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The Listening Chair, hosted by Howard Kneller, Colin Saunders, and Kemper Holt, is the CZcams channel for all things audiophile. It features equipment reviews and “tear downs,” interviews with manufacturers and other audio industry participants, factory tours, coverage of product launch events, and DIY tips. Join our extremely active audiophile Facebook group at the link below!
Howard Kneller is an equipment reviewer, columnist, and photographer. Over the past 15 years, he has worked for such publications as The SoundStage! Network, Sound & Vision, and Copper. Writing as Colin Smith, Colin Saunders worked for the Soundstage! Network for six years and edited that publication’s GoodSound! site. Over the course of the last 20 years, Kemper has worked for Enjoy the Music and AV Showrooms.
The Listening Chair is also comprised of a talented team of internationally-based reviewers, including Florian Ernst in Germany, Richard Mak in Singapore and Russell Welton in the UK.
Howard Kneller is an equipment reviewer, columnist, and photographer. Over the past 15 years, he has worked for such publications as The SoundStage! Network, Sound & Vision, and Copper. Writing as Colin Smith, Colin Saunders worked for the Soundstage! Network for six years and edited that publication’s GoodSound! site. Over the course of the last 20 years, Kemper has worked for Enjoy the Music and AV Showrooms.
The Listening Chair is also comprised of a talented team of internationally-based reviewers, including Florian Ernst in Germany, Richard Mak in Singapore and Russell Welton in the UK.
How to Setup a Turntable: Part 2 of VPI 21 Scout and Goldy MC Cartridge Review!
Are you comfortable setting up a turntable? Join The Listening Chair’s Colin Saunders in this Part 2 of 3 video, in which he sets up VPI Industries’ Scout 21. Watch Part 1 of this video for the unboxing or just watch this five minute Part 2 if you would like to learn about setup!
Link to Part 1 of the review: czcams.com/video/s8-kRkmxT7c/video.htmlsi=uupG15nrmQSJzz80
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High End Munich 24 - Gershman Acoustics, Kronos Audio, Antipodes Audio, & True Life Audio!
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Join us for our continuing coverage of the High End Munich 2024 show. Next up, is the room of Gershman Acoustics, Kronos Audio, Antipodes Audio, and Tru Life Audio! This is some serious high-end gear and our German correspondent Florian Ernst was on the scene to investigate. Check out the video! Links: antipodes.audio/ gershmanacoustics.com/ www.kronosaudio.com/ truelifeaudio.com/ The Listening...
High End Munich 24 - Audio Group Denmark goes BIG with three rooms at all price points!
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Join us for our coverage of the High End Munich 2024 show. We kick off with Audio Group Denmark, who came to the show in a big way with three rooms that contain everything from SOTA to entry-level gear. See what’s new from the company’s four brands-Aavik (components), Borresen (speakers), Ansuz (cables, power products, network switches, and accessories), and Axxess (entry-level gear). Michael B...
In focus with the designer: Alta Audio's $50,000 Aphrodite speaker and interview with Mike Levy!
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Our AXPONA coverage of Alta Audio and its new flagship Aphrodite loudspeaker ($50,000 UDS/pr.) was extremely poular. So much so that we traveled to Huntington, New York to visit with the company's founder, Michael Levy to learn more. Join our fast-growing Facebook group: groups/217745678009888 CZcams, Facebook Group, Linkedin: The Listening Chair with Howard Kneller Threads, Instag...
Review - Vera-Fi Audio's Vibration Black Hole (VBH) component/speaker footers!
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The Vibration Black Hole (VBH) isolation footers ($199 USD/set of four) are said to provide mechanical vibration attenuation and isolation using a novel two-stage constrained viscous layer damping (CVLD) technique. According top Vera-Fi, they are said to be ideal for such gear as turntables, tube amplifiers, preamplifiers, power supplies , and speakers. Check out the video in which the Listenin...
Axpona 24 - TAD Distributor Dave Malekpour talks about TAD's rich history making speaker drivers!
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At AXPONA 2024, we caught up with Dave Malekpour from PAD HiFi, the North American distributor of TAD Labs. Dave spoke to us about TAD's history making speaker drivers, particularly at the beginning for the professional audio industry. Check out the video! Join our fast-growing Facebook group: groups/217745678009888 CZcams, Facebook Group, Linkedin: The Listening Chair with Howard ...
Axpona 24 - New high-end gear from Esoteric USA! Plus, a NEW TURNTABLE Tease?
