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Episode 111 This week, Jay Jay welcomes back his dear friend & collaborator of over 47 years, Dee Snider! Dee Snider, the iconic American singer, songwriter, radio personality, writer, and actor, has recently announced the release of his first novel, Frats. Frats is an honest, daring story that examines the pressures of toxic masculinity in…
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Episode 91 Fresh off the heels of AXPONA (and right on the precipice of Munich), Duncan talks about the details involved in planning a show appearance and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the show from a manufacturer’s perspective. Questions about capacitors, audio literature, gain balancing and more are answered, and this episode features not one,…
Episode 86 In this episode, Darren and Duncan reflect on their experiences with friend and mentor Bascom King, whose recent passing has taken a great mind from the HiFi community. Bascom was an audiophile engineering legend and responsible for many incredible amplification designs over a long career. Hear about how he inspired so many, and…
Episode 81 In this episode, hosts Darren and Duncan reach again into the questions inbox to answer listeners who have emailed in their audio curiosities. Roon compatibility with BluOS devices, how and where to use ferrite cores, eliminating RF from nearby 5G towers and other questions are answered. This week’s album recommendation features a rare…
Episode 76 Darren answers a question that has been in Duncan’s mind for a while: What does Bridge Tied Load or BTL mean as it relates to amplifier design? The guys answer a question about properly powering a big set of Dunlavy speakers from a listener who stumbled across a big pair for a great…
Episode 71 After the usual intro segments, this is another hefty episode of listener questions. Topics covered include finding speakers that jibe with a hyperacusis condition, locally served music files versus streamed, updates on Darren’s server experience, and more. In the middle of the podcast somewhere, hosts Darren and Duncan point folks who want to…
Episode 66 It’s beginning to look a lot like winter (finally), the chestnuts- er, questions are piling up, and the guys thought it would be fun to try to answer them all. In this episode, questions about capacitor burn-in, DIY projects, tube noise, outriggers and more are answered, and the album of the week is…
Episode 61 This week, a listener question once again prompts the podcast topic, and while the guys don’t exactly agree with the premise, its a great excuse to talk about the subject matter: How to optimize and get the best from a low-cost audio system. Questions about intermodulation and power round out the early segment,…
Episode 56 “Not all distortion is horrible” is a notion many come to observe at some point along the audiophile journey. Maybe that’s not the best way to put it. How about, “some distortions are less horrible than others”. In past episodes of The Hifi Podcast, Darren and Duncan have talked about complex versus simple…
Episode 51 When bringing a vintage piece back to its original glory, whether as a DIY project or with the help of a professional, you have to decide if the restoration is going to attempt to use vintage parts from the same era (if that’s even a possibility), or whether newer and better components should…
Episode 46 It begins with a flip of a switch, and often on the first power-up of a new component. What’s supposed to be one of the most fun parts of the experience descends quickly into horror when the dreaded HUMM comes through the speakers. Most of us have heard this horrible noise before, but…
Episode 41 In this episode of The Hifi Podcast, hosts Darren and Duncan talk about one simple trick that will help you know you’re on the right path when it comes to speaker setup and system integration. Following their advice, when you throw frequency response analysis out the window, literally, you’re left to focus on…
Episode 36 Hifi audio can be finicky. Quite a few things can get in the way of showing off the potential magic of a component, making the buying process a rather maddening endeavor. Whether it’s that the component isn’t burned in yet, or it needs cabling with different electrical qualities, or whether, once inserted into…
Episode 31 It’s a specification you see a lot when shopping for preamplifiers and amplifiers for a high end audio system: input and output impedance, expressed in the ohms. Watts are much more easy to understand relating to eventual experience, as well as frequency response bandwidth. But impedance If you’ve ever wondered what sonic effect…