Herb is delightfully quirky. More Herb please.

@billbrandon5936

3 жыл бұрын

yes

One of the things that I love about you and Herb, Steve, is that you don't get all gaga over a piece of equipment simply because it costs an arm and a leg. Cheap stuff that sounds good can get you just as excited! I love that. Thanks, guys!

@petekutheis3822

3 жыл бұрын

amen---totally opposite of that weaver cat and his olive martinis.

@coolmickey68

3 жыл бұрын

I bought a reisong tube amp, 350.00 usd on steves advise what a great piece of equipment beats out pieces 4 time that price

@johanvanzyl1779

3 жыл бұрын

I second that opinion.

@RUfromthe40s

Жыл бұрын

i bought a philips amplifier with low power but when conecting it, i was kind of struck by lightening ,the way the high´s sounded ,this already having heard the best from Pioneer, Sansui, Kenwood or Marantz(that in the 80´s had the sound of this litle 79 F series from philips) i paid less of what today is 20 € and for two years i stoped my spec-1 and 2 to listen to this litle philips, both my pre and power amplifier from Pioneer were given to me by my father ,not my choice but i used to listen to music on them before they were mine(without permission)

I met Herb at the Capital Audio Fest last year. He was speaking to a few other luminaries in the business, and I listened, didn't speak, I was mesmerized. Steve, once again your skills bring out the best of each guest.

@homerjones3291

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, saw him (didn’t meet him) last year, subbing for Steve in a “types of speakers” discussion. Better than seeing Bob Dylan in concert.

" '68 to now is at least 30 years" true statement. 😁

@ptg01

3 жыл бұрын

Duh... Hilarious !

@scottyo64

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 64 so yes he is correct lol

@vcp93

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottyo64 I was born in 65', so I can verify that the math is 100% accurate. 🤔

@edwardbalboa5528

3 жыл бұрын

It's at least 10 years also

Herb's the Bomb and Steve's the Igniter! You guys are Great! Thanks. F

@user-qg7ml7bd6w

5 ай бұрын

love it !!!!!!

The wisdom and no bullshit approach is the best. Cheers Mr Reichert

These are the video's I enjoy the most, when you interview fellow audiophiles and today's was a screamer! Nice one mate.👍

I had a moment of realization that all of us are after the same thing, we just approach it in different directions. I began with 'imaging', then chased 'tonality', then pursued 'resolution', and finally after achieving a balance of these, I found the right mix of equipment (for me in my room on my budget, $5,000) that elicits the 'emotion' of the musician and the moment. Be encouraged! You are on the right path, maybe just coming at it from a different angle than others!

I'm going on 74 and you guys reminiscing of the various gear you had was so awesome! Had me remembering my past Audio Gear and some of my first Solid State Gear which I thought was so cool after ditching my Tube Amps! LOL!

Excellent casual interview with the sights and sounds of NY in the background and of course Herb, a treasure in hifi. You're both lucky to have each other as friends and a great cheer to you both from Ottawa, Canada. Stay healthy, we want more of you both for many years to come!

@markstewart1807

3 жыл бұрын

As someone from Glasgow in Scotland even more interesting 👍💙

@waynepollard6879

2 жыл бұрын

God bless all the Canadian truckers , you must proud !

Man. I love these type of conversations and I really miss the music rooms walk around talks interviews and chats.

Herb is so on point and so funny too. Loved this vid. You can tell you guys are old friends. Thanks, Herb and Steve!

@scottyo64

3 жыл бұрын

Loved the King 1 and King 2 story!

@NickP333

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottyo64 Haha! Totally, man. That was a good one.

I just ordered an Audio Technica AT-VM95 before finishing the video. :D

@woodstock480

3 жыл бұрын

The great thing about the new VM95 is you can upgrade the stylus within the same line and save a few bucks and the hassle of swapping out the whole cartridge. My TT came with the VM95E and I upgraded to the VM95EN stylus.

Love the pointing on the brick wall behind Herb. Some quality workmanship.

@edwardbalboa5528

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that also ... Kinda funny

It's the love of music that gets me to look for your videos. All the way from London, England.

Amazing to listen to your friends stories. Passion that's what you both have. To boys in a candy shop. Thanks Steve for keeping it real man....

