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Thanks for sharing other people’s set ups. Sounds great.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

U bet !

Wow sound beautiful great setup

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it did !

Very cool System, was wanting to hear the new ceramic ones, bravo!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Bam !

Wives around the world: “But they’re not all the same, Nothing Matches!” 👀

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Totally. But his wife loves listening with him. And he meditates every AM on that rug using the system. Furthermore, they used to be competitive dancers... they are real music people .... ;-)

@dougg1075

8 ай бұрын

Not my wife, I don’t think she’s even commented on what I buy. I make her sweet like that:)

Nice! The Aric stuff is very cool

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Right ?

Nice system. Sounds pretty damn good to me. Glad ya heard those Tektons. I really like mine. Dig those Jota amps. Aric Audio is made less than 2 hrs from me. All hand-wired gear using great parts. Looks a bit DIY, but sounded great with that system regardless. Thanks Mikey

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

U bet Nick, Holler about that Marshall !

@NickP333

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Yeah, I will definitely call you about the Marshall sometime this week. Just been super busy as of late. My old band is playing The Masquerade in Atlanta in November, and said they could bring it with them, cuz I don’t wanna ship the thing. I’ll fill ya in on more details when we talk, but I’d be thrilled if it went to you and kept “in the family”.

The Aric Audio Motherload XL is on my upcoming upgrade list. Hopefully next year. That Chris Jones cut can easily overwhelm with bass.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

It's a good test track for boomy Bass... if it overwhelms to displeasure, then there's too much bass in the room or system.

Great sound.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes!

I was listening with headphones. You could have warned me about that phat bass! I lost two fillings because of that.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Lol. Right ?

Очень выразительный, с тонкой динамикой, звук

Wow, those speakers look quite cool!

Great video, just what the Doctor ordered for us!

Cool system!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes!

Mikey - I had Aric's Super 300B amplifier a few years ago - Best bass out of a 300B amp I have ever heard, he is a class act!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Great ! Thx!

Love my Mighty Moabs!

Can't tell how it sounds since it's essentially filmed, micrphone, youtube compression and then played back through my system. But I'll take your word for it. Looks impressive.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

True, and thx...

Great sounding system 🤓

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes ...

Odd choice for foam placement. I think some folks think that mid and high frequencies wrap behind the speaker…which of course they don’t

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

True.

Sounds good and smooth.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes it does

Nice systemen , lots of combinaties possible. Always fun. Sound wise the room sounds as it has a high reverb time. Is there any room treatment, except the ones in the front?

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

No.

I would like to speak with Dr Robert regarding part of his system. I live nearby.

Hi once again Mikey even through your phone and without your tripod the docs system sounds wonderful very very good also the Chris Jones piece is great sound what is the name of the album as the 1st time i heard it was on your channel Kind Regards

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Cheers Stacey !

Very good. Good tone, clarity, balance. Very intelligible and listenable. Owner has a good ear. Not sure about bass response as the songs didn't really go there that I could hear. Nice job imo. What is the msrp of the speaker?

@CarlVanDoren61

8 ай бұрын

It's a box speaker, try panels

sounds amazing

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Right ?

Sounds awesome sounds like he's right there singing to you

Woah tekton have hit gold on this one 👌🏾

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Very possibly

Chris Jones sounded muffled on my stereo. WTF. then i heard the audience. Studio recording is awesome. Thanks for turning me on to another fine artist Mikey!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

You bet !

Hey Mike, you gonna review any Daniel Hertz complete audio systems?

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

No

Cool collection of amplifiers! That aric audio is not too far from me. He's in Palmer ma. Straight shot up 32 from Stafford springs. I still ultimately would love the agd. I just love the cool running great grip with class a like sonics it whatever it's doing. Maybe someday I'll get lucky and get some used ones.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

What's your budget ?

@Phloored

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy thanks Mikey. I've got other obligations for the foreseeable future. I truly appreciate the consideration. 🙏

sorry i'm kind of noob on this, the best system that i listened is the Swans M300MKII wich ar an ALL-in-one system (no dac-amp needed), so i will try to go safe on next upgrade and choose the endgame of that brand, that would be the Swan 2.8BHT. Plus it has surround so i can enjoy more movies., BUT if you have any recommendation that sound better FOR YOU in stereo music than those please let me know in a comment :D

Awesome setup with dcs audio

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

I'm about ready to bring him Playback Designs to show what's possible.

