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@tmhorsley

2 жыл бұрын

Hi audioman, Bless your mess! Nice to get a glimpse of your gear and great that there are still people who stay in a cosy livable home and not in another sterile, child unfriendly, and afraid to touch something place ;-)

@Gmacvids

2 жыл бұрын

can stuffed animals and dirty laundry work for room treatment..? asking for a friend - hehe

@stevep2448

2 жыл бұрын

Dear God, I need to sign up for your patreon to help fund your addiction. Or at least an extension to the house.

@jungtarcph

2 жыл бұрын

Where was the Akitika amp and preamp..... :) ....I ordered one, so don't say you changed your mind!

Dude, you’re wife is a freaking saint! Bless her for letting you have your toys all through the house! Lol

@Kevinschart

Жыл бұрын

I came here to write this exact statement lol. Hopefully his channel generates enough revenue to take her on a nice vacation or two...Currently ordering some stuff through his affiliates links. That's my contribution to the "keep cheapaudioman married" fund.

@bobtowncarguy82

Жыл бұрын

This comment cracked me up, I was thinking the exact same thing. 🤣

@tokiomitohsaka7770

Жыл бұрын

I would have had an aneurism if this had been my house.

@raynsmith3635

11 ай бұрын

Also thinking the same thing😂

Your house makes me feel a lot better about not having a “perfect listening room”. Thank you for sharing with us Randy!

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Yahtzee_09

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to this! My main speakers are in the basement, right next to my daughter's dollhouse and Barbies. I can honestly say my daughter's friends dolls don't have as good a sound system as her. 😆

@michaelsenkowsky4172

Жыл бұрын

Same! Love the channel. Makes me feel like as a normal person I can have this hobby.

@zachreyf6435

Жыл бұрын

My listening area is an unfinished basement next to a trampoline and random toys haha. Can't wait to finish and hear how completely different the stereo sounds haha

I love how your rooms are grounded in reality; Family, stuff, kids and realistic limitations. I can now say I can trust and relate to your reviews more now than ever seeing the test environments.

I think one of the reasons you and your channel are so popular is that you're real and down-to-earth. I mean, how many people actually live in a perfect sound laboratory with top of the range interconnects and wall-to-wall-to-ceiling room treatment? Not many is my guess. Great video, Randy. Thanks for being just like us!

That rug really ties the room together.

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

that's what I thought

@yuckysamson

2 жыл бұрын

But let's cut to the chase: do you prefer the mac combo to the akitika? Where did those bad boys go.

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

@@yuckysamson they were tucked in my rack down stairs. I forgot to mention them. I think I can squeeze those back in upstairs again which I’ll do

@yuckysamson

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheapaudioman but do you have a preference, paco?

Dude, this is why I love your channel!! I have similar 'surroundings' at home, so it's so refreshing to see a reviewer show off a real life settings such as this. Not everyone can afford to have a dedicated listening space, so knowing how gear sounds when faced with these kind of environments is super helpful! Keep up the good work sir and rock on! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@johnnyvegas5681

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! That just keeping it real/don't givashite laid-back attitude is kinda his "shtick" and it works!

I have to say this has been the best video by far. First. I just love how your daughter has taken over the house. With small children they don’t have their own room…. the whole house becomes is their room 😂😂😂. Ahhh the memories. Thank you for letting us all know that there no such thing as a perfect room for audio listening. They all comes with their challenges. Awesome video. Kudos Randy and keep rocking out.

We all can't live like Andrew Robinson! 😄

Thanks for pulling back the curtain a bit, warts and all. Thanks for showing us that you don’t need perfection to still get good sound and that you really are the common man. Your place is representative of probably 90% of your subscribers including myself. Kids stuff everywhere and lived in spaces. Perfect. Makes me appreciate your channel and opinion all that much more.

Appreciate the reality check, man. A good reminder that none of us lives in a “perfect,” “ideal,” or even “permanent” listening space. And for those of us who also have young kids running amok, so good to see that they are part of our listening spaces too! Thanks for this.

I can’t imagine the effort and energy it takes to keep small kids away from all of Dad’s cool gear. Who cries more?

@katyhall5142

2 жыл бұрын

The reason why mine can't grow nor can I really move from my kitchen. My kids are both too young to understand don't mess with mommy's hobbies lol

@mark17840

2 жыл бұрын

this guy has very good eguipment i have also good eguipment in my home .

