I just love your enthusiasm when you praise affordable gear- there is more to the hobby than super expensive stuff.

@1959ludo

4 жыл бұрын

can you mention Can you mention distance in inch, you use always feet for us in europe feet is not common. Thanks Ludo Belgium

@Powerpickle68

3 жыл бұрын

@@1959ludo Neither is inches for you. You already know that there are 12 inches in one foot of distance

@RGMDG

2 жыл бұрын

@@1959ludo People don't have feet in Europe?

@1959ludo

2 жыл бұрын

@@RGMDG Very funny, we use the metric system for our measurements. A gallon we also don’t use we use liters when we go buying fuel for our cars. Sometimes I don’t understand the American way. Have a good day Ludo Belgium

One of the best things you do Steve is cover a wide range of component prices. It really helps to show people that being an audiophile does not mean you have to be wealthy to have great sound. Keep it up 👍

Great review. I appreciate the details and comparisons on why you would choose other speakers. Can’t believe you can get good audiophile speakers for $399 now!

Welcome Back Steve!!! We missed You! Great review. Thank You!

Thanks Steve, I just got a pair of these and I am truly enjoying them! They are a huge difference in sound vs my full size Energy RC70 towers, but different in a good way...the details coming through are like butter...sooo smooth. Love it!

Hey Steve thanks for the review, man ya looking sharp I had to look twice and thanks for putting a smile on my face.

It’s nice to see equipment that the average guy can buy that gives audiophile quality sound. I have owned high end stuff before but found happiness in my $600 system. AVRX2500H Denon receiver for $300 And $250 Elac B6.2 speakers. To all young enthusiasts out there : Don’t get discouraged by the prices on most stuff! You can be happy with low priced stuff if you buy it right and pick the right pieces. Get Happy! It’s the very best of times for new audiophiles. Never been better.

Hope you enjoyed your time off---you look refreshed. Great video btw! :)

Steve, I have been waiting awhile for you to do a review on these. Thank you, I have been considering getting these.

Glad you're back. Hope you enjoyed yourself on your break.

Thanks. This helped me decide between towers and bookshelves

Welcome back, Steve! You mentioned your Mytek Brooklyn amp in this review, and it made me curious about the differences in sound of that amp versus your First Watt amp.

He's back love my speakers last 45 years 604E with Musical Paradise 30 mk3

Great review on what appears to be some great budget friendly speakers! Thanks for the music review as well! I had not heard of Bang on the Can's live rendition of Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" and I'm thoroughly enjoying it as I write this! Best regards,

Wow! Great "little" towers expertly reviewed! Tempting to acquire a pair!

I just love to see gear reviewed that the average Joe can afford. Thank you! ;) Haircut looks good ~ you look like a modern dude now.

We’re living in a golden era of great affordable audiophile speakers.

@Geerladenlad

4 жыл бұрын

Bill?

@henrym78

4 жыл бұрын

Especially when you buy second hand

@78sound

4 жыл бұрын

But i buy too many affordables that in turn add up to a set of expensive great ones....🤔

@maxjasmine

4 жыл бұрын

No,were older and can afford what we want and now we can listen to our oldies in clarity.

@itamarkas

4 жыл бұрын

@@78sound Great - now you know what is your taste and you can buy more wisely! enjoy!

Just bought a set of these thanks to this video!

Brother, I have to tell you, I love your channel and your reviews.

I loved your review AND the cool shirt, Steve!

New to the channel, I appreciate the effort you put into your content and the information youre sharing. Also, you turned me on to a new genre of music. I had never heard of Eno, its not what I would normally listen to, but I thought it was really intriguing and will go down that Eno rabbit hole a bit.

Nice review. Very throughout. It seems you’ve hit on a new line of reasoning which is better electronics and sources with more modest speakers.

Nice to see value priced great sounding pieces. Potential to encourage more people to join the hobby. (IMHO, that's a good thing)

nice wilco! you always have good music suggestions.

another great review,steve

I have these, and they are amazing. The matching center is also great if you do not mind its size. Most good centers are that size, though.

Like your new look. The review interesting as always end the music well i like your choices

You're pretty right on regarding the t-zero's. I bought a pair for a condo I was living in. Great vocal and string definition, with that tweeter. Thinking of moving back into a house, and thought I'd add subwoofer for rock out moments. Hopefully that works.

Thumbs up because you deserve it (and this is a great review).

Yes. Those Bang on a Can renditions of Eno are great!

