I bought a KICK-ASS HI-FI SYSTEM for €1000 (without hearing any of it first)

👉🏻 This video was funded by Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 🎥 Camera: Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 🛋 My listening room in 2022: https://darko.audio/darkos-listening-room-2022/ 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video - and other videos - can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 Intro 0:55 Loudspeakers 2:47 Amplifier 4:48 DAC 7:17 Total cost 9:44 How to buy 'blind' (as I did)? 🎛 Hardware seen in this video... DALI Spektor 2: 🛒 (US) https://amzn.to/388qsEW 🛒 (DE) https://amzn.to/3wj4uam 🛒 (UK) https://amzn.to/3P9LZ0G Rotel A11 Tribute: 🛒 (US) https://amzn.to/3P8j2BW 🛒 (DE) https://amzn.to/38dTfrB 🛒 (UK) https://amzn.to/3P8cfbG Topping E30: 🛒 (US) https://amzn.to/3KVcO5p 🛒 (DE) https://amzn.to/3FoiMKK 🛒 (UK) https://amzn.to/37qHTjv AudioQuest speaker cable: 🛒 (US) https://amzn.to/3ymY9wU 🛒 (DE) https://amzn.to/3Fr4SaO 🛒 (UK) https://amzn.to/3soeLAH Samsung Frame 2022 55": 🛒 (US) https://amzn.to/3FrziJR 🛒 (DE) https://amzn.to/3vVvOMR 🛒 (UK) https://amzn.to/3w2KMkh Atacama speaker stands: https://darko.audio/2018/12/stand-in-the-place-where-you-live/ 🎬 Previous videos in this series... A short film about a kick-ass €1000 hi-fi system (in 2021): https://darko.audio/2021/07/a-short-film-about-a-e1000-kick-ass-hi-fi-system/ A short film about the Wharfedale Diamond 12.1: https://darko.audio/2020/11/a-short-film-about-the-wharfedale-diamond-12-1/ Your first hifi system: https://darko.audio/2021/06/a-short-film-about-setting-up-your-first-hi-fi-system/ 👂🏻 Podcast episodes mentioned in this video... Podcast #34 – Buying used gear: https://darko.audio/2022/04/podcast-34-buying-used-gear-mission-roon-totem/ Podcast #25: For hi-fi beginners ONLY: https://darko.audio/2021/08/podcast-25-for-hi-fi-beginners-only/ Podcast #26: More beginner hi-fi talk: https://darko.audio/2021/09/podcast-26-more-beginner-hi-fi-talk/ 📼 Also... Rotel A11 Tribute & Ken Ishiwata: https://youtu.be/Cf6n6o9NKn4 With thanks to Hifi im Hinterhof: https://www.hifi-im-hinterhof.de/ #rotel #dali #hifi __________________________________________________________________ ⏰ HOW OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS GET MADE: https://darko.audio/2021/10/how-our-youtube-videos-get-made/ Darko.Audio FAQ: https://darko.audio/faq/ Why are/were comments turned OFF? https://darko.audio/2020/10/why-im-switching-off-youtube-comments/ What the bloody hell am I talking about? https://youtu.be/MBzHB9877fg How is Darko.Audio funded? https://darko.audio/funding/ Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links. __________________________________________________________________ DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A PODCAST? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darko-audio/id1368388920 https://open.spotify.com/show/1mnKixperZd4zmJWCvEbNl https://soundcloud.com/johnhdarko __________________________________________________________________ Darko.Audio is a web magazine covering new and exciting developments in the audio world and we aren’t afraid of indie rock or techno. Web: https://Darko.Audio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkoaudio/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Darkodotaudio