Peter McGrath is a recording engineer, photographer, and longtime advocate for high-fidelity sound reproduction whose career has spanned more than five decades. He has worked extensively with organizations including Harmonia Mundi, the New World Symphony, and Friends of Chamber Music. In addition to capturing performances by leading orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists, and vocalists, he has also served for many years as a Director of Sales at Wilson Audio, acting as a key voice for the company’s approach to music playback and loudspeaker demonstration.
0:00 Peter McGrath
19:08 Time Alignment & Speaker Design
36:18 Recording Studios & Playback Philosophy
42:31 Speaker Types: Cones, Electrostatics & Planars
54:56 Listening Session: Classical Recordings
1:11:12 More Listening: Britten, Copland & Beyond
1:39:46 Archiving & Preserving Recordings
1:50:22 The Evolution of Audio Playback
1:59:08 Tubes, Solid State & Microphone Choices
2:07:26 Speaker Electronics & Crossovers
2:12:27 Room Acoustics & Speaker Placement
2:17:34 The State of the Hi-Fi Industry
