room as well. I hope I manage to complete my plans this year. And I hope I can make a new music room video too... Cheers!

[@philipmccloy6502]

Wow. That is an amazing set up. Congratulations. 😊

[@tbates860]

Awesome Set Up !!!!!

[@The.Home.Cinema.Engineer]

that is a great looking setup! your place almost looks like a record store, very cool. great style, layout, colors, and brand choices well done!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend! I've always wanted my place to look like a record store so I'm trying to get there piece by piece. Who needs a stupid kitchen table. I took it apart to make room for cd racks lol.

[@74DAVEPOOLE]

I also like all different kinds of music, glad to see someone so diversified as myself, nice set up, thanks for the vids.

[@jimgardner5129]

It's wonderful that you can experience a great soundstage using vintage equipment. You've got soooo much tuneage! :) Wow.

[@alphapie1428]

Stellar collection. I like to see vintage amps on modern speakers.

[@stemnozzel542]

Nice room. Love the classic Marantz.

[@PreciousCargo1]

Nice room!! Love the set up. I was wondering why you have a spotlight lamp shining on your record?

[@rafaelarminanaromeu7401]

Fenomenal colección, y bonita habitación, un toque retro muy acojedor tiene usted buen gusto y musicalmente hablando claro, pero tengo una pregunta para usted, a lo mejor me equivoco, los cds estan sin abrir?? o es algún tipo de funda de proteccion??' Que disfrute mucho de su fantastica habitacion de ensueño...

[@coolmickey68]

excellent, you just gave me a push to do the same thing, my problem is I have many records I will never listen to, I am running out of room and there are more I want,so, let the games begin cheers

[@ScottOakley]

Fantastic setup! Thanks for sharing.

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks for watching.

[@andyandy2684]

Wow...beautiful home you have there. Wonderful layout for an audiophile and music lover.

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks man!! This was from 2015 and I uploaded a tour of my new music area yesterday. Check it out and see if you like it better or not lol.

[@davidguerre6896]

I could imagine myself as Captain Kirk in command of this Vinyl "Enterprise" !!! :) ..WOW such a splendid room!

[@mrhoffame]

Ha ha!! Thanks my friend!

[@ChristinaGina]

That Marantz is gorgeous. I have a Pioneer SA 7800 but i LOVE the visual of that Marantz. Im enchanted by you.

[@mrhoffame]

Oh yeah! Those Pioneers are classics as well. In the process of getting down to 3 systems I sold my Pioneer SX-750 and 780. Both of those were Amazing receivers and I really hated letting them go lol. You need to make a video and share you 7800. Would love to see it!!

[@ChristinaGina]

The world isn't ready to see my pussy palace!

[@needley]

Gorgeous buddy.. I am new to the VC and your setup is something to strive for. I am not a fan of those glossy new turntables though, i am more into vintage gear.. I love my Technics sl1200mkII also have a vintage Pioneer too..

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks for stopping by my friend and welcome aboard. I actually have four different tables I use. I have two vintage MCS tables (6601 and 6603) as well as a Sanyo TP1030. I pick up these vintage tables over the course of time and just can't get rid of them lol. All my receivers are vintage receivers and a few people keep telling me I need to get a modern day, audiophile type receiver. Hopefully one day I can afford one lol. I think there is a plus and minus to the new and old and I just figure the best option is to enjoy both :) Thanks my friend and I look forward to seeing you here around the VC.

[@Valerifon1]

Great video and what an amazing collection! Thanks for posting this - this is a top flight room! Cheers - Luther

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend!

[@MrLovell1971]

Cool video on your upgrades great listening area one day I'll have my own room for my music collection. I need to go through my collection and investment in better equipment and better buying on condition of records. I remember you have your music in a data base I need to do that . Brandon awesome and nice guitar too.

[@mrhoffame]

lovell andrew I think we all kind of go through phases. For the longest time I just wanted as much vinyl with stuff that I loved in my collection. Dollar bins are havens for that right lol? Then I went to collectables. Mainly seeking grails. Then I went to artist collection. Now I'm at the point of condition and box set collections. I think we often times change and grow with music an our collections just like anything else in life. Eventually we will all mature into the type of collectors we will be for the most part. Great thing is there is now right or wrong. It's just all about making your collection what you enjoy. I tell you what though, I know I have pulled over 200 lps from collection so far and I'm barely at the 1/2 way mark. That has been kind of hard lol.

[@garrapaterorulez5017]

Awesome set up, great music room tour B! Those 685 BMW what a piece of equipment buddy \,,/ cheers JC/Miami

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend. I do love them.