Very nice! Those new tweeters are sounding very clear and smooth. There always seems to be a lot of paranoia around hard tweeters.. I've had my Moabs with the Be center and soft dome mids for a little over a year now. In that time I've upgraded the crossovers with high end parts and it wasn't a subtle upgrade. I also placed my Moabs on SVS subwoofer isolation feet from the beginning and more recently upgraded to Townshend Podiums. Those also made a very noticeable improvement across the whole range. And if anything, they actually seemed to do more in the mid range and highs than down low, since I already had reasonable isolation in the low frequencies. At this point, I would put my Moabs up against almost anything I've ever heard, regardless of price. Your friend looks like he has a very large room? Certainly bigger than mine, anyway. I would recommend moving the speakers farther from the wall and maybe consider some Tekton subs later, if needed. PS, how old are his speakers? Mine took a solid five weeks to break in. Granted, I have the 12" drivers with butal surrounds and his look like one of the models with the folded surround? Mine were probably stiffer out of the box. Either way, if you experienced any sensation disconnect between the mids and the bass, they might need more time. Mine are arguably the slightly less articulate, but harder hitting of the various 12" drivers Eric uses and they are still very articulate and coherent. But the first few weeks, I was pretty disappointed and then finally, it was like someone flipped a switch and they just pulled it all together.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

They are maybe a month old. This model is not released yet, I think. I suggested Live Vibe spikes as well as pulling them out from the wall. They were good for $6500 but not in the range of best I've ever heard. Any idea why he does not just use high end midrange drivers over a tweeter array ? I get these speakers. Good value. To me not end game, nor should they be for $6K. Or even $10K at which point the cabinet better be more than a sprayed box. So it seems like a "stepping stone" speaker to me, at this point anyways. I'll go back after these have time on them to listen again. ;-) ...

@zackw4941

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy The idea behind the tweeter aray is the mass to drive ratio. Eric is a musician. His thinking was, how can a driver with a mass of several grams, let alone tens of grams, reproduce both the fundamental and the harmonics of a drum skin, or a string, each with a couple grams or less of mass? If the tweeters are fast enough to hit 20+ khz, then it can do 300hz to

@4thewin759

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Would be good to get your thoughts after going back. Also, adjusting the the speakers (they are pretty close to back wall) could open them up a bit. What would you say is the best you have heard in the $6500 range? These are supposed to hit well above their price point since. And I agree with below that the tweeter array decreases cost since you can use relatively inexpensive components and not have to use some diamond-moon-dust liquid hybrid midrange that drives the price up. The ceramic should be adding an addition sense of clarity and resolution. And by not end game, what do you mean? Is it because of the price point? Or is it because you don't like the sound in some way? Your video is the first showing these so very curious. Thanks for the post!

I had a pair of these regular mids & Bril tweeter. After about 200 hours with using SS amp & tube amps. Started to get tired of listing in in a couple hours. To front loaded with Bass that’s OK. It doesn’t sound musical to much in your face🤯🤒 But great for the 💵

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

I've had others tell me that. I'm wondering how these will break in..

With their new improved drivers, especially the Beryllium tweeters, these are all speaker a person could ever need.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

As long as you don't need look. This is a zero frills speaker. Nothing luxury about the finish whatsoever.

@TektonDesign

8 ай бұрын

Respectfully, the finish has zero to do with fidelity. My goal is to offer the finest fidelity in its price category.

@TektonDesign

8 ай бұрын

Glad your discerning this.

Thanks I have enjoyed my Tekton Design Moab speakers for over 3 years! I would like to contact Dr Roberts. Is that possible?

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Robert is his first name. Call me first. At 11stereo.com

The look of those tweeter arrays gives me anxiety lol

@Revelator2025

8 ай бұрын

That’s the trypophobia effect! 👀👁️

@michaela.5363

8 ай бұрын

Amen@@Revelator2025

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

I can relate

Forgive my ignorance Mikey. Is this the same DocRob vinyl ripping legend, who was on Avaxhome 10 or so years ago? Given the absence of a record deck, I guess probably not. But shout out to the great man in any case...

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

No. Not the same guy.. ;-)

Nice clippity clip clip setup ..!!!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

whatever that means !! Lol

Very nice rig, them Tektons look intimidating

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Lol. Right ?

@AllboroLCD

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Not a fan of Tektons attempt to copy Zu with the Lore, but the other designs are awesome looking and the price is def right!

Amazing example as always HiFi Guy

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Thanks !

I appreciate his dedication to the hobby, cool set up (your customized Maggie LRS’ sound better! (IMO)

@MrAricaudio123

8 ай бұрын

In the video, from the cell phone, on the KZread app?

I love the wiring management! Just like mine 😅

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Right ?

