Italian craftsmanship is usually of a very high standard, but for a lot of us, out of our price range. It's always good to see these products and place them on a wishlist, but I will probably never own them. Thank you so much for sharing and showing us all these products. Happy Father's day to you, Sir. Stay well and all the best.

@Fidelity_Sound

14 күн бұрын

Reward yourself. Don’t be so cheap. Lol.

Although I'll never be able to afford their products, it's cool to see what's possible and I also enjoy seeing just about anything being done to this level of craftsmanship.

Audia Flight is one of the few “high end” manufacturers whose products actually makes sense. They’re expensive but not insane, and they are so clean yet smooth.

Very Interesting Randy! I enjoy seeing manufacturing side of the audio equipment business. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

This is why we have Italy. To build beautiful things nobody actually really needs to live but absolutely wants!

I recently listened to the Audia Flight FLS9 amplifier paired with the new Mission 770 loudspeakers, which I discovered on another KZread channel. I found the performance to be truly awesome and impressive. The soundstage was expansive and the vocals were musical and highly enjoyable. Italian audio products seem to have a unique style and artistic flair to their designs.

@JagadguruSvamiVegananda

14 күн бұрын

In Singapore? If so, which store?

Extra big transformer, large bank of capacitors. AudiaFlight is good stuff. Had the FLS10.

Thanks for sharing that very very very nice opportunity to acquire knowledge on quality sound!

Love it! No thrills and high value if you think about it compared to the other boutique "audiophile" brands.

I liked this video, one comment. I went with high end auto this year, and I literally had to redo my basement to accommodate the equipment. So remember it’s not just the price of the equipment you will also need to accommodate it properly. To hold our equipment I had to special order salamander design rack and it was not cheap, a bit above 5 figures just to hold the equipment. All in all budget was 50k for all equipment but when we were done it was close to 75k, also had to install 30A circuits, 240v breaker, new wiring. But we should be good now for life and when we pass away our kids can enjoy the audio/video room. Our setup is LG G3 77 inch Oppo 205 Kef R11x4, R3x4, R6, SVS PB-4000x4 Denon A1h Monoprice monolith 7x (2) McIntosh MC611 x2 Apple TV 4K Monoprice 12 awg speaker cables Monoprice hdmi cables Kef ls50 wireless, SVS 3000 micro, FiiO R9, audeze lcd x, lcd xc. We bought used and new equipment.

I currently got the Audia flight FL 3, what an amp. You may need to spend silly money to better this amp. I'm talking 6k and above, or may just be your end amp. I was lucky to buy mine second hand for just under £2000 . Including dac and phono stage.

Glad to see you came to my country and liked not only food and art. We make some very, very decent hifi (and not only), I hope you can see and listen more besides this and Opera/Unison. P.S. the town ii Civitavecchia, with h. Not so far from where I leave, next time give me a shout :)

@connorduke4619

14 күн бұрын

Do you make any cars as well by chance?

Would love to some day have the $4,000.00 integrated.

There is cost and there is value. Quality equipment at a reasonable price is value. Quality equipment at a high price is costly.

Amazing toys that I can't afford. Thanks for showing them to us. Keep up the great work!

Super amazing craftsmanship and approach to amp building. Love it!

Beautiful workmanship, very nice indeed. Thanks again and regards as always.

I see you had what looks like typically good if not great Italian pizza, simple and delicious.

You could get a tie for father's day. Or perhaps a new integrated amp?

Looks like Italian-made PS Audio. Both are out of my price range but interesting stuff.

@primalscream46

15 күн бұрын

I think the PS Audio stuff sounds a bit flat for me.

Cheapaudio man getting wiser 🤣. Putting the joke aside my friend just bought an Audia Flight 9 integrated amp and it sounds fantastic although the dac inside could not compete with the Gustard A26

@lukerestlessstudios

14 күн бұрын

“High end” companies seem to be bit behind the curve on DACs, mostly due to tired and widely disproven beliefs about them. However Audia Flight’s amps are fantastic, thankfully the DAC issue is easily remedied for less than $1,000.