[@buttonman1831]

That is a clever setup, using your albums as diffusors. Nothing better than tweaking your speaker placement. Funny how small increments of movement can make such a significant difference.

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend. This was my first attempt at any kind of "attention" towards my audio set up. I have been trying to learn more and more and I have certainly been improving on my system and set up. Really appreciate you watching!!!

[@snowpuppy77]

Really enjoyed this video. Love what you have done with the place. To me High Fidelity is more of an attitude and approach to quality sound than it is just spending big $s. You most certainly have a high fidelity system. I would like to hear it.

[@drbbhiggins]

You have to tune your room just like you did. Experiment like a mother. Nice setup. I bet in that chair it sounds good.

[@seancarr608]

Unreal collection mrhoffame !! Your room is fantastic! I like all sorts of music , do you or anyone else have any good suggestions of music that I could listen too ? Also hi too all :)

[@mrhoffame]

What type of stuff are you into?

[@2460joel]

Fantastic set up! I am impressed brother.

[@keplermission4947]

What sets are those? In the city we get nice items and just hook them all up, it looks like woven Kevlar cone woofers hooked up to some, vintage cardboard cone amplifier. Won't sound too great.

[@mrhoffame]

Are you talking about the speakers? If so those are B&W 685s. A very awesome and well known bookshelf speaker.

[@johnross1991]

Impressive setup you have there. I am jealous of all the music selections you have. Very nice!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much!! If you are curious I put up a new room tour video a month or so ago. :)

[@hecubus]

Good stuff. While music is the reason we are all here, the quality of your listening experience is really important. I'm surprised how many people that really love music can ignore or just have no interest in this part of it. I've been working on my setup and will have to keep a couple of things you showed in mind. Thanks for the video.

[@mrhoffame]

Yep. I think we all go through these stages of listening and buying music. I guess it's really hard to value a great system/ set up when a vast majority of us have never had the experience in the first place lol. Most of us just went for "HOW LOUD" lol. Matter of fact my awareness of system set ups really didn't even come into play until I wend to a show in Chicago. Going room to room, hearing and seeing those systems, and listening to everyone talk about the "small" things just really got me hooked. I knew I didn't have the $40,000 to build a system, but I did decide at that point to make the most of what I had and could afford. It certainly has been a journey from those first 8 dollar bin records I purchased years ago lol

[@grantbassett2048]

"Love your set up". The Marantz vintage Receiver & B&Ws thats What I would like 👍

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much. If you are interested, I just post a new video of my new music room. Let me know what you think.

[@grantbassett2048]

@@mrhoffame I will do 😊

[@elmhurst86]

The thing that is impressive with this video is the fact that the actual music is front and center with this room. Having great audio equipment is extremely important, but at the end of the day, it's the actual music that has to stand out. We definitely see that music is important to you with your collection and the care you put into it. Congrats!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much my friend!!!

[@monieolskool7442]

Wow bro.........that is one amazing listening room/music room!!! I've always wanted a room like yours because I also have open taste when it comes to music! And the posters you have are just....just amazing!! Watching your videos made me tear up a bit because of how beautiful and amazing it is and how much love you have for music! Just like me!!! You my friend, are a true music connoisseur :")

[@mrhoffame]

+Simone Vice Thanks man! Glad you like the vid and you are someone who keeps an open mind to all different types of music! Thanks so for checking it out and commenting! Keep the music playing my friend!! :)

[@monieolskool7442]

+mrhoffame no problem at all! :)You are very welcome. :) And I'm glad also that I have an open mind with music because music to me is like magic, and all aspects of it is what brings people together. I'm glad we share that open mind as well. :)

[@monieolskool7442]

+mrhoffame I'm glad I checked your videos out because it's inspiration to me to have a room like this one day! Lol And it also makes me happy that there are other people out there like myself that cherishes all aspects/genres of music, and so passionately as well :) Thank you for sharing your passion to the world :)

[@kenmotley5316]

Brandon - Love the channel and this particular video. Subscribed to your channel too. Question - The stand that your turntable is resting on, where did you get it and where can I purchase one. I would appreciate any information on this item. Many thanks and I think you have your self together! Ken

[@mrhoffame]

Good old Ikea my friend lol. That is actually the Vesta Door with some feet there were meant for a kitchen cabinet. Both from Ikea. Just got a little creative with it. Put the same thing in a Stereophile magazine and it will cost $199 lol.

[@kenmotley5316]

Thanks Brandon. Much appreciated and you truly are down to earth! So glad I discovered your channel! Ken

[@skyblinked]

Wow... if i walked into a room like these one, i would fall to my knees and repeat : I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy !!

