Darko.Audio podcast

More info: https://www.finkteam.com/ PATREON: www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this episode: Wharfedale Diamond 12 Series: https://darko.audio/2020/09/overhauled-and-over-here-wharfedales-diamond-12-series/ Q Acoustics Concept 300: https://darko.audio/2019/05/the-look-of-love-part-2-q-acoustics-concept-300/ Mordaunt-Short: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordaunt-Short https://www.google.com/search?q=mordaunt-Short+3.10&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk01Lk50gsQazz5WiHt1xesz_ZS64tg:1604477911653&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA6uT_uejsAhWKNOwKHaoiDDgQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1553&bih=1089 Mission 760i: https://www.yaegeraudio.com/reviews/mission-760i/ EPOS Loudspeakers: https://www.epos-loudspeakers.com/ Denafrips Ares: https://www.denafrips.com/ares €9 doorstops: https://darko.audio/2018/12/doorstop-me-if-you-think-youve-heard-this-one-before/

With Twittering Machines' Michael Lavorgna. https://twitteringmachines.com/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this episode... Paul Klee's Twittering Machine: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/37347 Adam A3x: https://www.adam-audio.com/en/ax-series/a3x/ IsoAcoustics ISO130: https://isoacoustics.com/iso-130-isolation-stands/ IsoAcoustics Gaia II: https://isoacoustics.com/products/gaia-series/ 6moons: https://6moons.com/ In Living Stereo: https://inlivingstereo.com/ Carfrae Little Big Horns: http://www.creationaudio.com.au/Carfrae.html Cambridge Audio CXN (V2): https://youtu.be/N8bSQSFm56E Soundstage Hifi - More measurements? Here’s why: https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/opinion/1491-more-measurements-heres-why “What Diego doesn’t attempt to do with these measurements -- nor will he in future -- is correlate them with what was heard in the listening sessions for the product reviewed. Although some audio publications try to marry measurements with listening impressions, we don’t feel that’s the right thing to do -- it potentially gives readers bad information. As we’ve found out in the 25 years we’ve been publishing, although there’s broad consensus in the engineering and scientific communities about which measurements are valuable, how that measuring should be performed, and what good and bad measurement outcomes look like in terms of well-engineered, technically proficient products, there’s little consensus about how that translates to what we hear, especially when the differences in measured performance are minute. Therefore, we’d rather let the listening impressions and the measurements speak for themselves, directly to our readers, without trying to mix the two." Wavelength Audio Junior: https://twitteringmachines.com/in-barn-for-flashback-fi-wavelength-audio-junior-integrated-amplifier/ Klipsch KG-4: https://www.klipsch.com/products/kg-4 Audio Analogue Puccini: https://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/puccinie.html Sun Audio SV300 BE: https://www2.big.or.jp/~sunaudio/sv/sv300be_e.html

Head of KEF R&D, Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown talks us through how he and his team developed a broad/er band metamaterial absorber for use behind the tweeter in the newly announced KEF LS50 Meta and LS50 Wireless II standmount loudspeakers, what drove the development of the active model's new streaming platform and more... More info: https://international.kef.com/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko

The Buchardt Audio A500 active loudspeakers and their streaming hub have arrived for some Darko.Audio video treatment but before the that process begins in earnest, I sat down to talk with company CEO Mads Buchardt about his company's origins, the decision to sell direct to customers and the complexity/utility trade-off of digitally-active loudspeakers. More info: https://darko.audio/2020/01/buchardt-teases-a500-active-streaming-loudspeaker/ https://www.buchardtaudio.com/products/a500-white-bundle PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko

An audio engineer with a brain the size of a planet, Bruno Putzeys has designed Class D amplifier modules for Hypex, coded DSP for Kii Audio and Mola Mola and most recently has teamed up with Lars Risbo and Peter Lyngdorf to bring another Class D module - the Purifi Eigentakt - to market. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this podcast... Darko.Audio 2018 video interview with Bruno Putzeys: https://darko.audio/2018/05/playback-pioneers-2018-bruno-putzeys-kii-audio/ NAD Masters M33: https://darko.audio/2020/01/future-fi-at-ces-2020-the-nad-masters-m33/ Mola Mola Tambaqui: https://www.mola-mola.nl/tambaqui.php Hypex nCore: https://www.hypex.nl/p/technology/ncore Kii Three/BXT: https://www.kiiaudio.com/?lang=04 Is Too Much Amplifier Negative Feedback Bad? https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/amplifier-negative-feedback Purifi Audio: https://purifi-audio.com/

