 Er zijn er nogal revies in de pipelijn, maar de equipment was late en de vragen die er gegaan zijn moesten er wat tijd voor te worden gehaald. Dus tijd voor dingen die ik al al voor een lange tijd zou willen zeggen op het subject van selecten nieuwe equipmenten. Buckle-up, want niet alle mensen willen appreciate wat er komt. Laten we beginnen met de situatie waar een volledig nieuw stereo is wilde. Aan dat muziek reproductie op een fair niveau of beter. Ik weet niets van de streamende plastic-speaker dat gebruikt van poor digital signal processing in de tentoende tot digital repair wat onrepairbaar is. Voor dezelfde geld, zeggen 1000 euro's, je kan een simpel maar goed geluid van een amp, een set van speakers en een digitale source. Maar zoals met alle dingen, spenden wat meer geld zullen buyen meer kwaliteit op het punt waar de waarde van de geld voor je uitgaat in de kwaliteit. Waar dat punt liever verschilt per persoon en vaak zal het schijven als de persoon meer voedsel krijgt en of meer geld maakt. Ik weet dat het niet veel helpt. Dus laten we jullie wat ideeën over hoeveel geld je kunt spenden sensabel op basis van de wereld die ik in leef. Zoals gezegd, een entier niveau stereo zoals mijn setup 3 kan worden gehad voor ongeveer 1000 euro's en op 5.000 euro's de groepen zijn erg gelukkig voor de meeste mensen wanneer de kwaliteit is goed bezocht. Aan dat niveau worden de verschillen minder gelukkig voor een brede publiek. Audio files, mensen die goede geluid vallen, kunnen hier de kwaliteit groepen ver op de 5.000 euro's. Maar dan een luisterende ervaring op dat niveau wordt ongeveer belangrijk. Zo zal er acoustiek, proper plaatsen en een setup zijn. In deze video wil ik de bredere publiek serveen. Laten we oefenen dat je een set van luidspeakers, een amplifier en een digitale source wilt willen. Dat source kan als cd-player, streamer of digital to analogue converter verbinden met een pc of laptop. Dan hoeveel zou je spenden op de individuele componenten? In deze 1000-5.000 euro range zou ik ongeveer 45% op de speakers 22.5% op de amp, 22.5% op de digitale source en 10% op de cabeling. Nu, wanneer de budget is in 1.000 euro's, te buyen een speaker voor 450 euro's per pair en een amp voor 225 euro's, zal het een beetje moeilijk zijn als je op proper plaatsen wilt steken. Maar de discount, omdat van sale, moet je daar helpen. Je moet ook een tweedehandig product consideren. Goede luidspeakers en amp's zullen graag performeren voor jaren. Wanneer 5.000 euro's je budget is, zullen 2.250 euro's voor de speakers en 1.100 euro's voor de amp en 1.100 euro's voor de digitale source. Dit is de prijsrange waar ik de dealer zou bezoeken en een geweldige geluid te vinden in combinatie. Een solution die nu heel populair is, is de Powered Streamers. Streamers met built-in amplifiers. Just add loudspeakers and you're set. They range from the Sonos amp on the low end to the Linselec DSM and beyond. As said, I would visit the dealer unless you're already sure what to buy based on information from friends or other reliable sources. Be careful with information from forums. Yes, there absolutely are forums with valuable information, but there are also almost sectarian forums that I would not use information from. Orientate yourself first. The web might be your friend if you pick your friends carefully. Decide on what's most important for you, design or sound. Visit review sites and start with local sites or sites that at least reside on your continent. Only when you have a budget of several thousands, sites from other continents might become interesting. Apart from local availability, local taste and tradition come into account. De Japanese in general like piano lacquer of French polish on both the loudspeakers and amplifiers. The Italians like Italian design with lots of polished metal. Scandinavians love products that have a natural look. And so on. Soundwise there might be differences too in taste, although that equalizes quickly now. The construction of houses also has its influence. Dry walls in American houses are more flexible than the brick-and-mortar or concrete houses found in many European countries. Since flexible walls absorb low frequencies, loudspeakers designed for American houses might have slightly boosted output at those frequencies to compensate for this. Houses fitted with large windows have more reflections at higher frequencies than houses with smaller windows. Smaller windows are often found in countries with very high and very low outside temperatures. We Dutch have a very mild climate and have relatively large windows and often don't even draw the curtains. Room sizes also differ in each culture. So there are many factors that differ from country to country and from continent to continent. Take that into account. Regardless of how you want to compose your stereo, start with choosing the loudspeakers if you can. Not only because they are the only components of a stereo that you can't hide and thus must be agreed upon by the Aesthetics Commission, but also because the properties of the loudspeakers define what amp would be best. See my videos, how many watts do I need and what about loudspeaker impedance. If you start with a given amp, for instance, if you want a powered streamer, then you have to choose the loudspeakers within the limitations of that amp. Luckily, the modern so-called class D amplifier modules you find in many modern products are capable of delivering enough current to drive a large collection of loudspeakers. En if you stick to the budget split-up of around 45% for the speakers, you won't easily go wrong with class D amps. When you have chosen the speakers and the amp, you have to decide on the source or sources. Many still use a CD