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Not An Audiophile

Andrew Hutchison

Explore HiFi from behind the scenes featuring interviews with designers, engineers and experts discussing speakers, amps, turntables, cables and more. HiFi pros talk design, get technical, offer opinions, provide news, reviews, and insights. Bringing the best and brightest from brands and shows around the world.

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66 episodes

  1. Is HiFi Retail obsolete? AI HiFi salesmen, Chinese audio & the changing face of HiFi #66 1:04:01
  2. HiFi Show 2026 review - Best and Worst HiFi #65 1:11:37
  3. PMC Designer Peter Thomas: Real Sound, HiFi, Pro Audio & the Music We Hear #64 1:35:43
  4. HiFi Industry Unfiltered with SoundStage! Founder Doug Schneider #63 1:33:39
  5. Inside PS Audio with Paul McGowan: The Man Behind the brand #62 1:03:55
  6. Harbeth Audio bought a church. Behind the scenes of a quiet revolution #61 1:44:53
  7. Neutral Loudspeaker Design. Speakers with no sound of their own #60 1:26:45
  8. Build an ICEpower Class D Amp from scratch & take on Class A and tubes #59 49:38
  9. People Aren't Buying HiFi Anymore #58 1:26:34
  10. Is High End HiFi Worth It? Luxury Audio vs Real Sound Quality #57 1:37:44
  11. High End Vienna 2026 Exposed. Debating Best & Worst Sound, Biggest Surprises & more #56 1:48:33
  12. HiFi is back. The future of HiFi is Vinyl, Listening Bars and Breaking Traditions #55 1:17:45
  13. Has Hi-Fi Made Music LESS Enjoyable? 6 Moons, SoundStage! Australia, and Not An Audiophile Debate #54 2:20:33
  14. Klipsch and Onkyo.What's New and What's Next from the "NO Nonsense" HiFi brands #53 1:25:13
  15. Plinius NEW HiFi Streaming Integrated Amp only $5K AUD? #52 1:01:06
  16. Under 40 and Ignoring 30 Years of HiFi Design Rules. A New Gen of Speaker Design #51 1:09:19
  17. The Most Real Sound in HiFi? Duntech Audio takes back the title with a new model #50 1:00:09
  18. Exposure 5510 sounds better than Naim. Tech review with insights from the designer #49 42:23
  19. Ribbon vs Dome Tweeters? ProAc Explains the Real Difference. 50 Years of UK HiFi #48 54:14
  20. Vintage HiFi cost ten times the weekly wage back then. So does today's High End! #47 1:00:01
  21. Hi-End HiFi should disappear. Estelon, dCS and Oephi say it's the music that matters #46 2:02:49
  22. HiFi controversy with GR-Research. Danny Richie talks Bad Speaker Design, Cheesy Parts, Mods & DIY #45 1:55:47
  23. AI Is Ruining HiFi - The Truth. Audio Myths, Gear Addiction, "dirty" audiophiles & Top audio gifts #44 1:19:06
  24. Horn loaded speakers from HiFi to Home Theatre and Cinema Dominance: The Krix Story #43 1:26:19
  25. Inside Airtight: Japanese Tube Amplifier Craft, Ethos and New Directions with Yutaka "Jack" Miura #42 44:07
  26. Radical loudspeaker engineering. YG Acoustics - where aerospace technology meets precision sound #41 36:25
  27. Turntable beliefs VS The Funk Firm. EVERYONE else loses because physics always wins. Prove me wrong! #40 1:35:03
  28. HiFi Review - Quad 3 Amp issues. Flaws, strengths, sound, functions AND inside the box #39 56:03
  29. Iconic HiFi with DeVORE Fidelity designer, John DeVore. Extraordinarily, 100%, genuinely iconic #38 47:07
  30. HIFi Show. Stereonet Melbourne 2025. Good, bad and just plain terrible sound. Which big brand got it wrong? #37 58:43
  31. HiFi reviewer StereoNet, Global Editor-in-Chief, David Price. Executioner diplomat audiophile. The power and passions of the man behind the words #36 1:59:47
  32. HiFi review - NEW WiiM Amp Ultra AND meet a rare young HiFi retailer who says that tradition and experience is "tired" #35 42:46
  33. How to buy a HiFi system inc Top 10 things everyone should know about Turntables #34 1:14:29
  34. HiFi art - where sound & sculpture collide.Futuristic, imaginative, fanciful and musical. Metaxas & Sins #33 2:00:32
  35. Uncommon HiFi design philosophies. 47 years of innovations with VAF Research #32 1:16:02
  36. Peter Comeau designer of Wharfedale reveals new model projects. Speaker design, acoustics, balance and the beauty of musicality #31 1:13:56
  37. HiFi innovation. Three unique and innovative concepts #30 1:16:42
  38. Laurence Dickie at Munich High End. Full interview and 2025 roundup #29 52:06
  39. World's best HiFi brands - One on One interviews #28 2:29:59
  40. HiFi Myths Busted! 5 myths "blown up" with actual facts #27 54:34
  41. HIFI Retail Evolution #26 1:13:28
  42. HiFi Show Roundup Sydney 2025 #25 1:10:42
  43. HiFi reviews with Soundstage Aust and Edgar Kramer. Behind the man with his finger on the pulse of HiFi #24 1:40:03
  44. One simple step to speaker and room correction with DEQX designer, Kim Ryrie #23 1:07:52
  45. Turntables and vinyl sound quality with Mark Dohmann of Dohmann Audio. All your questions answered #22 2:00:01
  46. Music: 5 best music tracks. 2 HiFi professionals and 1 opinion party #21 1:09:25
  47. Subwoofers - Inside the "no compromise" design, engineering and attitude of Harbottle Audio #20 1:37:03
  48. Fairlight Synthesizer, music making, two Australians and a barking dog #19 1:02:34
  49. 2024 HiFi News wrap up. VOTED best sound. Over and under-exposed HiFi brands. Saddest HiFi story this year #18 1:05:59
  50. HiFi cable guru debunks cable myths and delves into the complex world of cable quality #17 1:11:26