In this episode I explore why, in HiFi and music, there may be a 'cost of listening crisis'

Affiliate links for this episode:

* Boards of Canada - Inferno: https://amzn.to/4etm15q

* Cambridge Audio AXR100: https://amzn.to/4oEDpZH

In this episode, we look at why a WiiM Mini paired with a FiiO K11 maybe the perfect, easy to use, budget streaming setup

Darko Audio's 'Dub for your Sub' music recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0FELvilXM

Affiliate links for equipment featured in this video:

• WiiM Mini: https://amzn.to/4uM9YXY
• FiiO K11 DAC: https://amzn.to/4x92L5M

Affiliate links for music featred in this video:

• Agnes Obel's 'Philharmonics': https://amzn.to/4ouBF5v
• Agnes Obel's 'Aventine': https://amzn.to/4uT2um7
• Agnes Obel's 'Citizen Of Glass': https://amzn.to/4erng6k
• Agnes Obel's 'Myopia': https://amzn.to/4dSZNLn

In this eposide we list five reasons why Audiophiles could be considered ar$$holes!

Affiliate links for buying featured music:

• Anna von Hausswolff's 'ICONOCLASTS'
• David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

A bonus bank holiday episode which features - for YouTube viewers - some actual video.

I have a go at roasting my own HiFi.

In this episode, I discuss 10... no, sorry, 9 Hi-Fi mistakes.

Affiliate links

New microphone: Zoom ZDM-1 - https://amzn.to/4tT7zJT

This episode's album recommendation: Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out (2025) - https://amzn.to/4doL6zo [LP], https://amzn.to/4nHP35P [CD]

New (to me) music: Dire Straights - Dire Straights (1978) - https://amzn.to/3RCWG1e

This episode charts my Hi-Fi journey and discusses some of the mistakes I made, and how you can avoid them.

Cheshire Audio - Retro review of the 90s Rega Mira clamshell amplifier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhM_5tapj1o&pp=ygUOY2hlc2hpcmUgYXVkaW8%3D

Gaupa - Band biography: https://gaupaband.com/bio/

Affiliate links for the music mentioned in the podcast:

Gaupa - Feberdröm : https://amzn.to/49qL9bF | Adele - 30: https://amzn.to/4ukjsJV | https://amzn.to/498on8a

Affiliate links for the products mentioned in the podcast, available on Amazon:

JBL Control One 2-way Bookshelf / Monitor Speakers - https://amzn.to/4eNBU8M | Cambridge Audio AXR100D - https://amzn.to/4dp8Jqg | Tacima CS947 6 way 'mains conditioner' - https://amzn.to/4tEmvv6 | SVS SB1000 Pro Subwoofer | Denon DP-300 F fully automatic turntable - https://amzn.to/4uZh4s1 | Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML Microlinear Stereo Cartridge - https://amzn.to/3RLKBH1 | Tangent Tuner II DAB+ / FM - https://amzn.to/3Rip3BK | Cambridge Audio CXC v2 - https://amzn.to/4ve4GEH

Affiliate links to the equipment used to record this episode:

Zoom H5 Studio - https://amzn.to/3ReeiQV | RØDE Lavalier GO - https://amzn.to/4tDW3BK

Discussing Hi-Fi's exit from the mainstream and it's resurgence. Exploring why many people benefit from listening to music they enjoy and thus Hi-Fi.

Hi-Fi gear discussed in this podcast, with affiliate links:

• Fiio K11 DAC/Headphone Amp: https://amzn.to/4dxmUK5
• SMSL PL150 CD Player: https://amzn.to/4nCht14
• Sennheiser HD560S Headphones: https://amzn.to/3RbsB8R

Apologies for sounding congested (again) [hayfever]

HiFi-Hole runs through the 'standing agenda items' and then waxes lyrical about what Hi-Fi actually is.