Wow! Real man with a real house and real life. This is why I love your channel! Other channels are good, but yours make me feeling that it is possible to have an audio system and not need a multi million architect designed house. Thanks Randy!! And keep going with yours wonderful videos. Unfortunately here in Brazil we do not have access to all stuff you test, but it is ok. Thanks again

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@alexandredeoliveirapenna198

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheapaudioman you are welcome, I forgot to mention, seeing your video I feel like I'm my house, surrounded by toys on every inch huahua

@pyntzer

Жыл бұрын

I also live in Brazil and I have the same pain...

Cheapaudioman has more audio toys that the average audio store! A real audiophile with affordable quality components for us non 2%-ers! Love Randy's channel and already loving his wife for letting him mess the whole house with audio candy, without kicking him out! Let's grab a cup of coffee to cheer Randy on his terrific channel. Go bro!!!

Hi sir from here in the Uk , I think I would describe you as an eccentric which is not meant in a derogatory way far from it . I don’t think anyone on KZread is a comparison to your good self . The guided tour was indeed enlightening , with the mix of speakers ranging from the good the bad and definitely the indifferent . As to how much you fund this your self is a question that one or two have thrown into the mix . But I suspect a good deal of it is funded by you , which brings in the obvious truth that you genuinely are concerned for the person who has little in the way of resources . So from me my total admiration for your quest . Best wishes and kind and kind regards to you and your family 😀👍👍👍

as someone who's trying to practice minimalism and with no children, the toys everywhere and clutter almost made me faint, but that's just me. The honesty and laid back attitude is why I love your videos so much, definitely very interesting seeing your setups and showing us all your amazing gear.

@quicktoevil

Жыл бұрын

yep, I wanted to reach through my screen and start tidying up lol

Loved the tour of the listening rooms for the Cheapaudioman and how committed you are to helping people find great values in audio and still being a real person and good father. Love it.

Brilliant! Not all of us have a perfect music room, makes your tests much more credible!

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Sweet crib dude. Have to call in professional help for bookshelf speaker hoarding 😂

Kids cloths and and soft toys are excellent room treatment.

Damn Randy, loved this! With grown kids out of the house, I no longer step on Legos in the middle of the night, shower with rubber ducks and floating ships, nor do I encounter Happy Meal toys in every conceivable nook-and-cranny the entire house and every vehicle (hell, we just got all the Cheerios cleaned up from 20yrs ago when they were toddlers). No ... nowadays I deal with them not fully moving out, ie.. their cars still in our driveway, their boxes still stacked to the ceiling in multiple rooms, their rooms still in a holding pattern... And I wouldn't have it any other way... it's all to be cherished, and I love every minute. (One thing's certain, they had the finest A/V rig to watch Hannah Montana, and SpongeBob) Best vid ever Cheapo

Great video Randy! It takes courage to show off these areas knowing its not as pretty as the space Andrew Robinson shows us in his videos lol. (He kind of sets the bar for beautiful b-roll shots). This really leans into your demographic of everyday hi-fi, and I'm proud to support someone doing that for us!

This is why the channel has grown. Those are far-from-perfect rooms which represents the average home, including mine. The beauty is the absence of perfection in this video. No “treatments”. No uniform arrangement of anything. It’s a home, not a studio or a museum. That’s where the perfection is very evident in this video. This video made me proud to be here. But that’s just me. Well done Randy!

@backbonz

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@moonytheloony6516

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jason787 Not too many have a proper room. Even with a proper room, the opinion is still going to be subjective because people listen differently and have different sound preferences and music tastes. There is no perfect or near perfect scenario that will suit everyone’s listening perceptions when that source is a KZread Channel. It’s not possible. A viewer of such channels should be easily aware of that. The growth of this channel is very indicative that Randy hits far more than he ever misses. Though in my opinion, he hasn’t really missed, resulting in the fast growth of his channel, which has been very impressive. I think the majority of his viewers know that it’s their own ears, within their own environment, that will be the deciding factor regarding if a piece of kit is good or not. Thank goodness for 30-day return policies…😜

Wow you have alot of stuff. Your wife must be patient easy-going, understanding, and generally amazing to be ok with how your kids and your equipment have taken over. And cudos to you and your patience and understanding for trusting your kids around all the Cheapaudioman stuff.

