Your book and CD helped me reposition my speakers slightly to make a sizable difference in the soundstage of my music system. Now that it’s set in place and it’s been more than 6 months of musical nirvana sitting in my listening chair, I have to shout out a giant thank you to Paul.
@@PlatinumMastering Paul’s book ‘The Audiophile’s Guide’ and Octave’s companion CD, ‘The Audiophile’s Reference Disc’. In addition, I contacted Paul directly by email to ask a question about speaker positioning since his former reference speakers Magnalanar 3.6 R’s were the same model that I use in my system.
@@jorgebravo7980 i’m not sure what you’re speaking about. Bu it’s very definition a CD is a digital recording. You need to be more specific with your question and direct it to PS Audio.
Thank you for the book & companion CD Paul. I set up my system per instructions and it made a distinct improvement to my ears. I passed them on to another audio enthusiast and so it goes - Building community 😊
I bought the book and CD, and low and behold my system was already properly setup within the constraints of the room. I did mark off two toe-in settings so that I can adjust for live music vs studio recordings, but ultimately, I find that it's the mixing and mastering that are the weakest link (or biggest factor) in whether you achieve a great soundstage. The speakers can't disappear if the mix places a high-hat (or any instrument) in only one channel with no spatial cues in the other channel. This leads you to a chicken and egg situation, since you can't tell if you have a great recording when your speakers are not setup properly, and you can't setup your speakers optimally without a great recording. The companion disk is a great head start.
I have a pair of 25 year old Klipch klf20s form 98, and a couple years ago my old INTEGRA receiver failed and I replaced it with a midlevel Yamaha AVR and an emotiva a2 for my mains, I worked in AV at the retail level for 30 years, been to all the trade shows and I gotta say the modern AVR should not be dismissed, mine was under 1k and has beautiful imaging and a huge soundstage for under a k
I have a small room that is hard to get speaker placement the way I want but it's sufficient enough. I replaced my AV Yamaha receiver with the little Vincent sv 500 and all of the sudden the Sound was Unbelievable! Preamp does make a difference. 👍
Than you should have read the manual of your Yamaha, learn about loudness below reference volume and how to position the microphone for a multipount room-eq measurement
Great advice. Certainly consistent with my experience. Speaker set up, then source. Then all the stuff that can kill the micro details and timing. Volume controller, then amps, then cables. It all matters but if your source doesn't create the phase correct details then it does not matter how much the stuff filters.
Regarding soundstage, u have to consider which speaker design were talking about? Every manufacturing makes compromises, when designing a speaker. Some sounds at their best, close to the front wall. Most speakers gain a lot from getting out in the room. Others works best in a corner, like some horn speakers do. It's all about what compromises there is taking, when a company makes the design. Of course every set-up needs attention, but not every design is focused on sound stage. ✌️❤️🇩🇰
My take is that you want the speakers to "disappear " rather that get them to expand widthways...any system that can do that is pretty High Fidelity in my humble opinion
Have your book and CD. They’re awesome. Especially the large format, large print book. By the way, does speaker budget include any Subwoofers or not? Thanks.
Last time I moved I had my stereo system in mind as to where it was gonna be positioned. Best thing I've ever done for the sound. Second best thing was to dump an entry level sub for some 'proper' musical ones. Amps and DAC are way down the list.
