Man you're killin it Mike ! had a very good laugh thanks to your hilarious analogies and rants.

"Teleportation Tweak"!! Too muckin' futch. Thanks for the laugh. Still rollin' on the floor. GREAT VID!!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it !

Mike, this has been one of your best videos, I have laughed a lot with your stupid tweeks anecdotes, the teleported phone and the epic fuse

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Rock on Luis !

one of your best videos mikey. since 30 years i‘m in this highend game and you are right! at least what you can sum up in one video. and its seems you are a really funny guy!

"And if you take all those 500 dollarses..." Let me know when you take your stand-up on tour. Please.

Thanks Mikey, love your style and attitude for us to learn more and more!🙃🙃🙃

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

More to come!

I used rose quartz, but i find the sound softer or more feminine than when i used black granite. Polished marble has a much brighter tone though then unpolished but granite was much more engaging and detailed.. In fact, I found quartz or granite has a sweet spot when sanded to 600-800 grit.

@OCDHIFiGuy

4 ай бұрын

Interesting...

I appreciate the tripod stationary camera videos from this channel. I used to have to look away from the handheld videos because they'd make me dizzy. I like the content and now that the video is stable I really enjoy watching the videos without reservations.

what's your $1K dac recommend? what do you think about border control dacs? what do you think about the transparent powerbank?

Very good analyze. I would have placed the treatment of the room in number one !

I love your sense of humour bro, especially the dog part and your wife will divorce you 🤣🤣🤣

My favorite video of yours that first got my attention was when you added your I think two? Very thick gauge copper ground rods from you house to the outside using the also heavy gauge electrical conduit. +1 on the Puritan conditioner, great value. Bass traps, anyone can make home made ones with just a little imagination. Hopefully I will get a chance to check you out this summer, in Smyrna. PS: What is your favorite bourbon or whiskey? Hint, the more expensive the better...I don't even know if you partake or not in spirits?

If I get a Puritan PSM156, any benefit to install a dedicated line on top of it? tks for the great advices!

Rofl!! Preach on Mikey!! This is the Mikey I was waiting for!!!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the saddle Homey !

I always suspected you were a cyborg! LOL can’t wait to see the tribal body painting.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, Glow in the dark...

@eurekaakerue4649

2 жыл бұрын

*❌ Nope 👎 not unless they some hottie Females ‼️*

I love your speaker cables Mikey. Thank you

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pinto !

I think it was Needle Doctor that used to sell the Tice Clock. They also used to sell Zip ties that you put near the ends of your cables to improve sound.

Love this, Mike at Puritan audio is great, makes some great stuff including good electrical grounding gear and not over priced. I agree about cables , my personal opinion is the cables material is the most important , ooc silver with ptfe, always steps up the sound of the music , the quality of the components ie the dac, network bridge is the most important, awesome video 👍🏻👍🏻

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt

5 ай бұрын

What is ooc silver?

👍👍👍 say it Mike you are so right I will definitely buy them from you Mikey

One of the best «sum it all up» I have seen. I feel lucky to reached my personal endgame, and moved on to other hobbys. My rig is based on quality gear, and a dedicaded room… and I feel you on the «high blood preassure when reading hifi online/magazines». Yesterday, I saw pictures of someone unpack a pre/power set… owner was very happy… (200.000usd almost). Rig put up against to wall, in a small livingroom. Jezzzzz… Keep up the good work!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Shiiiiii.

So appreciate your truth!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sharon !

Also don’t forget if your put on your right shoe on first then the left it will change your sound system 😁.

I like you are definitely out of the box…., love it…. Keep up the audio rebel view

You were rollin’ today brother!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

BAM !

Mike - In reference to your speech on speaker cables, I recently replaced my 16 gauge CCA wire with Southwire (USA Made) 14 gauge CL3 pure copper speaker cables, and the improvement in sound was significant, in fact, outstanding - connected to my Sansui 5050 and Klipsch Heresy III's. I would be shocked if any other cable out there, at any price, would provide any audible improvement in sound quality. The 50 feet of cable cost me less than $20.00.

@officerfriendly134

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to this discussion?

@amimartian

2 жыл бұрын

Try PCOCC or PC Triple C and be blown away. Also, if you put something like Herbie's large gliders - you will also be blown away. The gliders are a fine product when it comes to price/effect ratio, for the ultimate experience I'd go with a Quartz filled board - one can DIY one of these...

