AMAZING Room acoustic treatment! Friend's system tour, QUAD ESL 989, HEGEL H300+HD30.
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2018
- QUAD ESL 989 electrostatic speakers
Hegel H300
Hegel HD30
Naim supernet 1, Naim Dac
Room tour
Acoustic panels
Please leave a comment for my friend thanking him for letting me film his place. If I get 100 vote in this video and the Tekton video for a sound demo, I will not ask anymore in the future as it shows me enough people want it.
SOUND DEMO VOTE YESSS!!
Yes!
57 votes for sound Demo as of Oct 17 10:12 am EST
Please leave a comment for my friend thanking him for letting me film his place. If I get 100 votes in this video and the Tekton video for a sound demo, I will not ask any more in the future as it shows me enough people wanting it.
Great video Thomas. Probably one of the best you have done so far my friend. Thanks for sharing it.
yes please, sound demos! I truely enjoy your videos.
@@donivey2772 Truly*
What a beautiful room! What I love about this is that he clearly did a full room treatment without making the room look like a DIY man cave/hobby shop. It’s very tasteful and looks like a place you’d want to hang out for hours! Thanks to you both for sharing - I wish I had so many cool audiophile friends. Love you Thomas!
A Beauty to the Eye As Well As the Ear... I really can't imagine someone posting negative comments... Thanks for Sharing Thomas and his Host.
Thomas, I can only speak for myself - I do watch all of your new videos - While I will probably not spend the amount of money your friends have done, each video gives me information I can use in a trickle down effect. So, yes - Thanks to this friend and others that have let you share and teach from their space.
Thanks for the positive comment, this is what keeps me motivated.
Numerous care and passion has been contributing to these system. Kudos to the owner!
Thank you for sharing thoose videos, and thanks to your friends for leting you film their systems, keep up the awesome job Thomas!
Again, sir, you produced an outstanding video!!! I really enjoyed it. My time was well spent watching and learning from it. Very well done!
Thank you for showing your room and audio pleasure. Wonderful. Thanks Thomas for your efforts.
THANK YOU for showing this and YOUR FRIENDS GENEROSITY in letting us see it.
Hi Thomas, it’s very gracious of your friend to allow us to view his setup. Your commentary leaves us all curious about the sound so a demo would be great, even knowing it would only provide a taste of what you actually hear in person.
Thank you and your friend. Yes please sound demo🗣👂🤗
Thomas this is simply outstanding and I agree after you get the synergy right, you must get the room right. The room is as important as the components and actually the room is a component. Thomas you mentioned music as an experience and you are right few people have EXPERIENCED music they have heard it, but an experience is different. An Experience is so emotional t6hat you feel it from head to toe and after it's over you can even clap as if you are at the concert itself, that's an experience, but the room must be treated regardless of how much you spend the room must be treated. Thank you for doing this and thank your friend for allowing you to do it. Thomas you have one of a kind friends. Hegel products are great, but like you said they are expensive.
Excellent point you made. It's what I want to mention in my next video. Having experienced high end audio is a privilege and I so wish more people can experience it. Yeah, I am very lucky to have made many audiophile friends. Always great to hear from you.
my gratitude to your friend - that room is prob the size of my house - for me i will never get a system such high end but for others who want and don't know where to begin - this channel is a great start to research. for me it's just fun to see other peoples system.
Yes to sound demo. Thank you for sharing the beauty of the room. It is a true art and great inspiration.
Nice room, many thanks to your friend.Also exited about a sound test.and thank you Thomas for you efforts
Great video Thomas. Probably one of the best you have done so far my friend. Thanks for sharing it.
I want to thank him for letting us into his home. That looks like a well thought out system where each component was selected to be compatible with the others, I can tell he did a lot of work getting that room to perform with his system, well done.
Thanks, I actually bought the Quad 2905 and it sounded best with that Hegel H300. He brought it over and we were doing AB test against my own setup.
Thank you very much for the presentation of this fabulous audio system. Here, I think he has achieved a perfect balance, a synergy between the room and all of his audio system. This is the lesson to learn, the most perfect synergy possible between all the elements, whether it is a system not too expensive or very expensive. Listening to properly implemented electrostatic panels was a shock to me. The musical reproduction is apart, unique. They are difficult to implement well, but the sound result is then sublime !
