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4 weeks ago | 
pt.audio | Marc Phillips |Panagiotis Karavitis |Brian Hunter |Garrett Hongo
Saturday at AXPONA 2025 was a frustrating day in general. Attendance seemed off the charts, much stronger than on Friday, and it wasn’t too long before the hotel elevators started to buckle under the pressure. It took forever to get anywhere, and I soon felt like I running behind schedule and i had so much to do and by lunchtime I was feeling rather discouraged.
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4 weeks ago | 
pt.audio | Marc Phillips |Panagiotis Karavitis |Brian Hunter |Garrett Hongo
I always visit the Innuos room at high-end audio shows for at least a couple of reasons. First, they offer some of my favorite digital products in the market, and I’ve found that they’re super easy to use–at least for someone who struggles with the digital audio learning curve such as me. Second, I love the people at the company such as Amelia Santos and Nuno Vitorino, who run the company in Faro, Portugal.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Marc Phillips |Panagiotis Karavitis |Brian Hunter |Garrett Hongo
I might be starting off my coverage of AXPONA 2025 backwards–the Gestalt Audio room was the very last room I visited before I had to catch my flight back home. In fact, I almost didn’t get a chance to meet importer and distributor Colin King at all. I was on a ruthless schedule the last day of the show and I needed to visit about ten rooms in less than two hours. First up, right when the show started at 10am, I went straight to the Gestalt Audio room.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Panagiotis Karavitis |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo
As we slowly inch our way to the big Chicago audio show AXPONA this week, we have prepared a Top 10 list of speakers that really stood out since last year. There are usually a great many new product announcements at what has become the biggest US show held in Schaumburg, IL in early April – so Marc and Brian have joined forces on The Occasional Podcast in S12E3 to bring you a recap of everything wild and wonderful in the world of speakers since 2024 AXPONA.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
The deluxe treatment! What can you say about Bill Evans? Here’s a guy who released a 1959 album entitled Everybody Digs Bill Evans, and that was by no means hyperbole back then. Moreover, after more than six decades that’s still the case. At least for me.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Marc Phillips |Brian Hunter |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
As I finished up my time reviewing the brand-new Technics SL-1300G turntable, I quickly glanced at some of the recent reviews from my colleagues and found that they too are slightly overwhelmed by all the recent additions to this legendary Japanese manufacturer’s product line. After the original SL-1200s were discontinued some years ago, there was nothing to immediately replace them. Then came the Technics SL-1200G, and everything seemingly changed overnight.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
With the launch of Season 12 of The Occasional Podcast, so too comes the announcement of a new piece of collaborative merch. Behold! We give you the pt.AUDIO Record Weight In Walnut! All jokes aside, it was a real pleasure to partner with ZMF Headphones to produce this very limited run of record weights in a walnut burl. The top is a high gloss finish with a dark, extremely elaborate wood grain to it. The lines and swirls in the wood each piece is unique, just like a fingerprint or signature.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
March 26, 2025 – Focal presents Bathys MG, Bluetooth® headphones with active noise cancelling, delivering high fidelity sound with unparalleled purity and precision for a wireless headphone. What’s behind this sensational sound reproduction? Innovative speaker drivers. The French brand, globally renowned for its acoustic expertise, excels in its range of headphones.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
David Chesky is involved in quite a few projects within the HiFi realm. In addition to founding HDTracks.com, Chesky Records and now The Audiophile Society, he is an accomplished musician, composer and even an author of children’s books. His son Luca has recently become part of the audiophile scene with the launch of his new speaker the LC1 Bookshelf Monitor. With so many “irons in the fire”, we were pretty excited to get David Chesky as a guest for the Season 12 opener of The Occasional Podcast.
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1 month ago | 
pt.audio | Brian Hunter |Marc Phillips |Garrett Hongo |Richard Mak
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (March 25, 2025) — Klipsch ® , a leading tech-driven audio company, proudly introduces the next generation of Klipschorn and La Scala, pushing the boundaries of performance for two of the most iconic Klipsch speakers. The new Klipschorn AK7 and La Scala AL6 models feature new modified Tractrix midrange horns, updated compression drivers, stunning new finish, and for the first time, allows users to add an optional external Heritage Active Crossover.