Thanks Steve and Herb! I’m of a similar vintage as you guys and I still fondly remember listening to “The Wall” hours on end with my Technics receiver, Technics turntable, and big Fisher speakers. In my college fraternity we catalogued all of our cassette tapes so we could play a game called select hits. You would give the “DJ” the side and counter number so no one knew what was coming until he hit play. My roommate in that fraternity opened my audio world from classic rock in Georgia to his eclectic library from Buffalo New York which included jazz and blues. It always has been and always will be about the music and our community.

Herb is such an interesting individual. I bet he's a blast to have coffee with. Great interview! ☕👍

Love Herb, wish he was on more

@aussiesteve3556

3 жыл бұрын

@perl man my thought exactly 🤣

More Steve and Herb!! Would love to hear you guys reminisce about Art D some day.

"eccentric weirdos but smart eccentric weirdos" QFT! Always enjoyed Herb's editorials and talking with Herb at Peter Breuninger's events. I'm pretty sure our phone conversations back in the day kept AT&T in business, LOL. Happy to see the thermionic glow still burning bright! Many thanks, Steve for bringing Herb to us on your KZread channel.

i enjoy reading Herb's column every month but still miss Sam Telig and his cat. I think it's important to cover the affordable end of the market because you can catch the younger crowd and bring some fresh blood into the fold.

@jerrysnead2842

3 жыл бұрын

And Lars I think that was his friends name

@rogermiller6332

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrysnead2842 Yes, Lars!

Excellent interview... The honking of the horn in the background just adds ambience that seems really neat on the street interview

@homerjones3291

3 жыл бұрын

And you just wonder how long it’s going to take for someone to shut off their car alarm.

Absolutely love these kind of videos, they are truly a feeling of great joy for me. GREAT JOB STEVE!!!

I could of listened to a longer interview it was that good. A true love of music. Herb inspired me to restore my Thorens and add it back into my stereo system. I love your interviews keep them coming!

Love Herb, I met him at CAF 2019 and he was wondering how to get upstairs we were working on the mezzanine level and that hotel in Rockville is strange with the way it is set up I showed him where the stairs were and he thanked me graciously and went on about his business. Maybe 2 to 3 hours later he walked by and thanked me again because he knew where to go because I was out in the hallway again, we laughed together it was great, Thanks Steve maid me smile thinking about that

Great interview Steve n Herb, two zen masters, love the both of you, stay well

Great interview good to see you guys!Very interesting information and informative. Fascinating tidbit about Bob Dylan and how that particular cut was recorded!! Keep up the good work, and keep on spinning!

Herb's the kind of person you want to hang out with. Enthusiastic and a great story teller.

This video brings me such great joy. I think of the many friends I have had in the audiophile world and the remarkable used audio equipment we experienced. You and Herb just capture the essence of what the hobby can be for many of us. Thanks for sharing.

Herb, your column should be called; "Cookin'.......with Herb and spices!"

I first ran into Herb through the pages of Sound Practices where he demonstrated a strong understanding of what we all are looking for, that emotional connection using old gear. Great interview

@bobaranyi8949

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bob. just played the Bev's an hour ago!

@bobsmoot8454

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobaranyi8949 well great to hear from you and I’m glad the Bev2s are in caring hands, they are awesome speakers/OTL setup. Still in Chicago?

@bobaranyi8949

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobsmoot8454 I am in a Northern suburb of Chicago! I just had one of the amps worked on by another Bev owner. Only needed a new Cap in the power supply. It was the amp that Harold converted for you from originally being a 2sw. Many thanks! Bob

Great, great interview Steve. Thank you very much for posting this. Please keep having him around. You and Herb are national treasures my friend.

Who doesn't enjoy a little Herb now and again?

Great interview, agree some of my best friends have that quirky love for audio and they all enjoy life. Thank you Steve!

This is what being an audiophile is all about. Sharing the journey, enjoying the music and the gear, looking forward and looking back. Bravo, Steve!

Herb is a huge reason I subscribe to Stereophile, great stuff Steve, thanks for this one

It's hard not to like you two men "in your best age" (like me) with a lovely boyish heart talking about their passion. It reminds me of the passage of the song "what a wonderful world": "I see friends shaking hands; Saying how do you do; They're really saying; I love you". I could listen to you guys all day - and then some. Thanks for sharing your experience, opinions and not least passion for music and the equipment we use to get the communication right :-).

