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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…
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S2 EP028 World’s best HiFi brands – One on One interviews with the best of the best in HiFi.
We caught up with the names behind the biggest brands in HiFi. Six individual interviews with unique insight into processes behind iconic brands, new products, models and innovative concepts. Bowers & Wilkins chats about the processes behind creating this iconic brand including design and manufacturing. Marantz tells all on the newest Marantz products including the…
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S2 EP027 HiFi Myths Busted! 5 myths “blown up” with actual facts.
Chapter 1 Myth No. 1 FULL RECAPS!!!! A rant from a qualified audio/HiFi technician with 40+ years of experience. Chapter 2 Myth No. 2 LIQUID STYLUS CLEANERS WILL DAMAGE YOUR STYLUS! Ask AI or any “expert” online and they will perpetuate this myth as truth. Chapter 3 Myth No. 3 YOU CAN’T HEAR GOOD SOUND…
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S2 EP026 HiFi retail evolution. A unique perspective in HiFi past, present & future with Len Wallis Audio.
Episode 026 HiFi retail evolution. Len Wallis Audio was voted one of the Top 5 Audio stores in the World in 1990. Len Wallis himself has received many accolades for his service to the HiFi industry through retail and wholesale. Son, Tim Wallis adds a different perspective to the business and their collective knowledge and…