@Jack96993

8 ай бұрын

​@@OCDHIFiGuy To me the wiring at the back of the equipment rack looked kinda helter skelter just like mine 😅

@CarlVanDoren61

8 ай бұрын

Train wreck audio incorporated

Builder partnered with Zu Audio. Started his own gig, same state

Mikey, what do your LRS+ have over these Tektons, if anything?.🤔 I'm gonna guess soundstage depth and the disappearing speaker act.🧐

@Joe-yi8xj

8 ай бұрын

Tekton's with the tweeter array carry some similarities. Speed for one

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Similar but makes a more open Soundstage due to the back wave reflecting off the front wall...

@intrinsicfreedom

8 ай бұрын

I can tell you that you soaking up extraneous reflections through treatment is where you are going to address many of your "smear" issues. A close friend of mine owns Klipsch Forte IV's and his room is not well treated, so the SMEAR is greatly obscurring subtetly. So, my suggestion for the owner of this set is WORK ON YOUR ROOM and play around with placement if you feel you are experiencing smear or any particular weakness in the Moab. Moabs can do just about everything that you would want a speaker to do and they do it amazingly well. If you want to spend a LOT more, then do it. Many people need to spend big chunks of money to make that money feel meaningful. Some of us are delighted to spend a modest sum and discover an amazing product and that is what we have here.

@HotSause

8 ай бұрын

@@intrinsicfreedom Good observation, and 👍 your handle.

If it looks like a box 📦

Honest opinion Mikey. Besides the weird look of those speakers. Seeing that they are made in the U.S with U.S made drivers. Do you think the sound of them is worth the asking price?

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it's hard to get something that big for $6K or whatever they are..

What I don't like about these rigs is the number of electronics in the signal path especially with digital audio. What happened to less is more, straight wire with gain ideas? My systems are simple. A turntable, a cassette deck, a reel to reel, a cd player, a fat amp and two loudspeakers. To each his own. PS: And a subwoofer!

@AmazonasBiotop

8 ай бұрын

Not to be disrespectful.❤ But I think like this: When 50% of all the sound we hear is reflected sounds. When it is reflected then it will reach your ears with different delays depending on how many times it has bounced and the room size. In short we will get widely different sound depending on what room we are in and positions.. Something passive like a wire with a gain is maybe good for a power amplifier but not so much for a entire system. Less is more is also out the window IF you want to go to the next level of sound quality. When those two "nice" ideas (that only stroking our brains) do not make your system to adjust or adapt (dynamically) to whatever room you have. And in the process also fix all the components in the signal path if there is "non synergy" issues.. By adding a DSP as a preamp that makes "room and system correction". As I said 50% of the sound is NOT direct sound from the speakers (of course depending on listening distance to the speakers as nearfeald for example..) So then you understand that insertion of a ADDITIONAL component as the DSP will enhance the sound quality much more then any degradation it might have in the signal chain.🎉 If we follow those two principles a system wide "wire with a gain" and "less is more" we effectively painted us into a corner. Then the ONLY thing we can do is if for example a speaker is "bright" then we could select a power amplifier that is less "bright". So we use components as static EQ devices. And it is the most expensive way to do things and also static. A DSP can for example: * correct your system and room * give you your preferd individual frequency response that is changed by time (we don't have some preferencees today as we had a decade ago) * different presets curves that fix bad mixing work on different albums (so more albums will be enjoyable) * you can use it on your TT and the sound improvements gain is vastly larger than the loss that might be of a AD and a DA conversions . * can use it as a rumble filter * can use it to take over the crossover duties in lo level domain * put delay between subwoofers and mains if they are on different distances. * plus so much more that only your imagination is your limits. That is how I see it. Those old saying is originate from old folks in the old days when no DSPs were available and maybe that made sense back then but technology has advanced since then! Now I call them dinosaurs that don't go with the time and hide behind the word "purists". And therefore thinks that they're cool and special when they clearly aren't. 😢😂❤

@artyfhartie2269

8 ай бұрын

@@AmazonasBiotop Dear Mikey, I don't think you can ever be disrespectful to anyone. Not in your DNA. Really appreciate the explanation Cheers

@AmazonasBiotop

8 ай бұрын

@@artyfhartie2269 Thanks for the kind words! 👍 I don't know where you got the name from. 🤔 But it is a good guess when half of KZread audiophiles have that name. 🤣

@artyfhartie2269

8 ай бұрын

@@AmazonasBiotop Hi It says OCDMikey on your videos so I thought Mikey was your name

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

That's me Arty.. ;-)

oh damn i did not know u were latin man!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes Hermano... Soy Latino...

@CristhianSerrano

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy ah que bueno, deberias hacer un collab con algunos audiofilos youtubers latinos!

Skin condition alert. Whiteheads, spider infection, RUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Lol. Right ?