No! 2000 dollar speakers on a 1000 dollar AVR in a room with 5000 dollar acoustic treatment will blow your 100k high-end crap lacking dynamic loudness in a shitty room away
Don't steal my idea haha so I'm a guitar player, obsessed with all things audio! Mainly recording and production. But I absolutely love a killer high fidelity home audio system. My idea is....not sure if someone has probably thought along the same lines. Why couldn't we develop a super high fidelity home audio system with tubes( in the amp) and amazing speakers to apply an Impulse Response of say I.E. sunset studio room A or in the control room through the monitors and apply that on the High Fidelity home audio system! You could do all kinds of high end studios like abbey road aswell. I hope that makes sense?! I've not heard of this tech yet or ideas in the home setting. But why not? Why not replicate the room of studio A @ sunset and apply that Impulse response to the music you are listening to? In my mind it will add that rooms reverb and what it would sound like with that music in the room. But where the sound is like the actual artist playing in that room as opposed to a recording being played..... food for thought
Funny, I’ve never had a problem getting left, right, and center images from any stereo I’ve ever had. I don’’t know if that makes me lucky, not that picky, or just that I have common sense on how to place my speakers for my listening position, and the “appropriate” way to go about it for a particular listening space, which brings me back to “common” sense, 😆 which we all know it’s not that common in this century! 👨🏻
If you have good gear and good room, it can be easy, if you don't, it can be very hard to get good bass and a good image. I couldn't get my speakers right until I got a new amp last week, then it all finally came together
@Douglas Blake You’re not telling me something I don’t already know.. I knew full well what he was talking about in his video; maybe I was not careful about detailing my thoughts in my posting.. I tend to avoid getting consumed in CZcams threads due to time constraints..👨🏻
Paul In 1826, Campau moved westward and established a trading post in what is today Grand Rapids. In 1831, he bought land for what is now the downtown business district of that city from the federal government for $90. Along with fellow pioneer Lucius Lyon, Campau is remembered as one of the founding fathers of Grand Rapids. Shortly after, Detroit-born Louis Campau, known as the official founder of Grand Rapids, was convinced by fur trader William Brewster, who was in a rivalry with the American Fur Company, to travel to Grand Rapids and establish trade there. In 1826, Campau built his cabin, trading post, and blacksmith shop on the east bank of the Grand River near the rapids, stating that the Native Americans in the area were "friendly and peaceable". Campau returned to Detroit, then returned a year later with his wife and $5,000 of trade goods to trade with the Ottawa and Ojibwa, with the only currency being fur. Campau's younger brother Touissant would often assist him with trade and other tasks at hand.
Hi Paul, I’m looking at buying your book for speaker setup but I haven’t got a SACD player apart from a Sony PS3 would this do ? Many Thanks Clive from England Would have loved to seen you guys at the Hifi Show live Event.
You'd think dealers would be exceptional at set up as they are selling the speaker and can charge as a service for proper setup. I easily got my panel isf by a pro.
The dealers are good for the most part he's just trying to sell his book. It's quite obvious. What an ignorant statement to make that essentially most dealers don't know what they're doing. That's like me looking at a line of 100 people and saying that none of them are athletic or know how to play basketball well.
The book and CD are helpfull. On the other hand I could not follow all recommendations due to practical reasons that appear when listening in a living room ;)
Good recordings are one of biggest factors here .... how many really good recordings are there these days ... hardly any! You can get exceptionally good spatial separation from tv sound before recordings !
That's not always the case depending on the quality, type, format, etc, of your music collection but Paul is probably right. But then again, I know that all of this is subjective but in the long run, personally, I would rather listen to an average recording on a properly set-up speaker system than a high-quality recording on a improperly set-up speaker system. Any music collection is worthless if it doesn't sound "right".
I have ordered your book at amazon and cancelled it,i could not find you bloody cd that is supposed to go with, 1)Could the 2 be sold together 2) Could you write the title the of the said CD.all i get with all your referances is an error messge page not available and so on,Pls Ck,Bye,Lucien,
Yeah, I'm an old Yamaha fan, but I've heard about some killer equipment from Sony over the years - and the price of their stuff isn't even extortionary. They have these "SSCS5" bookshelf speakers that a lot of people swear by. CheapAudioMan's YT channel holds 'em in high regard, among others.
@@Harald_Reindl 50%? My own acoustic analysis points more towards 43%. II am not sure why you would attempt to soil my reputation and insult me by referring to me as an audiophile.
@@PetraKann in some rooms it's 70% mororn - how does that matter? i only tried a valid explanation for a dumb statement like "there are no bad rooms" with assuming you are an audiophile - i mean nobody with basic education should be that dumb - besides that "bad room" means typically untreated room there are rooms you even can't treat properly: quadratic ones and when you want the pure hell cubes
Buy Paul's equipment (all of it A-Z) Buy Paul's music from Octave Records... Then buy Paul's setup books & DVDs... Then only then will you achieve Musical Nirvana
How do I make my system sound better? Well sonny come sit down over here and I'll tell you a little story about my book I have for sale that will tell you and your family all you need to know about this here stereo system problem you're having. ☺️
You have this you tube channel is useless. Consistently refer to your ps audiophile book as your answer to the poeple's questions. The poeples just won't get straight forward answer from you Paul. I am very disappointed.
the source... and speakers..
and your mood of the day.
psychology and peace of mind are 50 percent of musical enjoyment
Your book and CD helped me reposition my speakers slightly to make a sizable difference in the soundstage of my music system. Now that it’s set in place and it’s been more than 6 months of musical nirvana sitting in my listening chair, I have to shout out a giant thank you to Paul.
