Peter Comeau is the brilliant mind behind brands known for the beauty of their sound. Peter reveals plans for a new secret Wharfedale high end project and we get the scoop on a new Castle loudspeaker in final testing.
Dropping secrets and very strong opinions on the importance of balance in loudspeaker design, the introduction of the term “musical” in HiFi, acoustics, audiophiles and Peter asks the question “Does HiFi have to be extravagantly priced to be taken seriously?”
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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THIS EPISODE
ON ACOUSTICS – “I’ve seen a lot of reviewers houses where they’ve got a lot of absorbency on the side walls of their room and again, it leads back to a very dead sounding experience. You want that reflection because it fills the sound out in your room and gives you a much bigger feeling of space.”
“We bring an economy of high performance to the market. It drives me crazy that people don’t take our brands seriously because they are not expensive”
ON AUDIOPHILES – “I see them come into the demonstration rooms that we have and they do what I call ‘the Audiophile Pose’,…. they are trying to seperate out what the bass is like, what the mid range is like, what the treble is like… and with my designs I put a lot of effort into making sure you can’t hear those things as three seperate parts.”
People mentioned on this episode –
Peter Comeau – IAG
Andrew Hutchison – Dellichord
Geoff Haynes – HeyNow HiFi
Ivor Tiefenbrun – Linn
Paul Klipsch – Klipschorn
Businesses mentioned on this episode –
International Audio Group – IAG
Dellichord
HiFi and Stereo
Linn
Stereonet Home Entertainment Expo
HeyNow HiFi
Scan-Speak
High End Munich 2025
VAF Research
Brands mentioned on this episode –
Wharfedale Elysian
Wharfedale Evo
Castle Windsor Earl
Castle Windsor Duke
Mission
Quad Audiolab Luxman Leak Castle 8Audio f.a.l
Linn Sondek LP12
Lowther
JBL
Klipsch
Directivity Index
Scan-Speak Elipticor
VAF Research i93 Loudspeaker
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