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[@daniellustgarten5857]

It was bout the late 90" and I was doing a fellowship at Bellevue Hospital in NY,I was already a music lover and a starting audiophile.I used to visit Sound by Singer frequently, one day ,the store was empty so i walked to the end of an aisle in a private listening room and there was a young men (you) who invites me to listening two equipment that he was setting at the moment, one with the Focal Utopia and in the other side of the room those very strange German speakers , which look like a hourglass (sorry don't remember the name right now),I stayed with you for almost 2 hours trying the equipment with the new Van Morrison album (Hymns of silence) , that experience with you at the moment change completely my view of the audiophile world, 30 years later of that visit and of my pair of Mini Utopias few months later, at last i can thank you very much ,for that KIND, beautiful and useful afternoon ,Thank you again....

[@RockCity1111]

Man I hope he reads that !!

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Wow, thanks for the memories! You made my day

[@RockCity1111]

@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac What a memorable day !!

[@jarodreddig63]

Thanks for sharing that great story.

[@emaggio69]

@@RockCity1111 yes it was

[@paulpavlou9294]

Wow, great interview with Andrew. He has confirmed what has taken me 45 years as a audiophile to learn and that is, you don’t need to spend stupid money to have a great sounding audio system. You just have to listen to it and like it.

[@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594]

Steve, I love the conversational style of your interviews. Much of the products you talk about are out of reach of the vast majority of Americans, and likely that of your viewers, but it never feels pretentious. You really are a class act. Thanks for sharing your passion with us.

[@brianthomas3354]

Lifelong friendships are so special. Great interview, and also great synergy with the both you appreciating each other’s commentary.

[@barryb911]

I bought a few smaller items from the old Sound by Singer - interconnects etc, some from The Gute. I went in with my friend who has a Brooklyn kosher catering business and was impressed with the no BS interaction he had with big Andy. Friend: "What about these speakers? Are they going to sound better than my Vandersteens?" Andy: "No, these aren't really going to sound better." Friend: "How much do I have to spend to get better?" Andy: "This speaker will sound better, it's $..." Friend: "Okay, let's hear this one..." He didn't end up buying a speaker, but bought a power amp, in great part because he got an honest interaction. They had some pretty good systems there. Always got decent treatment, which was not always the case with Lyric HiFi.

[@motohifipro3336]

I'm from Serbia and back in 2014 I met mr.Singer when I was his guest on a couple of occasions. I was in NYC as a tourist and didn’t really intend to purchase anything from mr.Singer at the time and I told him that. But regardless of that he received me like we knew each other for years, showed me all his high end gear and we have a few very pleasent conversations in his shop. He even showed me "Save Serbia" poster in one of his showrooms. True audio expert, also history expert and overall very interesting person. Here in Serbia mr.Singer is a legend, we all remember two page ads in every issue of Stereophile. Meeting mr. Singer was a great experinece for me. Steve, your channel is the best, just keep up the good work. Best regards to both of you. Dragan Ilic

[@justicehill165]

Great job Steve!! An absolute gem of a video. I truly look forward my notifications alerting me to a new post from your channel.

[@skipgordon5382]

Great interview. My journey began in 1972 at a shop in Raleigh NC called Soundhaus. Long gone by now. I would love to spend some time in Sound by Singer

[@lAR3l]

I love to see how happy Steve was in this video. He has a contagious smille!

[@AccuphaseMan]

Rest in Peace

[@armanddimeo6575]

I appreciate this interview and the passion Mr. Singer shows for audio equipment and sound. It is getting harder and harder to find dealers such as he, who care about their customers and what they are getting for their money and not just making a fast buck.

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Would love a lot more of this.

[@markmcminn5100]

I could watch another 5 hours of this :)

[@JohnLnyc]

I bought my first upgraded equipment from “Sound by Singer” and a bunch of records starting at their 33rd Street original location (I think) and later when they moved to Union Square area. I still use the Krell KST 100 I purchased there on “sale”…. The sales staff were great. I do not remember Steve though I must have had some interaction..have to check my sales slips! Always open to kibbetz and play anything in the listening rooms. Wonderful atmosphere.. Andy could be snarky, very dry sense of humor. I recall talking to a sales guy and Andy was sitting nearby. I mentioned my Luxman integrated (tubed pre amp section). Andy interjected “nice little amp, I have one in my bathroom” Great memories!

