Welcome to What's Best Forum's first member system visit video. In this video meet Jim Yager, who just installed PBN Audio's giant M777 loudspeakers, driven by Jadis JA30 amplifiers.
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Very nice, I enjoyed this! And congrats, Jim, on your system!
What an amazing video of this beautiful audio room. Great overview of the room. Very nice interview of Jim talking about his gear. A big goldstar in the side line for his beautiful Montana turntable. Great job Ron, and again a very beautiful room Jim.
Very best regards from Johan in Sweden !
great video Ron, a fun watch.
and congrats to Jim for a fine, well considered system. i enjoyed Jim's explanations of his reasons for, and results of, the changes. much to learn from that. as i recall i heard those speakers at the SoCal audio show a few weeks ago and was impressed.
and congrats to Jim for a fine, well considered system. i enjoyed Jim's explanations of his reasons for, and results of, the changes. much to learn from that. as i recall i heard those speakers at the SoCal audio show a few weeks ago and was impressed.
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I agree with the positive comments. Good video Ron. I hope this series expands and we are introduced to more members and their systems. It’s also great to see the personality behind the avatar. How many of these types of videos do you anticipate making? There are quite a few members local to you.
Thank you, Al, RepublicofTexas, Sampajanna, Johan, Mike, Peter!
I want to make a lot of visit videos. If a local member would like a visit, please let me know!
I want to make a lot of visit videos. If a local member would like a visit, please let me know!
those pictures at an exhibition clips at the end of the video sound excellent. Wish you could have done more of that
I loved it I am positive this will turn into a very positive fun series I am sure this will also introduce many more to the whats the best community, It certainly takes dedication to anything like this and wish you all success with it. I likes the questiions you asked together with Jims explanations thus showing his dedication to the hobby. Approaches such as this certainly feel very personal and create a warmer mood.
I think it would be really cool if there was just a bit more emphasis on the sound of the system and why it sounds the way it does. For instance, around the 3:30 mark, Ron asks Jim about his optical cartridge and Jim explains what he likes about it and how it sounds different from the other cartridge. This would have been an excellent place to record two short clips from the listening seat of the same music being played by each cartridge. I know, this complicates things and would make the video longer, but it would also supplement what Jim is describing, and I personally would find it fascinating.
I see a real opportunity here to expose readers to gear in a home setting to broaden exposure and introduce them to stuff in a relaxed way. It could be such a good format for combining an owner's thoughts about a specific topic and then supported by actually hearing it.
I see a real opportunity here to expose readers to gear in a home setting to broaden exposure and introduce them to stuff in a relaxed way. It could be such a good format for combining an owner's thoughts about a specific topic and then supported by actually hearing it.
Great video Ron. Looking forward to many more of them.
Mike, I agree. I went to this room two or three times and it always sounded quite good with these speakers.
I am open to this. In fact, this kind of comparison is why I got that pair of matched professional Earthworks microphones in the first place.
What I noticed in this video, in common with most all videos which try to 'capture' the sound of a system, is that the sound picked up by the microphones is so indistinct and overcome with room ambience/echo that the 'system' might as well be a boom box from what I can hear. The only solution I can suggest is making a recording from a fixed position relatively close to the speakers, possibly using a portable stereo digital recorder. While this still won't capture the true sound of the system, it will at least have a fighting chance of capturing a good idea of what the speakers can do. Otherwise, great video!
Personally I would prefer Ron have the microphone at the sitting position. Having said that I agree with everything else you posted. It’s just I would like the recording to tell me what I would hear in the sweet spot
I understand, and I agree. Component zoom-ins and room pans and the like are shots solely for visual purposes. The sound recorded is strictly for fun.
If I wanted to start recording thoughtfully to capture as reasonably accurately as possible the sound of the system, I would position the two Earthworks microphones in the listening position on a mic stand and keep the video camera still.
The problem with that is that microphones don't hear the same way as humans do, and there would be way more apparent room ambience than a person would hear if in that position. Recording with a stereo dummy head would cure a lot of this but would require people listen through headphones to hear what's going on to best effect. To record with microphones, we need to 'cheat' the perspective in order to make up for that disconnect between what human ears pick up and what microphones 'hear' to have a more honest representation of the original sonic event. My years as a recording engineer has taught me that.
No need to go with high zoot Earthworks microphones - just a good handheld digital recorder placed probably 5' from the speakers would do it. The audio from that recorder could be edited into the soundtrack when the whole video is being edited.
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