Your Hi-Fi Audio System CAN Sound Better! Here's 10 Reasons why it may Sound AWFUL!

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Today I talk about ten reasons why your HiFi System may sound like garbage even after you spent a fortune on it!
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@rulerofrecords1 3 ай бұрын

Another reason might be buying gear based on the "review" of KZbinrs that have a new favorite speaker or best amp every time they do a review ...

@TheMrgonzalo05 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@anoxicfiltrationplenums 3 ай бұрын

How true.

@MiguelSanchez-uh5yw 3 ай бұрын

Oh, yes! I'm a victim of this. Twice I returned an item because I followed awesome KZbin reviews. 😢

@justinparkman3585 2 ай бұрын

It's all about the cash

@stephaneleman-langlois2105 2 ай бұрын

I agree with almost everything... Except where you "match" components based on their price.... Quality is not necessarily proportional to price

@mister_bojangles 3 ай бұрын

That crafty dealer grabbed you by the heels and shook you until the last quarter dropped out of your pocket.

@net_news 3 ай бұрын

today the real "dealers" are the youtubers... brick and mortar is 1% of the audio biz.

@rangersmith4652 3 ай бұрын

A bad-sounding system can nearly always be attributed to the space in which it's operating. You can make a decent-sounding system in a 10x10 bedroom with a $50 class-D bluetooth amp, a $100 pair of bookshelf speakers, 10' of lamp wire, and a phone. Not a great system -- a decent system with no egregious flaws.

@bocrux 3 ай бұрын

#5 transformer buzzing is almost certainly due to dc offset issue. Can be eliminated with an ifi dc blocker or emotiva cmx2+, do that before spending big bucks on electrical renovations.

@harisjaved1379 3 ай бұрын

You have room issues as number 10, room issues should be number 1 on your list!!!! I spent 50k on an audio setup and yes it can literally sound disgusting in an open room, you can have weird nulls, standing waves etc. This is why I tell people that before you buy equipment make sure you have a decent room. Always!! Then fix your speaker placement, and anything else afterwards

@garydumas3148 3 ай бұрын

At times I listen (music focused) when my sweetie is out of the house. My wife & I both love music but at times we both need “personal listening time”. You can source whatever at the moment hits your fancy and you have complete control of the volume with no one to offend.

@charlesking678 3 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience where I bought a marantz pm ki ruby integrated amplifier. At the show room it sounded awesome. At my friends house it was awesome. When i got it home, it was lackluster. I was pissed because it was kinda pricey. I tried it in another room and it was awesome. My room was the limiting factor.

@lancecooperphotos 3 ай бұрын

Just moved into a new house with a large basement room that would be dedicated to music listening. So excited until I turned everything on and it did sound bad. I made some sound absorbers, bought some deflectors etc and after a few days of experimenting with placement "boom" Sounds amazing now.

@oohtob6685 3 ай бұрын

Hegel are famous for having a buz/hum. Ifi dc blocker. Sorted.

@nelsono4315 3 ай бұрын

I have the Jeff Rowland 125 power amp paired with the Schiit Freya+ tube preamp and Triangle BRO3 speakers. Some might say that the Schiit preamp and the BRO3s are not worthy of the Jeff Rowland power amp but I love the sound of my system. I play my music at moderate levels and love the sound. Sure, maybe a higher quality preamp and higher quality bookshelf speakers would get my system to sound "better" but I am not about about to break the bank to find out.

@hurkamur1 3 ай бұрын

"Some" being stereo salesmen. 😂

@nelsono4315 3 ай бұрын

@@hurkamur1 that's a given 🙂

@LelandPratt-nw9ix 3 ай бұрын

After buying new speakers I noticed they were awesome about 70db, turning them up made them fatiguing and “metallic” sounding. I thought my amp was clipping but occasionally I could crank them up, forget the system and groove with the tunes. Took three months or more to break in those speakers and they still like to be warmed up. After two or three albums at a righteous volume, the system smooths out and disappears from the music again. This was also aided by finding a “focused” position for my speakers and experimenting with interconnects, speaker wires and power cords. I found there were differences between stock power cords of different gauges and shielding. I’d like to upgrade my DAC but wonder how much tweaking it will take to optimize!

