The finish and look of some of the Italian equipment in this video is absolutely amazing.

Wonderful series on Italian audio, Randy.

Amazing! And the hospitality seems wonderful👌🏻…

This is absolutely awesome ! Breath of fresh air in this hobby. Keep up the great work !

What a fantastic, outstanding and magnificent video! And what a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Thank you so much for sharing it with us 🥰

I thoroughly dug these Italy press videos. Excellent work, all the way around.

Liked the fact you put this together like this. Easy to consume. Gosh these companies are speaking to how I want people to build components for me. Outstanding. The family value angle is huge to me.

Goldnote, Pathos ,Unison Research and the best Sonus Faber this why Mcintosh buys everything in Italy 🎉😂

Super excellent! Just came back from 3 months in Italy, and it was great to 'be back' for 30 minutes. And bravo for this candid tour, regardless of cost or logic, and without compromising your own perspectives, or compromising your video of the journey in Italy.

Great video. Fascinating!

I own some FBT (Italian made) Pro Audio speakers. They are incredible.

Looks like a gorgeous trip. RANDY INTERNATIONAL

Love it; fun binge watch

Absolutely love it!

Fidelity imports was very wise in doing a tour of the Italian brands they represent. Italians are all about beauty, artistry, and embracing the best of life. The Swiss, the Germans, and Danes produce fantastic audio products. However, like the weather in their countries they come across as quite cold, matter of fact, and just Vanilla plain.

Italy is definitely a place to move to. Exceedingly reasonable housing that's historical in it, but yet modernized. For REASONABLE $ and value off the hook. And food! But Jesus cheap and fresh. I have a KZread channel of a British Real estate agent that shows just incredible places in the country not far from the major cities 20-45 minutes usually with average Groves of Olives, Pools, Solar, just amazing places usually very old with Roman Era features if not the entire place , Fresco's Tile, Stone, groves, views, quite, efficient...they've run from $250k to $700 and I seen seriously just insane.

@tmdillon1969

9 күн бұрын

We were just in rural France the prices were shocking. We could get 3000 square feet on 25 acres for less than the same here in rural North Carolina. For far less actually. It's just a bummer we're hours away from an international airport so even for a vacation property investment there's no quick way to get there for us. Same discovery with the food! Even upscale dining was a major discount versus here and much better. You just have to get used to servers that aren't falling over you for tips.

@cheapaudioman

9 күн бұрын

@@tmdillon1969 ain’t that the truth

@letstalkitaly921

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for the great video! We have a house in the foothills of the Italian Dolomites. The places I can be in an hour are insane, from the most incredible mountains, cortina, fabulous 😢beaches, historic cities Venice Verona Trevino padova Croatia trieste- goes on and on great health care, spending a month here now with my daughter- concerts are so cheap, we might fly to Paris for a few days 25€, just spent a week in Tuscany in a renovated 600 year old farmhouse don’t get me started on the food and wine, or how I always return to the USA thinner, stronger, faster than when I left.

Nice info-/commercial. And they make nice products indeed. Was refreshing to see their factory

I have a PH-10 phono preamp running balanced.Great sound.

Greetings from Sicily 🍷

So when you going to get the gold plated turn table? Love how you have so much fun with sound. My whole life 75 years has been immersed in music.

Great show Randy very interesting mate 🤘

Too cool....

Lets not forget Lector Strumenti! I have two of their tube CD players the CDP 7T and CDP 0.6T, fabulous sound and once you’ve heard a redbook disc in these you’ll know that 2 channel SACD isn’t the pinnacle of audio on disc after all.

Super interesting, I don't have any issues with you doing something like this & if you do things like this again, I say right on! As interesting as the companies & the components are what beautiful facilities & locations to work & how all the people are so passionate about what they do & the others they work with!

Great, I used to have an Unison Research Unico Primo hybrid as a replacement for Chinese upgraded tube amplifier Yaqin that was close to this tube sound, and now I own Unico Due and I'm even more happier with this. Obviously expecting some day being capable to buy theirs tub amplifiers like Symphony.

You nailed it. But you missed a company in Treviso called "Pinarello"😂.

I have a Gold Note Turntable Valore Light which is a nice turntable and the Vasari MM cartridge. They both sound good to me and more lead in end for turntable. Thanks for sharing

I’ve got Sonus Faber and Norma Audio, more great sounding Italians.

What about a tour in France? Atoll, Advance Paris, Revival Audio, Elipson? They all have affordable stuff and good quality products, made in France. Or even Focal.

