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Icons of Audio: Harry and Mat Weisfeld of VPI Industries
Stereophile contributing editor Ken Micallef interviews VPI founder Harry Weisfeld and his son and current CEO/president of VPI, Mat Weisfeld. The wide-ranging interview focuses on the family business and touches on a lot of the company's history as well as its products.
0:00 - Intro
01:26 - Are there any new products in the offing from VPI?
02:40 - What does VPI stand for?
03:50 - Besides the U.S., what's your best market?
04:38 - How has the vinyl resurgence changed the market for VPI turntables?
05:40 - When were times tough, what years were those?
06:10 - What do you think has kicked off this vinyl resurgence?
This video is sponsored by Fidelity Imports: fidelityimports.com/
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0:00 - Intro
01:26 - Are there any new products in the offing from VPI?
02:40 - What does VPI stand for?
03:50 - Besides the U.S., what's your best market?
04:38 - How has the vinyl resurgence changed the market for VPI turntables?
05:40 - When were times tough, what years were those?
06:10 - What do you think has kicked off this vinyl resurgence?
This video is sponsored by Fidelity Imports: fidelityimports.com/
**********
Website: www.stereophile.com
Facebook: stereophile
Twitter: stereophilemag
Instagram: stereophile
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This is not interesting. Reviewers act like entitled influnecers at times. What are we watching here? The majority of people aren't interested in you talking about stereophile or the reviewing process.
Can "the old man" Mr. Harry be convinced to ressurect his ultrasonic process and research findings and publish them to a book ? ....the UNDERSTANDING AND WISDOM would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED to those of us who wish to learn and IMPROVE.
So while I watched this interview at our summer home, I was looking at my HW-19 and HW-16. These are serving well since 198? At my winter home there is an HW-40 and an HW-17. Before the HW-40 there was a Prime with two arms. So you might deduce that I am a satisfied customer. Ken and I correspond about jazz from time to time and we both share a background with drums. I really enjoyed the time spent today. Great questions, meaningful answers, thank you gentlemen!
What’s a significant step up in sound quality from the Prime, without breaking the bank and preferably more user friendly (I shake too)?
I like this company. I think my next turntable it's going to be vpi. I like the look of a lot of the European counterparts as well.
We would love to have you join the VPI Family 😊
@vpiindustries 😀😀😀 I will I have to give it a little time I just spent 30k in the last 3 years. I would probably get the direct drive turntable that will be my end game turntable. I thank you. I believe in you products a friend has one of you turntables. I'll probably will be ready 2years to 3 years. Thanks again for been a good family business.
Great video Ken. 👍
Great video! Love my Signature 21 with the Fatboy tonearm.
Thanks for being part of the VPI family 😊🥳
put a tonearm lift on all your tables please how hard can it be to engineer a high end table with a tonearm lift at the end of the record good gosh!
It isn't but we are proud to share the love and keep our focus on turntables. Check out Trulift, Little Fwend, and others. We have considered it but haven't made any movement yet. Who knows, maybe you just inspired us! 😊🤔
Do they keep the turntable on all the time?
Only when we forget to turn it off!
This comment is for CZcams.......... Enough with the DAM ads!!!!!! I've timed it, an ad every 5 minutes is getting very FUCKING stupid!!!!! I apologize. Stereophile, my comments are not directed at you.
Loved the video.
Three great guys and a wonderful chat. Fun and informative. Harry (and his wonderful wife, Sheila) were so kind to us at the very start of our magazine 30 years ago. Remember the brunch at The Pierre, Harry? Mat has done a fabulous job with Harry’s great company. And you’re right, Ken, the VPI house is wonderful. Karl Sigman, our Managing Editor and my friend Scott Wilson (The Pressing Matters) both use VPI as their references. Continued best for the company. And thx, Ken.
Thanks Anthony! Appreciate your positive words and friendship!
Bill, i have had contact with you (at your Santa Monica sales apartment) and products over the years including the two large diameter Litz speaker cables you sold as Live Wire. until then, I had never heard truly fast sounding wire. my friend hadthem connecting his Yamaha B2 amp and IMF Monitor III transmission line speakers. over the years, I have had many of the same revelatory experiences as yourself and am amazed at the parallel lines there. i heartily recommend your products to my friends because I use them myself if not exclusively. thank you and Ken for this deeply insightful interview.
It's funny how every american ever is so proud of when a product they love and use, is fully made in the USA. Like everything that's made outside of the USA is not good?? Well now, the loudspeaker was actually invented by a dane, in 1915. And we actually do make very nice high end speakers here in Denmark. You should have a look.
Zen Widow listening party was a lot of fun. Garth was so insightful and funny. And Bill nails every important psychoacoustic observation and how we listen to music intellectually and emotionally. It takes trust and experimentation. Cable experimentation are a great way to find both- accuracy and immersion. Phase is really everything when listening critically for something.
Thanks for a nice demo. Does these SP888 has the same big and dynamic sound as SP10 for movies?
*Snake-Oil Headquarter.* 😂🤣 *Thank you for showing us the Scam Tour.*
Those Pulsars are simply the most drop/d gorgeous little things imaginable! I love them.🌹
The guy in blue shirt is an idiot. Brash as hell!!
Damn these are good!
Hello. Which model of Aria EVO do you recommend for a room of 40 square meters? I listen mostly to jazz vinyls, but rock electronic music is also at my place :)
The part of him talking about the furry convention was easily the most interesting thing. lol
Stereophile you need a better reporter who does some research before an interview.
estimated msrp is $125k USD
Would the Constellation Inspiration 1.0 be enough to power the Sonja 2.0's?
