SourcePoint Wars - Episode II

Finally... Part 2 of the SourcePoint review has come. Watch as Adrian addresses the concerns and comments of other YouTubers!

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[MichaelDavitt]

Wishing everyone at Audio Excellence all the best for a profitable New Year ! Thanks for the great content

[pswitzeny]

Happy New Year to the whole AE team!! I love the candor in this video, especially as Adrian has actually been to factories in China.

[stephenscharf]

Adrian, if I may share some (hard-won) experience and insights: Don't worry about what others (in this case, Jay and Mikey), think. You guys know what you're doing, you're just as knowledgeable AND more experienced that these two YT'ers, so *who cares* what Jay and Mikey think? Seriously. Life's too short. Focus on what you guys do best, which is...providing QUALITY and VALUE for your customers. Cheers and Happy New Year!

[ora]

Thanks for this interview- very interesting and informative👍 Question: how would these speakers sound at low volumes? Would they retain sound characteristics if played quietly?

[JanPatrickLucas]

I admire the fact that you do deal with upper echelon products and are not audio snobs. Moreover, your approval of the speakers means more than the average person, based on what you can guage it against. For example, look at the Sonus Faber's behind Lewis and those are probably not very high end by your standards either lol! I know myself and in the future I will be pursuing a pair of these. I have to be cool for a while though as I've bought way too much gear. That's life with the audio sickness. It's all good though, better than having a drugs and booze addiction.

[tomehCanada]

So wha tis the customer feedback now? % for versus % against it's sound after hearing them?

[matta]

Love seeing you pump out all the content. Idea for a future vid would be best practices in room treatment and speaker placement and what products you use to address room challenges!

[revelry]

Do you suggest a great integrated to drive them? I am currently using a vintage Sansui 9090DB. But think it could be noisier and of course not as advanced as modern units. My sourcepoint 10 are great. I think the sourcepoint 10 will also really tell you how good the recording you are playing is. If the bass sounds meh. That’s probably because the recording doesn’t have the dynamics and frequencies in those ranges. I am an eq flat guy. But I suppose if you are feeling like you need more bass you can always tweak a few dB in those low ranges. Also the sourcepoint 10s benefit from a strong setup…and speaker placement (like any system). Toe in locations and image location are needed to be tweaked. Once that is done…turns out a ton of bass is seen…. I particularly like that the sourcepoint 10 have perfectly balanced bass. Not booming and certainly not overbearing. More natural sounding IMHO. Balanced sound is what you get with these, killer soundstage and closer to real reproduction of sound.

[Dano]

The Chinese worker says all is good…yeah like they would trash their employer, even if deserved, knowing they would be history faster than you could say Villip.

[shanestephenson]

All the best Adrian and the team at Audio Excellence for a wonderful 2023. From down here in Australia 🇦🇺 👍🙂🎧

[stevenbauer]

How would you compare the sound signature of the SourcePoint 10 vs. the Sonus Faber Lumina V?

[ryanclements]

If you have the $ what are you getting from SF Olympica Nova range that these don't provide?

[Smokej]

Happy New year guys. Keep up the good work!

[robvandendolder]

Thanks again for the entertainment and educational viewpoints. Well done guys. Have a great Christmas and New Year😎👍

[jonuiuc]

Mikey, I can understand his POV, he aslo had a bad experience being a distributor for some mainland chinese made products (specifically with the manufacturer's). Jay, his taste is very skewed to very high end and full range, and it feels like he's just trying to make YT content for his audience.

[jeffreypicciolo]

Excellent video -fair and balanced comments. Very well done!

[mikeday]

OCD Mikey goes off the deep-end at times, but he's interesting to watch and answers a lot of his viewers comments.

[davidnguyen]

Adrian, good point on the low bass response. It may sound as good as other speakers in the price range, but it will struggle in the market where there are other well known brands like Kilpsch Heritage Series, Sonus Faber, Focal, and Monitor Audio. Lastly, because they’re made in China even though designed by Andrew Jones, it doesn’t matter how how good they sound, people will stay away. The speaker market is unlike the smartphone market where there aren’t a lot of options.

[marks.]

It was always a pleasure shopping at AudioExcellence driving a four hour round trip never felt fatigued the only downer was Vilips sad personality why I aways ended up having to deal with that man when picking up a purchase I felt unwelcome every single time .

Look forward to my next visit to the store I’ll browse around a little longer.

[robertwang]

Correct, good factory workers are hard to keep. So wages, living conditions of dorms, work conditions and hrs of work, holidays, quality of the meals etc must be very competitive. In short, it has to be above average. Workers have a wide selection of factories to choose from, as there is a shortage ( too many factories, too few workers ). A worker can easily switch factories if they are not happy.