PES 223: Vic Tiscareno and Mike Henein, VZR Model One

The Podcast Engineering Show

My guests are Vic Tiscareno and Mike Henein from VZR, makers of the VZR Model One - an innovative headset designed for audiophiles, gamers, podcasters, livestreamers, etc.

We discussed Vic and Mike's impressive audio backgrounds (read their bio's below), their Model One headset, why they designed it like they did, as well as Spatial, "3D" and Ambisonic audio, and much more!

Hear various audio examples here:

• Binaural + DSP
• RealSpace 3D Audio Demo
• The Incredible Sounds of the Falcon Heavy Launch (BINAURAL AUDIO IMMERSION)
• 3D Audio Machu Picchu Hike (Wear Headphones)

Vic “The Dude” Tiscareno

• Apple’s former lead audio engineer
• Tiscareno’s body of work across more than 30 years includes Mark Levinson Audio and work on many projects at Apple, where he was hired directly by Steve Jobs. Vic holds more than 20 patents on audio and acoustic design, including ones for the
• VZR Model One
• Loves music and audio, designed amps, mics and vacuum tube gear

Mike Henein

• VZR co-founder who worked as a sound designer and supervisor for some of the biggest video games.
• Game audio — spacial sound
• Music editor in Hans Zimmer’s production studio
• Cohost of the Audiophile Gamer Podcast, with Sir Mixalot

Thanks for sharing so much with us, Vic and Mike!