Thanks Randy

It is cool that nice things exist

Very nice! Thanks for the review!

Nice vid. Do you did not really eat at a McDonalds, not in Italy. But, curious about filling an audio component with resin--what happens to the heat?

The prices are getting more and more ridiculous by the year!! Yes, its well made, yes its good components but massively over priced as is the whole of HiFi these days. In comparison - for £30k you can buy a Ducati Panigal V4 S. Fantastic Italian workmanship . What you get from Ductai for your £30K compared to Audia Flight for instance is crazy. It just goes to show how much were getting ripped off in HIFI :(

Awesome video. Thanks.

Both the quality and price were "amped up" 😃

I still love my Sonus Fabers. Hope u can visit them in your next visit.

Quality audio.... not cheap.

For this kind of price I would hope it would all tube preamp and power amp.

Steve Jain of Fidelity Imports has the best job!

@stevejain9942

15 күн бұрын

😂 some days I agree with you

@johntucker5994

15 күн бұрын

@@stevejain9942 Lol. Oh, I know. It's not like your day is consumed by listening to this wonderful equipment. Business pressures are ever-present......BUT....:)

@stevejain9942

15 күн бұрын

@@johntucker5994 my favorite days are when we do trade shows and the show hours are over…we get to go listen to all the rooms and it’s always so much fun. The whole team will go room by room DJ ing and checking out the products. We are just a bunch of nerds at heart

...and one day you'll come to the realization that the Moon amp you once had was pretty awesome...

Thanks for the update.. I LF headphones amplifier...

Gorget the Cylons, looks more like Capacitance is Futile...

Molto bene!!!!!

There are always people who need to have what few or no other can have. Pure bragging rights, no relationship to actual performance.

Super nice amps for those that can afford them. 👍😎

Lambo Amps arrived. What do you wanna do with these Delorean Amps?" "The Delorean amps? Throw them in the f***ing garbage where they belong".

@JagadguruSvamiVegananda

14 күн бұрын

Those Delorean amplifiers are absolute Schiit.

Hope you feel better now

Tell us the important stuff...like when the Wiim Ultra will be out.

I bought this unit for my maid's son. The benefits are great.😅

It's Bling if the music sounds good it's a bonus ..

Fascinating

It appears you are morphing into the notcheap audioman

@_fakeklg

15 күн бұрын

It appears you’re saying the same unoriginal bullshit as the previous unoriginal dopes. 1/10

@LeDechaine

14 күн бұрын

@@_fakeklg notcheapaudioman would actually be a good second channel I'd subscribe to. Is it even good publicity for a company whose cheapest DAC is 2000$ to be featured on a channel called "cheap audio man" ? Is it even a good thing to publish this video here considering people in the future will look at this, after looking at his 20$ Prozor DAC review and Sony SSCS-5's review, and expect a max. 500$ dac/amp and see the price is min. 2000$, and complain and downvote? I still love his content. I just don't think it's the place for it.

@LeDechaine

14 күн бұрын

At minimum, I'd like a funny "trigger warning: the cheapest item you'll see in this video is 2000$", lol.

$4000 amp on the cheapaudioman channel. LOL

@primalscream46

15 күн бұрын

Have you seen his setup? Anything but "cheap"

@jukingeo

15 күн бұрын

I know, right? I been trying to get Randy to set up a different page for the expensive stuff, as it clearly doesn't belong here.

@misterzero8667

15 күн бұрын

Yes he should spend all his time reviewing identical cheap Chinese Hifi because that's all you can afford

@yunder.

15 күн бұрын

@@misterzero8667 the channel is called cheap audio man. "Affording" is quite different than willing. I can "afford" a hell of a lot more than I am willing to spend. Buyers get vastly diminishing returns for premium equipment.

