The Occasional Podcast

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Jazz, Vinyl & The Lost Art Of All-Analog Recording - Jacob Wendt Discusses His New AAA Album "The Gallery"

An Interview With Jazz Musician Jacob Wendt. What does an all-analog sound like in 2026? As part of our musician series The Beaside, The Occasional Podcast is joined by c

Nov 11
51 min

How Do You Listen? What Do You Listen For? Designers, Reviewers, Dealers and Musicians Respond!

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 El

Oct 29
49 min

What Is A Transient? What Is Pre-Ringing? Rob Watts Of Chord Returns!

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,

Oct 14
1 h 06 min

Jazz Musician Miki Yamanaka Discusses Her New Album Breathe

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 thoughtf

Oct 1
54 min

Raising The Floor With Jason Stoddard Of Schiit Audio

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 fi

Sep 16
1 h 13 min

Top 10 Best Party Speakers Plus Wharfedale Denton 1S Impressions

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

Jul 28
50 min

John Siau Of Benchmark Media Systems

An interview with Director Of Engineering of Benchmark Media Systems, John Siau. The brains behind much of Benchmark's gear in recent years can be credited to John. Betwe

Jul 13
52 min

Top 10 Best Speakers For 2026 - Cheapest To Most Expensive

Our picks for the top 10 best sounding speakers from 2026. Marc and Brian rundown their favorite loudspeakers from cheapest to most expensive. Fresh back from a run acros

Jun 25
31 min

HIGH END Vienna 2026 - HiFi Highlights and Best Of Show

Marc is back from his travels abroad and he returns with all the good news, highlights and best sound from the HIGH END Vienna show. Hosted for the first time at its new

Jun 11
38 min

Julie Mullins (Stereophile/Analog Planet)

An interview with Julie Mullins of Stereophile Magazine, Analog Planet and many more endeavors. This week we chat with Julie about her long history in audio (which includ

May 28
1 h 00 min

William Low From AudioQuest

A very special interview with Bill Low of AudioQuest. This week's episode is a much more cerebral experience, and one of our favorites to tackle. Joined by AudioQuest fou

May 14
1 h 04 min

Steve Guttenberg And Andrew Jones - Live Recording From AXPONA 2026

A huge show this week with both Steve "The Audiophiliac" Guttenberg and legendary speaker designer Andrew Jones. The Reviewer and the Designer was recorded live at AXPONA

Apr 29
48 min

AXPONA 2026 - HiFi Highlights And Best Of Show

Live from Chicago, IL - The cast and crew from PartTimeAudiophile's coverage of AXPONA 2026 weigh in. Held April 10-12 in the Schaumburg Convention Center, this episode r

Apr 17
56 min

An Interview With Jana Dagdagan (Jana Loves HiFi/Stereophile)

In this episode we sit down with Jana Dagdagan from the YouTube channel Jana Loves HiFi. Jana shares her story and gives us her unique perspective on the HiFi industry, h

Apr 6
49 min

Frank Doris Of Copper Magazine And The Absolute Sound

An interview with long time industry writer/editor/PR/guitarist Frank Doris. Frank is an audiophile enthusiast who has written for The Absolute Sound (back in the Harry P

Mar 26
1 h 21 min

Robert Harley Of The Absolute Sound Magazine

An interview with Robert Harley, Editor-In-Chief of The Absolute Sound. In the Season 14 premier, we enter our 2026 collection of conversations with none other than Rober

Mar 11
58 min

Florida Audio Expo 2026 - HiFi Highlights And Best Of Show

Marc and Brian take on pt.AUDIO's coverage of the Florida Audio Expo in Tampa, held February 20-22. This episode reports back on all the showroom highlights and the lates

Feb 26
39 min

The History And Continuing Legacy Of The Quad ESL 57 Loudspeaker

A full breakdown of the history and ongoing legacy of one of, if not THE most iconic and legendary speaker of all time, the Quad ESL 57 Electrostatic Loudspeaker. In this

Jan 28
24 min

Pro Audio Vs. HiFi - Why They May Be More Alike Than You Think - An Interview With Brad Lunde Of Lone Mountain Audio

An Interview With Brad Lunde, President of Lone Mountain Audio. This episode is packed with tons of amazing stories, tips, and advice - from both sides of the musical coi

Jan 15
1 h 17 min

An Interview With Teenage Speaker Designer Lucca Chesky and 2025 Product Of The Year Awards!

19-year-old Lucca Chesky already has few speaker designs under his belt. The LC1 and LC2 Bookshelves have been touring the HiFi audio show circuit and earning some well-d

Dec 23 2025
59 min

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What listeners say

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The October 13, 2021, interview with mastering engineer and Part Time Audiophile writer Dave McNair is the most eye-opening audiophile interview I've heard. To those who heard this interview, the 2022 MoFi revelations would not have been surprising. Despite being a mastering engineer who appreciates vinyl sound, McNair is open about the the compromises inherent to vinyl mastering, from de-essing (contributing to "warm" sound because high frequencies limited) to the RIAA curve. It's an education.

DCNYer · Oct 2022

I’ve listened to several of the podcasts and they’ve all been useful and worthwhile. But the podcast about how records are made gobsmacked me with so much reveal and info I would never have known or suspected. Probably because I’m new to this audiophile shtick. In the first 5 minutes of the pod, I learned that most records are made from digital masters or maybe even not that!😱🤯😤😩🤬 Hold on, you just blew away my preconceived bias pro vinyl and anti digital. That’s harsh, but true! I love it. I have to face up to the fact that I need to know MORE. The only way to do it is to listen to more OP pods, check in on the OP website and PTA services. Thank you so much OP peeps for bringing light where there was darkness!

kshkval · Dec 2021

I accidentally stumbled upon this podcast, and I'm happy to find it. If you're an audiophile like myself, you'll enjoy the interviews with audio industry leaders. Now I have a new podcast to listen to while I'm on the treadmill. Great job, guys!

kfrazier1000 · Jan 2018

Solid podcast giving great updates for audiophiles. It's a nice change of pace to listen to audiophile news as opposed to reading it!

Minor.mist · Jan 2018

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