Episode 024 - A new cable Believer

Head-Fi admin, Steven Segall disciple, and deadpan YouTube audiophile gear reviewer, Amos Barnett, returns to co-host OHM AIR post-hoc Fujiya Avic's latest headphone show. We talk Linum cables, the demise of lightning/thunderbolt, sucky interfaces, a modern iron maiden, garrotting with Aurisonics's cables, and a custom earphone I reckon is destined to become the gold standard for trance fans. Relevant links: 1. Satolex DH291-D1 hi-res USB headphones http://satolex.jp/?page_id=87 2. Linum cables: http://www.linum.dk/product-overview/ 3. iron maiden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden_(torture_device) 4. the modern iron maiden, aka Onkyo HA300: http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/dac-ha300-123716.html 5. Astell&Kern AK380: http://astellnkern.com/eng/htm/ak380/ak380_feature.asp 6. Lotoo PAW 5000: http://www.head-fi.org/t/765461/lotoo-paw-5000-shipping-in-may 7. iFi Retro: http://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/retro-stereo-50/ 8. FitEar Aya: http://fitear.jp/aya/ 9 RHA T20: http://www.rha-audio.com/us/t20.html Be sure to check out Amos Barnett's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Currawong And subscribe to OHM AIR: Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/ohm-image and iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/ohm-air/id963009170?mt=2

Head-Fi admin, Steven Segall disciple, and deadpan YouTube audiophile gear reviewer, Amos Barnett, returns to co-host OHM AIR post-hoc Fujiya Avic's latest headphone show. We talk Linum cables, the demise of lightning/thunderbolt, sucky interfaces, a modern iron maiden, garrotting with Aurisonics's cables, and a custom earphone I reckon is destined to become the gold standard for trance fans.

Relevant links:

1. Satolex DH291-D1 hi-res USB headphones

2. Linum cables

3. iron maiden

4. the modern iron maiden, aka Onkyo's HA300

5. Astell&Kern AK380

6. Lotoo PAW 5000

7. iFi Retro 

8. FitEar Aya

9. RHA T20

10. A new cable believer feat. Linum cables

Be sure to check out Amos Barnett's YouTube channel.

And subscribe to OHM AIR via Sound Cloud and via iTunes.

Episode 022 - Responsibility of the Privileged

Popular audiophile/photophile Disqus guru (and robot-in-hiding), Dale Thorn, joins OHM AIR to kick off OHM AIR's first 'Bad Words' segment, Mike Mercer's expanding consciousness, how many times a person can cram four-letter words in an essay, and since we're on the topic, pussy-footing reviewers. Relevant links: 1. Dale Thorn's awesomely-organised website: http://dalethorn.com 2. Dale Thorn's excellent Leica Monochrom review: http://dalethorn.com/Camera_Leica_Monochrom_Review.txt 3. Dale Thorn's review of Audio Engine's D3: http://dalethorn.com/Headphone_Dac_Amp_Audioengine_D3_Review.txt 4. Nathan's review Audio Engine's D3: http://www.headfonia.com/audioengine-d3-lil-something-something-headphones/ And this episode's main time sucker, Mike Mercer's ridiculous: 5. Responsibility of the Privileged: http://thehighfidelityreport.com/responsibility-of-the-privileged/ 6. Mike Mercer's new tumblr site: http://sonicsatori.tumblr.com Be sure to check out www.dalethorn.com, and keep an ear out for his next appearance on OHM AIR. If you're a Leica fan, Dale spells out, sans bullshit (and sadly, illustrative photos), the modus operandi of the MM (http://dalethorn.com/Camera_Leica_Monochrom_Review.txt).

Popular audiophile/photophile Disqus guru (and robot-in-hiding), Dale Thorn, joins OHM AIR to kick off OHM AIR's first 'Bad Words' segment, Mike Mercer's expanding consciousness, how many times a person can cram four-letter words in an essay, and since we're on the topic, pussy-footing reviewers. 