Which book and which CD?
@@PlatinumMastering Paul’s book ‘The Audiophile’s Guide’ and Octave’s companion CD, ‘The Audiophile’s Reference Disc’. In addition, I contacted Paul directly by email to ask a question about speaker positioning since his former reference speakers Magnalanar 3.6 R’s were the same model that I use in my system.
Do you know of there is a digital version of the CD?
@@jorgebravo7980 i’m not sure what you’re speaking about. Bu it’s very definition a CD is a digital recording. You need to be more specific with your question and direct it to PS Audio.
@@stimpy1226 👍
Thank you for the book & companion CD Paul. I set up my system per instructions and it made a distinct improvement to my ears. I passed them on to another audio enthusiast and so it goes -
Building community 😊
Spot on, Room, acoustics, setup. Something I rarely see 👍🎵🤩
I bought the book and CD, and low and behold my system was already properly setup within the constraints of the room. I did mark off two toe-in settings so that I can adjust for live music vs studio recordings, but ultimately, I find that it's the mixing and mastering that are the weakest link (or biggest factor) in whether you achieve a great soundstage. The speakers can't disappear if the mix places a high-hat (or any instrument) in only one channel with no spatial cues in the other channel. This leads you to a chicken and egg situation, since you can't tell if you have a great recording when your speakers are not setup properly, and you can't setup your speakers optimally without a great recording. The companion disk is a great head start.
I have a pair of 25 year old Klipch klf20s form 98, and a couple years ago my old INTEGRA receiver failed and I replaced it with a midlevel Yamaha AVR and an emotiva a2 for my mains, I worked in AV at the retail level for 30 years, been to all the trade shows and I gotta say the modern AVR should not be dismissed, mine was under 1k and has beautiful imaging and a huge soundstage for under a k
Its such a shame the UK Hifi show has been cancelled this weekend, was looking forward to meeting you.
I CAN CONCUR WITH PAUL…AFTER I SAVED UP 😅 I bought the book 📖 and the 💿 CD .. I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND NOW I AM ENJOYING THE BENEFITS 🤗😎💚💚💚
I have a small room that is hard to get speaker placement the way I want but it's sufficient enough. I replaced my AV Yamaha receiver with the little Vincent sv 500 and all of the sudden the Sound was Unbelievable! Preamp does make a difference. 👍
Than you should have read the manual of your Yamaha, learn about loudness below reference volume and how to position the microphone for a multipount room-eq measurement
Great advice. Certainly consistent with my experience.
Speaker set up, then source. Then all the stuff that can kill the micro details and timing. Volume controller, then amps, then cables. It all matters but if your source doesn't create the phase correct details then it does not matter how much the stuff filters.
What about cable risers? You forgot that. LOL
@@ryanschipp8513 I'll get right on that soon as I get my second mortgage for cables to be risen 😅
Copper off the spool at my buddies car audio shop seems to be doing fine
@@dans550 lol!!
Γεια σου Paul, another great video of yours, you always sell big, big is better? no complain about that, go bigger still!!! cheers ;))
Regarding soundstage, u have to consider which speaker design were talking about? Every manufacturing makes compromises, when designing a speaker.
Some sounds at their best, close to the front wall. Most speakers gain a lot from getting out in the room. Others works best in a corner, like some horn speakers do.
It's all about what compromises there is taking, when a company makes the design.
Of course every set-up needs attention, but not every design is focused on sound stage.
✌️❤️🇩🇰
My take is that you want the speakers to "disappear " rather that get them to expand widthways...any system that can do that is pretty High Fidelity in my humble opinion
Have your book and CD. They’re awesome. Especially the large format, large print book. By the way, does speaker budget include any Subwoofers or not? Thanks.
This blog is oh so correct…. I every 6 months get the bug to play the retest the set up..
I’ve been putting off getting the guide, but I should have it as well. I’ve seen audiophile setups on CZcams that use it during installations.