[@James-hb6ee]

Great video! I am relatively new to watching VC videos but I am a long time audiophile. You did ALL of the right things in setting up your stereo. You have those B&W's properly set up and that was a wonderful idea of having the record cabinets on each side as the diffusion will be similar in the left and right channels. Good calls also on the wire upgrades, you don't have to spend a ton on cables. As a Martin Logan owner, I am wondering which pair you have. It may be that Marantz is not the right amp t drive them. I have CLS I's and they are a pain to drive, but a good high current amp like a used Classe or Krell should drive the smaller ML's with no problems. Then use your Marantz as a preamp/tuner. Once again, you are on the right track!

[@alansenzaki4148]

Bill Dixon was a true artist! His 1967 rca victor album Intents and purposes is a classic. The international phonograph mini-album cd is a beautiful analogue like reissue if you cant find an original vinyl as they are expensive.Nice set-up and collection!

[@mzondi1970]

Very nice and very envious my ex got rid of my stereo and music collection back in 2000. The bug has been me again I won't have the quality I used to have when I got to have my music

[@ArcadeDude44]

Man, what a cool room! Thanks so much for sharing, I'm getting (back) into vinyl. I'm contemplating setting up a nice listening room (currently using the "home theatre" area) area, but it will mean selling some of my beloved arcade games! :( Decisions decisions...you sir, have another subscriber, by the way!

[@mrhoffame]

ArcadeDude44 Thanks a lot my friend!!

[@deanjordan305]

Hi Brandon hope your well. nice video :) glad you found your sweet spot. my first thought for the last 15yr when changing my room is based around the sweet spot weather it be hifi or cinema lol everything else comes seccond. Had a few audioquest cables in my time had type 4 and type 6 speaker cable infact think i have still got it in the loft. should be a very good upgrade. stock cables?! BOOOOO i expected more from you lol. sounds like your having fun checking all those records hope it doesnt take to long to finish it all. Your becoming obsessed with box sets just like i am :) cheers Dean

[@mrhoffame]

I'm sorry :( I had not cable knowledge lol. It really is funny, but it seems in so many cases the sharing of vinyl and the concepts of audio equipment didn't really go hand in hand here in the VC. Most of us, including myself, have spent 95% of our time talking about albums and music and never touching on the equipment and set up. I would have even thought to address my cables if it had not been for tuturle talking about the benefits of it. I have a lot to learn for sure.

[@KevinKohlhase]

Wow a very impressive setup and listening room. I know I'm running out of room.

[@CarstenPeterOlsen]

Mr. B. I love these room video's. And I like what you have done with your main listening area. It's very important to sit in the sweet spot when you really want to listen to musik. I actually did a small change to get a little bit further away from my speakers. Your new AudioQuest speaker cables looks really good. Great video Bros :)

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks Dr Luv!!

[@RocknRonni]

mrhoffame i actually moved my chair up about 1 foot. the right tube trap back about 6 inches and the left tube trap forward about 6 inches to widen my sweetspot much better now. I was reading about the distance between speakers and distance from speakers and it showed i was to far away so i moved up a bit now its sweeter

[@mrhoffame]

Ron Beaudry Did you base things more off your measurements or did you adjust by ear?

[@RocknRonni]

By ear. I saw here on you tube the measurements again. So i looked at what i was doing again, because from time to time things get moved. I bought a new man cave reclining couch a while back. Now I was sitting a little to far back, so i moved forward, wow this is better, sweet spot is bigger, I can move my head and the voice is still centered much better. I have tube traps at the first reflection point on the wall but I use the reflective side to reflect the sound here gives a much wider soundstage but it needs to be balanced to keep focus. My bigger tube traps are in the corner to negate the standing waves to help with bass. I read a article in stereophile where they used tube traps with my speakers. so i got some ideas from that. Anyways these measurements just like turntable arm height are just a good starting point. You always need to tweak the setup by ear for your room variables.

[@RocknRonni]

again thanks for sharing your experience of getting more enjoyment from better sound. I hope some in the vc get inspired enough to tweak their setups.

[@aug71]

Also wanna use the old measuring tape and a mirror on the wall 'reflection' test. That helps measure the perfect 'triangle' for listening. Killer set up!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks man. I actually kind of did it backwards. I move pieces around over and over (listening to the same piece of music) an then once my ear picked things up just right I then measured to see how close I was to the triangle. Wasn't too bad. I off only about 6 inches :)

[@steveviau2054]

Amazing music room you have there congrats!! Do you mind me asking about the piece of furniture you have your amp and turntable on? I'm looking for something similar do you recall where you bought it by any chance?