I enjoy these reviews AND your format. It is silly when reviewers play the systems on video when they are at best going to sound like my computer speaker or at least like my cell phone. I have been encouraged enough to consider Emotivaspeakers in my home theater. I already know I am going with Emotiva amp for my 2 channel.

Great advice on recommending a floor stander in this price range Steve..

@ryanschipp8513

4 жыл бұрын

Merlin speaks!!!

Hi Steve- thanks for reminding me of Brian Eno. Haven't heard his music in about 30 years....why? I forgot about him! My brain got a great re-fresh and I'm listening to his music right now. Cheers! Zep in my car.

Great review, Emotiva is =the= company for quality sound and extremely fair prices.

Steve, I have been listening to Eno’s Music For Airports 2/2 as a reference track for decades and know the track well. Thanks for the heads up on the Bang on a Can live version. Just listening to 2/2 on an iPad Pro with Tidal I can already hear the room ambiance. Gotta go cue up the track on the big rig.

I just got my pair today, they're no joke. Movies, especially music.. They bite down and don't quit! 👍

just got the B1+ speakers. good stuff

Short Hair and fancy shirts = You look great----------- winning combo! Totally agree with adding better electronics to bring the best out of speakers!

@williampearson4968

4 жыл бұрын

@Larry Niles Long Hair - Short Hair whatever makes you look good! I'm Steve's age, back in the 60s and 70s my hair was twice as long as Steve's. Got tired of taking care of long hair and my wife comments ....... had to make her happy!

Great review.

Buy Emotiva with confidence. Very good customer service. My ERC 3 CD player (now discontinued - has HDCD decoding for my many HDCDs) needed drawer repair. Technician communicated regularly with progress reports and went the extra step of running it a little longer to be sure it was right. Turns out it wasn't so additional work was completed. Buy Emotiva with confidence.

Thanks for your review! I just picked those up as I've heard they're being discontinued to make space for Emotiva's new stuff. It's my first proper setup and they were just about in my budget.

Great review, Steve. You're in good company when you say leave upgrading your speakers last is the way to go. For those much younger than I, there once was a chap called Ivor Tiefenbrun, who founded a company in Glasgow in the seventies to make turntables. In his world, for £500, you put his £330 Linn LP12 turntable with an £80 amp, you know the one, and a pair of £70 speakers. Sounds crazy, but most people who experienced it agreed it was better than the £100 turntable plus £200 amp and speaker combo.

Steve cant be more accurate, a good speaker can sound great with the right electronics. I've had the same speakers for 17 years, Infinity Interlude suite and I started out with a Denon avr and the sound was good. Then I upgraded to a Rotel pre-amp processor and a Carver av705x power amp. Those good speakers sounded great, detail, imagining, depth were all improved. Last year I did an upgrade of my pre-amp to a Marantz av7005. Just when I thought I had just upgraded features, the sound just took on a new life. Wow

I am using the emotiva T2 in combination with the the Klipsch RF82mkII and two klipsch Woofers SPL150 and SW112.... loving the combination of the Horns and the emotiva tweeter

Good morning Steve!

My airmotive 4s has this heil tweeter as well. There is something special there. They are great.

I got the Emotiva T-Zero for $170 brand new from their website after I've purchased the Emotiva BasX A-300 and PT-100 + Bluetooth module. They had, or have a 30% back in Emotiva credits on their website so I used that to get a major discount on the T-Zero. Hell of a deal and love em.

@scottyo64

4 жыл бұрын

The Emobucks is how I got my DR1 monoblocks. Great deals they were having

Another good video. Glad you're back. Btw - not sure if that's a haircut, of if your hair's just tied back, but either way, it's a younger, fresher look on you.

Extra kudos for the Bang on a Can Eno's Music for Airports cover. It's brilliant. Yes, go ahead and listen to it. It's worth it. One of the reasons why I trust Steve's reviews is because he talks no nonsense but things we can hear in actual recorded music and how the equipment revealed or not those aspects of the recording. Well, he is THE audiophiliac. ;-)

They are awesome. Highly recommend.

Love it when you enjoy entry level equipment. It was my favorite when I worked in a HiFi store. We'd get everybody's entry level or less expensive stuff & mix & match & see what we could come up with. Even more fun was playing overachiever, put a pair of K-horns, Belle Klipsch, laScala and finally Heresy's on cheaper & cheaper equipment until you hit something amazing. We'd shock customers with an NAD 3020 or 7020 (late 1970's models) and Klipsch speakers. Sometimes they'd make us show them that they were really connected, they couldn't believe what a true 20/watts per channel could do. More entry level reviews please, turntables, cartridges, integrated amps, receivers various electronics........