@_fakeklg

15 күн бұрын

How long did this failed attempt at being clever take you?

Randy pop to Bolder and go chat with Paul McGowan!

Is it cheap enough for the cheap audio man? ';)

Not very cheap audio man

I was gonna say the same thing on the look. By your command

This make NAD look like a small ragamuffin/pointless brand.. Yeah.... But i still love it. 🤘🤘

@jukingeo

15 күн бұрын

Names like NAD and Halfer are standouts because these are companies that represent a good hi-fi product, but it didn't break the bank. It is companies and products like them that I look for today.

@RogerBergqvist

15 күн бұрын

@@jukingeo A good answer. Thanks!

They look like incredible products. But it is sad to know that only the rich these days are the only ones that can afford the best of everything.

@stevejain9942

15 күн бұрын

I am not diminishing how much money $4000 is, but the fact that many of the practices performed in the cost no object gear goes into the $4000 integrated is something I am proud of. $4000 is certainly an investment but I’m not sure you have to be rich to approach one

@jukingeo

14 күн бұрын

@@stevejain9942 The idea of saving up and investing $4000 for an ENTIRE system would seem like a reachable goal, but I can't see spending that much money on one piece of gear. And really, I doubt the $4000 amp is going to sound that much better than a $400 one. Really, for that cost, it should sound 10 times better, but the reality is, I don't even think it will sound twice as good. It really isn't worth it.

@NosEL34

14 күн бұрын

​@@stevejain9942I agree. Especially if you start getting into Hifi at a younger age. You may start with $100 products but 30 40 years later you can find yourself surrounded by $30k worth of gear..easily $10k. And still consider yourself a working class schmoe.

Does anyone who subscribes to the cheap man be able to afford these masterpieces , I wonder

@NosEL34

14 күн бұрын

I'm sure. It's just a credit card swipe away

Italian women may have mustaches, but their audio guys are ☀⭐🌟🪐🌛 Dude.... Imagine this.......Masters Of Reality - Sunrise on the Sufferbus album on this system???? Yeah? Yeah? Hang on to your subs - it's produced a little punchy. Ginger Baker on the drums is INSANE!!

Stop slumming it Dude😂

you can sure see where your money goes in buying this equipment. no mass production here or economies of scale

I am betting in a blindfolded test against Emotiva, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. When we talk about an amp that is twice my house payment, it isn't even a consideration. Unobtainium or Gold,,doesn't matter.

@NosEL34

14 күн бұрын

I completely understand your stance on not being interested in products past a certain price point but I do feel you would notice the difference. Just the noise floor difference alone would be shocking..but i totally get what you are saying.

Not a word about the sound 🧐

@cheapaudioman

14 күн бұрын

It wasn't in my room with my music and I listened to it for about an hour or so. It sounded great. But I had nothing to compare it to.

i'd buy that for 379.98

IMHO they need to practice better ESD practices.

Cheap guy does Promotional Work for ultra HighEnd , hmm Nice camera work

Upgradable and modular mean nothing. In 5 years, they will be out of business or refuse to sell any compatible "upgrades". Been there, done that TWICE with Sunfire and Rotel both. Years later... They tell you: buy a new receiver. This industry has proved that the "modular" and "upgradable" terminology is just a selling point that no manufacturer will ever honor in a few years down the road.

Great stuff! $30k amps? Not in my time. I Truly wonder if would I even hear the difference in amplifiers between say a 5k and 3Ok amp? I doubt it unfortunately at my age. BUT gotta, love the Cylon angle!

Norma.🎉

Excellent! Don't give into the dark side. I can just see it, hi honey, I'm home. (with $40,000 worth of equipment, we're selling on of the children.)