[@mrhoffame]

+Steve Viau Yep. That is ALL Ikea my friend lol. It is two shelves, one stacked on top of the other. I put doors on the bottom one as you can see. That platform the turntable is on is an extra door I bought and just bought a pair of table legs from Ikea and screw those to the bottom. They are adjustable so you can level it for your turn table. So two shelves, 3 doors, and 2 pair of legs from Ikea and you have this lol.

[@steveviau2054]

+mrhoffame Thanks for your reply I appreciate! Your channel is amazing thanks for posting your stuff.

[@EnemyofCredulity]

Sounds to me like what you described early on was that you have a good sound stage. Your records act as diffusers and you have the right size speakers for that area. Not too "live" and not to "Soft".

[@jljohnnysjeeplife]

I love that old mic. What model of Marantz are you using?

[@jljohnnysjeeplife]

I would like to see an updated video where you solely focus on your equipment that you run with!

[@mrhoffame]

I am running a 2275 on this system. I also have a 2225 I'm currently trying to sell..if you are curious lol. I will try to make a video here pretty soon to show each piece in a little more detail. Just for you my friend lol!

[@jljohnnysjeeplife]

mrhoffame that's awesome, I love equipment videos. Thanks

[@dubmusiq]

Love these room tours. The room and listening space looks awesome after the changes. Looks like you have a lot of space in the room and that alone would call for a dedicated space for listening just like you have created now. Looks very inviting and comfy, just like it should. I have been through the changing cable thing for many years and spend crazy money on interconnects and speaker cables so I am not really comfortable commenting on that in detail. But I would nevertheless like to share one observation I have made during my experiments and tryouts: damping of the room with carpets and furniture is cheaper than high end interconnects and in many cases results in more significant improvements of the listening experience.

[@mrhoffame]

Any feedback or opinions you have based on your experiences I would love to hear my friend. I am so new to the audiophile side of things that I am just looking to gather information. One thing I was curious about. When it comes to worrying about sound treatments, damping, etc. Does that make as big a difference when playing a system a lower volumes as it might have at much higher levels?

[@dubmusiq]

mrhoffame Room treatments are essentially about reducing the amount of reflections (or "sound bounces" if you like) of the sound waves in a room. All uncovered space, floors, walls and roofs in a room bounces the sound coming from the speakers. For example: first spot of reflection (bounce) is on the floor just in front of the speaker, then the sound bounces to the wall on the side of the speaker and eventually it hits the wall behind the sweet spot. The result of this are micro echos and the sound looses detail and resolution. The trick is to reduce the number of reflections. The most basic stuff is to put a carpet on the floor, and a chair or couch in the middle of the room, this will improve damping. Store records along the walls and you have diffusers at no cost. On the other hand, too much damping and diffusion will impact the listening negatively as highs might be lost and the sound comes out dull and lifeless. It takes a little bit of experimenting by moving pillows and carpets around the speakers and sweet spot. Sometimes it is beneficial to add some damping behind the speakers, sometimes it will kill the sound. It depends on speaker design. Moving the speaker up close to the wall behind the speaker will almost always result in more bass, move out the speaker on inch at the time till the bass reproduction is optimized. Test toe-in of the speakers, like 45 degrees, or less, listen and change again. It usually takes a few weeks but it is worth it in the end. Taking one change at the time will keep you in control of all the changes, and it will be possible to evaluate the impact of each change. And yes, these simple steps will improve the listening experience even at low volumes. And the neighbors will approve of the change as the sound leakage will also be reduced when you turn up the volume. Cheers, --Michael

[@mrhoffame]

Dub Musiq AWESOME MAN! Thanks so much for the information. As much as you can tell from this simple video, do you see any particular area you would inspect first as far as damping goes?

[@nefty73]

Awesome layout, love it.

[@TheVinylKitchen777]

Very nice room you have there Brandon. You did a awesome job with the look and feel of the room. It really kicks ass and your stereo set-up is incredible also, what a layout Wow!! It's funny you bring up Japanese pressings, i have a 1968 1st Japanese Promo pressing of that same Gun LP you have leaning against your cabinet. Japanese pressings are what i have mainly been collecting for over 35 years. Take care man Peace Brian/TVK

[@mrhoffame]

The Vinyl Kitchen Thanks Brian! Really appreciate you stopping by as always! Glad you dig the set up. Welcome to come by anytime my friend :)

[@TheVinylKitchen777]

Thanks soo much man!! Take care buddy :) Brian/TVK

[@RocknRonni]

a 1968 1st Japanese Promo pressing of that same Gun LP wow!! super nice item Gratz also great record thats one i still need to upgrade but I do have the yellow epic

[@TheVinylKitchen777]

Ron Beaudry Hi Ron!, I hope you are doing well buddy. Yeah i was lucky to get that 1st Promo Japanese press many moons ago and just fyi, i plan on making a video on my 1st Japanese pressing of my Beatles Promo's and Test pressings soon. Take care . Brian/TVK

[@RocknRonni]

Hey Brian i was thinking about you the other day hope you are doing well have a great one

[@iceWaterProductions1]

Are the two row horizontal racks on the right side of the chair the same one that are the tall shelves behind the chair? Also the racks with two row and a box to flip through on top, is that just a one row put on top?

