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Welcome to season 3! This week, host Jorden Guth sits down with Paul Barton, founder of PSB Speakers, to discuss his personal history, his love of music, his passion for violin, and the origin story of PSB Speakers—all as a lead-in to a discussion about his time at the NRC doing research with Dr. Floyd Toole.
Sources:
PSB Speakers: https://www.psbspeakers.com/
Messiah Violin, by Stradivari: https://www.ashmolean.org/messiah-violin-stradivari
“Making the Violin”: http://www.makingtheviolin.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:28 Introductions
00:01:06 The origins of Paul’s love of music and hi-fi
00:12:11 Making speakers in high school
00:14:50 Pre-industrial light & musical magic
00:18:00 The small world of Canadian hi-fi00:21:23 The road to meeting Dr. Floyd Toole
00:29:23 Planting seeds for the future
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