Michael Fremer's system

It is definitely for near field listening, almost like big headphones. And he certainly wanted his rig to be very sensitive to the smallest changes. He also had to pay for all that, and though he might've been able to afford better equipment he probably just didn't want to spend huge amounts, what he has is already very expensive, even with deep discounts. I remember reading his reviews of the Continuum Caliburn and Ypsilon phono stage and Ypsilon preamp. Unlike in other cases he was flying out of his pants, he was in awe when listening to those pieces. So he got two of them out of three. I would expect him to have all Ypsilon electronics, I don't know why he didn't do it.

It's interesting that at the beginning of the video he says it's nobody's business where all his money comes from. Yet he goes to great lengths of explaining what he owns, what he does not, and that he went to a bank to get loans to pay for equipment. If it's nobody's business, why does he explain how he acquired this stuff???

@mr. m.  It's called "put your money where your mouth is."  I see nothing wrong with what he said so I respectfully disagree with you. Fremer is very fortunate to have a system of that caliber.  

"why does he explain how he acquired this stuff??? "

Because he was explaining that he has that equipment because he likes it enough to pay for it, even if he has to get a loan to buy it, that he does not have it because the manufacturers gave it to him. Believe it or not, there are people who believe that high-end audio is a huge scam, a conspiracy in which audio reviewers conspire with greedy manufacturers to fleece unsuspecting audiophiles out of their hard earned money.