Welcome to season 3! This week, host Jorden Guth sits down with Paul Barton, founder of PSB Speakers, to discuss his personal history, his love of music, his passion for violin, and the origin story of PSB Speakers—all as a lead-in to a discussion about his time at the NRC doing research with Dr. Floyd Toole.
Sources:
PSB Speakers: https://www.psbspeakers.com/
Messiah Violin, by Stradivari: https://www.ashmolean.org/messiah-violin-stradivari
“Making the Violin”: http://www.makingtheviolin.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:28 Introductions
00:01:06 The origins of Paul’s love of music and hi-fi
00:12:11 Making speakers in high school
00:14:50 Pre-industrial light & musical magic
00:18:00 The small world of Canadian hi-fi00:21:23 The road to meeting Dr. Floyd Toole
00:29:23 Planting seeds for the future
The History of Bryston According to CEO James Tanner - Medical Origin | Expanding Products | To Present Day
Sound Engineer/Educator Marcela Rada on Immersive Audio - Education | Experimentation | Mix Maxing
Axiom Audio’s Ian Colquhoun and NRC - Origin | Dr. Floyd Toole | Music Types | Twin Tweeters | Measurements
Dr. Peter Schuck: Room-Correction Pioneer (Part 2) - Anthem Room Correction | FIR and IIR Filters | In-Room Response
Dr. Peter Schuck: Room-Correction Pioneer (Part 1) - Education | NRC | DSP | Athena Project
PSB's Paul Barton (Part 2) - Measurements | Diffraction | Waveguides | Diminishing Returns
Selling Emotions: Conradin Amft on T+A's History and Future - Then to Now | Hi-Fi Tomorrow
Sonus Faber Suprema Speaker System Deep Dive - Technical Highlights | Trickle-Down Technologies
The Tao of the Reviewer - Hi-Fi Reviewers' Systems and Needs | Writing a Hi-Fi Review
2023 SoundStage! Awards - Products of the Year | Outstanding Achievements | Choosing
From Wilson Audio to T+A , then Back - InSight Videos | The Two-Day Rule | The Filming Approach
Simaudio’s North Collection: The Future of Hi-Fi? - Development | BRM-1 | Reception and Reviews
How SVS Built a Hi-Fi Community - History | Products | Community Building
Audio Video Show 2023 Highlights - Warsaw Vibe | Good and Bad Shows | Bringing Matt | Best and Worst Products
Dan Laufman on the Value of Emotiva - Origin | Hi-Fi Manufacturing | Profits | Ethics
Martijn Mensink On the Magic of Dutch & Dutch - Active Speakers | Cardioid Dispersion | Acoustics
House of Sound NYC - McIntosh | Sonus Faber | The Other Brands | New York | Luxury
Legendary Laurence Dickie - Bowers & Wilkins | The Iconic Nautilus | Vivid Audio | Loudspeaker Engineering
Six Months into a PhD in Hi-Fi - Learning | Controversies | Revelations | The Future
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