Improv. Comedy. Music. Beatboxing. A late late chat show with James Corden. Is there anything Reggie Watts can't do? But how does he *listen* to music? In this episode, we find out. About Reggie Watts: http://reggiewatts.com/#:~:text=CONTACT-,ABOUT,lines%20between%20music%20and%20comedy PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this podcast… Reggie Watts' Netflix special: https://www.netflix.com/title/80115673 Reggie Watts at TEDx Berlin: https://youtu.be/Y7IxzpB-UMM The The - Mind Bomb https://thequietus.com/articles/16952-the-the-mind-bomb-anniversary-review The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come https://www.allmusic.com/album/strangeways-here-we-come-mw0000193220 B&O Beolab 18: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/speakers/beolab-18 Rosson Audio - RAD-0: https://www.rossonaudiodesign.com/ AMC: http://hifi.amchome.com/ TDL: http://www.tdl-loudspeakers.co.uk/history.htm Nordost Blue Heaven: https://www.nordost.com/leif/blue-heaven.php Leland Leard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leland-leard-492a447/ Campfire Solaris: https://campfireaudio.com/shop/solaris-2020/ iFi IEMatch: https://ifi-audio.com/products/iematch/ Astell & Kern ULTIMA SP2000: https://us.astellnkern.com/products/a-ultima-sp2000 AudioQuest DragonFly Red / Cobalt: https://www.audioquest.com/dacs/dragonfly Line 6 DL4: https://www.thomann.de/gb/line6_dl4.htm Beardyman: https://www.youtube.com/user/beardyman Wajatta: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wajatta-dont-let-get-you-down/ Producer: Nick McCorriston | Music: Ben Pitt

The Nine Inch Nails guitarist and synth wizard joins us once again, this time to share his thoughts on three new IEMs from Campfire Audio. Preview video: https://youtu.be/jEWJvVU9irU Campfire Andromeda 2020: https://campfireaudio.com/shop/andromeda-2020/ Campfire Solaris 2020: https://campfireaudio.com/shop/solaris-2020/ Campfire Ara: https://campfireaudio.com/shop/ara/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko _____________________________________________________________________ Also mentioned in this podcast... Custom Art tips: https://thecustomart.com/ AudioQuest DragonFly Red: https://www.audioquest.com/dacs/dragonfly/dragonfly-red LG V40: https://www.lg.com/de/smartphones/lg-V40-ThinQ Sony WM-1A: https://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-wm1a Cayin N8: https://cayin.com/produkt/cayin-n8-hr-player/ Sonarworks: https://www.sonarworks.com/ Grandaddy - Last Place: https://www.discogs.com/Grandaddy-Last-Place/master/1143797 Grandaddy - Just Like The Fambly Cat: https://www.discogs.com/Grandaddy-Just-Like-The-Fambly-Cat/master/117205 Alessandro Cortini bandcamp: https://cortini.bandcamp.com/ Producer: Nick McCorriston | Music: Ben Pitt _____________________________________________________________________ Playlists… Alessandro Cortini: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sJ6bCwiqIRtOI9t5IW0LL?si=dYrgy_OATy2WCt27uFJD2Q https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/be341d79-ced6-462b-9c81-34f2aa41352b https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3410407 John Darko: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pMthTuCjsUMsX4DabYKjb?si=FyFhqZrISIeYHb8LkED_nw https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/029202bb-dab2-436f-bd29-2170c5ed76d8 https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3410482

John Tejada has been making electronic music for almost thirty years. In this episode of the Darko.Audio podcast, Tejada discusses how he got into making music, his creative process, his favourite playback hardware, his teaching work at CalArts and some of his favourite music. Photo: Holly Parker PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this episode... Orbital - Green Album: https://www.discogs.com/Orbital-Orbital/master/8932 John Tejada - Mesh Series 004 mix: https://soundcloud.com/meshmeshmeshmesh/john-tejada Psyance “Andromeda’s Dance”: https://www.beatport.com/track/andromedas-dance-original-mix/1226022 The Orb’s - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld: https://www.discogs.com/The-Orb-The-Orbs-Adventures-Beyond-The-Ultraworld/master/7119 Plaid w/ Björk - “Lilith”: https://youtu.be/pNA-l2Nb1ow Photek - The Hidden Camera: https://www.discogs.com/Photek-The-Hidden-Camera/master/65745 Art of Noise “Beatbox”: https://youtu.be/JSWhzsGY3hA Kraftwerk - Computer World: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/25051 Richard H. Kirk - Virtual State: https://warp.net/artists/91322-richard-h-kirk/info Etapp Kyle - Nolove: https://ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/nolove Forest Drive West - They Live EP: https://midgar-records.bandcamp.com/album/forest-drive-west-they-live-ep Neon Chambers - One: https://neonchambers.bandcamp.com/album/one Hard Wax store: https://hardwax.com/ Genelec 8351 The Ones: https://www.genelec.com/previous-models/8351a Reftone Cube: https://reftone.com/ Rosson Audio Design - RAD 0: https://www.rossonaudiodesign.com/ Stefan Betke (Scape Mastering): https://youtu.be/5d7O4uMx7YE Dan Clark Audio Aeon2: https://darko.audio/2019/11/a-short-film-about-the-dan-clark-audio-aeon-2/ Touched Music - Covert II EP: https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/covert-ii John Tejada presents Future Stars: https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/john-tejada-presents-future-stars Regis - In This Is The Light That You Miss: https://dns-regis.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-in-this-is-the-light-that-you-missed Campfire Audio - Solaris & Polaris: https://darko.audio/2020/01/a-short-film-about-campfire-audios-solaris-polaris-ii-andromeda/ Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald - Borderland: https://shop.tresorberlin.com/index.php/juan-atkins-moritz-von-oswald-borderland-tresor-262.html John Tejada Bandcamp: https://johntejada.bandcamp.com/ Producer: Nick McCorriston | Music: Ben Pitt

