Podcasts by 3 Sad Bastards
What happens when three long-time friends into hifi start to discuss audiophile topics; nothing good that’s for sure.
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S02E09: The Season that was, The Season that will be from 2021-03-13T12:08:51
Join the 3 Sad Bastards as they finish off Season 2 with a proscriptive perspective on the year that was (inside episode joke), and consider where to focus next.
If you're getting that it...
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S02E08: But Do DIY Loudspeakers Actually Sound Good? from 2021-02-11T06:19:45
After all the blood, sweat and tears of making a pair of DIY loudspeakers, the moment of truth is how they sound! But first you have to make sure they are not connected out of phase. The Sad Bas...
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S02E7: For the Love of Sanders! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Special Guest Edition! The 3 Sad Bastards are joined by Roger Sanders from Sanders Audio Systems in this first ever episode where someone has been brave enough to come on and en...
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S02E07: For the Love of Sanders! from 2020-10-26T00:34:59
Special Guest Edition! The 3 Sad Bastards are joined by Roger Sanders from Sanders Audio Systems in this first ever episode where someone has been brave enough to come on and en...
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S02E06: The Rise of Valves from 2020-10-26T00:34:32
Why are valves (vacuum tubes) still being used in hifi audio equipment? The 3 Sad Bastards decompose the arguments (and have a few of their own along the way) as to the intrinsic characteristics...
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S02E05: Cable Clowns, or Wizards? from 2020-10-02T05:45:40
If there’s one aspect of audio hifi that divides the audio world it’s cables! If you believe that cables make a difference, are you a hifi wizard, or a cable clown?
Are speaker, interconn...
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S02E04: Hifi Porn from 2020-09-22T03:06:22
The allure of shiny and new goodness vs. crufty and dated oldness proves too much for the 3 Sad Bastards.
In this episode they come clean that they really, really, really only consume hif...
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S02E03: Reviews Suck! from 2020-09-15T05:49:25
The 3 Sad Bastards take a pair of pliers and blowtorches to the fine art of audiophile hifi reviews.
Superlatives are used LIBERALLY, and this episode is without doubt the ...
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S02E02: DIY Loudspeakers from 2020-09-07T06:44:42
One of the 3 Sad Bastards has started a project to build to build a pair of loudspeakers. How hard could it be, right? Listen to the other Sad Bastards rip into SB1's naiveté, rose-coloured, wis...
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S02E01: Headphone Mania! from 2020-08-29T05:45:40
Back by popular demand, the 3 Sad Bastards kick off Season 2 with an episode dedicate to headphones. Finally! SB3 is vindicated after years of trying to convince SB2 and SB1 that headphone...
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S01E00: Introducing the 3 Sad Bastards from 2020-04-23T10:40:09
Why did three audio, hifi, enthusiast audiophiles decide to create a podcast? Why should the world care, and what can other sad bastards expect as a return after 10 episodes?
In this bonu...
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S01E11: The Effect of Alcohol on Music Appreciation from 2020-04-23T10:39:45
Why does music sound better when you've had a few drinks... or does it?
In this episodes the 3 Sad Bastards get increasingly inebriated and (try to) determine once and for all wheth...
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S01E10: My Next System (But Not My Last) from 2020-04-13T06:03:31
It's time to upgrade your system. After endless reading on the Interwebs, arguing against your desires, many months of siphoning your pay to that hidden account that you think (hope) you know wh...
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S01E09: Turntables from 2020-04-11T11:05:16
By any common measure, a modern hifi should not include a source device invented in 1877. But for some strange reason, grown men and women have been known to only use records and turntables, pro...
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S01E08: Digital Room Correction, WTF from 2020-04-11T11:03:54
The saddest Sad Bastard is the bastard who takes their hifi to a mates house and finds that it sounds better there than in their house.
No, Johnny, don't turf the lot! The reason is becau...
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S01E07: Binary Choices (Digital Sources) from 2020-04-11T11:01:46
You're either with us or against us, a true believer of all things analogue or digital. Nothing starts a fight at a GTG faster than the greybeard vs the hipster sitting on the sofa playing the s...
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S01E06: Amplifier Madness from 2020-04-11T11:00:17
At the heart of every sad bastards hifi is the amplifier. Taking pride of place it is the shrine on which many an audio enthusiast has wasted countless brain cycles wondering if their amp is bet...
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S01E05: New, Used and Abused from 2020-04-11T10:58:45
You're about to hit "buy" on that listing you've been watching for the last few days... but secretly want to go to the local hifi store, sit and listen for the afternoon, and take something new ...
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S01E04: If I Could Only Change One Thing from 2020-04-11T10:57:16
The "something isn't right" itch has become a rash, and every moment of every day is spent on audio review sites to justify the idea of upgrading your hifi. But budgets are tight, and you can on...
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S01E03: Not happy, Jan from 2020-04-11T10:55:39
Hifi Bastards know the feeling well - when the itch to upgrade "because something isn't quite right" in the hifi system. A sad Sad Bastards is the most woeful sight ever. Sitting in the dark, th...
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S01E02: Entry Level Systems from 2020-04-11T10:54:19
What is a good first hifi system? The 3 Sad Bastards show that they are completely out of touch with reality and then proceed to run a train through the idea of what entry level hifi should be. ...
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S01E01: The Sad Pilot from 2020-04-11T10:52:15
Where 3 Sad Bastards proved that there were no limits on what they could achieve, provided with sufficient wine.
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