The Occasional Podcast 公开
[search 0]
更多
Download the App!
show episodes
 
Join us in an audio-centric exploration of high fidelity listening. Gear talk, recommendations, interviews and plenty of interesting insights into high-end and personal audio, manufacturing and the people that make up the pastime. Our discussions primarily focus on music, music production, HiFi, audiophile speakers, headphones, amplifiers, turntables (record players), tubes, CD players, digital streaming, DAC and other digital sources.
  continue reading
 
Not on This Occasion is Hosted by Knoll & Delaney. F1 is the fastest and most well-known motorsport around the world. Recently it has captured the attention of the young motorsports market settled in the USA, and it has absolutely dominated the motorsports headlines! Here at Not on This Occasion, we aim to give a unique opinion on the news and drama surrounding the F1 Calendar. It isn’t always classy, and it isn’t always elegant, but here at NOTO, it is always the true thoughts and opinions ...
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Our 2025 Buyer's Guide For Audiophiles. Marc and Brian go over some of the best and brightest audio products reviewed and heard for the upcoming year. Broken out into several HiFi categories, the buyer's guide provides some insight into the season's best audiophile products along with some general banter and tips for the hobby. See the full guide i…
  continue reading
 
An interview with pt.AUDIO Editor-At-Large (Asia) Richard Mak. Richard joins the show to give us the lowdown on the relatively untapped media markets for areas like Signapore, Japan, China, HongKong and the rest of the Asian. US media for high fidelity gear rarely makes it over to these audio shows, so it was great to have Richard on to tell us abo…
  continue reading
 
Coverage and impressions from Captial Audiofest 2024. Marc, Brian, Grover, Graig and Marc S. broadcast live from the DC event for audiophiles. Full impressions, observations on trends and best of show awards. What rooms sounded like perfection? What new products really impressed? All the new details all a ton of new products get realeased at this E…
  continue reading
 
Interview With Schiit Audio Founder Jason Stoddard. Jason joins the show this week to talk about all the new changes with this budget HiFi brand fenom Schiitt Audio. Starting as a headphone amplifier and DAC company, Jason is futher exanding his wallet friendly offerings into the two channel speaker market with the introduction of three new product…
  continue reading
 
The first installment in our series of vintage gear. Justin Weber of ampsandsound joins the show to give his list of favorite vintage amplifiers. Where does one start with vintage HiFi? Which McIntosh amp model fetches the highest price? He also helps identify which amps are worth buying, easiest to repair, and which ones you might want to avoid al…
  continue reading
 
The best audio products of the year so far, and all the HiFi Highlights and Best Of Show from Pacific Audiofest in Seattle, WA. PT.Audio Editor-In-Chief Marc Phillips rejoins the show straight off the plane from PAF 2024. He gives us the big download on all the best products we have for 2024 so far, and all of his nominations for best of show from …
  continue reading
 
Tips and tricks to getting the most out of your vinyl and turntable playback. Dr. Vinyl himself joins the show with updates and suggestions for keeping your alanog playback working its best. Alighment, tubes, warmup and a top list of all the things to look out as you begin your audiophile journey with records and beyond. Dr. Vinyl Website: https://…
  continue reading
 
The top 3 audio myths are addressed in this episode. What are some of the most common misconceptions that audiophiles encounter when dealing with the hobby at large? Are there any pieces of "advice" that keep newcomers out of HiFi when first starting out? We tackle the issues with the help of our friends at SVS this week. Special bonus, full (and I…
  continue reading
 
An interview with Michael Lavorgna of TwitteringMachines.com. Michael has a long history as a HiFi writer. His credentials include Stereophile magazine and Audiostream.com - the latter of which he ran for several years before Stereophile shuttered the site along with the personal audio site InnerFidelity. Michael is one of the predominant voices in…
  continue reading
 
Marc Phillips returns from the HIGHEND audio show in Munich Germany. Filled with tons of impressions, product announcements and best sound of the show for 2024, Marc recaps his trip abroad with some of his personal takeaways from the biggest high fidelity event on the planet. Check out our amazing Bronze Record Weight merch here: PTA Store S10E6 Sp…
  continue reading
 
An interview with Andrew Jones of MoFi Electronics. Andrew joins the show once again, this time to discuss the new Sourcepoint 888 floorstanding loudspeaker. Recorded live at AXPONA 2024 in Chicago, we sit down with one of HiFi's most prolific speaker designers to discuss the habits of audiophiles, the Harman Curve, the value of speaker measurments…
  continue reading
 
Live from Chicago, IL - The cast and crew from PartTimeAudiophile's coverage of AXPONA 2024 weigh in. Held April 12-14 in the Schaumburg Convention Center, this episode reports back on all the showroom highlights and the latest hifi product releases from the largest high fidelity audio event in North America. Best of show, standout gear and plenty …
  continue reading
 
An interview with Michal Jurewicz of Mytek. The founder and designer of Mytek joins the show with a whole host of information on the latest in digital audio, Class-D and GaN updates. The latest in Class D amplification usually involves GaN technologies, and Michal has his own design and spin on the latest option for power that isn't the hot Class A…
  continue reading
 