Thank you very much to the owner of this magnificent audio system for agreeing to show this very beautiful audio system (as an ideal; for me personally) and a big thank you Thomas to you for this very beautiful report. Best regards from France.
Sound demo yes! Beautiful room as well as functional. Thank you.
Beautiful room! Many thanks for showing it! Sound demo-yes please!
Nothing better than seeing how other real audiophiles and music lovers setup their systems in spaces
Thanks for sharing Thomas ...yes to the sound demo 👍
Thank your friend for sharing his room. Love it.
AWESOME system and room, many THANKS to your friend for sharing.
Thanks Thomas I always enjoy your videos....
Thanks to your friend and to you for the video. Love the walkthrough. And Yes to the sound demo.
HI simply Amazing !! We appreciate taking time in showing your friends system thank you and your friend as well.. VOTE YESSS!!
Man I love all your friend's stuff, your stuff too!! Your channel off the chain OUTSTANDING !! Man you got a great way of explaining everything, like listening what you have to say !! Thomas is the MAN !!
Thanks, appreciate it.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful set up x
Love the room and setup. Sound demo YES!!!
Brilliant review Thomas.Keep up the good work!!
Lots of time and effort put in this room, I like it.
Always yes, and great thanks to the friend of yours!
Glad you finally seing the light regarding room treatment. Next step is sound treatment & EQ. And then onto the final plateau of the Stairway to Audio Enlightment: Blind ABX with matched sound levels.
Anyway, props to your friend for letting us inside his man cave and thumbs up for your honesty & readiness to change your views.
Sound demo all the way baby!
Thanks for the comment. He has offered to help me treat my room, now I just need to find time for it.
Beautiful room. That he both invested money and time and energy is impressive.
Glad you had a chance to listen to the greatness of Quads. A very simple and unassuming speaker with remarkable transparency. A very nice room setup... You are welcome to listen to my setup when in my neck of the woods.
I never knew electrostatic can be so amazing. Truly an eye opener. Thanks!
Thanks to You and Your friend for sharing this awesome system!
Sound Demo Yes. Thanks for sharing.
Always enjoy the videos my friend. Thanks for sharing !
Please thank your friend to allow us to see his room. Room treatment is probably the most important part to get good sound. Maybe one day I’ll get to treat my room...
What a treat. Such a gorgeous room
He did a fantastic job on that room!
Love it! Thank you for sharing. Yes, sound demo please.
amazing system thanks for letting us see this great system
Beautiful system! Absolutely love the wood acoustic treatments. Awesome components, and speakers!
Yeah, esthetic is important in a system too.
Thanks so much Thomas to you and your friend for sharing this! This is the first time I have seen a really good acoustic room, done really well, that is beautiful, effective, DIY and affordable. ( My current goals on my new room build...) Thanks again; That’s a great room...and restores my confidence Ill manage to pull off my DIY project .
Good luck if you decide to work on the project and thanks for commenting.
Kudos to you and your friend for sharing ,thank you!
Audiophiles all have two things in common...
1. Their love for high quality audio / music
2. Their love for showing off their audio equipment to other audiophiles, as a way of asserting dominance through a unique form of analog fueled posturing.
Ohhh and by the way your friends system is amazing. I love your reviews. I learn something new every time.
haha, I hear you and my friends are quite humble. When you see a lot of $30k systems, you get numb after a while. That cable cost $30k? Yeah whatever.
@@ThomasAndStereo When I was assembling my system, I poured so much of who I am into it, that it became an extension of me. Now because of this I have been fearful to experience anything new that may alter my perception...
In a sense I have blanketed myself with a cloak of ignorance and it's this ignorance that protects me from the fact that there are systems / components out there that "sound" better than what I have created...
Albert Einstein once said that... “Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world; all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.”...
I truly believe that when it comes to Hi-Fi. Ignorance truly is bliss, as long as you remain ignorant.
I think most important is that if you enjoyed your system now, that is all that matters. There will always be something better. My approach is always trying to built the best system to my taste for a set budget. If budget is no limit, then it's no longer fun.
