Sounds Perfectly Right! BUCHARDT S400 MK II SPEAKER REVIEW

CORRECTION: I said the S400 Mk II was designed and made in Denmark, NO, it's designed in Denmark, but made in Indonesia.

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[GrotrianSeiler]

Excellent, Steve. One of the best features of your videos is your genuine enthusiasm without the need to shout, as many others do. You summon the nerd in me to really appreciate all the details you cover. Many thanks for these videos. Peace

[paulroberts]

On one of your videos you mentioned the 'Buena Vista Social Club', I listened to it first on the internet and then bought the cd, absolutely love it, can't stop listening to it, many thanks, Paul.

[janwillemkuilenburg]

Hi Steve, greetings from Rotterdam Netherlands. Thanks a million for all great content of last year and I wish you and mrs Audiophiliac a great 2022!

[marcus]

Thanks for another year of full on info and entertainment...
Happiness, health, prosperity and music throughout 2022 to all from London.

[mattholland]

I've been testing out a pair of S400 mkII for a few weeks now and Steve's description 100% mirrors my own. My own speakers are Meridian DSP5200.2 (~€10, 000RRP) and the Buchardts absolutely destroy them for midrange tonality, realism, soundstage layering and 3-dimensionality and most importantly, expressiveness and musicality. The S400 mkII is the type of speaker which reminds you that mid-range is absolutely everything. I also really like the technical back story to these, particularly the attention to matching woofer and tweeter directivity at the crossover point, and paying particular attention to maintaining accuracy of response off-axis. The fact that the bass is really deep, textured and quite fast is just a bonus. In my opinion these are a very special speaker.

[jameskroeger]

It was good to see you hi-lighting the importance of the crossover in this speaker. I really appreciate you showing us that photo of it and all the high quality parts that goes into that unit. I am sure the Buchardt engineers took a great deal of time in design to produce a speaker with such great sound. It’s also reassuring to know that when a company like Buchardt sells a speaker at this price point they provide a quality crossover that is inline with that cost. As a happy owner of a pair of Klipsch RP600M’s thanks in part to your glowing review of it and naming it “speaker if the year”. I have also watched GR Research’s review of the RP600M and his Criticism of the crossover design and quality of it’s components. I am to say the least, extremely skeptical of redesigning the 600m’s crossover as I am sure the Klipsch engineer’s we’re trying achieve a certain sound signature and to my my ears they were very successful in doing so. However, after seeing this Buchardt design I could definitely understand the potential benefit of upgrading the crossover components in the 600m’s. Realizing the Klipsch’s come in at a much lower price point than the Buchardt’s it’s kind of interesting to me to see how far up the ladder that change would take the 600M’s. As a DIYer I may in the future be making those upgrades. Thanks again for this review and all your great reviews!

[gilesdavis]

Hi Steve, thanks for all your insight and thoughts for another year. And thanks for showing my system for the viewers system of the day. ( made me jump up and punch the air with excitement).
Happy new year, Giles, English.

[bencarignan]

These speakers shall be hence forth know as the "Buck-Art-400."

[erics.]

Steve I thought you were more into bright lively dynamic speakers. Glad to hear you were able to appreciate a little of the dark side too with these.

[onylroque]

Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I love this channel.

[bobb.]

Everyone is lovin' this Buchardts!!! 😁

[Extremesam]

Sounds like a great speaker. I love Moroder' s music too. Good test music.

[aussie_philosopher]

Seen the video picture still of becks album, morning phase. That is definitely an audiophile recording, the first track with orchestra is the biggest boldest chamber ensemble ive ever heard.

[xapaga]

Greetings from Japan. I'm getting more interested in this pair of loudspeakers, thanks to you, though sadly the Japanese yen has been devalued against other hard currencies in the recent weeks.

[francisdelacruz]

Thanks for the video reviews. Happy Holidays.

[thirdkey]

I just received them, pair’d em with some Schiit & a 350W power amp from the early 90’s; streamed em with your Pink Floyd recommendation and some new vinyl and wow. These little beasts were worth the 2.5 month wait.

[asmundchristensen]

Hiya Steve.

I quite agree the BUCHARDT S400 MK II is a splendid speaker it sent my GET Triton 2+ reeling as to soundstage.
Took my system to my friends BUCH´s, serious stuff there(had a minor mishap sent the full boost through the speakers: 1000 w 4 Ohm, just for a few sec and yet they survived, incredible), given some help in the low freq they excelled with some of the best sounds in my experience), lent an ear to the Mk I when they arrived and weren't really impressed, but Mk II NICE, I have been tweaking ever since, my room is not perfect, but trying to get that letting go on the outside of the speakers, makes me long for my old Maggies(even doubt they would beat the Buch´s).

Tnx for a superb site.
All the best from Denmark.
Oz

[nyxsplitter]

Now I’m excited to get mine, pre ordered in oak.

[spda]

Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Audiophiliac 🎅 I have a pair of OG s400 paired with Buchardt own i150 Receiver, very happy customer

[FOH]

Looked as Mr Katz was gifted bespoke apparel from Mrs Audiophiliac ...
Either way, a killer image indeed!
Think of the total encyclopedic knowledge and experience of that duo, ... hmmm, certainly worthy of another long-form interview.

Happy New Year