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When we visited Esoteric USA's room at AXPONA 2024, we were treated with some of the company's newest flagship Grandioso components, including the M1X monoblock amp and K1X SE SACD/CD Player and DAC. There was also a tease of a new Esoteric turntable that may be on the way! Check out the video! Join our fast-growing Facebook group: groups/217745678009888 CZcams, Facebook Group, Lin...
Axpona 24 - Turnbull Audio: Will these prototype cables/cords disrupt the high-end cable market?
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Our next stop at AXPONA was the room of Turnbull Audio by distributor Audio Thesis. Will Turnbull's prototype cables/cords disrupt the high-end cable market? In this room, we were taken aback and nothing short of blown away by the sound. Truth be told, we can’t say what, if anything, Turnbull’s prototype cables and power cords contributed to the sound because we merely heard the system play and...
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In our next room at AXPONA 24, we visit local Chicago dealer Quintessence Audio, who came in grand style with gear from Dan D'Agostino, Wilson Audio, Clearaudio, dCS , Stromtank, and others. Check out the video! Join our fast-growing Facebook group: groups/217745678009888 CZcams, Facebook Group, Linkedin: The Listening Chair with Howard Kneller Threads, Instagram, X: @howardkneller...
Axpona 24- SOTA gear with Gauder Akustik, Soulution, Absolare, and Transrotor by AXISS Audio!
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Axpona 24- SOTA gear with Gauder Akustik, Soulution, Absolare, and Transrotor by AXISS Audio!
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AXPONA 24 - ATC Loudspeakers 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Unveiling and Ben Lilly Interview!
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Axpona 2024 - Pangea Audio featuring Vincent Audio and Record Doctor - High Value Audiophile Gear!
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Axpona 2024 - Alta Audio and their incredible shake-the-room-at-16 Hz Aphrodite speakers!
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VPI Scout 21 and Goldy MC Cartridge Unboxing!
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CanJam NYC 24: Audio Technica's $108,000 tube headphone amp/can package!
FLAX 24: 3D Sound with Theoretica and Dutch & Dutch by retailer Unique Home Audio!
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FLAX 24: 3D Sound with Theoretica and Dutch & Dutch by retailer Unique Home Audio!
FLAX 24: Suncoast does the unthinkable--6 tri-amped VAC monoblocks feeding Clarisys ribbon speaker!
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FLAX 24: Suncoast does the unthinkable 6 tri-amped VAC monoblocks feeding Clarisys ribbon speaker!
FLAX 24: Cutting edge gear from MBL and United Home Audio!
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FLAX 24: Cutting edge gear from MBL and United Home Audio!
FLAX 24: The $2 million room by Audio Group Denmark!!
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FLAX 24: The $2 million room by Audio Group Denmark!!
FLAX 24: Italian Style with Grandinote's new Solo all-in-one integrated amp!
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FLAX 24: Italian Style with Grandinote's new Solo all-in-one integrated amp!
FLAX 24-Audio Group Denmark's $20-30K systems!
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FLAX 24-Audio Group Denmark's $20-30K systems!
FLAX 24 - Esoteric super systems by Playback Distribution!
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FLAX 24 - Esoteric super systems by Playback Distribution!
Colin in action! This is such an interesting video for me as I have never thought setting up a turntable can be satisfying.
great interview as always
Thank you!
Great interview. Larry David really knows his stuff!
Exactly! I’m 80-90% analog! I stream only when I’m lazy, but, mostly to listen to something I might buy on vinyl. Of course I’m in my mid 70s and grew up with vinyl, so, what can I say. Well, vinyl rules!!!😀😀😀😀😀
Wearing his BIFF ROSE shirt!! 🌹
Really great, guys!
Interesting stuff with mqa and high res.
Great interview, thank you!
Yes our Arizona friend was pretty upset about the MoFi spectacle/debacle.
I was trying to find part one, only to discover it was a year ago! You may want to link to it in this one for folks like me who've not seen part one.
Added that right before I saw your comment. Thanks Paul! That year went quickly BTW!
wow! Well it seems like Steve is used to lengthy delays!
@@petekutheis3822 Same hair, same shirt, seems like pt. 2 was done the same day as pt. 1.
Impressive that the Heil AMT tweeter gets right down into the lower mids.
Please - What are the bookshelf speakers behind 'Bass-Therapy'?? - Thanks
Vinnie is such a fun guy in this livestream.
