Silence Speaks: Hi-Fi Truths from an Anechoic Chamber with Andrew Welker

2025-07-18

This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Andrew Welker, Chief Product Officer at Colquhoun Audio Laboratories, owner of Axiom Audio, Bryston, and Magnum Dynalab, This podcast is a first for us: it is recorded entirely inside an anechoic chamber! The two discuss Welker’s history with hi-fi, as well as the importance of having a human element in quality control despite the fact that we’re living in an increasingly automated world. Sources: “Axiom Audio’s Ian Colquhoun and NRC”:

This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Andrew Welker, Chief Product Officer at Colquhoun Audio Laboratories, owner of Axiom Audio, Bryston, and Magnum Dynalab, This podcast is a first for us: it is recorded entirely inside an anechoic chamber! The two discuss Welker’s history with hi-fi, as well as the importance of having a human element in quality control despite the fact that we’re living in an increasingly automated world.

Sources:

“Axiom Audio’s Ian Colquhoun and NRC”: https://www.soundstage.life/e/axiom-audio-s-ian-colquhoun-and-nrc-origin-dr-floyd-toole-music-types-twin-tweeters-measurements/

Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:31 Introductions and a personal history with audio
00:04:23 The Paul Barton connection
00:05:44 A fortuitous education
00:11:55 Ian Colquhoun enters the chat
00:13:52 The basics of quality control
00:27:06 Problem solving and preparedness
00:31:55 Outro music: “How We Fell in Love” by Tom Meira Armony

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