#64 - A $120 hi-fi rack that DOESN'T look awful

About this episode

In this episode, John Darko discusses various hi-fi products and their aesthetics with guest Srajan Ebaen.

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People in this episode

Host: John Darko

Guest: Srajan Ebaen

Topics covered

• hi-fi equipment
• audio technology
• product reviews
• home audio
• acoustic design

Keywords

• hi-fi rack
• audio equipment
• Shanling
• Bluesound
• acoustics

Sponsors

AudioQuest

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Shanling, Virtual Hi-Fi, Co-linear Acoustics, FitUEyes, Bluesound, Qualio Audio, Hiby, iFi / SilentPower, Exact Express, Furutech

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