@ruiewen 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It feels authentic and true. I just keep investing a little bit more on speakers and then other devices at the same level.

@OscarSanchez-tk3hx 3 ай бұрын

My vintage 2265 B Marantz was fully restored by a respectable company I'm very satisfied by the results.

@davidberg4053 3 ай бұрын

I had a pair Paradigm 200B’s that were wired out of phase at the factory.

@pierrefournier5892 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience. Nice cat, btw.😊

@raykuiper4979 3 ай бұрын

Matter fact, With your first item, the room. You have the most important factor if your music will sound well,or not, I have had this experience with my room, no matter what gear I used, it was still bad,

@bobtowncarguy82 3 ай бұрын

My living room is not great for sound. Its exactly how you described your living/kitchen space being one long open space with high ceiling. The sound is gone when you go to the kitchen and gets very loud moving right to left in the living room.

@oohtob6685 3 ай бұрын

I knew someone who bought off a white van. Got them home and found out inside the speakers were empty.

@hurkamur1 3 ай бұрын

😂

@joebeckham8352 18 күн бұрын

I Had the out of phase thing happen on a new set of speakers, won't name the brand, but they were a brand new model...plugged them in and thought either this is the worst speaker I've heard in a while or something is out of phase. Switched polarity of speaker cable going into speaker and the bad just changed. Used a simple POP test app and found out that just the midrange on one of them was wired incorrectly.

@stevepk8742 3 ай бұрын

May I know your experience with amplifiers? Do you notice any change from new to after being used for 10-20 hours? Do you believe in burn-in? What differences have you noticed after 100 hours of use? Thank you

@chuckmaddison2924 3 ай бұрын

A big problem is the dealer, sort of . The dealer has spent $$$ on getting the showroom correct. Back to your room. I had a similar situation with some Dali speakers many years ago. Awesome in the dealer, not so in my room . Enter some damping.

@baronofgreymatter14 3 ай бұрын

Do you connect your CD transport into the RS130 or do you go directly into the DAC? The RS130 can upsample just wondering if it might be better to go thru the RS130. I have the RS130 too

@constantinoskatodrytis542 2 ай бұрын

hm......how about EQ?

@ridirefain6606 3 ай бұрын

Great content. Very useful and informative. Like you, I tend to use my digital sources more than analog. You cannot beta them for ease and convenience. Nonetheless, I still put a priority on my analog front end. I just enjoy the sound of records too much and even though I do not use them as much. I still make sure I am using a quality table, cartridge, and phono stage. My thinking is I enjoy both, so I still equally invest in both.

@cremersalex 3 ай бұрын

Never experienced a 'mismatch'. Did once experience speaker break-in.

@davebutler3905 Ай бұрын

I use two white vans as speakers.

@theoriginalcraig Ай бұрын

@@davebutler3905 I have a pair of Vans, and I would never be able to fit a pair of speakers in them. They're gray, not white. Maybe that's why.

@oldschoolaudioenthusiast 3 ай бұрын

Dig the cat.

@redstarwraith 3 ай бұрын

Useful info. Thanks!

@rrt08 3 ай бұрын

Doesn’t matter what you have, just enjoy listening to the music.

@Unavintage 3 ай бұрын

Extra reason: noisy neighbors

@gregsamuel4215 3 ай бұрын

break in is important.

@hurkamur1 3 ай бұрын

Is it though? "Break in" is largely hocus, it's really just acclimation.

@anoxicfiltrationplenums 3 ай бұрын

200hrs break in should do it. But you only get the equipment for 30 days to judge whether or not you can take it back.

