The Next Track
A podcast about how people listen to music today.
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Episode #88 – Buying and Selling Hi-Fi Equipment
January 19th, 2018 | 36 mins 27 secs
Chris Connaker talks about buying and selling hi-fi equipment, and introduces his new venture, a platform for buying and selling audio goods.
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♫ Episode #62 – Simple and Elaborate Audio Systems – How Many Devices Can You Have in Your Audio Chain?
July 21st, 2017 | 31 mins 7 secs
Chris Connaker joins us to discuss simple and elaborate audio systems. How many devices can you have in your audio chain? Chris surprises us with some of his.
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♫ Episode #43 – Streaming Music 2.0
March 10th, 2017 | 29 mins 24 secs
Chris Connaker joins us to discuss how music streaming service can make the next step.
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♫ Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
February 3rd, 2017 | 36 mins 27 secs
Chris Connaker went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He reports for us on new audio equipment and the MQA music format.
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♫ Episode #32 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about DACs (Digital-Analog Converters)
December 23rd, 2016 | 34 mins 36 secs
Chris Connaker of the Computer Audiophile website explains what a DAC is, how it works, and a whether you need one. (And how you already have lots of them.)
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♫ Episode #13 – Which Streaming Service Is Right for You?
August 12th, 2016 | 32 mins 44 secs
Doug and Kirk welcome back Chris Connaker to discuss music streaming services. Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, or another; which is right for you? What are the pros and cons of the various streaming services?
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♫ Episode #6 – What Is High-Resolution Audio?
June 24th, 2016 | 31 mins 3 secs
We welcome Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website, to discuss high-resolution audio. What are the pros? The cons? Is high-res for you?
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Episode #322: Our Non-Gift Guide
December 3rd, 2025 | 31 mins 36 secs
Lots of people have gift guides this time of year, but we decided to talk about how we don't really need anything at this time of year and have nothing to recommend to others.
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Episode #263: More Thoughts on Dolby Atmos
August 30th, 2023 | 29 mins 54 secs
It's been a while since we've talked about Dolby Atmos, so we decided to discuss how much it has changed the way we (well, Kirk) listen to music. (Doug doesn't have an Atmos setup yet.)
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Episode #250: Triangles of Sadness
March 1st, 2023 | 30 mins 17 secs
On speaker placement and triangles.