Looking into getting me a setup sometime in the future. Your videos definitely help!

Thanks for sharing Randy - gives hope to people like us who want to experience the audiophile journey but at times are intimated by what we see/hear about rooms and room treatments and such

Thank you for giving us the grand tour!! Real listening environments like these are what all of us contend with, not tonka toys keeping glorious cables aloft on our floors and woodcraft bolted to our walls! Kids and toys are real life!!! Thank you for keeping it real!

I love everything feels and looks real, that's another good thing about you Randy. Excellent tour!

Awesome video Randy. Thank you for the awesome tour. I don't have kid's toys around my house much as my kids are much older, but with 4 cats and a small dog, there are toys throughout and cardboard boxes everywhere... both boxes from incoming Amazon and other online shopping and boxes for the cats to play in. Love seeing your reality. Thank you for sharing.

Loved your house / listening areas.... unlike many reviewers’ “areas” (which most area really just staged studios), yours is more authentic as the everyday enthusiasts’ places...It shows more of doing well with what you have vs. subtracting useable space to make for nice aesthetics, which is not what the average person wants to do, can do, or is willing to do. Thank You for being real, it’s very refreshing, inspiring, and motivational to us “norms”... Much Love, Many Blessings, and Much Success!!!

Cheapaudioman is a pretty rich audioman. thanks for the tour.

Thanks for the nice walk around the Cheapaudioman's review rooms....I love all the vintage gear!

Thanks for the tour! I was beginning to feel self conscious about all my speakers & gear, but after seeing your place I realized I’ve got a ways to go! I can’t wait to show my wife it’s not just me! Thanks Randy for another entertaining video.

Wow thanks for taking us for a tour dude that was awesome. I can’t believe how much stuff you’ve got that’s crazy. Quite overwhelming but amazing.

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

Great video !! Haha! Brought me a lot of comfort to find out that..."I'm not the only one"...the collection...the messy-ness...the piles of stuff coming and going. Thank you. Love it Randy.

Huge respect. Audio the way most of us live. Your cred. with me was already there, but this confirmed it. My wife would totally kill me so kudos to yours.

Love the room treatments, Randy! 😆

This video sums up why I enjoy your approach to Audio. Kudos!

Love this video! Much more realistic settings than the exclusive audiophile type setup! You definitely like your bookshelf spkrs. Great collection! I have a few pairs myself but only a small fraction of you have collected.

Gotta say you have an awesome who puts up with all the equipment you have scattered around. And, by the way, you are my equipment hero. Wonderful tour and fun to see how the cheap audio man manages his chaos!

This is my favorite video from you, its real, and I love seeing peoples spaces and houses, as it gives a sense of their core identity, which it gives, as you are a family man devoted to his wife/kids and are supported by them in your business. The Sock in the planter is classic! I love it. My daughter has socks in odd places as well, and she poked the tweeters in my dads old KEF we use as back channels. I would love to see a review of a speaker from your wife, as it would be interesting to hear her opinion on the sound, through music she listens to. Rock on!

Hi Randy. Love your vids but I don't usually comment. But I just had to say that it was heart-warming to be privvy to your personal world and home life. For me, it just adds an extra layer of detail and insight into your channel which I already find to be compelling viewing. Big thumbs up 👍

Thank you for sharing Randy. Speaker walls are awesome!!

Thanks for sharing your listening rooms! All of us really are a lot alike. Thank You for what you do!!!

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

thanks, G!

I cant believe you have that center channel just sitting on top of that receiver ! Love your work, and down to ground approach.

Thank you Randy, I was wondering what your setups looked like! Next video sponsor, "Sith Audio Hifi Doll Furniture" Barbie uses it to hold her tiny speakers when she is having a Dojo Cat dance party with her friends.

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

That would be cool!

Absolutely loved the tour Randy. There's more audio gear in your home than a few Super Walmarts ! Videos and soccer.. you're well focused, thanks!

Thank you for letting us in to home. I'm sure it's similar to 95%+ of us trying to get some good sound into our real lives

Thank you for sharing. Much appreciated. Thank you for your content and sense of humor.

Time for a garage sale...and I want to be there!

