The Occasional Podcast
Episodes
Heinz Lichtenegger Of Pro-Ject
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Heinz Lichtenegger of Pro-Ject, an high fidelity audio company internationally known for turntables, electronics and speakers. Started ...
Buying A Turntable (And Records!): Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everything you ever wanted to know about buying a turntable, records, and getting started with high fidelity analog playback. Interview with Jonathan ...
Marantz And An Interview With The Directors Of The Documentary Vinyl Nation
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with the president of Marantz & Classe Joel Sietsema and Senior Director of Technical Category Management Emmanuel Millot. Very special bonu...
Two-Way Speaker Design: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know - Plus - The Best Of 2020 So Far!
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Mats Andersen of QLN Audio. Episode 6 explores two-way speaker design in depth with Mats Andersen, designer and owner of QLN Audio and ...
High Fidelity Digital Audio: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everything you ever wanted to know about digital audio. In episode 5 of season 4, we explore the great digital landscape with Alex Brinkman of Auralic...
Jeremy Bryan From MBL
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Jeremy Bryan of MBL North America. MBL offers some of the most exotic speaker designs on the market. More than merely a driver in a ...
What is the Loudness War? Who is Winning?
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Loudness Wars. Special guest mastering engineer Dave McNair and Grover Neville help explain the Loudness Wars. How did we get here? Where are we g...
Rob Watts Of Chord Electronics
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with digital designer Rob Watts of Chord Electronics fame. Rob Watts has seen much success in hifi designing under the British brand Chor...
What Is Mastering? What Happens When An Album Is Remastered?
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A beginner's guide to understanding mastering and a buyer's guide to remastered albums. In this episode we explore the acoustic art of Mastering. What...
Nelson Pass Of Pass Labs & First Watt - Part 2
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Nelson Pass of Pass Labs Part 2. In part two of our series with Nelson Pass we talk about design philosophy and the history of his "oth...
Nelson Pass Of Pass Labs & First Watt - Part 1
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Nelson Pass of Pass Labs. In our season closer, we walk down the history of one of audio's most prolific amplifier designers Nelson Pas...
Florida Audio Expo 2020 Highlights
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recap and highlights from FLAX 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Brian Hunter is joined by PartTimeAudiophile contributors Marc Phillips and Dave McNair with al...
Sonus Faber And CES 2020 Highlights
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Sonus Faber President and CEO Jeff Poggi and Brand Manager William Kline. This episode also features all the latest in hifi news includ...
ZMF Headphones And TOP's Favorite Things For 2019
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zach and Bevin Mehrbach from ZMF Headphones get interviewed. Also 2019 year-end roundup of the "best of" audio products according to Bryan and Brian. ...
Damon Von Schweikert and Leif Swanson From Von Schweikert Audio Plus Headphone Reviews
08 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Extended interview with Von Schweikert Audio's Leif Swanson and Damon Von Schweikert. S3E7 kicks off with a full rundown of the new LCD-1 headphone by...
A Beginner's Guide To Reel To Reel Audio Playback
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to get into reel to reel audio, interview with Greg Beron of United Home Audio. Every wonder what it takes to listen to music on your home stereo ...
Capital Audiofest 2019 Highlights
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Recap and highlights from Capital Audiofest 2019 located in DC. ParttimeAudiophile editor Scot Hull is joined by staff writers Marc Phillips and Eric ...
David Solomon & Dan Mackta From Qobuz Plus An Audiophile's Guide To Wireless Audio
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with David Solomon and Dan Mackta, the US Qobuz team. This episode also features a bonus introduction: an audiophile's guide to wireless aud...
Jeff Joseph And Abbey Road Super Deluxe Review
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An in-depth interview with Jeff Joseph of Joseph Audio plus a full rundown and review of the new Beatle's Abbey Road Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition....
Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2019 Highlights
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2019. Brian Hunter and PartTimeAudiophile founder Scot Hull break down all the good, bad and crispy from the ...
Dan D'Agostino
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile In our Season 3 opener, legendary amplifier designer Dan D'Agostino discusses his extensive history with high-end audio starting ...
T.H.E. Show Interview & Munich 2019 Highlights
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Recap and highlights from the High End Audio Show in Munich, Germany. Special interview with T.H.E. Show's organizers Maurice Jun...
AXPONA 2019 Highlights
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Recap and highlights from AXPONA 2019. PartTimeAudiophile founder Scot Hull pops in to talk about what is quickly becoming the "M...