[@mrhoffame]

The two horizontal racks are ikea shelves. On one side there are 2 2x2 shelves and on the other side that is a 2x4. The Tall one in the back is a 5x5. The ones with the flip top are two shelves I picked up at a local record store. Basically an Ikea advertisement here lol.

[@Dave30867]

I Like your room setup and also I am starting to look at Boxsets instead of single lps myself my Lp collection is mostly 20 - 30yr old LP records that i bought 1 new record every week as i young kid - Sabbath , led zepplin.Uriah heep and others they still sound reasonably good but would like to get these collections again in boxsets .

[@phantasm1004]

beautiful setup. LOVE those B&W speakers!

[@mrhoffame]

+phantasm1004 Thanks my friend!

[@poetryonplastic]

Just discovered your channel, great setup and incredible room. I'm sure you know this by now, but I would warn against automatically ditching your older pressings for new box sets, some modern reissue labels do press from the original tapes, but the majority do not, and lots of the new box sets come from digital sources. Your older pressings may very well sound better (obviously labels like MoFi and Analogue Productions are exempt from this).

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much for checking out my channel my friend. Really appreciate you stopping by. Yeah, with the box sets, new pressings, originals, etc..I just kind of play it by ear. I don't keep a clear rule on having old, new etc. I just kind of take each as I take it. Especially right now I focus more so on near mint/ mint pressing and not as much on if it is new or old. So it really is different. Like the Genesis box sets I think sounded just as great at the originals pressing if not better. Same with the Dire Straits. Now I recently purchased a Twisted Sister Stay Hungry reissue and I thought the original l had sounded better so I kept both lol. I just really want my collection to be clean from A-Z. I think the fact that I listen to so much music on so many different formats, and different systems, I have just kind of learned to trust my ear. There is even a lot of stuff I think sounds better on cd than any original or reissued vinyl. Man..I'll shut up because I could go on all night talking music like this LOL.

[@blackwaterdogs4256]

Incredibly nice room you have there, Sir !

[@rumo201]

Cool. Great music collection, nice audio ( Marantz Receiver...I love it, not the sound but the look), a room for music lover

[@william0002]

Good lord I love this video, that set up and collection!:) You're the man:) By the way, do you work for a radio station? Hehe you just have that calming voice:) Cheers buddy!

[@jokerzwild106]

Nice setup! Really does look like a record store in there.

[@Anth4044]

My Gosh this looks really nice great job!!!!!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend! Appreciate you watching!!

[@Anth4044]

@@mrhoffame you bet👍🎶

[@MrWkendwarrior]

Dude killer room...everything tastefully done also....sweet spot, and better interconnect and speaker cables are the way to go. Might i recommend better power cables, sorbothane feet for components, spike feet for speakers

[@n2myblk57]

Awesome music room. Hope to upgrade my music room soon.

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks my friend. I just did an update video of my new music room about two weeks ago. Check it out and let me know which you like better.

[@lelemetal1]

Nao canso de ver esse video. Impessionante sua coleção!

[@andrewcrain5461]

Just wanted to share on how I clean my albums...use whatever cleaner that you like and then go to lows buy a Wet dry vac $36 get the attachments that come with The vacuum By getting the attachments it comes with a nice really soft brush that you can vacuum a record with worked very well for me !

[@nickdwyer6596]

Really awesome video, I love your listening space. Keep up the good work. :)

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks for stopping by :) Have a great one!

[@bryanshirley3264]

awesome Mr Hof I'll take your seconds some vclt love. wooohoooo. just too cool.

[@Anthony-cc8bx]

Holly shiat I saw a Kraftwerk album. Ok you rock brother! Beautiful room. I'm working on mine.

[@mrhoffame]

LOL Thanks man!

[@Holychickendestroyer]

Bob Dylan complete studio box, Judas Priest and Megadeth, yep we've got the same taste in music, Awesome room

[@AudioheavenDenmark]

Awesome collection.