[@tomhohum4275]

Great “into the audiophile weeds” conversation. ❤️

[@ewandocherty3082]

What a wonderful interview. Beautiful.

[@janpedersen8376]

That was a great interview, i trully enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks to you both.

[@crimsonghost6454]

This could have and should have been longer. This was great. Thank you both.

[@buddystewart2020]

I really enjoyed this interview Steve. What a fun interesting friendship you two guys have shared.

[@hdibart]

These talks are invaluable , thank you !

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Andy's last words summarized what I think about Steve as a KZbinr. Great to have knowledge and enthusiasm. It's the integrity that shines through.

[@paulm944]

Great interview. Thank you both!

[@100kkosmo]

Million audio channels, just one Steve!

[@twigfarm4229]

Hey Steve, Dave here. I thoroughly enjoyed your conversation with Andy. Boy, did it bring back memories! I was a customer of Andy's when you started working for him (and remember you well). He was in his 2nd floor walk-up at the time if I remember correctly. I also remember Andy Regan well but I do have a question: There was another guy that worked there that I did business with & became very friendly with - young guy with curly hair - nice guy - but I can't for the life of me remember his name. Do you?

[@CosmicKnight1]

That was wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

This man has a great sense of humour 🤗

[@rickyblair8802]

Best show yet, loved it

[@StevePilgrim2013]

Another great one. Andy ought to be a quarterly feature. Would love to hear him step through his process of advising a new customer seeking a 2-channel system. Terrific interview, Steve!!

[@JohnLnyc]

His customers are well heeled for the most part.

[@StevePilgrim2013]

@@JohnLnyc Got that. But, I'm sure he has some entry threshold; is it 20k, 75k, 100k+ or will he work with someone who wants to spend $7500? #wallstreetspenders

[@andyanderson3352]

Very good I throughly enjoyed the interview

[@thecheese2386]

Awesome interview and I love your shirt!

[@JoseGarcia-oo4mc]

Excellent video thanks

[@pasansenarath5990]

Hey Steve have you ever heard Sinhala (Sri Lankan) songs 🤔

[@rogerlavallee3572]

Re: any wide ranging discussion of how various audio components might sound to an individual listener, I would suggest that one first understand the basics of how these components actually measure sonically. I recommend the YT channels - Audio Science Review and that of Ethan Winer as well.

[@FOH3663]

Perfectly succinct ending... drop the mic. This was wonderfully entertaining... (I quickly dove into Ypsilon pres, discovered their in house transformer windings, topologies, and associated characteristics. Fascinating). Steve, you're right, this one was mega.

[@rogerrojas4612]

Great piece Steve thank you for sharing!

[@martybousum1010]

Awesome interview! Thank you!

[@net_news]

Amazing!! Guys you could be part of a Woody Allen movie! 😂

[@felipecervantes7881]

Steve your smile makes you look high.

[@lloll69]

your da best audio story teller

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Thanks!

[@Rickzolla]

Andrew and I are about the same vintage. My first system was a Sherwood 8900 receiver, a Dual turntable, a Sony R to R deck and a pair of JBL Lancer 77s.

[@freekwo7772]

Steve and Andrew have something in common: they say "It's amazing!" Like they are part of the "Seinfeld"

[@stonefree1911]

Love the soul patch Steve!

[@Terry12345]

What a cool guy. That could have gone another hour or two and I would have still been listening.

[@carlitomelon4610]

Neck twinges from a lifetime of high-end head bobbing? Interesting interview. Thanks guys 🎶🤫🎶

[@Audiorevue]

I very much agree with Mr. singers thoughts on Tube Phono stages but more so with the sense of tubes in general in that I've had tube gear and it sounds fantastic but at the same time I always have this thought when I'm listening to it in the back of my mind about whether or not it could be better or is there something wrong with my tubes or maybe I should change them out or this or that and it ultimately becomes an exercise in frustration and constant worry for me as to the tubes themselves and how they're affecting the sound which is why I love tubes overall but I am a solid state guy through and through for that reason.