With PS Audio's Darren Myers. Music: Ben Pit Producer: Nick McCorriston PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this episode... Mandolin Orange - Tides of a Teardrop: https://mandolinorange.bandcamp.com/album/tides-of-a-teardrop The Avett Brothers: https://www.theavettbrothers.com/ Pro-Ject Xtension 10 Evolution: https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/xtension-10-evolution/ Ortofon Cadenza Black: https://www.ortofon.com/mc-cadenza-black-p-490 LCD Soundsystem - American Dream: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lcd-soundsystem-american-dream/ PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier: https://www.psaudio.com/products/stellar-phono-preamplifier/

With Primare's Terry Medalen. What brings us joy when pursuing a better listening experience and how is that joy sometimes tarnished by fear? More info: https://www.primare.net/ Music: Ben Pit Producer: Nick McCorriston PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko

Chris Whitten has a fascinating story: he's played drums for The Waterboys, Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Edie Brickell and Julian Cope but he's just released a melodic techno EP on Kirk Degiorgio's ART label under the name Circles & Ellipses. Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/11716309 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tv01E3QhVPE6MI45NpU9E?si=kXyzgnayS4-weOZWfk0vIQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswhittenmusic/ Music: Ben Pit

Musical excerpts from Alessandro Cortini’s PRE​-​AVANTI - Berghain - live 1​/​1​/​16: https://cortini.bandcamp.com/album/pre-avanti-berghain-live-1-1-16 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this podcast... Barefoot MM27 https://barefootsound.com/micromain27/ AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt https://www.audioquest.com/dacs/dragonfly/dragonfly-cobalt Chord Mojo https://chordelectronics.co.uk/product/mojo/ Astell & Kern SP1000 https://us.astellnkern.com/products/a-ultima-sp1000 Sony WM1A https://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-wm1a Campfire Audio Solaris https://campfireaudio.com/shop/solaris/ Campfire Audio Solaris SE https://campfireaudio.com/shop/solaris-special-edition/ Campfire Audio Andromeda https://campfireaudio.com/shop/andromeda/ Sonarworks https://www.sonarworks.com/ Qobuz https://www.qobuz.com/ ELAC https://www.elac.com/ Spacehall https://www.spacehall.de/ Campfire Audio Solstice https://campfireaudio.com/shop/solstice/ Grado RS-1 https://gradolabs.com/headphones/reference-series/item/6-rs1e HEDDphone https://www.hedd.audio/en/heddphone/ Aztec Camera - Knife https://www.discogs.com/Aztec-Camera-Knife/master/36430 Alessandro Cortini’s Bandcamp https://cortini.bandcamp.com/ Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I - IV https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV

With Markolf Heimann of ATR Audio Trade. (Recorded Friday 27th March)

With Jeff Dorgay of TONEAudio. In this episode... Furutech DeMag: https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/furutech-demag-lp-demagnetizer JBL L100 Classic: https://www.tonepublications.com/old-school/jbl-l-100-century-loudspeakers/ https://darko.audio/2019/09/retro-sound-with-jbls-l100-classic-loudspeaker/ Floyd Toole YouTube lecture: https://youtu.be/zrpUDuUtxPM Ben Salter - The Cat: https://bensaltermusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-cat-album Music: “Snake Oil” by Frook: https://open.spotify.com/track/7zJV2H5UIGz3RQhJ3dFNYE?si=YF3Wt-nGR0emyXvY5tBHuQ

With Stefan Dreischärf of Germany's High-End Society: organisers of the Munich High-End show whose 2020 edition was cancelled due to the Coronavirus. https://www.highendsociety.de/home.html