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The Hifi Podcast with Darren and Duncan — 97 episodes

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1

Philips Hue & Other Noisy Things | Bonny Light Horseman

2

The New Lost Dunlavy Episode | Blake Mills

3

Searching for the Highest Value | Mighty Poplar

4

The Beauty of FM | Fabiano do Nascimento

5

Room Treatment As We See It | Voces8

6

All About GaN FETs | Mitski

7

We're Back! New Season Format Announcement, Plus An Album

8

AXPONA, Ground Wires, Questions & An Interview With An Author

9

Duncan's Next Half-Day Speaker Project

10

Exploring The Ins and Outs of PCB Design

11

A Case For (And Against) the Integrated Amplifier

12

Remembering Bascom H. King

13

The Hardest and Easiest Instruments to Record

14

Tubes, Tubes, Tubes with Jordan Kamper

15

Lessons From Our DIY Speaker Journey

16

Speaker Specs Demystified with Chris Brunhaver

17

How To Use Ferrite Cores, And Other Audiophile Questions

18

What Motivates Us?

19

Talking Aurender & Streaming with Ari Margolis

20

Balanced Phono Inputs & More Questions

21

Listening In The Dark

22

What Is Bridge Tied Load, or BTL?

23

Live Versus Recorded Sound, And More Questions

24

Wacky Audio Stories

25

Misconceptions In Audio, Vol. 1

26

Why Do Some Components Invert Phase?

27

Op-Amp Rolling, And Other Questions

28

Preparing For The Worst

29

Perfecting The Party Zone, Part 2

30

Nearfield Versus Farfield Listening

31

Understanding the Gain-Bandwidth Product of Op-Amps

32

Tackling The Inbox & Tossing It Up

33

The Preamplifier As A System Spice

34

Talkin' Shop with Paul McGowan

35

Where to Start for the Beginner Audiophile

36

7 Rules For Evaluating Hifi Equipment

37

How To Maximize A Lower-Cost Audio System

38

Radio Frequency: The 800MHz Gorilla

39

Subjectivism Versus Objectivism In Audio

40

A Golden Age for the Budget Audiophile

41

Our Favorite DIY Tips & Tricks

42

What Is Intermodulation Distortion?

43

Well That Explains A Lot...

44

Shielding, Grounding, Draining and Isolation

45

RMAF, Nooooooo!!!

46

"There's No Free Lunch In Audio," with Chris Brunhaver

47

Should A Masterpiece Be Updated?

48

The Skinny On Harmonic Distortion

49

Resolution, The Double-Edged Sword

50

Listening, Part 2: How We Compare Gear

51

Audiophile Madness: Where Is The Line?

52

Ground Loops: The Devil's Moan

53

One Year On, And Still Going Strong

54

Focusing On The Sweet Spot

55

What's Your Favorite [Fill In The Blank]?

56

Picking The Perfect Listening Room

57

One Simple Trick To Know You're On The Right Path

58

Broken Glass, Missing Feet & Other Hazards Of Used Hifi

59

Chasing Holography / Why We Love Floating Images

60

Evolution Of Taste For The Audiophile

61

The Maddening Importance Of Recording Quality

62

When To Throw In The Towel On A Piece Of Hifi Gear

63

Noise, Round II: Amplification Devices

64

State Of The Speaker Art, With Chris Brunhaver

65

The Gear Lover Versus The Music Lover

66

Where Do Audiophiles Come From?

67

What Is Input & Output Impedance, And Why Should I Care?

68

Truth, Or Buffered Reality? What Audiophiles Want

69

Noise, The Audiophile's Bane

70

Future-Fi: What May Lie Ahead For Audio

71

Speakers Speakers Speakers Speakers With Chris Brunhaver

72

David Versus... A Slightly Bigger David: Small vs Large Audio Companies

73

Examining The Art Of Recording

74

How To Integrate A Subwoofer

75

Audio Show Nightmares And Triumphs

76

The Myth Of The Genre-Agnostic Hifi System

77

The Baffling Nature Of Burn-In, And Other Frustrations

78

Hifi On YouTube: Our Take

79

Ideal Audiophile Volume, And Other Questions

80

Why Does Good Vinyl Have The Magic?

81

Move Over, Sweet Spot: Perfecting The Party Zone

82

All You Ever Wanted To Know About Speakers - Part I

83

Audio Tweaks And Mods, Part 2

84

Trippy Tweaks, Maniacal Mods And The Fun Of Adjustments - Part 1

85

Nearfield & Stream: How To Master Desktop Audio

86

Mergers and Acquisitions In Hifi Audio

87

How And Where To Add Tubes To A Hifi System

88

5 Ways To Improve Your Listening Skills

89

Switch-Mode vs Linear: The Truth About Power Supplies

90

How To Talk To Your Non Audiophile Friends About Hifi

91

Ultra-Fi: What Is It, And Why?

92

DIY: Dreams, Dangers and the Magic of Making It Yourself

93

Top 5 Ways You Can Improve Your System

94

How To Enjoy Being An Audiophile / How To Be Critical

95

To Balance or Not To Balance? That Is The Question

96

Subwoofers and Why You Need One... Or Two

97

Single Ended Triodes and Full Range Driver Speakers