An interview with the founder of Audio Note UK, Peter Qvortrup. Peter shares some of his history and plenty of the audio know-how that he has collected over his very extensive tenure working in HiFi. He brings a fairly unique perspective to some of high end's more well-trodden talking points and offers up his two cents on speaker placement, damping…
  continue reading
 
Our season 10 premiere features the cast and crew from PartTimeAudiophile's coverage of the Florida Audio Expo in Tampa, held February 16-18. This episode reports back on all the showroom highlights and the latest hifi product releases from the Q1 event. Best of show, standout gear and plenty of weekend observations. S10E1 Sponsors: PURISTAUDIODESI…
  continue reading
 
Our 2024 Buyer's Guide For Audiophiles. Marc and Brian go over some of the best and brightest audio products reviewed and heard for the upcoming year. Broken out into 12 categories, the buyer's guide provides some insight into the season's best audiophile products along with some general hifi banter and tips for the hobby. See the full guide in wri…
  continue reading
 
Coverage and impressions from Captial Audiofest 2023. Marc, Brian, Grover and Graig broadcast live from the DC event for audiophiles. Full impressions, observations on trends and best of show awards. What is the current state of Class D and GaN updates! Are children welcome at audio shows? Also, a list of best practices for any first time show goer…
  continue reading
 
Interview with John DeVore of DeVORE FIDELITY. John joins the show to talk about all things audio and more. This huge and diverse interview covers speaker topics like material resonances, hard dome tweeters, sensory perception, the myth of the skinny speaker and more. It explains why a solid wood speaker cabinets is rarely used and inspires the hos…
  continue reading
 
An Occasional Podcast Halloween special. The series of events that unfolded at a HiFi retail store in Ogden, UT in 1974 would forever change the small town. One of the most brazen and brutal crimes to ever unfold in the HiFi market is the subject of this SE podcast episode. Warning: This episode contains descriptions of graphic and disturbing conte…
  continue reading
 
We deliver a tell-all for everything hot coming out in headphones for the 2023 holiday season. PartTimeAudiophile.com Editor-In-Chief Marc Phillips joins the show to give all the juicy HiFi updates to his immediate trip abroad (he literally jumped on a plane after we recorded this). We discuss all the latest headphone news with on-site interviews f…
  continue reading
 
Max Verstappen has returned, we were all wondering if Red Bull's struggles from Singapore would continue, and they did not... That's ok though, because this week F1 was in JAPAN, one of our favorite spots on the F1 world tour! This episode starts off a bit differently as Knoll reads part of an F1 fanfiction that he wrote, will Delaney enjoy it and …
  continue reading
 
Check us out! Apologies for the delay on this one, there has been some sickness going around and it got us both. It’s finally time to talk about the Singapore Grand Prix, and with that, the end of the Red Bull consecutive win streak. For the first time since Austria last year, Ferrari are on the top step of the podium! Red Bull didn’t just lose thi…
  continue reading
 
Check Us Out! Anita Driver's Amazon! Lauren Asher! Today is a very special day for Not On This Occasion, because today is the day we finally dive into Formula 1 Fanfiction! Knoll & Delaney will be jumping into "Overtake My Heart" the Daniel Ricciardo fanfiction by Anita Driver, as well as her other "children's" books: "Stop Drop and Stroll" and "Ch…
  continue reading
 
Interview with Andrew Jones of MoFi Electronics (KEF/ELAC/Pioneer fame) discussing crossovers in speaker design. Andrew Jones is one of our favorite people to have on the show because he: 1. knows things 2. shares that knowledge in an articluate manner 3. has a British accent that just makes things sound cool. Crossovers can be a complicated subjec…
  continue reading
 
Watch our new Youtube Video! The Italian Grand Prix is always one of the best races during the season, and this year was no exception. We had intense battles, near death experiences, and the return of the fantastic Alex "Chad" Albon. We all wondered if the "Monza Curse" was set to return this race, but alas, Red Bull and the Nico Rosberg curse were…
  continue reading
 
Just like that, summer break is over, and Knoll & Delaney are back to discuss THE ABSOLUTLY CRAZY AND INTENSE DUTCH GRAND PRIXXX!! With 186 overtakes to boot, this year's trip to Zandvoort has provided us one of the most action packs and thrilling races of the season. Oh yes, we also had the insane and unexpected continuation of the Daniel Ricciard…
  continue reading
 
Follow us for more! Today is an episode that we have been planning on doing for a long time, we've hinted at it in previous episodes, dating back to the beginning of this podcast. Today we are looking at the current landscape of the Women in motorsports, and the efforts by FOM and F1 management to create spaces for young women drivers to develop th…
  continue reading
 
Follow for More! It's time to wrap of the first half of the F1 season, today we will be discussing the Belgium Grand Prix from the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps! Belgium has been a controversial stop on the F1 circus for the past few seasons, it is no doubt a classic circuit, but it is also a very dangerous and tricky track to get right. This time o…
  continue reading
 
Follow Us!! After a slight break/delay, Not On This Occasion is back for Attempt #30! Today is the Hungarian Grand Prix Episode, as per usual the biggest F1 news dropped a day after we recorded, so we weren't able to talk about the BIG Daniel Ricciardo news... until now!So today we are talking EXCLUSIVELY about Daniel Ricciardo, Nyck De Vries, and …
  continue reading
 
Loading …

快速参考指南