I have treated my room in an unscientific way, but based on a lot of research. $400 for 10 1" cotton spun fabric 2x4' panels, curtains and honeycomb blinds on the windows and hanging some Zapotec wool rugs with foam behind them, and taken down glass wall art. It has made a big difference in the sound. For one thing I can play the system much louder, and hear the music better from the speakers more directly with greater detail, and without so much reflection. And I don't get as tired listening. I may tweak some more and add a few diffusers. Some good ideas and good taste here for sure. Thanks for posting.
Very interesting video. Nice to learn about the room treatment and these electrostatic speakers. Thank you and your friend, Thomas. Would love to hear this system in this room! :)
Beautiful rig and room
Amazing room and thanks to your generous friend for allowing to shoot the video! Sound Demo PLEASE!!! :)
I would love to see that room set up in person more so to hear live the sound that it can produce. Thanks to you and your friend for showing a great music room set up. Sound demo, yes! Please!
Be confident of yourself Thomas, yes sound demo as before please, heartfelt thanks from KF Lai from Hong Kong!
Man, I need to visit HK again one day. Good food. Usually I am whatever with sound demo but I don't know what is it, maybe because of the room, it came out pretty ok. I was surprised.
I'd like to hear the sound demo for sure! That looks like an incredible place to listen!
Awesome great vid and good friend to let you video this,Thanks for great vid🔊👍🏻
Every time when it comes to room treatment, I must laugh about my own room. My listening room is so full of stuff, that I don`t need any treatment like bass traps or diffusers at all. I have no flat surfaces, and the floor is covered with a thick nice Carpet. And, the room is so small, that I can reach the speakers with my hands from my sitting position. already... It`s like sitting in a big Headphone lol...
The only thing is, that I get a little bit jealous when I see such a nice treated and clean prepared room. And, by the way- the chosen colours of the room, the treatment, the carpet and all the stuff around the audio-system shows up that your friend has en excellent Taste! This room has to be loved at the first sight!
Yeah, his room actually inspired me to treat my own room.
@@ThomasAndStereo Inspiring! This is the proper name for this Room!
Wow!
What a listening room (place) and what a listening room (treatment)!
I need to redo my basement now.Darn it.
Thank for showing us your system.
Thank you friend. Yes sound demo.
Thanks for sharing that was EPIC
You get around sir, keep up the good work! Always an interesting watch.
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it :)
The room looks great, brother.. Cheers
Yes on the demo please. I haven't heard Quad Electrostatics in a long time and only at the audio shows. Every time I heard them I found them less fatiguing especially after listening to a number of different systems.
I Love your reviews. I Love your journey. I Love your passion.
Glad you like them!
I vote for the sound demo, what a nice set up!
Great room, great system! I always believed that you get the room acoustics right before you change gears! Thank you, Thoms and your friends for this video! You know what? I don't really care about the sound demo.
Yes a demo plz.thx again Thomas
Thank you for video, attractive and clear explainations.
At first I thought this was your own finished room. Nice!
Nah, mine will not be even 50% as cool as this. I originally wanted to go all out but reality then kick in once I started.
This is wonderful, thank you for sharing!
Can't imagine why anybody would post a negative comment on this system. The room and the system look incredible.
Awesome ceiling. Very nice vid. Tv screen seems small. Great space
Bring it on Thomas, the sound demos
Thanks go to your friend for opening up their home to us.
just started to appreciate what this is all about,.........nice
Yes for a sound demo. I want to hear how good that room sounds on my phone. Lol
Your friend was very kind and generous ... 👍
Thanks Chris, I really love it when people share their passion.
Thomas & Stereo where did he buy those wood blocks wall decors
beautiful system, hope to have a Hegel soon
Sound demo always yes.
wow yea that is amazing ! sound demo all the way :)
Dam...17 Hz. A very thoughtful listening room. Those homemade diffusion panels are gorgeous. Btw, your audio commentary is top-notch. Keep it up.