A refreshing overview of what matters and what does not! Also I smile more watching your perforrnances that anything Saturday Night Live can come up with. :) ps> Not sure about the higher level MSB Dacs, but the base model MSB Dacs sound too warm and rounded to my ears, it's the dCS and Esoteric which are over analytical.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

High End MSB is like Data Analysis vs music listening .

Great video Mike. Reading about tweaks, cables, gear, etc. will drive a person crazy. There are endless options and glowing/exaggerated/fake reviews of most all of them. Lots of $$$ is wasted going down the tweak rabbit hole. It is best to buy something expensive/high quality to begin with and not end up spending more in the long run: buy once, cry once.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree man ..

@amimartian

2 жыл бұрын

After having used a lot of commercially produced tweaks from Acoustic Revive etc. I now make my own tweaks and believe me my $600 2Qute with ~$200 worth of tweaks puts to shame my Hugo TT2. Besides, you need good cables (including power) to hear the real piece of equipment you purchased, expensive or not.

@riccitone

2 жыл бұрын

@@amimartian That’s very good to know. Did you change any opamps? I’m considering opamp rolling (Sparkos discreet opamps) for my dac and amp.

@riccitone

2 жыл бұрын

Good general point, but tweaking on older/used equipment can be surprisingly effective and fun. I think there’s a middle ground to tweaking that can make a considerable difference when applied judiciously. But (ultimately) it’s about the music.

@flashhog01

2 жыл бұрын

@@riccitone 100% agree. The used market is a terrific place to pick up gear and if you find someone who knows what they’re doing, tweaks can really elevate the performance.

Mike, what's your knowledge & thoughts on Stromtank & EQUITECH Balanced power panels?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

No opinion currently. Not familiar.

tribal body painting! you're a very funny guy! ;-)

Poor chap….it makes him feel aggravated….really…..happy new year !

@OCDHIFiGuy

4 ай бұрын

You mistake passion for aggravation. HNY !!

You hit the nail on the head Mikey 👍

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

THX !

I'll second the rose quartz hack. Made my highs airier, mids warmer and bass fuller, deeper and tighter. Everything was cleaner and more well-defined.

Hey Mike, great stuff as always! Saw an idiot supposedly telling people how to buy hi-fi last week who said buy your speakers first, “because they make the biggest difference.” Jeez! I politely pointed out the same as you said, source first is the only way to go. Loved every tweak and I totally agree on the isolation point. I went to a hi-fi show where they were peddling spring load isolation feet for speakers. Unconvinced, but willing to be proven wrong, I put squidgy stuff under my floor standers an lo, the bass turned to mush. Spikes back on and normal service is restored. If I lived on your side of the pond I’d make a trip for sure. Good luck and stay well.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark !

@Revelator2025

Жыл бұрын

🤔

I only see 2 DACs up, are you going to update the other price brackets?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

YES

The only brand that had a tape spd controller as accurate as quartz on their tape machines was Studer/ Revox & Nagra. TEAC, Akai, Pioneer, Sony, etc. were all mickey mouse R2R decks.

I do belive that that tweak website was supposed to be satirical.

@OCDHIFiGuy

10 күн бұрын

Really ? I dont think so at all

Great KZread channel and please update your website

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Please expand on that .... Ive got 4 of them

One the best videos you've done? Pocket protector wearing nerds 😂! Love it and I agree,

Weed ( drops preferably) are the single best upgrade you can ever do to your system. Period

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. Organic Tweak...

@ianhayes7684

2 жыл бұрын

The Grateful Dead would suggest other tweaks as well.

@eurekaakerue4649

2 жыл бұрын

❌ Agreed ❌

@brankocernik8384

2 жыл бұрын

How True ! What it does to your hearing ???

@dougg1075

2 жыл бұрын

I’m serious haha

Hey man, any ETA on when the Maggie fuse replacement kits will be back in stock?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

They are made now I just need to package up the kits . Back for sale online in 5 days .

@crispincrunch2453

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Thanks, bruv. Been on the look out for those since the original Maggie optomise vid

Hey man i really appreciate your work. I would really get your support to setup my rig and buy everything off you but i'm based in Italy. I strongly recommend anyone in US to use your services. Hope to talk to u some day

I always heard JESUS was the answer for Tweeker's! Mikey you just confirmed it! Lol 🤣 Too Real!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Yessir !! Holy Water too...

I love this vid more than I love love.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. Rock on Slobotnik !

Henry Rollins Yo! Going to see The Dead Kennedys soon! Any opinion on the Weiss Dac? Just curious.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Nice call buddy !! Is Jello Singing ?? I have not had Weiss here yet, but Im back and forth with Daniel and Ill be checking it out shortly... stay tuned. Im checking out Meitner now...