[@DQ-su6qf]

Please keep these interviews with the Old World Titans coming,,they give a unique perspective that is disappearing..

[@henriksrensen3220]

Great video Steve. I can see some awesome hifi behind Mr. Singer, Gryphon Essence, and Diablo integrated 😉 And yes, smaller is sometimes better. My Gryphon Diablo 120 is to my ears better than the Diablo 300. The 120 is sweeter sounding

[@MrPJAT]

Hi Steve Guttenberg Audiophiliac I suggest to you Rui Borges Turntables in Portugal, a local (Lisbon) manufacturer and a specialist in this special components. Give it a try. Thanks for your videos and opinions. The recent one for the Rel Tzero was amazing for my needs. Thanks

[@sebastianbachert9528]

well done with the two cameras!

[@adrianadrianp5305]

Interesting comments about audio and Home Cinema, digital and analogue. I still owning my LP12 I bought in 1983 and been through a reasonable amount of equipment over the last 40 years I am very interested to see where Home Cinema goes. I currently use 2 channels of a home cinema set up with subs for 2 channel and do believe that the complication of the object based audio and over processing for flat responses is not necessarily the best route. Indeed I sold my high end processor an American Acurus ACT4 and went back to using analogue out and a now modified naim processor as an 8 channel pre amp. Personally the nirvana of one system that does justice to 2 channel and multichannel I still think is possible, however I think its improbable this now ever happens. Looking around at fundamentals of good audio I also do believe spending time making sure you avoid poor mains installations, unsuitable equipment racks and RFI especially in digital become necessary when you move into the higher end. That does not mean buying an expensive mains cable though !

[@stimpy1226]

Wow… Sid Zimit! I remember seeing a side profile sketch of his head somewhere in the back of my mind. I just learned that he and his wife were tragically killed in a plane accident that he was piloting with his wife in Kentucky when the plane went down

[@sameerahmedkhan384]

How do I get advice from Mr. Singer or Mr. Guttenberg about starting to listening and enjoying music?

[@shanestephenson8423]

Nice interview 👍👍👍

[@rapier5]

I had to come back to this: "Nobody likes to pay for labor" Learn to like it. Learn or relearn to respect human labor no matter what the job is. Respect the person, respect their labor and they in turn will be motivated to respect their own job and most crucially themselves. I don't care how 'menial' a job is, if done well it deserves respect. Respect for effort should be universal. It is the ownership class who hates to pay for labor more than anyone and they have created a science to explain and justify it. It's called Economics which does not even recognize any 'value' to labor at all.

[@samuelsalins8309]

Great video 📹👍

[@miguelbarrio]

Great stuff. Thank you guys!

[@adamk4716]

For American companies, Boulder rivals any of those European companies at the very high end and Linear Tube Audio in Maryland at the lower price points. Mark Levinson maybe is the sweet spot.

[@photohum]

I wonder what’s the name of the $20k amp he likes?

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Gryphon Essence

[@TheChrisleekay]

I own a £2000 amp, the reviews for it said it could hold its own with £4000 amp. I can't imagine what a £20,000 amp would sound like let alone a £100,000 amp. I wonder if you need a really large music room to appreciate an amp like this or would I be blown away even in a small(ish) room!?? Sorry this is in reference to Andrew saying his favourite amp cost $20,000.

[@mgsboedmisodpc2]

Kawero Classic Ultimate Original price 68,000.00 € Price 18,500.00 € SINGER owns

[@Exgol2005]

This is valuable sharing! 👍

[@robtremble2277]

did andy ever get a good set of jbls ???

[@scottmeyer6005]

McIntosh!

[@Gez492]

Wow you guys look like Godley & Creme from Ten CC

[@kenforton5295]

I truly don't get paying extra to have a dealer set up an uber-expensive turntable. Any other business would include this.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

It's often a trade off to get the sound you want.

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

Calling an amp (a monoblock so you need two of then) of 50 kilograms small give you a idea of where the word reference has gone forward for Mr. Singer😆👍

[@capelight52]

Lemme tell ya...there is nothing like the interviews with Andrew Singer and Herb Reichert. Brilliant guys and you too, Steve!