Awesome tour Randy! You continue to be our champion! Thanks for everything you do for our community brother!

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

What Up, G!

Brilliant! The honesty and reality of life...

What a humble tour! Nice balance of being a successful KZreadr and most importantly a family man. Keep it up! Nice to see your setup is what most us have and not a perfectly designed 250k listening room with TOTL equipment :)

Well Randy, i think you’re awesome…so by extension, so is your house. Thanks for a view into the real world. My boys are grown now so I don’t have the same surroundings, but i did! For sure i did. And i can honestly say i miss their little toys and little voices. Glad you make the effort through the obstacles!!

Thank you for letting us into your home. I just keep thinking how cool it must be that you got to evolve into being a hi fi reviewer. So cool. I love your videos brother.

That is the most beautiful use of a house for audio equipment and toys that I've ever seen! Same situation as me but you have way more equipment. Great video!

Nice collection of audio and speakers. Suddenly i feel so much better about my own collection and listening rooms lol

Makes me glad I focus on headphones! Thanks for the tour.

This was a fun video, thoroughly enjoyed seeing a little bit of behind the curtains. Time for a major shout out to Mrs Cheapaudioman though for supporting your interest in audio and the channel (and tolerating the mountains of audio equipment!).

I will show this to my better 3/4 to demonstrate that my hoarding of various equipment and media (8 tracks are coming back) could be worse. Or better. It's all perspective. There's some joy and satisfaction in being surrounded by one's interests. Synapses fire, connections are made. There is harmony is the noise of life. I enjoy seeing that when a guy has the desire to communicate and help others, you can make it happen. You don't have to wait until this or that happens, or life is perfect or free of distractions (e.g. rugrats). You are an inspiration. Also, let me know when you have a garage sale, and set aside the good stuff for me, alright?

Love those old Pioneers, the knobs and switches feel so nice. I have an old SA-506 from 1978/79, that has the same controls. 40+ years, still working great. Not the loudest but still enough for the neighbors 🤣

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Right on

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only 'non-minimalist' around!! 'Also encouraging that you don't feel obliged to 'treat' your room (perhaps the plants wave in time to the music and break up those standing waves and bass reflections)!

Love this tour of your house it makes me feel so much better about mine controlled chaos all the time keep up the good work you're awesome.

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love your Realistic collection Randy!

I just got mine SVS Prime bookshelf speakers and SB 100 Pro sub. I love it. What a sound and quality built piece of art. Thanks your reviews

Great to finally see a home that looks like the rest of us! Thanks for doing this.

You a better listening room dude. But nice you showed us how I’ll prepared you are. Love it.

Love the place randy. The kids things really hit home with me, wouldn't trade all the audio equipment in world for my family.

Thanks for putting this together. I really wish every reviewer would do the same. Context really helps - plus it’s cool to see that you have a real life with kids and competing priorities just like the rest of us. 👍

Thanks for the tour.

Thank you for sharing Randy. I am so envious!! Your wife is a saint! You are a blessed guy! As for your equipment: my first higher fidelity product was a Realistic Quadraphonic receiver from 1975. I got it brand new. Wish I still had it. Glad to see you are using the Denefrips Ares 2 with your McIntosh equipment. I'm using mine with my Conrad-Johnson and am quite pleased. I toy with the idea of upgrading to a Pontus 2 or higher but after seeing yours...maybe not. Super fun audiophile pad you have!!!!

Nice tour - really enjoying the channel.

Glad to see the Sony’s in there. Just picked them up yesterday due to your podcast. Really happy with them!

Thanks for doing this video - it helps to see the spaces, and I for one appreciate your approach to this. And I don't feel bad for having a "lived in" listening area.

Thank you for the look at your fantastic gears and speakers, Randy. It's very interesting. I although have a lot of speakers and amplifiers in my little listening room, the collection grows with the years, think that many of the audiophiles have the same problem, too many things but less space. But I really don't want miss the stuff that I have and I like it and need this for my hobby and to enjoy music. Great review 👍😁😉

Awesome behind the scenes tour! Seeing your real world settings makes me value your reviews even more. 👍

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Love the reflection of real life your home displays. Still looks to be a rather fancy home.