@hurkamur1 3 ай бұрын

@@anoxicfiltrationplenums 200 hrs for what? 😂 The only thing that needs "break in" is a turntable cartridge.

@kineahora8736 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think this is basically bunk

@mattp2556 Ай бұрын

LOL - "break-in" doesn't even exist for most components.

@nolankrueger9479 3 ай бұрын

BAD GROUNDING CAN CAUSE ALL SORTS OF WEIRD PROBLEMS.

@Error2username 19 күн бұрын

SO IS A AIRPLANE HITTING YOUR HOUSE, BIG BIG PROBLEMS😂andstuff

@werefed8613 3 ай бұрын

The quality of your speakers matter more then anything along with and amp and pre amp . I recently upgraded the crossovers in speakers and the change was substantially better cs factory sound

@necrodh 2 ай бұрын

Flac sound horrendous i swapped to wav

@leopoldsandesucarrats773 3 ай бұрын

Hi, everybody. About out of phase problems I detected it from an integreated amp and the effect is that you hear the music in the periphery of the soundstage like a ring with the center like a hollow-distant sound. It turns out that the technician inverted the cables...thus easy to fix😅

@MasterofpuppetsBS 3 ай бұрын

So I am running some tower speakers from Monitor Audio (Silver 500 7G) as part of a 5.1 System and am not impressed. Maybe because I hooked them just to my AVR without using an amp…? What I dont get on the specs from MA is that they recommend 80-250W power to feed them. That is a huge range. You can get 80W from every Audiolab/Cambridge/etc. but 250W is a word.

@Ed.T-p1b 3 ай бұрын

The items are all new. New amplifier needs burn in, new speakers need run in, crossovers too in the speakers need burn in, many capacitors are new too .... nothing will play well .... no way!

@TheGreatTomDix 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@99solutionsit10 3 ай бұрын

Start the new system at low to medium volume, on loop and spend one weekend somewhere else - done!

@nasdkhan254 3 ай бұрын

Chair placement

@knockshinnoch1950 3 ай бұрын

Sound advice

@deanfisher1656 3 ай бұрын

This was a fun listen . Great top 10……learned a long time ago. Start with amp and build from that…once your main source is chosen…..speakers can be matched etc. best

@toddcovington1172 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely restore your vintage equipment! Your tech should be able to assist you with this. It is an investment worth making. Understand just because it still works 50 year down the road does not mean its performing to spec. I love my vintage gear, but I also love my new REL Clasdic 98. Enjoy the journey!

@hurkamur1 3 ай бұрын

Finding a (local) capable tech who won't rake you over the coals is easier said than done.

@tothemax324 3 ай бұрын

I haven't upgraded my ipod in a decade

@elgustoesmiochupaki6119 3 ай бұрын

My condolences my friend!

@oohtob6685 3 ай бұрын

😂

@lincso6018 3 ай бұрын

Room should be number 1

@HiFiHuff 3 ай бұрын

As stated in the video, these were not announced in any kind of order. I’ve always said room is most important of all :)

@Lobo243 3 ай бұрын

I remember the white Van 😂

@viraljasubhai7747 3 ай бұрын

Why do speakers sound bright and harsh

@necrodh 2 ай бұрын

Modern digital formats like compresded flac create harsh microdistorsions when its played, try wav format and the sounds feels more natural

@hurkamur1 2 ай бұрын

@@necrodh wut? Free LOSSLESS audio codec. You are implying a loss.

@colindoyle9876 Ай бұрын

sibilance ?

@Henry-Brock Ай бұрын

Sibilance is the hissing on the consonants S, T, Z that voices make when speaking or singing. Just speak those letters to yourself and you will hear the hissing. It is a very high frequency sound, between 6-9 kHz, and can be magnified to an aggravating extent, and some effects will minimize the sound, causing it to almost disappear. When it is ideal, speech will sound transparent, clear, detailed, well-enunciated, and without all the hissing sound (sibilance).