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The Occasional Podcast Kicks Off Season 5 With Scot Hull & An Interview With Mike Moffat

January 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

It is a new year, and a new season of The Occasional Podcast. The first podcast of 2021 features industry icon Mike Moffat of Theta Digital and Schiit Audio. Scot Hull helps [...]

An Interview With Cardas Audio | The Occasional Podcast

December 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

The season finale of The Occasional Podcast could almost be felt as bittersweet. Recorded at the Florida Audio Show earlier this year, it seems light years away from the [...]

Pro-Ject Sits Down With PTA | The Occasional Podcast

November 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

Spend any amount of time looking into vinyl and you’ll probably come across the Pro-Ject brand of turntables. The company has been around since the 90s and are [...]

Homebody’s Hi-Fi Halloween: Posing My Dog as Nipper

November 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

When it became clear that I wasn’t going to be hitting the Halloween parties this year, I was still eager to participate somehow in the ritual. I decided to let a season of [...]

The Little Girl Who Was Out of Phase | The Far Corners

October 31, 2020 // 1 Comment

Words and photographs by Modest I. Predlozheniye Hello, my dear readers! By the time you read this it will be Halloween in the United States. I love this holiday even though [...]

A Beginner’s Guide To Buying A Turntable (And Records!)

October 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

Even if you are a seasoned veteran of analog listening and learned everything you need to know about the subject back in the 60s, this week’s episode of The Occasional [...]

Hi-Fi: Why Do Records Sound Better? | The Ivory Tower

October 17, 2020 // 46 Comments

Into The Groove Why do a lot of us audiophiles (and casual listener types) prefer the sound of records over the same music released digitally? Is it something about the [...]

Marantz Sits Down With PTA, Behind The Scenes Of Vinyl Nation

October 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

This week’s episode of The Occasional Podcast is a serious double header. Not only do we have an interview with the directors of the the documentary Vinyl Nation, but [...]

Part-Time Audiophile now featuring Contributor Columns

October 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

PART-TIME AUDIOPHILE INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS — We are proud to announce, the greatest addition to our Part-Time Audiophile website toolbar in over a decade—we bring to [...]

McIntosh Labs’ Charlie Randall with Nan Pincus | INTERVIEW

October 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

The RIAA has released their midyear report, and for the first time since the 1980s, vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales. This news comes with no surprise as vinyl sales [...]