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S2 EP034 Misconceptions, preconceptions & misinformation. How to buy a HiFi system & 10 most important things to know about turntables.
David Corazza and Andrew Hutchison discuss the influence of media in your HiFi choices. Are you hearing the system or the opinion of others? In Part 2 they discuss the 10 (or 12 or so) things every turntable owner should know about this complex “simple” HiFi component. EP034 HiFi news reviews & views misconceptions &…
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Kostas Metaxas; podcasts, transcripts, images.
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring episodes with Kostas Metaxas from Metaxas & Sins. Why should HiFi be mundane, when imagination, creativity and an aura of playfulness can create visual as well as musical pleasure. Podcast transcripts below – Episode 033 TRANSCRIPT S2 EP033 Where sound & art collide. Sculptural, futuristic, fanciful and musical.…
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S2 EP033 Where sound & art collide. Sculptural, futuristic, fanciful and musical. Metaxas & Sins
“Only give life to an object which never existed before.” Kostas Metaxas designs luxury collections of high end HiFi. Every item in the collection is HiFi Art – totally and utterly different, organic and imaginative. “Otherwise they have no reason to exist”. He made a decision to create a “visual language”, to go out on…
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VAF Research: Podcasts, Transcripts, Images
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring episodes with VAF Research Founder, Philip Vafiadis and Product Developer, Nick Ataliotis. Australian designed, engineered and manufactured since 1978. Uncommon design philosophies create a big noise in HiFi. Past, present and future of VAF Research. Podcast transcripts below – Episode 032 TRANSCRIPT S2 EP032 In HiFi, uncommon design…
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S2 EP032 In HiFi, uncommon design principles lead to uncommon sound. 47 years of VAF Research.
“Then” there was a man with a fire to build loudspeakers. By creating uncommonly great sound and a high quality product, VAF kicked goal after goal in HiFi. “Now”, what do Parliament House in Canberra, The Adelaide Festival Centre, New York’s largest church and thousands upon thousands of HiFi lovers all have in common? VAF…
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Peter Comeau Podcasts Transcripts Images
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring podcast episodes Peter Comeau. Director of Acoustic Design for brands such as Wharfedale, Mission and Castle, Peter chats to Andrew Hutchison on Episode 031. We get a scoop on the newest Castle model in final testing and a secret Wharfedale high end project. Podcast transcripts below – Episode…
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S2 EP031 Peter Comeau. Designer of Wharfedale, Castle and Mission chats about design, acoustics and the beauty of musicality.
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…
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S2 EP030 HiFi innovation. Three unique & innovative concepts. Vinyl restoration technology & two outrageous speaker designs.
Three unique products using innovative technologies discuss details on the whys and hows of their designs. Product 1 is Secret Chord Analogue gives a tech talk on the science of record restoration covering static, diamond dust, groove build up and more. Product 2 is Vivid Audio. Don’t think that the imaginative aesthetic covers a lack…
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High End International HiFi Shows – Munich
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring podcast episodes from the High End HiFi Show – 2025 Munich. Full interview with HiFi celebrity, Laurence Dickie who goes deep into speaker engineering and design. Also The good, bad and ugly in brands and sound. High End still offers affordability for everyone and more. Podcast transcripts below…
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S2 EP029 Full Interview with Laurence Dickie and Voted good, bad & ugly – High End Munich 2025.
Laurence Dickie, designer of Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus and new Vivid Audio, goes deep into loudspeaker design and engineering and sets Andrew straight on some audio assumptions. Andrew gives his opinions on the brands and sound at High End Show at Munich 2025. Who had the worst sound? What is the best affordable system on…