No Mikey your covid hair get me aggravated!! 🤠😆👍 Is a beer considered a tweek? Well maybe a few??

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely... brain tweak...

I seen one channel who loves to talk about tweaks saying that it is important which way you put the fuse in lol wow.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Dude.... 12 step program.... right ? No way Im even trying that shit ...

Goes to wife side of the bathroom looks for space rocks to put on the rig : p

As a materials scientist by trade, hifi audio is both the most exciting and the most depressing industry. Some tweaks light my brain up and some make me lose faith in humanity 😂

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

Lol. I can relate 100%... agreed 👍

Will the Puritan not kill the dynamics with amplifaction?

@NosTubes58

2 жыл бұрын

No it doesn’t……., besides Chang Lightspeed, it’s the best of its kind I’ve owned.

I agree with Source being important. I have heard poor speakers sound really decent driven from a high quality source. I have heard great speakers sound horrible from poor quality source. Good information here, going to be getting in contact probably!

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

Please do Mark...

@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw

3 ай бұрын

Saturday on Jay's Audio Lab show from Next Audio I saw Borrensen Audio placing quartz rods on top of their amps for vibration control. LOL!

@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw

3 ай бұрын

The Teleportation Tweak was from Geoff Kait on Audiogon.

If your amps and sources are built properly, or have properly built high end active studio monitors, you don't need mains filtering. My room doesn't need the bass traps, the only thing I use is the wall where I'm seated against is treated with with different densities of memory foam. My room is only 3.5 by 4 metres, and I don't suffer bass boom, although I am using an appropriate sized rig for the size of my room, and I don't suffer from any room bass nodes. I have a laser machine that will melt that piece of quartz you were holding, 🤣. I've been at this audio game for well over 30 years as well.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Well, youve got a treated room then ! If you use monitors, I can imagine all is well in the bass department ! Kudos ! way to properly build your rig !

Spewage! Poop it out! Lube it up!..LOL Don''t know if the quartz will really influence anything, but some awesome points. Btw, for power filtering, you suggested something without a transformer, but the Puritan filter you mentioned actually has toroidal transformers. Did you mean something with a step-down circuit?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Jon, those are not transformers at all. They are inductors ! ;-)

The Tice Clock

Can you get me the Demon app for my phone, I don't need it, but I REALLY WANT IT!

Agree

Dyna fm3 nice my first tuner and a 70 and pas 3 cost 50 bucks.

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

There you go !

I have a vintage hifi system from the 70s and early 80s that cost like peanuts parts of it from a charity store that sound better than my 2012 $20,000 system. It is all hit and miss and subjective.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

The old systems were built with musical performance in mind. Then it became about profits. If you know what you are doing, its not hit and miss at all. And subjective to a very small degree... True good systems are not ambiguously good sounding they are clearly better than others ...

If people spent more money on their room treatments and less on tweeks would be money well spent in my opinion. I crinch we I see rooms with concreate walls tiled floors and large glass doors/windows and a $150K + sound system.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

True you are Ari !

Which transformer do you put the quartz on?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Try it on any of them... Try Magnets as well..

Coke and dagger so what are the names of the dacs you like?

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

Playback Designs, (High Level) Dangerous Music (Entry Level) .... both made in USA

TY! Mikey!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤mikey for kind............

👍🏾👌🏾👈🏾AND☕️

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much...

@JDG1971

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Thank you Mike for all your videos and especially for your honesty. We love honesty and High-end and we love you.

The new snake oil.

@OCDHIFiGuy

8 ай бұрын

Almost like fighting political foreign wars, Devil Dog. But nobody gets killed... and a lot less expensive... THE WORLD is Snake Oil... 🐍 and keeps getting worse. If ur a vet, thx for your service.

I see the Wadia X32! 👍

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

YES YOU DO !! Not selling it for anything ... Its a relic and still sounds killer !

@theoriginalcraig

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Damn right, it does!!!

That was like speed reading only listening on speed !!!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL.

@brankocernik8384

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Hey Mikey , if you have time have a look at Cube Audio Speakers , they are Polish ???

Vid starts at 12:45 😅👍

How about the Shun Mook Mpingo wood?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Panzerholz

@eugeneleroy15

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy Taikoaudio ?