[@gerasimger15]

You talked about lab12, which is rather new, what about Tsakiridis?

[@thomasandersen1784]

About European hi-fi, do u know the French brand: Lavardin, who makes amps, and do u sell the brand in the US? The first solid state called IT, was released in 99' and blew the community away. At least here in Europa. They are still going strong and if not, go hear them, if u get the chance? They are something special, and many European countries is really into hifi and we have a lot of good brands over here ✌️❤️🇩🇰

[@KillerKlipsch]

Man... I hope I'm that cool at his age.

[@PlaybackMansion]

Anyone want to guess what $20,000 amplifier Andy thinks is the best?

[@henriksrensen3220]

Gryphon Essence pre and power

[@PlaybackMansion]

@Ruben Ramero What's the answer then, Ruben?

[@ppmnox]

Steve, I need to get my hands on a shirt like that which you are wearing in this video. Brand please? Oh, awesome interview :)

[@Finn-McCool]

It is the new Spring line from Mrs. A-philiac. They are all one-of bruv lol

[@ppmnox]

@@Finn-McCool man, I'd buy that shirt in a heartbeat.

[@TheBodhisattvaWisdom]

Those danes make kick ass hifi

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Singer thinks the small companies often are doing better work for the price than the big outfits. Perhaps b/c the attention to detail is greater.

[@BruceCross]

Yes, small companies are often more hungry, flexible, innovative, etc.

[@freekwo7772]

"Communist China" 😂

[@ppmnox]

he ain't wrong

[@freekwo7772]

@@ppmnox i wrote similar two years ago and I was exposed to bullying of other participants of similar channel on you tube. China officialy is communist country and some Americans talks about communism with symapathy so I was surprised to hear frank comment. Although I wouldn't say nothing agaist Chinese people. Collectivism is part of chinese tradition, so this kind of western philosophy or socio-economic doctrine blended well - better than anywhere else in the world. So today, China is economy superpower mostly fueled by western capital.

[@ppmnox]

@@freekwo7772 agreed. sadly, the indoctrination is deep with many western youth and I fear they don't understand how their move towards communism will end.

[@WindomRettes]

Use to be Red China

[@stimpy1226]

Did you guys ever have to deal with Tony Federici and Barry Foster? Talk about wild men.

[@robtremble2277]

Steve Guttenberg Audiophiliac what amplifier would you recommend for a pair of Yamaha ns 1000x ?

[@hoobsgroove]

you need to have solid-state for phono stage at least in the first stage, too much noise will be amplitude from valves, you want 105 db noise floor plus for phono stage at least in the first stage plus it gives you an increase in dynamic range as much as a CD. I tell you why it's an ethos that companies have to make big prophets in America, otherwise they think they are a failure that is the downfall of American products. there must be some small independence in America make a good living and a good product but doesn't seem to be known!

[@TheMaxx111]

If you are looking for American HiFi what about Audio Research?

[@mondoenterprises6710]

When audiophiles break up: Who gets the gear?

[@Finn-McCool]

Wait, are you telling me that my Ronco turntable isn't a "SET IT ... & FORGET IT" piece of equipment!? Who knew? I'm 55 years young and I can safely say that I still speak weekly if not daily with a "kid" I met when I was 4 years old. Friends are indeed the family you choose.

[@hoobsgroove]

arthritis in the neck or any other type of arthritis you want to take Glucosamine and chondroitin, natural vitamin c 1g vitamin d3 8000iu and k2 200 micrograms daily boron 6mg daily. copper and iron daily dose

[@robtremble2277]

i still kick myself for selling my grant amplifiers mono blocks I still haven't been able to get my hands on a pair

[@WindomRettes]

Pinched neck nerve ?

[@djzoloft]

Arrogance. Knowledge but bragging about it makes it bad.

[@alm5693]

They're also pretty in love with their own boomer-dom (I'm 67). Uncomfortable vibe of entitlement coming from this conversation.

[@craigaust3306]

It sounds like he is not impressed by Cary Audio.

[@UberPilot]

When did he mention Cary?

[@ssleddens]

Its great he can sell a 200k amp that is made with 2k worth of parts....

[@henriksrensen3220]

🤦‍♂️