The Occasional Podcast

Interviews with Scot Hull and Grover Neville of pt.AUDIO, Randolph Johnson of AudioVisionSF (brick-and-mortar dealer), Jazz Musician Jacob Wendt and Rob Watts of Chord Electronics. In this episode, we shoot to the core of the audiophile hobby: How Do We Listen? What Do We Listen For? We walk through the review and/or critical listening process for each of these sacred professions. 
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If you are attending Capital Audiofest Nov 13-15 at The Hilton Rockville, please swing by the Wilson Room and see this show's sponsor, Doug White and The Voice That Is. Doug will showcasing the new Tidal Piano Classic loudspeakers and the Helmut-Thiele IWD01 Turntable in its North American debut.

An interview with Rob Watts of Chord Electronics. Rob drops by the studio to help educate, inform, and explain some of the finer points of digital audio. In this episode, we discuss ladder DACs, the tenure of the CD and upcoming products from Chord Electronics. In an effort to recreate the most natural and organic sounds, Rob focuses on leading-edge transients to help form the most natural signal to the ear. He provides a little history, technical detail, and his unique take on the art of the digital signal. A fantastic, entertaining listen for anyone interested in some new learnings and observations about this complex, but vitally important aspect of the audiophile hobby. 
We are now on Patreon! Please support the show directly on Patreon for extra bits, behind-the-scenes and direct contact with The Occasional Podcast's creators. TOP supporters on Patreon also have the opportunity to download the show before it goes public to the rest of humanity.
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S15E3 Sponsors:
JMF-AUDIOdotCOM - Instruments For The Music
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WHARFEDALEUSAdotCOM - The New Elysian R Series

An interview with Miki Yamanaka. As an accomplished jazz musician and pianist, Miki joins the show this week with her sparkling personality, some great humor and thoughtful insights into how artists think about sound, listening, recording and performing. We further explore some of the unique value of Jazz, Vinyl and even Japanese influences across both HiFi and the music scene. Her new album titled Breathe is a excellent specimen of both top-tier performance and sonic pleasantries. A real season highlight. Special thanks to co-host Bryan Beasley - don't forget to check out his new film Crossroads Of America: Oklahoma's Route 66.
Miki Yamanaka:
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We are now on Patreon! Please support the show directly on Patreon for extra bits, behind-the-scenes and direct contact with The Occasional Podcast's creators. TOP supporters on Patreon also have the opportunity to download the show before it goes public to the rest of humanity.
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S15E2 Sponsors:
PTdotAUDIO - Great Sounds Meet Good Times
SCHIITAUDOdotCOM - Audio Components Designed & Built in Texas, Starting At $49
AUDIOVISIONSFdotCOM - San Francisco Oct 17th-18th In-Store HiFi Show
WHARFEDALEUSAdotCOM - The New Elysian R Series

An interview with Jason Stoddard of Schiit Audio. A long time friend of the show, Jason returns once again to chat about keeping things real on the entry-level of high fidelity. We talk about how Jason finds direction for raising expectations at the "floor" of HiFi, rather than continually adding dollars to the price to push the ceiling even higher. We dabble in his latest updates for the Schiit Audio brand, weather another CD player is in the mix, and if robots will every take over the Texas warehouse. A great listen for anyone interested in what is going on in the budget arena of gear, both headphones and two-channel speakers. 
We are now on Patreon! Please support the show directly on Patreon for extra bits, behind-the-scenes and direct contact with The Occasional Podcast's creators. TOP supporters on Patreon also have the opportunity to download the show before it goes public to the rest of humanity.
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S15E1 Sponsors:
PTdotAUDIO - Great Sounds Meet Good Times
JMF-AUDIOdotCOM - Instruments For The Music
AUDIOVISIONSFdotCOM - San Francisco Oct 17th-18th In-Store HiFi Show
WHARFEDALEUSAdotCOM - The New Elysian R Series

A verbal get-together with John Klima of the Post And Beam podcast. In this episode we run down the top 10 best party speakers as recommended by the pt.AUDIO staff. John co-hosts the show and gives us his impressions of the brand new Wharfedale Denton 1S bookshelf speakers. What speakers are known for getting the party to rock? What transducers will impress most at your next wine and cheese party? All this and a pre-review of the latest from Wharfedale in the Denton line. Bonus: Are cassettes having a comeback?
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