Thanks, Steve & Herb for posting this and sharing your time with us while we are all in the limbo of a pandemic driven social isolation! Watching this video has been the highlight of my audiophile week.

Greetings from India. Really enjoyed this video. It's like listening in on a laidback conversation taking place at a pub, where we're fortunate enough to be part of. I'm only a couple of years younger than both of you, so it was enjoyable to reflect back on our music system buying and listening experiences over the years. Thanks again.

Thank you two. It was great to hear the two of you talking.

I really enjoyed listening to you two discussing audio and your careers. I always come away with knowledge and more enthusiasm than I possessed before. Thanks for doing this.

Thanks for making this, comes across as just stopping on the street to chat about hi-fi. Just what I needed in these crazy times.

This video brightened up my day. Thank you.

Two of my favorite people in the audio world, what more could I ask for? Really enjoyed this one!

Great interview two of my favorite people. April 2011 I bought my first Stereophile magazine recommended components issue. I was looking to totally change my system. The writers we’re people I could identify with, and they were very entertaining. Later when Sam and Stephen left, I thought it’s going to be hard to replace these gentlemen. Then Herb came aboard and after reading his first article, I knew everything would be OK. Steve another great episode!

Awesome interview. Thank you both!

Wow, wow and wow again! No BS, great stuff. Thanks guys it really was a blast. Cheers

That was a blast Steve. Love these interviews with Herb.

I thoroughly enjoyed that thank you so much :) wonderful video, Herb you're a star :)

Herb is the man. Thanks for all of the charming shop talk that keeps me justifying my "quirky hobby" that most of my peers just don't get.

Wow, what a great episode. I love these guys. This is what this hobby is about, fantastic and well engineered product hidden in plain sight. It takes a lot of time, dedication and commitment to discover these. Thank you for an excellent episode. I would not think twice about picking some of these up. Keep up the good work.

Loved this conversation! So cool hearing you old-ish dudes talking all that well deserved street cred wisdom for all of us who’ve tiptoed into hifi gear but to nowhere near the extent. Great post Steve! And thank you Herb…really enjoyed every bit of it

A word to the wise: Herb can be persuaded to consult privately on system configuration and component choice. All of that accumulated wisdom and cool on tap. Best investment ever!

@3lueant347

3 жыл бұрын

how to do this?

@stewartfamily8815

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to provide you with an email address but would prefer not to post it publicly. Will try to find a PM function.

Very cool. I hope there are young guys to carry the torch of tube audio and vintage style gear. Love to hear the stories.

Another fantastic interview for the record books. Herbs is always a treat.

Great to see Herb back again

So good to see Herb again 😊

A couple of my favorite smart eccentric guys in audio. Always a joy to hang out with you guys. I do enjoy getting to know you and some of the other legends like Nelson Pass, Peter Qvortrup John Atkinson Arnie Nudell and Paul Mcgowan through KZread. The DIY community is pretty interesting as well.

Great interview Steve and Herb and I streamer and listened to the Cosmos album mentioned...just wow, I have never of Cosmos or his music and the recording is simply stunning. Keep on doing what you do anf please keep throwing in some artists each time. Brilliant

Fantastic and interesting interview. That was really interesting meeting another of your friends in the biz. That was fun 👍

Thank you Steve for the best 24 minutes of my day a great video loved it.👍

Thanks Steve and Herb you made my day...again ...as a Dane with a longlife facination of NY those outdoor videos are the best ... keep them comming..

Thanks Steve and Herb. Really needed this.

You gotta love Herb! Such a true gentleman!

This is one of my favorite audio videos. Thank you.

Excellent Steve and Herb. Thanks for the tips...

One of the best little nuggets of Audiophiliac's vblog is discovering those music gem recommendations from Steve and his guests. And boy o' boy did Herb come through with Michael Payton's Afro-Caribbean Mixtape. This is an astonishing album. The fusion of jazz, hip hop, latin jazz, afro-funk, all wrapped into one amazing album. The rich sound and texture coming through my B&W 706 S2...Wow, wow, wow. Thanks again Steve.

Ahh…missed y'all by mere hours in Brooklyn. Great stuff here, and bringing up memories of my own, in and out of the audio biz, and my own audio adventures.