Great shirt. We still want a closet tour

Ribbon tweeters in more moderately priced products is a huge win for ppl like me on a budget! And Steve, it wouldn't be a Steve Video without the car horns!

Looks like the time off did you some good. You clean up nice. Hope you didn't have to travel too far for a haircut. Guessing that's your summer look. Stay Cool.

Steve . What a Nice tshirt!!

AMT has a great sound I prefer over true ribbon for decades built with Raal and other ribbons early on HIVI released an AMT I built a good num of speakers using them and had a Wilson owner upgrade to them. He replaced 15k Wilsons with 2k 2 way with AMT.

Thanks to you my days of speaker rolling are over after you reviewed the klipsch rp600 . I power them with a y amaha a-s1100..or that reiusing tube amp you lauded..im 66 bought alot of equipment since 1964..im done!!! Finally.thank you!

@FrankySilverFace

4 жыл бұрын

Duane david Which are you more impressed with? The Yamaha as1000 or the klipsch speakers? I ask because I'm narrowing my next purchase options.

@dbert5963111

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrankySilverFace I love both! It is a match made in heaven..it is the Yamaha a-s1100.not 1000

@FrankySilverFace

4 жыл бұрын

Duane david my typo. Thx for replying!

Thanks for sharing. The T-Zero looks like an AWESOME entry way to get into hifi, decent looking with AMT tweeter which always looks futuristic. Keep rocking!

I have loved Eno since Before and After Science.

I had some Emobucks I needed to spend and got a set of B1+s, I have been pleasantly surprised by them and they sell for $230 a pair.

I have a Sony STR ZA5000ES driving four Polk M5s and four RT55s along with four JBL PB10 subs. it all really sounds good with loud driving rock music or tender light ensemble pieces. I'd say that I have good speakers and a great receiver.👍🏼 But I can't afford eight LS50s 😆

Wow Steve, I almost did not recognize you. What is next? A solid shirt? Love your reviews!

Thank you Steve for being such a good teacher to us. I am in the process of selecting a speaker in that price range and I was tempted to buy the JBL A170 ( based on your enthusiasm for that speaker). How do they compare ?

Thanks Steve, thought you were on holiday? Was thinking of buying them til the Zeppelin fail 😞🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks Steve for suggesting amp upgrades over speakers over the past month and discussing the vinyl improvements a phono stage alone can make. I recapped my vintage Polk Monitor 7Bs for $100 and spent my "speaker money" on a PS Stellar Phono. I've definitely "fallen in love" with vinyl again. Also interesting you mention tweeters...my Polks have the Danish Peerless silk dome units and they can/do make all the difference!

whoa! wasn't expecting that haircut! looks good though. thanks for the review.

@MrBonger88

4 жыл бұрын

Is it a haircut or is he tricking us with a ponytail? Lol

@osirismarbles5177

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrBonger88 🤯🤯🤯

I had a pair of RTR TOWERS IN THE EIGHTIES. EVERYONE LOVED THEM. LIKE MY FREINDS HAD A PARTY .IN MY ROOM .I WAS PISSED OFF LIKE SHOVING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN MY ROOM.I CAME HOME FROM WORK. I JUST JOINED THEM.

I still want a T2 review! ! ! !

@scottyo64

4 жыл бұрын

Buy them and send them to Steve, maybe he will review them

Hi Steve, it seems I've turn into your fan! A quick question: which would be your pick between the Emotiva integrated TA 100 and the PS Audio Sprout 100?

Tks!

Steve you are the audiomentor

Hey Steve, I watch your postings all the time. Look forward to your descriptions of the way eqipment and music make you feel. I have emotiva xpa 3,b&k ref50s2, heresy's, outlaw lfm-1 plus and the music sound wonderful most of the time, then when I play a song thats light on dynamics I wanted a solution so watching your review of interviews with proud owners of the schiit loki I jumped at the chance to fix the light dynamic problem and I bought one. I will cut to the chase , could you please explain how to connect to my equip, I get confused with which input to outputs to connect between B&K ref50s2 and emotiva xpa3. First time writer all the time watcher. Thanks in advance keep up the good work love all of your platforms

You are really great, I wonder how much society culture controls what we listen to. I have never heard of any of these folks but I respect your analysis.

I just bought a pair to replace my Polk audio satellites and sub-woofer from the early 90's.

