InnerFidelity

Dan Clark and his company MrSpeakers have risen to a position of significant standing within the high-end personal audio community. Birthed as one of their own, Dan started his headphone business modding Fostex T50RP headphones as a way to fund bespoke-driver aspirations of his own design. Now a major figure in the market, Clark shares his experiences from his journey to Silicon Valley and back, what its like managing business growth and his perspective on the greater musical experience.

Episode No. 4: From the original LCD-1 driver to a full lineup of planar-magnetic headphones, Audeze’s meteoric rise as one of personal audio’s premium headphone makers has been undeniably impressive in the crowded space of the market. Always the innovator, Audeze’s CEO Sankar Thiagasamudram has led the company through many of the industry's firsts – Lightning cable, wafer-thin diaphragms and now in to the gaming sector with the DSP-oriented Mobius headphone. Sankar sits down with us to discuss the company’s short but interesting history and what it takes to create your own North Star and stay the path, regardless of any hurdles you may find along the way.

Episode No. 3: While Focal has firmly planted their feet in the loudspeaker realm, much has come out of the France-based camp in the way of high fidelity headphones in recent years. Our interview with product manager Nicolas Debard takes a peek behind the curtain to show the development process, headphone tuning and why producing one great sounding prototype is never the same as constructing a thousand.

Episode No. 2: An interview with Jason Stoddard, co-founder of Schiit Audio. In this podcast Stoddard discusses the basics of audio design and what it's like to run a company with explosive growth. He teases the musings of a man tasked with keeping up with the curve, creating the next best thing and holding on to the reigns of a market that reshapes itself every few years. Even though budget seekers within the personal-audio community can be fickle at times, Stoddard continues to drive the market with new options and constant innovation.

Featuring exclusive interviews with a veritable who's who of the high-fidelity world, we critically engage listeners, challenge artistic, music and technical preconceptions and most of all, quench your thirst for knowledge in a hobby with a high signal-to-noise ratio when it comes to the facts. Host Brian Hunter takes listeners on an exciting aural journey every month with intelligence, wit and humour.

Welcome to the premiere edition of the InnerFidelity Podcast featuring a brief shout out from new managing editor Rafe Arnott and then an in-depth interview with Campfire Audio CEO Ken Ball.