player as a source and if you do, be careful buying a second hand one, unless you know what you do. The laser in CD players will die sooner than all other components en if you start off with a used one, it might die sooner than you like. And chances are it's beyond repair because of the cost or unavailability of parts. If you only pay a low price, you might risk it, though. If file-based audio is more your thing, you want a digital to analog converter to connect to your computer or, better, a network player or bridge. And if you do, there no longer is a need for a tuner sinds they all are able to receive a lot more radio stations over the internet. Want to use streaming services like Spotify, check out if the streamer of choice supports your favorite service. And if you do want CD quality, go for Kobuz or Tidal. Final might be on your list too. In that case, you need a record player and reserve a budget of at least the price of the amp. This is something to seriously overthink. You might go for the boutique shop, the box mover, the internet or the second hand market. The boutique shop will offer more support and service but that comes at a price. The box mover often won't offer the prestigious brands you find in the boutique shop and the knowledge of the personalities often not the consequence of the company policy. Good web shops might offer a proper return policy and thus a refurbished department where you can buy goods that were tried by others at a discount. But they won't help you with getting things functioning properly. Their alternative is taking it back. That doesn't help you to a good stereo but at least you get the money back. And the second hand websites might help you to a good product at an attractive price if you're careful and don't trust everything and everyone. In every human there is the instinct to try to be more clever than the rest. Handy marketeers know this and play on it. With digital to analog converters they clearly state the type of DAC chip used for that is also used in far more expensive products. All other components in their cheap converter are of low quality since there is no budget to buy battle ones. While the quality of the power supply, the clock crystal, the circuit board design en voor instance de digital input circuit together have more influence on the sound quality than the DAC chip alone. For amplifiers the term class D sells well since it stands for lots of powerful little money. We have ordered such an amp a couple of years ago and it proves my point quite well. I have told you already that I measure everything I review for as far as useful. Normally I don't show these measurements sinds they hardly ever say anything about the sound quality. Only when things are wrong it's good to know. Like with this little class D amp that cost less than 80 euros. There was a lot wrong with it. Even the simplest measurement, the frequency response at 1W in 8 ohms shows horror. Minus 12 dBs at 100 Hz and minus 18 dBs at 50 Hz. That's like lacking almost all low end. I look at 22 kHz at peaks at plus 8 dBs. I also saw a lot of high frequency pollution on the scope despite the fact that I used an s-booster 12V power supply for I had misplaced the original L-chipel switch mode power supply. And don't blame the Chinese. Every sane person could or rather should realize that cheap products perform cheaply. A lot of quality products now are made in the Far East. It's just that also products are offered that don't deliver the quality we are used to in the Western world for non-Western world money. The four sales channels mentioned are all fair propositions when you consider what they offer and accept the consequences. I often get questions that the seller should have answered but didn't. If they are general questions I love to give the answers for that is why you visit the channel. But individual problems are impossible to solve from a distance and to be honest I lack the time. It doesn't help then to send that question through my contact page or find the master email address for this channel. Those are moderated so I don't even see them. A measure I had to take to protect myself. Questions of general character are welcome in the comments section below the videos on my channel. Also moderated by the way irrelevant and impolite messages are deleted as are messages with product endorsement. I have to be strict here too for there are now commercial parties that try to use my channel to lure you to their site. And those are not always products I appreciate if you catch my drift. Again general questions are welcome and will be answered provided I know the answer and can find the time. And please feel free to ask for product reviews. If I find a good reason to do that review and get a review sample on loan, I certainly will. I don't want to be moralizing and if you want to make choices I consider to be ill advised, feel free to do so. I found it to be the most effective learning part and you might even be happy with the result. But just be aware of the choices you make and set your expectations accordingly. Sinds these videos watched in 165 countries I should also warn that consumer protection is not equal in all countries nor our wages. Perhaps for you a 1000 euro stereo is already high end in the monetary sense. I do realize that but since most viewers are in North Western Europe and North America, that was my reference. Next week I will try to get another review online and if you don't want to miss that subscribe to this channel or follow me on the social media so you know when new videos are out. If you like this video, give it a thumbs up. Many thanks to all that support the channel financially. 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