Thanks, big fan of you guys. Like how you guys covered the RMAF. When I saw your interview with Steve G, by the way you guys described how to listen with cables, I know you guys are the real deal as I have the same experience, You guys are very good at talking and comfortable infront of the camera. Looking forward to your new youtube videos.
The encouragement means a lot. We're getting better cameras and microphones and will be pumping out many more videos. May I ask which microphone you use for your stereo recording of these rooms?
Looking forward to your videos. For music recording, I use a Tascam DR-05.
Thank you and your friend.
Awesome system. I don’t know one Audiophile outside of my brother and good friend I got into the hobby. You seem to have a bunch of audio friends. Another great video Thomas.
Thanks, I am very lucky I can meet people who share the same passion.
Wish I have a room like this. Keep up the sound demo please.
Thank you and your friend......Out of all of your videos that I wanted to hear a sound demo this one would be it because I would love to hear how a treated sound room sounds like especially with those ESL speakers.
Quad ESL's are legendary. I haven't heard any of the new ones. I've had a lot of experience with "63"'s. I really drool over these 989's. People used to stack quads. I would imagine this gives a similar experience.
That is an interesting idea stacking quads.
Awesome system. Thanks for sharing.
IME, room treatment does help with speaker transparency/disappearing. I'd start by treating all first reflection points. You can find them by moving a tall mirror along the wall and noting the places where the speaker cabinets are reflected, as viewed from your listening position.
Definitely interested in a sound demo of this room.
Great DIY skills those treatments look professional. Lol the speakers remind me of the monoliths in 2001 , gateways to the universe.
haha, exactly my thoughts.
yyyyyeeeess cant wait til you treat your room! I wanna hear what you think.
Thanks to you and your friend. Would love a sound demo!
Nice system. Thanks for sharing it with us.
WRT speakers disappearing, I think there are a number of factors that can make it happen. First you need a good source that images well. I have experienced it with inexpensive vintage Boston Acoustic A100's. What helped in this case was treating the drivers with the EnABL treatment. See Planet10-Hifi in BC.
My current speakers are DIY open baffle dipoles. The cones are treated. They are completely invisible. The sound stage is deep and wide. The speakers 4 feet in front of wall and the sound stage is a 3D image behind the wall. The room is in bad need of room treatment, so I don't think that is the sole reason for the disappearing speaker illusion. It can be a factor. Everything counts.
Thank you and your friend
It's a YES for a sound demo
Really like the video. Room treatment is were it is at. I don't like seeing great systems in untreated rooms. Love the sub, I was thinking it was a custom Rythmik F12G.
Considering the rarity in finding demos for such expensive equipment, it is a good idea for music enthusiasts to hear what the equipment sounds like.
Thank you to both of you
Beautiful Quad ESLs. Transparent open wide soundstage, point source, quick transient response revealing every little thing precisely. It's a very flat response speaker with detail that is as real as it gets. It's quite bassy too but in it's own subtle way of doing it. Well done for adding a subwoofer. Two subwoofers would have been even better. I use two LD Systems 18" PA subwoofers as they're very musical and that is what they do very well as professional audio subwoofers. Although people usually don't use them big PA subs in high end audiophile systems, there's nothing better for a truly musical system in my opinion speaking for myself.
The environment in my house is awful and I've been wondering about how to treat it and this was truly inspiring. I love the look of his diffusers he built. Of course, this is just the beginning but it has given me hope. I still have much to learn. I look into figuring that out after I figure out what speakers/system I'll be using. Thanks!
Glad this was inspiring as it also made me want to treat my room. I bought most of what I need and will be doing it over the holidays. Will make a video on it.
Finally! I have been rolling my eyes at the self-proclaimed audiophiles who have $$$$$ into sound gear, but a small, untreated room. Never made sense to me, because no speakers sound great in an echo chamber.
That setup is just lovely.. Wow. I've yet to hear a better integrated amp along (or several separates) that sound as well balanced than a Hegel. That separation you're referring to is exactly what I experienced in a similar setup also utilizing Electrostats. Nice video sir. I agree though, room treatment is absolutely necessary, I've just started treating my room this week with DIY panels.
Nice, let me know how the results is with the panels. Thanks.
@@ThomasAndStereo Will do, no problem.