Missing BIG on absolute phase AND coherent time arrival....equates to smearing and smudge.....better than other speakers in some aspects but not to my level of acceptance

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, so how would you fix it ?

@davidcross890

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy while a multi driver compliment yields lower moving mass and reduces SOME distortions, the delayed multi- directional time distortions increase exponentially all by itself causing smudge of all the signals. My unique array that I invented, designed, and built solves these issues yet also absolutely excels at maintaining speed, phase, time domain product, coherence, and vanishingly ultra low smudge that is far better than any speaker I have gained familiarity with in the ultra high end

*❌✅ sounds like he needs room treatments to soften the sound 👋🧐❌*

You Latino Powells are always saying stuff different! Just FYI the Tektons are Pro Audio, but they do sound better than Big Jay's Big $ Rig so there's that.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yeah? Can I buy Tekton at Guitar Center ? Musicians Friend ? Do they attend the NAMM show ? How are they used professionally ? Using pro audio drivers in a no frills box does not make a design a pro audio design. Please expand.

@pizzaearthpancakesandother2549

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy I was just kidding brah! I practice comedy in the comments section. 😁😁Actually the rig sounded sweet

How can you test any speaker without any drums, or rock music, typical fail with just vocals and one or two instruments songs...ridiculous.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Lol. Then you do a video. I guess you're smarter than OCD HiFi Guy...

@johndough8115

7 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy He has a point. Its pretty Easy for a mid tier speaker, to play 1 or 2 instruments at the same time... especially in very slow and "Airy" pieces. With that type of song, there is almost Zero chance for Distortions to occur. Its when you play many different instruments at the same time (as well as all of the singers)... that the drivers are pushed to their limits... and will either be able to Clone the Source Image perfectly... OR... they will end up flattening the image, and the instruments and vocals will blend (distort) together, creating a MUDDY type of distortion. Basically, what typically happens, is a loss of Detail, and a Flattening of the intended 3d Image. Companies like BOSE, are famous for SCAMMING people, by playing specifically tuned audio, with only a few instruments, a touch of Reverb, and a lot of slow and airy play... Such as slow Acoustic Guitar playing. Ive had boom box speakers, that can play the same track, and be almost indistinguishable to the blindfolded listener. However, when you play something much more complex, like something from "Earth, Wind, and Fire"... where there are a ton of different instruments, and many vocalists, all at once... the difference between the Boom Box speakers, and my Audiophile grade speakers, is easily Notable... and quite Dramatic.. especially at higher volume levels. Why is this? Because the more complex the waveforms... the more difficult it is for the drivers to reproduce accurately. The smallest of imperfections in the drivers, will thus become very apparent, as the smallest of distortions, will muddy the Intended Image. Its not that different, from people at a normal Job. If they are only required to operate at a leisurely pace... then its easy to be very efficient, high quality, and without any mistakes. However, if you multiply the workload by a factor of 7... Then the worker(s), will be scrambling to try to keep up with the required pace... Will be making tiny flaws / mistakes... losing maximum potential efficiency (such as accidentally running 3ft past the intended workstation). I will also note, that while some speakers can sound pretty decent at lower volume levels... Once they are pushed to mid / high volume levels... the drivers flaws are also multiplied / amplified. The faster the cone accelerates / moves... the harder to stop it, and instantly reverse it. At lower energy levels.. its not as much of an issue... just like a car moving 20 mph, is quite easy to stop almost instantly, when you apply the brakes. However a car moving at 100 mph... is going to be a LOT harder to stop quickly. It will skid many many feet, before it can fully be stopped... due to the difference in Momentum / Energy.

i just have to wonder what does it sound like with real music? i meanlike woth bob marley, burning spear, paul simon the bealtles the stones and what have you...i find ty[pical high end music rather boring

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

A shit ass radio sounds great with Bob, Beatles, and Burning Spear...

@MrAricaudio123

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Sure. But I'm pretty sure we can all tell the difference between the shit ass radio and a real system....at least I would hope so.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

@MrAricaudio123 so the other way to answer him is to say it sounds great with Bob Marley. Which is about the most generic comment I could give. We use certain songs to showcase certain abilities of the system. It's irrelevant if it's boring.

@MrAricaudio123

8 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy True. Most older recordings- especially rock and reggae didn't use or have equipment to capture the frequency extremes and a low-fi radio can make up for this because it's essentially a big midrange speaker. In a revealing system you can hear lots of hiss and subsonic junk because they never knew that speakers or other electronics would ever be able to play from 20-20khz. Some modern dynamic stuff is recorded very well however. Slightly Stoopid, Phish, etc. all sound pretty awesome on a high end system.

DCS sucks!

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Lol. It did not make itself known in this rig...