[@paulshepherd1805]

With due respect, Is there an admittance amongst the audiophile community with the possibility of ‘music hoarding’ ie Sometimes the LP is played the once & filed away?? I have two systems but try to restrict purchases now for fear of simply having ‘too much’ music to hand.. I understand having a collection and it’s addictive I admit.... but then noted you have a cost effective way of selling to buy a better production.... Sometimes we have to take stock while enjoying the experience of collecting... I’m thinking of myself as well!! I love this hobby, thanks for inviting us in to your private space 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mrhoffame]

I think I understand what you are saying. In my opinion I think that it is just such a subjective thing that it's hard to draw a clear line. I mean even with someone like yourself that tries to restrict purchases....there are probably millions of people out there who would call you a hoarder for having two systems and owning vinyl at all considering you can every song you currently own on a laptop (In their words of course not mine lol). To me a collection, no matter how big or how small, should be one simple thing...it should be a reflection of who you are. Period. If you look at each record you have and it is something that you actually like....to me it doesn't make a difference if you play it 3 times or 300 hundred times. It's a true reflection of you. Just like I would say that if a stamp collector or a baseball card collector doesn't look at every single piece in their collection equally...that doesn't confirm they are a hoarder. Now if the impulse it just to grab any pile of records, stamps, or baseball cards you see just because they are "there" then that to me that is crossing into the hoarding realm. I have just always found it weird that most of the time the right amount of records we think people should have....is the amount we decide to have for ourselves lol. A guy sent me a message one time and said I had too many records. He only had 982 records. So of course my first thought was...how was 982 number made the official number of records a person should have ? LOL I never voted on that LOL. I think the key is having rule set behind your collection. My #1 rule was that I will never put anything into my collection that I didn't actually. I always said my collection is only filled with things that either have a melody I want to hear again, or gave me a feeling I want to feel again. If it does that...it is officially open to being in my collection. If that number is 2000, 5000, or 10,000 I really don't even pay attention to. At the time I made this video I added the next rule of condition. Now this meant being something I like wasn't good enough. It had to fit condition criteria too....and I'm still functioning off those set of rule to this do. So IMO the rules you set for yourself should determine the direction of your collection and not the number of records. Which is why I also tell people you shouldn't even worry about if you have too many or even too few records. How does your collection make you feel and represent who you are and fit into your rules? That is all that matters. Thanks for stopping by my friend. I love having these type of conversation with other music lovers! Great stuff. Stay safe and healthy !!! :)

[@the_nondrive_side]

I feel like your room is about as good as it gets. I think I would want the speakers a little higher up but idk.. you weren't sitting. So cool

[@coalyard4570]

Mo-Fi's are nice, in fact they are very good. Don't overlook imports though. The first Dire Straits record, on the Vertigo (Dutch, I believe) label. The American pressing is still really good, but OMG when I heard that import! Another really good one is Magazine, by Heart on the original Mushroom label, if you can find it. Honestly, some of the best fun I have had was discovering new great stuff to listen to. Thanks for the great vid!

[@tobyhines7587]

Great room and music collection.

[@graflex74]

im not so picky about my records the pops and things are part of the record experience i think. it makes it more real for me i guess. what are your thought on record Execs saying that vinyl is just a fad and not important enough to devote a lot of time to.

[@mrhoffame]

I agree. For the longest time I didn't care about the pops and things. Even now with my "clean out". I'm not getting rid of things because they have scuffs or maybe some ring wear and stuff like that. Most audiophile would say if the cover is not perfect and regardless of how clean it plays if there are scuffs or marks..they don't want it. Right now I don't care if the cover has wear or vinyl has marks. I only care if it plays almost perfect. I'm sure sometime in the future I will go through clean out bad covers lol. I think as vinyl lovers we all go through stages of what we like and want. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to collect vinyl. Your collection needs to make you happy! Screw everyone's else thoughts on if your collection is good or not. I don't think vinyl collecting if a Fad. I think its popularity in pop culture (such as seeing vinyl in so many movies, commercials, and ads) may be a bit of fad that could go away, but as far as vinyl being a media that music lovers desire and continue to spend millions of dollars on? That is in now way a fad. Music is about more than just Sound Waves. Other than that we would never buy posters, go to concerts, every album cover would be plain white, and so forth lol. Pretty much ANY collector or anything want's Tangible things to own. Vinyl is the most Tangible think music collectors can own. I mean what if a baseball card or stamp collector said he was going to get rid of all his baseball cards an stamps and just scan a picture of the front an back onto his computer. Now he can look at his collection on his computer LOL. We would think that was totally silly right? Well the same things go for us vinyl collectors. Especially with the Internet now where it takes not effort to find albums. It will not go away anytime soon. IMO lol

[@swordkingmaster003]

I own 794 vinyl lp records I'm in longbeach Mississippi, I also own a original 1976 Sanyo 250 amp Wats speakers from Japan.

