One of the more epic resume’s in digital hi-fi belongs to designer Gordon Rankin. Along with helping to develop asynchronous USB, his list of contributions read like an audiophile’s menu of success stories. From AudioQuest’s Dragonfly to Wavele

AudioStream Podcast No.11 With Scott Barry Of Computer Audio Design

Oct 23rd, 2019 43m 12s

High-end digital audio maker Computer Audio Design is based in the UK, but its founder Scott Barry is an American. Honing his design chops in England, CAD has more recently focused their sights on the US and other countries to expand the reach

AudioStream Podcast No.10 With Joe Parvey Of Wolf Audio

Oct 5th, 2019 34m 51s

Wolf Audio Systems is a relatively new company on the digital audio scene, but has already produced some early successes with their lineup of high fidelity audio servers. Joe Parvey joins the AudioStream podcast in this episode to go over the c

Audiophiles I Know – The Zach Cowie Interview

Aug 15th, 2019 45m 41s

Zach Cowie: Emmy-nominated music supervisor, former record label man and band manager, DJ, slow-music entrepreneur and audiophile with bonafides. I traveled to Los Angeles in June for work and was able to connect with Cowie in person to not onl

AudioStream Podcast No.9 With Vince Galbo Of MSB

Jul 6th, 2019 45m 15s

MSB Technology is a high end, high-performance audio company. Manager Vince Galbo sits down with us to discuss all the refined details of digital reconstruction along with his take on speaker placement, managing a listening room and the audio s

AudioStream Podcast No.8 With Ted Smith of PS Audio

May 8th, 2019 49m 52s

Which digital connection delivers the best sonic rewards? Is USB inherently flawed as an audiophile socket? Can an Ethernet cord make a difference in sound quality? Ted Smith of PS Audio tackles some of high fidelity’s biggest digital questions

AudioStream Podcast No.7 With Peter Madnick of ELAC

Mar 27th, 2019 56m 15s

Peter Madnick’s history with digital audio reaches back to some of the earliest incarnations of the external DAC. Along with extensive experience designing everything from amplifiers to turntables, his prolific handiwork has been behind many of

AudioStream Podcast No. 6 With Rob Darling of Roon Labs

Feb 27th, 2019 49m 30s

Rob Darling has made his way from the production end of music all the way to the heavyweight audiophile streaming-software company Roon. His time in the studio helped hone his digital skillset which he now wields as a rich tapestry along with a

AudioStream Podcast No. 5 With EJ Sarmento of Wyred4Sound

Jan 29th, 2019 37m 26s

EJ Sarmento has been steering the Wyred4Sound ship since the beginning, but his history designing audio products goes back much further than that. His line of direct-to-consumer digital products have provided a steady stream of options for audi

AudioStream Podcast No. 4 with Al Schmitt – Part 2

Dec 19th, 2018 56m 41s

Producer and studio engineer Al Schmitt’s deep connection with music spans almost the entire breadth of modern music as we know it. From producing acts like Jefferson Airplane to engineering feats with Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and Diana Kr

AudioStream Podcast No.3 With Al Schmitt – Part One

Nov 28th, 2018 42m 21s

AudioStream Podcast No.2 with Nuno Vitorino of Innuos

Nov 9th, 2018 38m 2s

Episode No. 2: Nuno Vitorino of Innuos sparks up a conversation with host Brian Hunter about the silicon-based neural pathways that help make up digital-audio music servers. The company’s new Statement product recently hit the market with somet

AudioStream Podcast No.1 with Bob Stuart of MQA

Oct 16th, 2018 1h 4m

Host Brian Hunter interviews AudioStream editor Rafe Arnott briefly and then dives deep with Bob Stuart – the man behind Meridian Audio and the father of the controversial codec MQA. Stuart discusses the benefits of end-to-end authentication st

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