That was fun. Great getting Herb Reichert’s musings over all that is audio.

I love this video. Herb is an extremely likeable guy. Thanks for posting.

Fun. Thank you Steve and Herb.

What a likeable guy Herb is! Fun to hear him talk about his experiences.

Lovely interview. Herb is my fave writer for some time. A great addition to Stereophile !

What a wonderful interview. Really good to see that British speakers designed for the BBC back in the 70s? Are still sounding as good as many of the overpriced audiophile speakers of today. Some of my gear is 50 years old. Audio technica cartridges are amazing value for money. I have 2. An at 3600 l and a at ac03 moving coil. The former is great for listening to old 7inch singles and noisy pressings.

Passion and perception without pretension. So great to hear.

It is always an interesting visit when Herb stops by. There is a lot of truth in his assessment of the state of the hobby when Dynaco was around. It would be nice to see Herb as a regular here. He brings additional insight and perspective. Thank you both for your work and casual observations.

Great video. Thanks both!

Brooklyn ambience only adds to this interview...thank you both.

We love you Herb!

really enjoyed all of the unpretentious little dogs... Thanks Steve and Herb...🚀

Steve, please have Herb on more often, Nelson Pass too. I love their stories and the way they share knowledge.

That blew my mind when herb recommended Audio Tech. Ordered one from radio shack and thought this can’t be true, was already a stereophile subscriber so l knew the thousand dollar options-not a bad decision for a quick fix! Influenced by an ad in said magazine-Greetings from Chicago Herb!

Steve, really enjoy all your reviews and audio info and experiences. Just came into knowing you grew up in Far Rockaway way back. So did I in, the 50's/60's up until about 1970. We must have crossed paths, LOL. I lived on Central Ave. a block away from the Chevrolet dealer on the corner of Nameoke. What memories!

Absolutely fantastic episode!

Very insightful interview with a walking library of audiophilia. I wish I had that impressive market survey of Herb, would save my a lot of money on my audiophile try-and-error career over decades.

You guys inspire me to check out new gear , I think this is your 3rd video together if I’m right and you 2 are a vast knowledge

I totally agree with Evan Tench. My grandchildren is moving home with their parents in two weeks. They will be my apprentices. And they will not be fired...

Skip ahead 30-40 years. Nobody is going to be wishing that they had held onto their first Bluetooth speaker or ipod they owned. Do the world a favor and support your local audio tech, teach a ten year old how to handle records and turntables. Instead of selling off your accumulated analog equipment to guys your age and older, give it to a kid who reminds you of yourself, pass it on like the accumulated knowledge of an early tribal village. Take on an apprentice if you are an audio journeyman.

@HareDeLune

3 жыл бұрын

Best advice ever in a comment.

@speakersr-lyefaudio6830

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t have a “mentor” I’m an 18 yo audiophile, but I agree and will try to do that when I get older.

@tommyclaughren1885

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea. I have a grandson who will go nuts with assembling a kit.

@evantench6651

3 жыл бұрын

@@HareDeLune Even though I believe that this hobby can enrich a persons life in many ways, your comment is quite generous.

@HareDeLune

3 жыл бұрын

@@evantench6651 Thank you. Although perhaps I should say some of the best advice ever in a comment on this subject. No. That just doesn't 'roll off the tongue' nearly as well, does it? : )

Great interview Steve. Good stories!

Fun to watch. Thanks!

Great questionning on this one Steve. Got Herb to explain while making it flow even more.

could listen all day!! so interesting...thx

Great job! Cool to hear this history.

Great interview! Herb is a God to me for recommending the Shure SC35C/Mani combo; it's been a life changer.

can never get enough of herb

Love your talks with people that are so passionate about their hi fi

Nice chat, a combination of knowledgeable enthusiasm that I naturally find engrossing.......🙂

Added to my bucket list - dinner with you two guys!

As a vinyl returnee, last tt was an entry level Dual, Sony entry level receiver, Sony single cassette player, Bose 501's which I bought late 70's. Early eighties, just listened to FM and cassettes thru various means. Listening was purely casual from that point until now. Just bought DIY Audio ACA (from listening to your glowing review) and Klipsch r51m, Pro-ject elemental tt, Node 2i and lets see what happens! Love you & Herb's conversations and hearing about other affordable to me audio choices, thanks to you both!