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Cody Hiebert: Podcasts Transcripts Images
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring podcast episodes with Cody Hiebert, designer and manufacturer of Harbottle Audio high-end and luxury subwoofers. Subwoofers made with an unwavering attitude to quality of manufacture and sound. Sold direct, custom made and carbon fibre options, by an engineer “nerd and geek” who loves the science of audio. Podcast…
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S2 EP020 Subwoofers – Inside the “no compromise” design, attitude and engineering of Harbottle Audio.
Episode 20 is your subwoofer tech talk on steroids, with every aspect of subwoofer design touched on in detail. Cody Hiebert from Harbottle Audio accepts that he is a nerdy, geeky Audiophile who loves the scientific aspects of engineering and sound reproduction. He also has an unwavering and uncompromising attitude to quality combined with a…
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Kim Ryrie: Podcasts Transcripts Images
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring podcast episodes with Kim Ryrie, co-founder of the Fairlight Synthesizer. In Episode 019 and Part One of the Kim Ryrie story, Kim shares his personal history which is also the history of the Fairlight CMI. In Part Two coming soon, Kim gets excited about his new project DEQX…
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S2 EP019 Fairlight synthesizer – music making, two Australians and a barking dog.
The technology of the Fairlight synthesizer was a defining moment for music. Kim Ryrie and Peter Vogel’s initial idea was to build the ultimate synthesizer “The world’s best synthesizer” — a machine that could faithfully reproduce any sound. By incorporating the then cutting-edge microprocessor technology and leveraging the emerging power of digital memory, they envisioned…
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S1 EP018 2024 HiFi News Wrap Up
HiFi News wrap for 2024. VOTED best sound Stax SR-X9000 Headphones and Acapella Loudspeakers feature in the “blew me away” category. OVER AND UNDER-EXPOSED HIFI BRANDS – KEF, Monitor Audio, Wharfedale, T + A, WiiM are a few of many HiFi brands that we see over and over in reviews and news. What about all…
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S1 EP017 HiFi Cable Guru debunks cable myths with Matthew Bond
Delve into the intricacies of HiFi cable technology, construction, the impact of materials and the science behind high quality cables. The conversation takes a real turn into debunking cable myths including burn-in processes and poor sound from thick plastic cable coatings. Andrew Hutchison believes that cable lifters are the “stupidest” piece of HiFi bullsh**t” but…
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Mike Creek: Podcast Transcripts Images
Not An Audiophile – The Podcast featuring podcast episodes with Mike Creek from Creek Audio. Mike tells Andrew Hutchison the inside story about the inception and continued worldwide success of Creek Audio. Podcast transcripts below – Episode 016 TRANSCRIPTS1 EP016 Creek Audio: Mike Creek reveals the inside story Andrew Hutchison interviews Mike Creek, the man…
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S1 EP016 Creek Audio – Mike Creek tells the inside story of 40+ years of the renown UK amplifier brand.
In the world of high-fidelity audio, few names resonate as strongly as Creek Audio. The latest episode of our podcast takes you on an enthralling journey with Mike Creek, the visionary behind this iconic brand. From a modest start to becoming a household name, Mike shares the trials, triumphs, and serendipitous moments that shaped Creek…
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S1 EP015 – News in HiFi 2: Bose = McIntosh? Stupid HiFi tweaks; kooky audio ideas & HiFi regrets
The takeover of McIntosh Group by Bose – Andrew Hutchison and David Corazza can’t see how this controversial move will be good for HiFi. The “stupidest” modifications or tweaks inc fancy bi-wiring links – so many people will argue to the death that there is vast improvement in sound when you use these. Kooky audio…
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S1 EP014 HiFi Acoustics – Big improvements in HiFi sound from small changes.
Have you ever wanted to sell your speakers and try something else because they just don’t sound the way you thought they would? Maybe the something else you should try is acoustics. “The result was….”Oh, my God, Oh, my God, Oh, my God. What did you do!” What David Spargo from Praxis Acoustics did was…