Excellent interview gents👌🏽
Nice review. But anything you added under gear and there is a ton of footers will change the sound by bringing areas of reproduction more forward, some the bass, others the high thus you think more detail, but having tried many over many years, I am back to using the feet the designer but on the gear, a solid rack does more than any tweak footers. Yes, every review says the sound became different, well try for hard apples under your gear and you will say wow I was surprised I heard a change. But if you like what you hear that is all that matters, put the money into your room acoustics and that will take you further into really enjoying your music system, the room is a huge part of what we hear from our systems.
I'm guessing Florian wants to start his own HiFi company
21:06 The Listening Chair website looks good 😎
48:30 Hi Poco
Hey stop chatting up the lady brow.😮
Tiered products is often more about commercial strategy than actual manufacturing costs. When you know how to make better, at this level it has very little to do with cost of parts and manufacturing. The profit margins go up exponentially in this range.
Don’t trust that brand
Why so my friend?
Silly high pricing
@@Coneman3 It seems many customers are satisfied though
They sound musical all the samples I have heard even in bad rooms
@@Coneman3 you get what you pay for. if you want the best then you need to bust out the wallet or just buy shitty equipment and be happy with it
ATC very well built speakers, these look interesting.👍
Bello/Magnifico.✡️😱😱😱😱😱😱👑🌡️
The Alta Audio with Infigo audio room at Axpona was off the chart good, one the bests.
Howard is always asking the best questions to get all the info. Super video 👍
I miss you step dad
The godfather
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My favorite sound at the show. Tremendous showing from Quintessence!
Pangea makes really good affordable stuff. I have their speaker stands and a Vulcan X-Brace rack, and in fact I'm getting ready to order another shelf for it. That Vincent equipment looks sweet, and the prices appear to be a great value.
Really interesting! Also nice to see Kemper for this review
Is a new headphone amplifier coming in 2024-2025 ??
How about the real sound?
It's Andrew Jones's technology the concentric mid-range he designed it for them and nobody talks about him at tad I think that shameful, and tad just want to take the credit for it. he got them where they are today I don't know if he has any more input on it but they wouldn't be as good now without his designs
Awesome speakers. A bit above my price point, but great tech. Thanks for the look.
That was an exclusive...a Grandioso streamer in development...perhaps. I hope so. I've got a hunch it will be based on Lumin U2.
How do you arrange an Esoteric factory tour?
I love the tad speakers and would even consider buying a pair however, I can’t say the same for the electronics. I think they need to prove their mettle in the market compared to all those other hi end competitors and make an argument to look at them carefully.
Whatever ... buy what you want for your system and enjoy your gear, but I don't believe these cables are any better than the cables I build myself for my system. This pricing is ridiculous. What's next, directional audiophile fuses for several hundred dollars?!
No reel scientific explanation/information...........they all claim the same virtues. That's why I build them myself knowing what I use and why ...........comparing with expensive brands the murking smile of the dealer dissappears when I hook mine up instead of the high end 2500 $ IC..........
This is some serious stuff. Most people would consider cables to be snake oil so this is definitely a risk but the risk can be eliminated if there's undeniable improvements and I think they just did that with Howard being blown away by the sound. Anyway, if this is all true then I'm sure obvious improvements to sound will be welcomed in the market.
Teac. Wtf man. The Yen is the weakest it’s been in 20 years and your prices are as if the Yen was ¥76 to $1. Gesus. Ridiculous.
Thank you for swinging by and checking out the room Howard.
Of course Josh, it was our pleasure. Great sounding gear!
I think the need to make a larger center channel, something the size of the Titan, but with all the drivers and ports faced forward. or at least the size of the evolution tower. the regular center channel is just not big enough to match with the Evolution pinnacles.
Meh🤨.
Who’s the artist on that acoustic version of that song?
It's Marcin - Kashmir my friend
@@The6thShadow Thanks
Aretai provides consistent sound at the many US shows. Well reviewed. Look and sound great!
That part when Roland Gauder said driver material doesn't matter as long as you got the right crossover is interesting
Loving the rose piano finish
The electrostatic speakers looks really cool, would love to hear them someday
Hopefully someone takes a pair of the Fosi monoblocks to the next show and hides them behind some audiophile jewellery amp and tricks everyone into thinking they're listening to some 25k amp then reveals that they were actually listening to about $300 of amplification. All the amp manufacturers would go broke instantly