Lets see 4000 dollars upfront and if you own it for say 10 years. (Not unreasonable for a good piece of equipment) It works out to a little less than 34 dollars a month. Hmmm. 🙂

@NosEL34

14 күн бұрын

That's a good way of looking at it. I'm sure it will bring you at least $34 dollars a month enjoyment 😁

@jimfarrell4635

13 күн бұрын

That's the thing about (some) high end products. They can be a lifetime, or at least a very long, investment. For two reasons. They are built extremely well and they sound very good and look very good, so upgrade fever is much less of a problem. My last main speakers and amp lasted me 20 years. The amp still runs in a second system, and the speakers I traded in for about 1/3 of what I paid for them. Looked at that way it makes more sense.

While it is a nice story and it seems like these are more legit companies, what good is it if you can't afford it? It certainly doesn't belong on a page that is dedicated to AFFORDABLE hi-fi gear.

@Fidelity_Sound

14 күн бұрын

That is totally subjective!!

@jukingeo

12 күн бұрын

@@Fidelity_Sound Based on what? Where is that line drawn. You tell me. It is obviously different for every person. But for most people, myself included, don't have a six figure salary in which they can afford to piss away money on anything they like. Yeah, some people have a family, a home and expenses that comes close to the income they are making. So for me and probably many that come here, spending $2 - 5k on an ENTIRE system is tops. Thus, coming to a page labeled, "Cheap Audio Man", I better not see a single item over the $1000 threshold. Randy has gone over that line many, many times. Now, as I said, I don't have a problem with him shifting interests, but he shouldn't put the expensive crap up on the same page. Start up another page for that stuff.

I'd buy them if I was pulling down You Tube reviewer kinda money.

@cheapaudioman

15 күн бұрын

you should start reviewing things on KZread

@ChicagoRob2

15 күн бұрын

Spoken out of true ignorance. Many good audio reviewers make less than $15K per year.

@fubartotale3389

15 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoRob2 Look up "humour" in the dictionary Zippy.

@fubartotale3389

15 күн бұрын

It's a joke, lighten up!

@perlman7376

15 күн бұрын

@@fubartotale3389 There will always be naysayers. You spoke (or typed) what you wanted to say. It's called "free speech". Ignore the bullies. They just want to cancel the opposition are not as tough as they think they are.

If you can afford 30K well good luck to you!! 🙂

Nice..... and most people can pay this???/hahahahahaha

Yes, you can upgrade.....providing they're still in business. some of the worst stuff have ever run across to deal with as a wholesaler. We sold some to the big name high-end dealer in NYC , broke and couldn't get anyone to work on it You wanna see some pissy customers? Try some well heeled NYC. customers Randy, you can make anything real "purty" but you should stick with what people can trust. It's asking fro trouble

I 😢hope they're not built like a ferrari. If it is it will stop working every few hours and be in the shop for six months with a repair bill thats higher than the cost of the unit. IDK this isn't cheap audio man stuff. I think you need to start another channel with expensive audio man. I find myself starting to veer away from this channel because of this. I like you Randy, I hope your veiwers don't start bailing on you.

"Cheap" audioman... 😅 Talk about a channel with an identity crisis!

@cheapaudioman

14 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment

@jontpt

14 күн бұрын

@@cheapaudioman My pleasure, lol. Look forward to actual on-topic reviews. I do enjoy those!

@cheapaudioman

14 күн бұрын

@@jontpt hopefully the next videos live up to your expectations.

@jontpt

14 күн бұрын

@@cheapaudioman I'm sure they will, and I'll refrain from the obvious cheap shot, haha

Scroll down 👇 to read broke people crying 😭😂

If you call yourself, and your channel, "cheapaudioman" and you start promoting $3000+ gear....you're going to get some push back.......

@cheapaudioman

15 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment

More like The Audio Discovery Channel than Cheap Audio Man. A new DUAL chip 3255 is out with integrated dac for $180 and you're showing $30k amps in Italy with your patron squad. You have been assimilated by surrounding yourself by audio knutzincrackerz. ✌🏻Cheap Audio Man.