Relevant links:
1. Dale Thorn's awesomely-organised website: 
http://dalethorn.com

2. Dale Thorn's excellent Leica Monochrom review:
http://dalethorn.com/Camera_Leica_Monochrom_Review.txt

3. Dale Thorn's review of Audio Engine's D3:
http://dalethorn.com/Headphone_Dac_Amp_Audioengine_D3_Review.txt

4. My review Audio Engine's D3:
http://www.headfonia.com/audioengine-d3-lil-something-something-headphones/

And this episode's main time sucker, Mike Mercer's ridiculous: 
5. Responsibility of the Privileged:
http://thehighfidelityreport.com/responsibility-of-the-privileged/

6. Mike Mercer's new tumblr site: 
http://sonicsatori.tumblr.com

Be sure to check out www.dalethorn.com, and keep an ear out for his next appearance on OHM AIR. If you're a Leica fan, Dale spells out, sans bullshit (and sadly, illustrative photos), the modus operandi of the MM. 

OHM AIR episode #5: How do you fit it into a Japanese apartment?

Deadpan Amos Barnett, aka Currawong, takes time out from YouTube and Headfi to arrest the long silence over here. He brings a shit microphone, but manages to be a great conversationalist anyway. We chat about large amps, the problems audiophiles face, the problems photographers face, the Bigma, the iPhone 6, and much, much more. 

A few relevant talking points include: 

ALO Audio Studio Six (ohm image)
Sigma Bigma (Sigma Global)
Sony A7r (ohm image)
Nikon D800 (Nikon Global)
iRiver AK240 (headfonia)

and more.

Be sure to check out Amos's YouTube channel, and hit him up at headfi. And if you haven't already, subscribe to OHM AIR on SoundCloud.

OHM AIR episode #4: That Awkward Goodbye

Headfonia's Lieven Vranken joins for a pre-CanJam Europe scrimmage. Episode 4 tackles earphones, Canjam, headphones, bad packaging, the iPod shuffle (again!), the rudeness of whisky and ice, and much, much more.

This week is a bit early, and for good reason: I'm heading to Hokkaido for a week of camping - and abstinence. 

A few relevant talking points include:

Brainwavz S5 (Brainwavz)
Audio Technica CK10 (one my first drunken review at Head-fi)
Philips Fidelio X2 (Philips)
iPod shuffle (headfonia)
Cosmic Ears (Cosmic Ears)
iRiver AK100/ii/120 (iRiver's A&K page)
the now-defunct iPod Classic (MTV)
headphone girls (Kubrick Design)

Be sure to follow OHM AIR on SoundCloud.
And be just as sure to check out Headfonia.com, the headphone review website that treats phones all classy-like. It's also where Lieven and I write. 

OHM AIR episode #2: Three Fingers

Thomas Tsai visited us all the way from Cymbacavum. He was a trooper. He led early on in the two-hour sprint with a great celebrity impression, but broke down several minutes later. Coffee, it seems, holds no candle to whisky. The question that broke him? 

"What does TWFK stand for?" 

And to think, until this moment, Mr. T. has been my earphone and earphone gut guide. 

Be sure to check out Cymbacavum.

Relevant talking points include:

Sony's new A17 Walkman
The Bigma
Jerry Harvey Roxanne 
nuforce Primo8
book margins
Jinro
Cowon Plenue

Be sure to follow OHM AIR on SoundCloud.

OHM AIR episode #1: Ten Hundred

Lachlan Tsang (of Lachlan Likes a Thing fame) costars in the very first episode of OHM AIR. It's a vicarious trip through audiophile hate points like BEATS BY DRE, BOSE, and the iPod shuffle. (For the interested, we take on which alcohols are good for writing.)

Relevant talking points:

Beats By Dre
Bose
iPod shuffle

There's a lot of great content coming up and I've hired seventeen voice trainers. I've also been asked to quit drinking. Ho hum.

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