[@MrWkendwarrior]

I actually got free remnant slabs of marble and granite for under speaker stands on the floor, and under tt. If u wanna experiment a bit, try an integrated tube amp, or separate tube preamp for your phono stage....verrry sweet sound, i have not turned back...sold off a lot of unused gear, got a Yaqin MC-100b tube amp, not cheap, took me a while to afford it, but w right tubes...omg...music just seems much more live, like musicians are in the room. Best of luck, new subscriber look fwd to more of your videos! Peace

[@flyguy456thetechnicsking3]

And Thats Not The Same Marantz From 2014 !!!! The 2014 one Had 5 knobs and Brighter lights!!?? Sone as I Get That Stimulus Check I Will Get My 1st Marantz ....I Never Was A Marantz lover My Big Brother was I am A Big Technics Guy As My Name Ststes........I Want To See What All The Kraze Is About And The Hype And Does it Really Kicks Ass !!!!

[@mrhoffame]

Ha ha!! Good eye. I've owned 3 Marantz over the past few years. A 2270, 2230, and this 2275. You probably saw one of the others in an old vid lol. There are a lot of great vintage receivers out there for sure. Personally I had VERY nice Technics, Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Craig, and Realistic as far as perfect, restored receivers that I've ran for a good period of time. Of those the Marantz is certainly at the top of the list and Sansui 2nd, Pioneer 3rd. Right now I run the Marantz 2275 in the living room and Sansui G-5000 in my bedroom. Never been happier. It is just hard, in my experience, to compete with the power of the Marantz. ...and not talking about how loud you play your music, but more so the fullness and power of the sound at low to mid level volumes. Those things are just beast!! So many great vintage options out there though. Hard to go wrong with many of them :)

[@eposton9819]

What type of database do you use to inventory your music?

[@mrhoffame]

I just use and excel spreadsheet. I know a lot of people like discogs, but with cds, casssettes, 45s, and box sets being a a huge part of my collection I like the way I can personal the excell.

[@eposton9819]

Thanks for your reply. I had tried to setup my inventory of Vinyl Albums, CDs, DVDs, Games, Books, Hi-fi components, etc. on an Excel Spreadsheet, but I wasn’t highly proficient at it. I was spending weeks trying to find a good inventory software, and found an app for less than $10.00. I would have been willing to pay 10x the amount for it. I had found the app in the Apple Store called, “MyStuff2 Pro.” This app was a God-sent. A few of my friends have purchased the app with no regrets as well. I was able to customized or tailor the app the way that I wanted. I have been using this app for a few years, and I now have close to 3K items in this app, and it has a barcode scanner on it-sweet! You (and those whom are reading this) should check out the reviews and the detailed descriptions of what this app can truly do. I was blow away and you might be too. Since the app is on my phone-I carry it wherever I go. It has saved me time and money, so I am not making duplicate purchases, and you can locate things in your inventory much quicker and more efficiently. Have you ever been asked, “If your house was on fire and you can only retrieve a few items, what would they be? For me, this would be one of them….Enough said!

[@jonlanghoff]

Nice room - but have you considered also applying some acoustic treatment? My experience is that this is an "easy" way to gain impressive improvements in sound.

[@mrhoffame]

+Jon Langhoff Yeah I have. There is a local store that sells high end audio and I have been inquiring with them about what would be the best treatments to apply. I've gotten a couple of different answers so I'm sill trying to figure it out. If you want to stop by and help me out, just let me know lol.

[@jonlanghoff]

mrhoffame Judging from your accent/dialect I would guess that it's a pretty long way from Copenhagen, but thank you anyway! :) Since your room is pretty(!) crammed with vinyls and stuff, the most realistic improvement would probably be to stick some absorption on the ceiling to mitigate the reflection from the speakers to the ceiling to your chair. You could also put some absorbers behind the speakers to mitigate the reflection from speakers to front wall to your chair. Finally, bass traps on the corners are always nice as well - if you can fit it in somehow! :D

[@therandom1369]

Looks great! You have a killer set up and collection. Have a great weekend. Take care. \m/

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks for stopping by my friend!

[@charlesjacques750]

Wow nice idea. HiFi people are so OCD and gear focused. I'm doing same but with focus on a huge painting (nothing electronic). Going from my 4415 to a power amp digital system, all white and silver. I listen to cuts, rarely whole vinyl so I'm going digital to focus on the music. Swapping the Pioneer Plasma for a painting, lol. 😊👍

[@mrhoffame]

You know it is kind of funny because as much as I love vinyl, I would say 65-70% of my listening is actually listening to cuts and not entire records from front to back lol. I'm sure that is why I do all the formats when it comes to music be it vinyl, cd, cassette, and mp3. I have moved since this video and I will doing a new updated room tour in about a week. Keep and eye out if you are curious to see what I call the new "Boom Boom Room" LOL>

[@andrewcrain5461]

very nice!!! like the marantz I have the 2270 but 5 months ago I found a Sansui 7900z and I've got to say the Sansui just sounds better....really like how you did the Crib

[@mrhoffame]

I don't know man. I got a Sansui G-5000 and I still favor the Marantz. I find that I tend to like receivers that have a fuller/stronger low end at lower volumes. Being able to hear more of a thickness at lower volumes with having to turn up the bass input and I have found that the vintage Marantz do that better than any other. Its all about our ear of course lol.