Sup with dat hat homie 🤣

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I Likezdid it

Why no transformer it's the only way to totally decouple or isolate your plug from all the crap on the AC, which even with a dedicated circuit is still connected to every house in you neighborhood that on the same utility transformer. Guy two houses away turns on skill saw, that noise is still on your dedicated circuit, unless decoupled by a transformer. Which is what the transformer in you piece of equipment does.

Damn, you dont have an heart attack every day?? Agree to most of your Statements, you would surprise a lot of so called HighEnd Hifi retailers here in Germany :-) hifi industry is mostly epic fail!! I go to our German Hifi forum, where they help from a real life listening aspect and not take-the-most-expensive-brand-and-shutup ! Also many audio engineers here in Germany complain about the development in HiFi (yeahhh, we love complaining, you know;-)

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

BUT..... You have KRAFTWERK !!! It makes up for everything !!

Uhh, everything vibrates.

But don’t you have some weird looking big round brass looking thing in your system?

The best tweak for any system starts with an "E" and you dont know what "music" is until you have experienced it! lol

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Can I just put my hand on you ?

@freeradical431

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy HaHaHa

Whenever I step into snake oil level audio, your my guy for sure 😆..

@borisbobowski628

2 жыл бұрын

Thats science

You shouldn’t hide your awesome hair with a cap. It is a nice cap though

Oh my God I want the demon in my room🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👹👹👹👹👺👺👺👺👿👿👿 How much was that again?

Funny Mike but everything you said are real especially the source part. Your buddy Jay all he talks about are here most expensive amp and there speakers in the world not much source. One question though: what's your thought on streamer part? When people talks about 30k plus dac why no mentioning on streamers? We know a simple apple mini is not going to cut it? Thanks man!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Im getting to the bottom of the streamer thing. I currently dont trust that its of crucial importance.

@spvlinn9009

2 жыл бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy sure. I own Linn klimax DS player which is a integrated solution. I used to own their sort of entry level player like majik Ds. Massive difference possibly all due to the Dac not sure...

Yes. After everything above, tweaks last. High Fidelity Cables Q45T Nano contact enhancer on every metal connector and power prong is amongst the best "tweaks" I've ever heard. .

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

The company owner who disappeared because people were "after him" ?

@artyfhartie2269

2 жыл бұрын

My wife has a bloke to tweak my system when I am at work so I don't have to do it and just enjoy my music when I get home.

@eurekaakerue4649

2 жыл бұрын

❌ OCD HI-Fi Guy ❌ *just tell’um what you want is a rig that ((mimics)) a live performance too your Personal Ear👂* 👈😉❌ _don’t give a Shit 👋💩What others ears want ,((because this is the difference between Audiophile and People Pleaser_ ‼️ *if your Rig is liked by others then great 😎👍 but we do it for ourselves We’re Snobs on Audio for Our 👂 EARS 👂*

@eurekaakerue4649

2 жыл бұрын

OCD HI-Fi Guy *👈🤣 ((You B-bug’N))‼️*

@eurekaakerue4649

2 жыл бұрын

*❌Arty F Harty❌ ((She Cheating Dogg ✅🤣*

GIGO, it's a real thing? Lol. Plus, the lowest level signal is the easiest to screw up.

Upper limit for cables is $10,000?… what??? …. I used to make and sell RCA, XLR, and PC cables. You shouldn’t buy any cable that’s more than $ 150/ Meter. A bit higher for XLR. And mine were 18 AWG solid core silver, no shielding!

😆

24k on a a DAC is absolutely mental 😂 ..the way your preaching not to spend more than $24,000 on a DAC as if its useful advice that affects more than 0.00001% of people, like seriously, 99% of people don't even know what a DAC is! 😅

GET OUT OF HIFI SO WE CAN HANGOUT AND LISTEN TO MUSSSSSIIIC!🤘🤘🤘🤘

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

Yes and RIDE Motorcycles... ;-)

Skip the old guy rant. Start the video at 12:45

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

OK Boss

YET THERE IS NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THE PINK ROCK AND REAL BASEBALL (and that REDford move is just that an old movie)...WITH OR WITHOUT ITALIAN SIGNS, MIND YOU...Me ho capisco? Ciao.

Source first is the Linn moto for decades. Yet you never listen to their products.

@OCDHIFiGuy

9 ай бұрын

Nope. Not a Linn guy... so far anyways..

Malle Pietje.

@OCDHIFiGuy

7 ай бұрын

LOL

Sounds like you're screaming......lol

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Turn your volume down..

before upgrade anything. spend some time upgrade your ears.

The amount of BS in this video is unbelievable

@OCDHIFiGuy

Жыл бұрын

WINNING !!!