12:04 - John Atkinson sounds EXACTLY like Martin Atkins. czcams.com/video/oRcOMObCo_k/video.html
Funny how they claim Q3, Q4… When was last time WE actually brought new product to market, much less on time? They showed the 777 rAMT midrange driver over 2 years ago. Said to be released for production Q3 of 2022…..still waiting 🤦♂️
This one 11k + or less than 11k$ the what is it…19E 300b amp is nice but round 12 it’s steep. 5k and under would be awesome
You’re off by factor of >11. The estimated msrp is $125k USD for the 100 Reference monoblocks. That’s for a pair, in that they are monoblocks
And as an added bonus for our northern customers, it will heat your house during winter. Magnificent amplifier. 🙌🏻
Impressive spec 😎
Love my 1C speakers, which I’ve had for 25 years. Richard Vandersteen is an amazing guy, a genius who speaks clearly and simply about complex things. Terrific guy.
Super tweeters ... yeah, had a set from Tannoy ... and they do NOTHING for the quality of your sound. Just buy an amp with Dirac Live BC multisub if you have subs in a regular house room....
Bill Low for President?
Imagine sitting down to listen to music and putting on that 'Seal Symphony' track. Drive you insane because it is so unmusical.
Please do more videos on these Voxativ's in a listening session. Wonderful speakers ! ! !
The audio force is strong with you mr jones.well done again.
mama
Absolute beasts!
they were very helpful checking the service history of some MX R Twenty amps that i was purchasing from a private seller
excellent interview. I learned a lot, want to explore some of things he discussed (like Vandersteen's...). A creative visionary which is what the best audio equipment is about.
sounds and looks very oily and very snake, thanks i will pass
Did your hear some of the products?
@@theomindschrddr7983 i did, had the nr power cord and those little thing cant remember whats called, kv1 cv2 or something else that you plug to your wall and do nothing except cost you a whole lot
@@liran547 Oke fair enough
Cant wait to see the videos of everyone passing an ABX double blind listening test, and continually picking out the Nordorst cable over the others. Im sure itll be posted very soon 😉
Awesome speakers, made about ten miles from me.
Does Bill Low moonlight as a hypnotist? That voice........you are very relaxed, your feeling sleepy, your eyes are getting heavy...... When I snap my fingers, you will wake up and love the music......... :)
Bill Low is quite knowledgeable and inspiring. Thank you for this interview.
the music does not challenge the system....
Wow, look at all the room treatments. It's obvious this guy doesn't know what he's doing. L O L.
Thought this was great. I did not mind the length at all. Wish he would have answered the question about what the he believes the differences are between the different product lines and levels a little more fully. But he answered how he answered, and generally it was really interesting. Thanks!
Bill Low here: I believe you are referring to Ken's question about the AQ Folk Heroes and Mythical Creatures -- in which case I said the fundamental truth, which is simply "price vs. ability to disappear and reveal." But there are important details --- The nuance that makes those models somewhat more complicated than my quip acknowledges is exemplified by the SILVER models of Robin Hood and William Tell. Is it a simple price hierarchy, or is ThunderBird sometimes a superior cable for less money than the SLIVER Folk Heroes? As made visible in my reply below to a question about my systems, I use RH Silver and WT Silver in 2 of my systems -- because they are smaller cables (ergonomics of a desk system), in a context in which damping factor is of minimum importance, and the lengths (cumulative impedance) are short. I use the Silver versions of those cables because they are more transparent. However, if was driving speakers that were much more dependent on the amp to control them, and/or significantly less efficient, I would use the less expensive ThunderBird because its big-block V8 torque would be more important than the top 2 octaves finesse advantage of the Silver Folk Heroes. In comparison, Richard Vandersteen offers William Tell SILVER with his Model Seven XTRM speakers and M7-HPA amplifiers combination because the mono amps are meant to be used right next to the speakers with short speaker cables. Length in a speaker cable reduces performance (though much less with ZERO-tech models) and raises the price. Considering only the amount of metal and cable impedance, a 4 ft William Tell has lower impedance than an 8 ft ThunderBird -- so with mono amps next to the speakers, the Silver Folk Heroes might cost less than a longer ThunderBird, give up nothing in impedance, and offer the highest most-cost-effective performance. Another variable in the matrix of Folk Hero and Mythical Creature speaker cables is BiWiring. For roughly the same money, is it better to single wire with ThunderBird ZERO, or BiWire with William Tell ZERO? For almost all BiWireable speakers, the William Tell COMBO will be better in every way, including bass slam, despite the higher impedance -- because significantly reducing current-modulation in the treble cable (taking the bass waves out of the water where the treble is trying to swim), is so very cost-effective. And that's without considering the very big benefit of the Folk Hero and Mythical Creature BASS cables including a cancelation "circuit" that pulls RF off the output of the amplifier -- a relevant/significant benefit for transformer-coupled amplifiers, and a very important benefit for solid state amplifiers. This circuit can't be included in full-range cables because the filter/noise-trap is too effective about 10kHz, really screwing up the tweeter signal. It's also valid to use only a full-range ThunderBird in order to be able to add the ThunderBird BASS cable later. Even if the BASS cable is only added years later or never, it won't have been a mistake -- nothing that good is a mistake :-) Does that answer your question?
Next do Ray Kimber, always love to hear his talks about cable design, plus I always feel that we don't hear enough from him you know what I mean
Great! Mr. Low has very precisely formulated several thoughts that have been running through my mind for some time. Reflection on AB tests, the way we perceive music, that we are not really an oscilloscope and that changes in the time domain can be considered problems in the frequency energy domain and many others. Despite the energy and enthusiasm that Mr. Low has. That's two hours well spent.
Thanks for sharing!