Last time I moved I had my stereo system in mind as to where it was gonna be positioned. Best thing I've ever done for the sound. Second best thing was to dump an entry level sub for some 'proper' musical ones. Amps and DAC are way down the list.
Paul. I have Audiophile Book and Reference Music CDs. What SACD are you discussing that goes with your Loudspeaker book? Thanks
_Which component is most important?_
The wallet! 💰
No! 2000 dollar speakers on a 1000 dollar AVR in a room with 5000 dollar acoustic treatment will blow your 100k high-end crap lacking dynamic loudness in a shitty room away
There aren't many houses or flats with floor plans that don't rule out a good setup.
Add the 'spouse factor' and it is even more difficult.
You can always get a new spouse and house
Don't steal my idea haha so I'm a guitar player, obsessed with all things audio! Mainly recording and production. But I absolutely love a killer high fidelity home audio system. My idea is....not sure if someone has probably thought along the same lines. Why couldn't we develop a super high fidelity home audio system with tubes( in the amp) and amazing speakers to apply an Impulse Response of say I.E. sunset studio room A or in the control room through the monitors and apply that on the High Fidelity home audio system! You could do all kinds of high end studios like abbey road aswell. I hope that makes sense?! I've not heard of this tech yet or ideas in the home setting. But why not? Why not replicate the room of studio A @ sunset and apply that Impulse response to the music you are listening to? In my mind it will add that rooms reverb and what it would sound like with that music in the room. But where the sound is like the actual artist playing in that room as opposed to a recording being played..... food for thought
Funny, I’ve never had a problem getting left, right, and center images from any stereo I’ve ever had.
I don’’t know if that makes me lucky, not that picky, or just that I have common sense on how to place my speakers for my listening position, and the “appropriate” way to go about it for a particular listening space, which brings me back to “common” sense, 😆 which we all know it’s not that common in this century! 👨🏻
If you have good gear and good room, it can be easy, if you don't, it can be very hard to get good bass and a good image. I couldn't get my speakers right until I got a new amp last week, then it all finally came together
@@Pete.across.the.street You must’ve had a crappy amp! 🤣🤣
@Douglas Blake You’re not telling me something I don’t already know.. I knew full well what he was talking about in his video; maybe I was not careful about detailing my thoughts in my posting.. I tend to avoid getting consumed in CZcams threads due to time constraints..👨🏻
@Douglas Blake So what about two or three people listening?
Paul
In 1826, Campau moved westward and established a trading post in what is today Grand Rapids. In 1831, he bought land for what is now the downtown business district of that city from the federal government for $90. Along with fellow pioneer Lucius Lyon, Campau is remembered as one of the founding fathers of Grand Rapids.
Shortly after, Detroit-born Louis Campau, known as the official founder of Grand Rapids, was convinced by fur trader William Brewster, who was in a rivalry with the American Fur Company, to travel to Grand Rapids and establish trade there. In 1826, Campau built his cabin, trading post, and blacksmith shop on the east bank of the Grand River near the rapids, stating that the Native Americans in the area were "friendly and peaceable". Campau returned to Detroit, then returned a year later with his wife and $5,000 of trade goods to trade with the Ottawa and Ojibwa, with the only currency being fur. Campau's younger brother Touissant would often assist him with trade and other tasks at hand.
Hi Paul, I’m looking at buying your book for speaker setup but I haven’t got a SACD player apart from a Sony PS3 would this do ?
Many Thanks
Clive from England
Would have loved to seen you guys at the Hifi Show live Event.
What are those color basketballs used for there in the factory? 🏀😆
*Neither* the speaker book or CD is on your website. Amazon lists the book (but not the CD), but when you click on it there is an error message.
The preamplifier/phono stage then the source are the components that make music
You'd think dealers would be exceptional at set up as they are selling the speaker and can charge as a service for proper setup. I easily got my panel isf by a pro.
The dealers are good for the most part he's just trying to sell his book. It's quite obvious. What an ignorant statement to make that essentially most dealers don't know what they're doing. That's like me looking at a line of 100 people and saying that none of them are athletic or know how to play basketball well.
The book and CD are helpfull. On the other hand I could not follow all recommendations due to practical reasons that appear when listening in a living room ;)
Same here. Not all of us have the luxury to have a dedicated Listening Room
What happened to the 2160p (4K) videos on this channel??
No Kindle Edition Paul?