Really appreciate that vid Randy Unfortunately all my kids have flown the nest . Unless you build it, I don't think anyone has the perfect room, but most of the fun comes from moving stuff around, and picking the speaker or speakers to fit . Top class channel ...

Wow that was a cool video. Real listening rooms that most of us have… to me it gives your reviews street credit. Not that idea rooms don’t have there place just for a lot of us that’s not going happen. Keep up the awesome work and I want to thank your family for supporting your KZread adventure.

That helps tons in the understanding how ya do department. Cheers man 🍻

Hey Randy, you have a glorious despelote there! Thanks for sharing it, best wishes from Buenos Aires Argentina.

This is the video I’ve been waiting for all of my life! 😃 (Well, at least since I discovered Cheap Audio man. Haha!) I agree, regular folks looking for affordable speakers don’t have pristine environments - glad to see you’re reviewing them in the expected setup! 👍🏼

Randy, this was awesome. I was sitting here smiling and then when you pointed out the sock...I lost it.

Thanks Randy, that was fun. My kids are grown now. Brought me back. Love your channel man!! ❤❤❤

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for showing us your house! I appreciate that. 😉

Sooo cool to finally see your house! A tad bit unorganized, but a dream in many ways. Love it! Hope to have that space someday, but work (and wife+kids) keep us in an medium large apartment downtown for now. Several speakerwalls? Come on❤️🇸🇪!

Killer house 🖤 thanks for the tour!

Just got the same Realistic eq.. to pair with my Realistic receiver Ive had since late 80’s… I threw the eq out years ago during a move and had to replace it.. also picked up some NIB Minimus speakers to complete the system ! Love your reviews. Love the gear.

Audio electronics heaven! Randy has more toys than his children. To have good hearing, a patient wife,healthy children and all that equipment to listen to you are blessed!

Interesting to see how you do what you do- thanks for sharing.

Love the 'Realistic' view of the life & times of CheapAudioMan and family.

I liked your tour. Nice to see your house is as real as your channel. It is interesting that you seem to gravitate to smaller bookshelf type speakers. I used to have big speakers back when I started out and moved to smaller ADS, B&W, Yamaha, Klipsch and several others, each has its place and unique sound. I found the clarity was better and with quality components and computer designs they still had good bass. Of course subwoofers do help if you want to go even lower. I did get some Sony SSCS5 speakers for my daughter and am quite impressed for the price.

Thanks for the tour! I don't have any ideal listening areas anywhere in my house either, they're just not built with audio enthusiasts in mind. Just got to learn to make the best of what we have. Also, our house is a perpetual mess too, I have no idea how some people manage to keep theirs spotless.

This vid was awesome IMO Randy, I dig the "behind the scenes" content. Very cool sir.

yup, thats my house too - speakers, amps, music centers, turntables, tools in every conceivable location

Hilarious as always, Randy. Nice place you got there. If I'm honest I prefer to see the healthy signs of family life going on..... Makes a change from Darko's obsessive fussiness. 😂

@cheapaudioman

2 жыл бұрын

If I could live like him I would. I have a lot more peace when things are clean and organized. I just have to choose whether I organize and clean or make a video and go to soccer practice. I have to make those decisions and soccer practice and videos take precedent

@Jon-nz3dm

2 жыл бұрын

I'm also happy to see this. Much preferred to Darko's $5000 cables with batteries attached to the cables LOL.

@daviddavis5149

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate and learn from both Darko’s and Randy’s channels. Envious of both John’s spartan organization (easier without kids) and Randy’s amazing audio clutter.

Yup, The real life of us… My music room doesn’t need sound treatment with boxes of albums, chairs that nobody wanted, speakers here and there etc. Sound has all the Defractions it needs… if I took everything out it’ll sound like the Grand Canyon …! 🤓

Very cool. We don’t live in a perfect world. Well done. Thanks!

acoustically treated fake plants. Only 2500 ea. Love that you didn't clean the house and make it all nice. Youre a real man and highly respect that. Somewhat appreciate your wife as well, how does she manage to put up with that without tearing off your head/keeping you alive.

So this is what it takes to have one of the most prolific audio gear review channels on KZread; a helluva lot of space and a very understanding wife/family. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. My listening space is also too close to the wall on the left channel, it is what it is. Doesn't mean I won't have a hi-fi setup just because I don't have a perfect room.