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Making Waves with WaveTheoryWhat Am I Watching for in the Year of Our Audio 2026? Making Waves with WaveTheory EP09In a brief looking-forward episode, I muse about what trends in our audio hobby I'll be watching for throughout 2026. Join me!
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The Final Audio closed back is the DX3000CL
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2025-12-2420 minMaking Waves with WaveTheoryAudiophile Roundtable: What Do Real Audiophiles Think About Topics In Our Audio Hobby?I am joined by 4 of my patrons/channel members to discuss some audio topics: what got them into this hobby? How did they figure out what they like? What are some mistakes they made and what did they learn from them? What do they like and dislike about the hobby? Join us!
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2025-12-101h 16Making Waves with WaveTheoryA View From the Top of Head-Fi: The Nature & State of the TOTL Headphone Market - With Director's Garage!I am joined by Michael from Director's Garage to discuss the nature and state of the TOTL headphone market! What does TOTL really mean? What do you pay for if you buy in the TOTL? Is it worth it? What are our favorites? All that and more in this episode!
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2025-11-261h 29Making Waves with WaveTheoryMake It Make Sense! Navigating Conflicts of Interest in Audio Review - With Passion for SoundLachlan Fennen of Passion for Sound joins me to finish our conversation about conflicts of interest in audio reviews and discuss tips for how the audience can manage them.
Head-Fi thread to post discussion points and questions: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/wavetheorys-started-a-podcast.977886/
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2025-11-121h 28Making Waves with WaveTheoryYour Narratives Are Wrong! Or Are They? Exploring The Things We Audiophiles Tell Ourselves - With GoldenSound!I'm joined by Cameron Oatley, AKA GoldenSound to analyze narratives in the audiophile hobby. Is balanced better? Is USB really that noisy? Is there really a tube sound? And more! Are these narrative right? Wrong? Were they right and are no longer? Were they wrong but are becoming true? Or any combination thereof? Get our takes in this episode!
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2025-10-292h 21Making Waves with WaveTheoryShould You Buy Closed-Back Headphones or IEMs? With Currawong!I'm joined by Currawong to discuss whether you should buy closed-back headphones or IEMs. Which product type is right for you and why? Which use cases do each fit better? What are the relative performance ceilings? Where should you start? On the way Currawong also explains some of the history of IEMs. Join us!
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2025-10-151h 39Making Waves with WaveTheoryConflicts of Interest in Audio Reviews - Making Waves with WaveTheory EP 03I'm joined by Lachlan Fennen of the YouTube channel Passion for Sound to discuss conflicts of interest in audio reviews. What is a conflict of interest? How is it different than a bias? What are some sources of conflicts of interest? How much of a problem are they really? How can reviewers navigate them? All this and more discussed within!
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Making Waves with WaveTheoryNever Break The Chain: Build A Headphone System You'll LoveOne of my patrons who is an experienced system builder, Erik, joins me to discuss tips, tricks, pitfalls, and philosophies on how to build your main headphone rig. How can you build that headphone system you'll love?
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2025-09-171h 29Making Waves with WaveTheoryA Curve with Verve: Equalization in AudioI'm joined by Mark of Super*Review to discuss equalization (EQ) in audio. We discuss what EQ is, graphic vs. parametric EQ, our experiences using EQ, some EQ philosophy, and some examples of how EQ is used on the headphone side of the audiophile hobby.
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