Exactly. I prefer a Digital edition.
Good recordings are one of biggest factors here .... how many really good recordings are there these days ... hardly any! You can get exceptionally good spatial separation from tv sound before recordings !
yes have both books need the sacd and also a Rel subwoofer
Which component? The program source!
Is the set up the same with rear ported speakers and the front ported speakers.
@Douglas Blake I was told to contact you
currently reading "The Audiophile's Guide, the stereo"
west makes big stuff, thats why i commented,,,paul tell me do you know audio quality? is big it?...take it as an email question
Speakers
Which component is the most important.
Your Brain..
Not in case of audiophiles - they don't own one :-)
The one that sounds the worst. Fix that first. Then when you get more money, do it again and again
Subliminal message, Paul is standing in front of his power re-generators...
The most important component is your music collection that you play through your hifi, and sometimes we forget this!
That's not always the case depending on the quality, type, format, etc, of your music collection but Paul is probably right. But then again, I know that all of this is subjective but in the long run, personally, I would rather listen to an average recording on a properly set-up speaker system than a high-quality recording on a improperly set-up speaker system. Any music collection is worthless if it doesn't sound "right".
@@housepianist I just meant that the music is far more important than any equipment you use to play it on, good or bad 👍
Without proper room acoustics your library even on high-end gear will sound shitty
@@Harald_Reindl you've completely and entirely missed my point, well done
@@geddylee501 because you have none with your off-topic comment - your music collection is worth nothing when it sounds like a jukebox from the 50s
I want to buy your book and setup my speakers right but I dont have a sacd player
Go out on a dumpster diving spree this Saturday and return home with a blue ray player, problem solved.
F30 vs Magico M9 ????
I have ordered your book at amazon and cancelled it,i could not find you bloody cd that is supposed to go with, 1)Could the 2 be sold together 2) Could you write the title the of the said CD.all i get with all your referances is an error messge page not available and so on,Pls Ck,Bye,Lucien,
Crutchfield
Hey man your belt is off to the left.
I listen to Bluetooth good sound from Sony
Yeah, I'm an old Yamaha fan, but I've heard about some killer equipment from Sony over the years - and the price of their stuff isn't even extortionary. They have these "SSCS5" bookshelf speakers that a lot of people swear by. CheapAudioMan's YT channel holds 'em in high regard, among others.
Apparently you've never been to Grand Rapids. A total misnomer. :-D
I see people with speakers up against the wall and 6 feet apart terrible, it doesn’t matter how much you spend
After the music?
I would say the speakers
Don't make a difference in a bad room
@@Harald_Reindl There are no "bad" Rooms
@@PetraKann typical audiophile - little to no knowledge - 50% of what you hear is the room and In fact most rooms are bad until they are treated
@@Harald_Reindl 50%?
My own acoustic analysis points more towards 43%.
II am not sure why you would attempt to soil my reputation and insult me by referring to me as an audiophile.
@@PetraKann in some rooms it's 70% mororn - how does that matter? i only tried a valid explanation for a dumb statement like "there are no bad rooms" with assuming you are an audiophile - i mean nobody with basic education should be that dumb - besides that "bad room" means typically untreated room there are rooms you even can't treat properly: quadratic ones and when you want the pure hell cubes
Buy Paul's equipment (all of it A-Z) Buy Paul's music from Octave Records... Then buy Paul's setup books & DVDs... Then only then will you achieve Musical Nirvana
There are no *rapids* in Grand Rapids!!
Best wishes to the Royal Family for the loss of our Queen, long live the King
Beware - the King is a member of the WEF cult who want to cripple your power so that you can no longer listen to hifi.
How do I make my system sound better?
Well sonny come sit down over here and I'll tell you a little story about my book I have for sale that will tell you and your family all you need to know about this here stereo system problem you're having. ☺️
The bartender
Your ears.
Without watching this or reading the comments I will tell you it's the weakest link... the speaker
Actually it is the room. The room is the most important component in an audio system.
The room
WHAT HAPPENED TO JESSICA ?
The one between your ears?
Nose isn’t designed for that 😁
@@faludabutt8253 Yes it is, smell the coffee.
You have this you tube channel is useless. Consistently refer to your ps audiophile book as your answer to the poeple's questions. The poeples just won't get straight forward answer from you Paul. I am very disappointed.