Episode 1657 - Chad Kassem

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Chad Kassem was a Louisiana kid running afoul of the law, caught in a spiral of substance abuse and arrests. Thankfully, as he puts it, music is a hell of a natural drug. In his 20s, Chad became obsessed with audio and his new mission was to save the world from bad sounding records. Chad talks with Marc about how he started Acoustic Sounds, which serves as a mastering lab, a pressing plant, a record label and more, all in pursuit of making records that sound better than the originals. Chad explains his uncompromising process that turned his Kansas operation into one of the biggest players in the vinyl record business.

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1:22.9	going out there what's happening today on the interesting guest, I talked to this guy, Chad
1:29.3	Kassum. You know, he came to our attention by way of a profile in the New York Times
1:35.3	entitled The Wizard of Vinyl is in Kansas. So, Chad is a guy who is obsessed with making the best-s possible, and now he's a leader in the vinyl records industry with his company acoustic sounds.
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