I can hardly wait for all the "more affordable" Gold Note products to hit the market in the US. To have say, what would normally be a $4k or $5k preamp hand made in Italy with attention to every detail available for $1000 is just incredible. (Of course, that is provided the US doesn't destroy that effort by government or rabid self -proclaimed audiophiles on KZread and elsewhere driving the price up artificially). I have no need for anything audio at the moment, but I want to see that stuff anyway, there might be something worthy sonically about it. If not, then fine, otherwise, start saving. That GoldNote stuff is just too exciting to ignore.

Like the direction your heading towards Randy. Boutique, family run hifi. Built by people who care. Another family run Italian company you may be interested in is Synthesis and Pathos.

I've been watching your channel for a while and I appreciate your views on everything you research and I was wondering what your thoughts would be on Denon home theater especially the avr s760h I would just like to ask your thoughts on that brand in general also

The new cheap.🎉

Livin the dream eh?

You're missing an "H", it's "Civitavecchia", you're welcome!

Hi, do you have a list of tracks that you play on your channel ? Not just the test tracks you name but the tunes you play in the background when viewing gear etc. There is one track that i think could be Flaming Lips but would need confirmation. Love the channel but being in the UK some of the CHIFI isn't really available. Those sony speakers are near impossible too. However I have a mix of Wharfedale speakers, Onky and Cambridge Audio amps and Marantz cd so no need to be concerned. Would love to try them though, that cheap mono block looked great. They need to increase the inputs though. Obviously that would increase the price but it is a prime concern when I consider an amp. Take care dude, Corin x

I swear I already watched this video some time ago... right?

Norma🎉😂❤❤

Happy Father’s Day

@Randy, 2 coffee cups?? Thats all there is in your store. I was looking for a calendar featuring audio equipment. Hundreds of calendars to choose from featuring cars. But, calendars featuring audio equipment = none, notta, zilch. Maybe Randy got some? Nope! - Actually, I figured you did not, otherwise you would have been advertising them. Really though, I thought = If anyone can put together a calendar featuring audio equipment, it will be you. Of course, you can't just start shooting pictures of stuff around the office. But, maybe you can reach out to some of your contacts in the audio world and ask, if they would be willing to assist you in making the only audio equipment calendar in the world. Just as you stated about videos on more expensive gear get more views. Maybe us audio hobbyists would like a calendar featuring our hobby? Who of us would not like a pictures of a Klipschorn, McIntosh Amp, Geshelli Labs, Magnepan, Audio Research, Infinity RS 1B's, and other classics or soon to be hanging in glory on the wall to respect the art? I would have emailed this, but I couldn't find contact info and your Facebook page has no post since 2023. Thoughts???

Did you visit Pathos Acoustics during your travels Randy? Now that would be cool! 😎

@cheapaudioman

9 күн бұрын

I didn’t. Hopefully next time

Was this filmed off shore

Beautiful companies and beautiful products but.... not cheap! Haven't you gone to visit Sonus Faber in Vicenza? Many greetings from Treviso - Italy.

@cheapaudioman

9 күн бұрын

Treviso was wonderful!

what song is that? the one thats like "cant find the words to say".....

@_fakeklg

9 күн бұрын

Bring My Friends by Tigerblood Jewel

@jamestimmons6022

8 күн бұрын

@@_fakeklg sick thanks!

@_fakeklg

8 күн бұрын

@@jamestimmons6022 🤘🏼

Pathos? Sonus Faber?

With the USA in such political turmoil, the audio manufacturing will need to look at Italy and Switzerland for pointers. China isn't going to be the "cheap" source much longer.

Nolongercheapaudioman

$1500 -$3000 mid level ... 🤣

Really it is not good to glorify Italy because they make junk too like fiat. You are impressed that's good enough, but stop stretching it😢

Dude. You've gone to the dark side. Unsubscribing.

@or1on89

9 күн бұрын

Dude, get a life.

@cheapaudioman

9 күн бұрын

I hate to see you go. I’d like to think that in over 900 videos with probably 850 being about products under $750 that I would have earned the right to be a part of the mainstream Hifi press. I got to rub elbows with stereophile, the absolute sound, secrets of home theater, twittering machines. Real titans of the audio press. And me. I got to go. I’m still going to talk about affordable audio but also all audio. I appreciate you watching up to this point and I hope I earn back your subscription.

@jerryjazzbo2845

9 күн бұрын

Nobody cares.

@_fakeklg

9 күн бұрын

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