[@kilove1]

Yes B you hit the ball out-the park with this set-up ...well played well played man.

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much!

[@hi-fihaven2257]

Nice system, nice work on the video!

[@RocknRonni]

Bro way to got Gratz welcome to the club, I don't know if you watch many of my videos but I have always been into how can I get the most out of my stereo because its more enjoyable to me when it sounds better. When I can hear more music.Next a fellow once asked about 20 years ago how is the quality of your record collection? and so I said its all premo stuff no junk all vinyl is minty. He told me everyone thinks their records are a lot better than they really are. I thought to myself yes thats true for other folks, but not me because i am real fussy i don't buy records that are not minty. Then you kinda have to discover for yourself what collecting is for you. I was buying the whole set, lets say I had all the David Bowie records but i really only listened to about 6 of them, the rest just sat on the shelf for over 20 years i never listened to them so I thought this is a waste, why do I have these if I don't listen to them. so I sold all of them and bought Minty 1st edition Japan pressing of the ones I do love. It took some time because I will not pay the high retail they want on ebay. I just keep looking and eventually I find the one I want at a price I like. Then I started to go through the entire collection. I always thought you could pick any record and it would be a great record because i was fussy, but NO, when I started going through them I found lots of lp's that were not near mint, lots of records I never played, and then when I did i wondered why did I buy this piece of junk record? well I bought them because they were collectable, but the music was only so-so. not bad, but not something I would sit down and listen to. Life is to short to listen to so-so music when there is so much great music to listen to. So now I have 3 empty boxes. I used to have around 1,400 records now just over 1 thousand but I have up graded almost everything except a few like that Gun record I see in your video thats a really good one but my lp surface is really nice but the cover has just a little ring wear starting on the top what I would like is for Rhino or analogue productions to reissue it or maybe find a original copy on the yellow epic still in the shrink! can you say Grail anyways, I bought a spin clean and a disc doctor 5 and like you started to clean all my records and I still have a long way to go lol, but I have improved the quality immensely while reducing the quantity and not spending any new money, got a tube preamp, wow and a vibration control Ginko cloud base for my turntable www.gingkoaudio.com/cloud10.html, wow a new phono pre out of china Jasmine really nice so things are sounding better over here. ok latter bro Ron

[@mrhoffame]

That is the one thing I have learned about collecting over years is that many of us change as collectors over time. I don't regret any of the "stages" I have gone through at all. I just understand that over time I will probably change again and again. When I first started collecting I had a crappy Sony turntable and really paid no attention to overall "quality" of things. My goal was to simply go out and get as many new records as I could find because there was so much music I love. I hit dollar bins like my life depended on it lol. Later I got more into grails/ collectables. I have recently sold a number of my grails and clean mofi and 180gram and new pressings of some of my favorite "dollar bin records" are my new focus along with paying more attention to my equipment . In the step I'm in now I did pay as much attention to things like ring wear or scuffs and marks. I have strictly been focused on mint plabyback of all my pieces. I'm sure my next step in the future will be clearing out anything with marks or covers that are not mint.

[@NeyDogg]

I really love what you've done here

[@floridafyme]

You have a very cool setup.

[@glowplug007]

Nice job man! Watch out though- one you get used to listening on a properly set up system with thought put into it- it's hard to enjoy music on a crap system or one that's laid out poorly. At least that has been my experience lol

[@mrhoffame]

Ha ha! I'm sure my friend. I do have a system in my bedroom and a system at my desk there. What I have found so far is that when I am in passive listening mode (doing stuff around the house, on the computer, etc)...I don't mind those systems at all. When I really want sit, focus, and experience the piece..I go to the chair lol. It's kind of weird, but there is something about "watching" each system perform that I really love.

[@techieandmusic]

Where did you get your shelving for your records?

[@Josal]

great and simple system... congratulation...

[@kc2bob252]

Beautiful set up, you have great taste!

[@mrhoffame]

Thanks so much! If you get a moment check out the new room :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnW6gJuGrbuppsU

[@victormunoz6755]

hermoso,gran sonido,gran coleccion