On today’s show Harris and Michael talk about songs and albums they use to “test and tune” their systems. We also briefly talk about a couple pieces of gear we are testing: The AudioControl Rialto 600 integrated amplifier, and the NEXDrive Spectra Headphone DAC/Amp. Mike talks about his home setup with Kodi and Airfoil, and Harris talks about backing up your system and making a NAS drive.
Gear Guide, Topics & Songs
- AudioControl Rialto 600 Amplifier
- Mac Pro
- Seagate Enterprise Drives
- Cheesegrater Mac Pro
- Mac Edition Radio
- The Society of Sound
- Bower & Wilkins
- Kodi App
- JBOOD
- Network Access Server – NAS
- FLAC file format
- DLNA Protocol
- OPPO Sonica DAC
- McIntosh Integrated Amps
- SONOS Faber
- Jennifer Warnes Ballad of the Runaway horse
- The WAF
- The Master Set
- Tin Pan Alley Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Simply Red – Sunrise
- OTT – Queen of all everything
- Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
- Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
- Bella’s Bartok
- Soundstream Mixing Technique
- Grateful Dead – American Beauty Album
- Grateful Dead – Box of Rain
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Eagles Hell Freezes Over acoustic Reunion Concert
- Jerry Garcia – The Pizza Tapes
- The Grateful Dead – Long Black
- Neil Young & The Crazy Horse – Everyone know this is nowhere
- Neil Young & The Crazy Horse – Cinnamon Girl
- Tom Petty – Wildflowers
- The Beatles – Abbey Road
- The Kinks – Schoolboys in Disgrace
- Rolling Stones – Exile
- Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
- Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet Album
- Chesky’s Ultimate Headphone Demonstration Disc
- Binaural Audio
- Audioengine Dragontail
- Nextdrive Spectra DAC
- AudioControl Rialto 600 Amplifier
- Wolfson DAC
- AudioTechnica ATH-DSR9BT Bluetooth Headphones
- Reviews of NightOwl Carbon, Audioquest Dragonfly Red, Audioquest Dragonfly Black, Sgt Pepper, Jaco Pastoreus, Neil Young at Mac Edition Radio
Like your podcast. Had thought of doing an audiophile one myself. did motorcycle one instead (Throttledpodcast.com). Unfortunately, I can’t get the link to your show notes to work on my Mac using Safari or Chrome.
I’m on Chrome on the Mac…and it works for me in Safari too. What do you see when you try?
Hi Micheal and Paul,
Just wanted to say great podcast. I found it a couple of days ago whilst bored, listening to the same old music on the radio at work (FM on peltor alert ear defenders that have an aux input). I was yet to find a podcast I could get into, until I found yours and yours is the only one I subscribe to. Thought you maybe interested in the Tracks I use to test equipment: https://tidal.com/playlist/21f5ee62-ba59-4836-89b0-913572ade665
Cheers,
Leigh (UK)
Audition tunes for me include Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight, Robert Plant – Burning Down One Side, Heaven Knows, Ship of Fools, If I Were a Carpenter and Please Read the Letter (with Alison Krauss). Eagles – Hotel California. The Plant material is exceptionally performed and engineered. The intro of Collins’ In the Air is delicate and roomy but when the drums hit, there’s a moment of truth that can reveal weakness in speakers, amplifiers and such. Check em out. These have been my go to tracks for many years.