I don't even know what I was looking for when I stumbled across these speakers on a forum and EVERYONE referenced your video. I wasn't even shopping for new front speakers, but the rave reviews have me wanting a pair. The question I'm asking myself that's holding me back (based on your review), "how will these compare to my JBL Northridge N38s?". Yeah, all the audiophiles will laugh and say my speakers suck. Sure, there's better but I think my JBLs are highly underrated and can really impress people between movies, light jazz, and thundering hard rock. If you're familiar at all, let me know what you think. Worth trading our just save for a bigger step up upgrade?

OMG Haircut! I liked the old shaggy Steve!

@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac

4 жыл бұрын

Rest easy, no haircut, just tied my hair back

I just counted the number of Eno albums I have, turns out to be 23! I had no idea I had so many. I guess that means I am a big fan too ...

@christophernoto

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been following Brian Eno since the early 1980s, gobbling up everything he does. 🔥

Thumbs up given (consider this me leaving the comment requested 😉)

Best Eno cover is the Bauhaus cover of Third Uncle. Loving the reviews Steve 👍

@HareDeLune

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thanks for the mention! I like the Bauhaus cover of Ziggy Stardust.

I like those rock speakers Steve klipsch....

Haven't heard a car horn in a while, Steve

Test tones! 😁

Please, Steve, link to the music listened to for your review ! It’s so good, yet so difficult to pick up...

I'm glad you mentioned the hard rock at the end. I want a great speaker for Led Zeppelin. Would you say Klipsch is the best for that genre of music?

@mikejames-drummerreginacan1386

3 жыл бұрын

Klipsch = bad customer support......buy the EMOTIVA T 2 and rock out.

@cbzo6

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejames-drummerreginacan1386 I ended up buying the ZU Audio Omen and really like them. Thanks for the reply 👍

@mikejames-drummerreginacan1386

3 жыл бұрын

@@cbzo6 .....glad to stayed away from Klipsch......enjoy you ZU Audio Omen.

I’ve auditioned the TZero, T-1, and currently own and have in my main system the T-2. You will not find a better speaker at the price point. Emotiva Airmotiv are killer

Never thought of that!!! Then, I'll get rid of my sub!!! I want to minimize my stereo, make it simple!!! Again!!!

You should review a speaker from Paradigm

Transmission line ! ( well designed)

@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, just ported.

@dilbyjones

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac If I must go tower, I like Transmission line...just saying. Maybe I haven't heard good towers. Great to get your specialized commentary here again

Hey Steve. Glad to see you back! We all missed you! Great review. I think Emotiva seems like a great brand to look at if you’re just getting started in HiFi. They also seem to be a lotta bang for your buck. Thanks, Steve!

@HareDeLune

4 жыл бұрын

@Fat Rat Hi FR!

@scottyo64

4 жыл бұрын

I am a fan

I want the big ones. I have a cd player by them.

I have a pair of Dali helicon 800s. However I was raised with a set of Altec Lansing horn speakers. And haven’t really heard anything that reproduces that live sound. My speakers reproduce sound wonderfully. But really don’t move as much air. I also own BAT equipment. Wondering what your thoughts would be

I would like to find a good, vintage or newer used preamp to replace the Emotiva pt-100 I have now. I have a Grace Balanced DAC I could use with a standard preamp. I just need to direction on what preamps would be better quality than the Emotiva.

Hey Steve, was considering these or the JBL LSR305/306...how do you think these speakers compare?

I listen to more Classic Rock and Americana. Considering these or Elac DB6.2 with a Denon AVR 1707 pushing it

Bought Live CD (1995-two left) 1998 CD apparently out of print

Good morning Steve I love your reviews however I love Klipsch

@gordrand

4 жыл бұрын

I inherited my father's La Scalas so for my entire life I've been listening to the same speakers. They have only gotten better with age.

I'm thinking of getting a Revel Concerto2 set up (F36, C25 and M16 for surround), but I'm now thinking a Emotiva Airmotiv setup could be an option (T2+ , C2+ and T-Zero for surround). Thoughts?

How do you think they compare to the martin logan m10 speakers. Which also have dual 5.25 inch speakers with a ribbon tweeter ?

One more question should I buy same price. kef or I ave more for mi money whit Emotiva speaker ??? Thanks love your critique you more in mi generation in taste of musique

The cone drivers look just like the ones in my Pioneer SP-FS22's. The same 2 1/2 way concept too. The Pioneer has 3 of those drivers however. They can probably contend with these for $100 bucks less total. As a general thing towers are better bang for the buck I believe. In general there is a audiophile prejudice against towers I think. Please address this Steve.