Dave And Carol Clark From Positive Feedback Return!
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Dave and Carol Clark From Positive Feedback Return… this time with more Carol! We catch up with the co-owners of Positive Feedb...
Allen Perkins of Spiral Groove
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Allen Perkins of Spiral Groove Turntables. Allen dives into his history with one of audio's most nostalgic playback devices. Desi...
Christopher Hildebrand of Fern and Roby
09 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Christopher Hildebrand of Fern And Roby. Christopher drops some knowledge with a behind-the-scenes look at his manufacturing proc...
Bill Dudleston of Legacy Audio
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Bill Dudleston of Legacy Audio. Bill provides an in-depth look into both technical and theoretical perspectives of audio. Followe...
CES 2019 Highlights
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Recap and highlights from Las Vegas CES 2019. An audiophile perspective on the changing landscape of the Consumer Electronics Sho...
Mat Weisfeld of VPI Industries
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Mat Weisfeld of VPI Industries. Mat sits down with us to chat about his family legacy at the famed audiophile turntable company, ...
Garth Powell of AudioQuest
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Garth Powell of AudioQuest. Garth sits down to elaborate on his move from wine country to Orange County, talk noise isolation in ...
Vinnie Rossi
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Vinnie Rossi of Red Wine Audio and Vinnie Rossi Audio. Vinnie talks all things "double e", his take on audiophile forums and why ...
Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2018
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2018 recap and highlights. Co-Host Scot Hull and the rest of the PartTimeAudiophile team throw in their ...
Gayle Sanders of Eikon and MartinLogan
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Gayle Sanders of MartinLogan and now Eikon Audio. Gayle walks us through his long history with hi-fi audio, working with electr...
TOP Season 1.75: THE SHOW 2018
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile T.H.E. Show in Irvine 2018 Recap and Highlights. Brian and Bryan tell all about their experience at Southern California's only au...
TOP Season 1.5: AXPONA 2018 Highlights
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile AXPONA 2018 Recap and Highlights. Co-Host Bryan Beasley reminisces about his first big audio show, what its like crossing paths w...
Sandy Gross of GoldenEar Technology
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Sandy Gross of Polk Audio, Definitive Audio and Golden Ear Technology. Sandy spins his tale of building massively successful audi...
Dave and Carol Clark of Positive Feedback
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Dave and Carol Clark of Positive Feedback. Dave and Carol give us all the details on creating a print magazine, shifting to an on...
EveAnna Manley of Manley Laboratories
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile EveAnna Manley of Manley Labs. EveAnna gives us a tour of the factory in Chino, deliberates amplifier design and talks the finer ...
Vitaliy Belo
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Vitaliy Belo of 64 Audio. Vitaliy goes behind the mic to share with us his thoughts on earphone design, audiophile preferences an...
John DeVore
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile John DeVore of DeVORE FIDELITY. John walks us through his process for designing loudspeakers, the New York audio scene of the lat...
Jason Stoddard
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Schiit Audio co-founder Jason Stoddard. Jason conveys his thoughts on MQA, audiophile cables and what its like taking an audio co...
Andrew Jones
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Andrew Jones of ELAC, Pioneer, TAD and KEF. Andrew enlightens us about his long history with audio, designing speakers for a Japa...
World Of McIntosh – Paolo Tezzon & Livio Cucuzza
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Paolo and Livio walk us through the process of designing the new McIntosh XRT2.1k and Sonus Faber AIDA loudspeakers. Recorded at ...
Zev Feldman
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Zev Feldman of Resonance Records. Zev is a record hunter and the Indiana Jones of lost Jazz. He gives us the lowdown on digging ...
Andy Regan
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile NAMM prep and CMO of HiFiMAN, Andrew Regan. Andy talks touring with David Bowie, selling high-end in New York and the absence of ...
CES 2018
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Audio highlights from CES 2018 with co-host Bes Nievera. Bes is brand ambassador for Music Direct & on-air host of DCB Jazz at WD...
Sean Casey, Part 2
13 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Sean from Zu Audio talks about speaker design, running from the police in Ogden and attending audio shows. This podcast is the se...
Sean Casey, Part 1
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part-Time Audiophile Welcome to the first episode of the Occasional Podcast! Our maiden voyage kicks off with CES prep and part one of our two part in...