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Welcome to The HiFi Five, a live roundtable discussion show about all things high-end audio plus music recommendations, produced twice per month --the second and the fourth Wednesday of every month.
The HiFi Five is hosted/moderated by Ron Resnick, co-owner of WhatsBestForum and audio reviewer.
Our other chairs will feature one-time guests and recurring guests.
This show is educational: explaining how to select components, how to build audio systems, how to treat rooms and how to help you achieve the greatest realism and emotional engagement from your audio system. This show also is a candid, freewheeling, behind-the-scenes look at the high-end audio hobby and industry, with reports from audio shows, and gives you insights, opinions and perspectives.
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The HiFi Five Episode 43: Solid-State Versus Tube Amplifiers
The HiFi Five Episode 43: Solid-State Versus Tube Amplifiers Guests David Berning -- Founder and Designer of The David Berning Company John Curl -- Founder and Designer of Vendetta Research, Designer for Parasound and for Mark Levinson Mich
The HiFi Five Episode 42: Truths About Cables
The HiFi Five Episode 42: Truths About Cables Guests: Matthew Bond -- Founder and Designer, Matthew Bond Audio; formerly Founder and Designer at Tara Labs Galen Gareis -- Designer at Iconoclast Cables; formerly Principal Engineer at Belden
The HiFi Five Episode 41: Is Your Set-Up All Wrong?
This is the most actionable, answer-packed discussion about set-up issues and conundrums we all face ever recorded! Guests: Frank Doris -- Editor, Copper Magazine; Senior Associate Editor, Positive FeedbackPeter Noerbaek -- Founder and Desi
The HiFi Five Episode 40: Are HiFi Influencers Breaking the Rules?
The HiFi Five Episode 40: Are HiFi Influencers Breaking the Rules? This episode shines a bright line on many questionable practices in the industry, and proposes a remedy. Guests: Frank Doris -- Editor of Copper Magazine, Senior Associate E
The HiFi Five Episode 39: Is Vinyl All That?
The HiFi Five Episode 39: Is Vinyl All That? Guests: Jefferson Douglas -- CEO of Tubelandia Music Mike Lavigne -- audiophile hobbyist Amadeus Meitner -- Managing Director, EMM Labs and Meitner Doug Schneider -- founder of SoundStage! Topics
The HiFi Five Episode 38: Buying Used Components and Repairs
The HiFi Five Episode 38: Buying Used Components and Repairs Guests: Morrison Agen -- Hardcore HiFi, a dealer and component repair and restoration business Jay Caceres -- Jay’s Audio Lab, a dealer in used components Peter Glenn -- Director
The HiFi Five Episode 37: Southwest Audio Fest 2026 Show Report
The HiFi Five Episode 37: Southwest Audio Fest 2026 Show Report Guests: Chad Crawley -- audiophile hobbyist Gary Gill -- founder and organizer of the Southwest Audio Fest and Capital Audio Fest Matt Philpot -- YouTube channel Everyday Audio
The HiFi Five Episode 36: Roger Hwang, CEO Crystal Claire, on Audio Research and Acora Acoustics
In this The HiFi Five Special Episode Ron Resnick interviews Mr. Roger Hwang, the CEO of Crystal International Group Inc. and Crystal Claire Cosmetics Inc., who explains the many recent corporate and personnel developments at Audio Research
The HiFi Five Episode 35: Dynaudio Withdrawal and Distributor Life Today
The HiFi Five Episode 35: Dynaudio Withdrawal and Distributor Life Today Guests: Brian Ackerman -- Founder of Aaudio Imports Bill Leebens -- CEO of Leebens Marketing and Management Doug Schneider -- Founder of SoundStage! Hiram Toro -- Foun
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 34: Thirteen Full System Recommendations from $500 to $100,000
In this Episode 34 the guests and Ron explain thirteen full system recommendations from $500 to $100,000! The HiFi Five supports budget and student audiophiles! Guests: Erin Hardison -- Erin’s Audio Corner Danny Kaey -- Sonic Flare Eric Nef
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 33: Axiss Lawsuit
The HiFi Five Episode 33: Axiss Lawsuit Guests: Chad Crawley -- audiophile hobbyist Erin Hardison -- Erin's Audio Corner Kerry Harvey -- commercial transactions attorney who has litigated dozens of cases and served as the United States Atto
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 32: Getting Kids into Music and Audio
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 32: Getting Kids into Music and Audio Guests: May Anwar -- Scientist, college educator, co-founder of M101 Audio and the creator of “Passport to Sound” Steve Lefkowicz -- Senior Associate Editor at Positive Feedback J
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 31: High End Vienna 2026 Show Report
THE HIFI FIVE Episode 31: High End Vienna 2026 Show Report Learn what really happened at the show, best sounding exhibits, most exciting component debuts and industry discussions! Guests: Edgar Kramer -- Editor-in-Chief of SoundStage! Austr
The HiFi Five Episode 30: DACs and Digital Playback
The owners of MSB and veteran reviewers tackle some of the biggest -- and most divisive -- questions in digital audio: Guests: Daniel Francis -- Co-owner and Industrial Designer of MSB Technology Jonathan Gullman -- Co-owner and CEO of MSB
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 29: Field Coil Loudspeakers
The HiFi Five Episode 29: Field Coil Loudspeakers GUESTS Frank Doris -- Editor of Copper Magazine, Senior Associate Editor at Positive Feedback Rich Pinto -- Founder and Designer, Treehaus Audio Peter Qvortrup -- Founder and Managing Direct
The HiFi Five Episode 28: Multi-Channel for Audiophiles
The HiFi Five Episode 28: Multi-Channel for Audiophiles Guests: Ulrike Schwarz — Grammy award-nominated co-founder of multi-channel recording firm Anderson Audio New York Andrew Quint — Senior Writer at The Absolute Sound Arian Jansen — fou
The HiFi Five Episode 27: AXPONA 2026 Show Report
The HiFi Five Episode 27: AXPONA 2026 Show Report with Jeff Dorgay, Erin Hardison, Lee Scoggins and Dave Solomon
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 26: How to Select a Loudspeaker and Room Placement
The HiFi Five Episode 26: How to Select a Loudspeaker and Room Placement Shanon McKellar, audio and music reviewer for Analog Planet Steven Norber, founder and designer of PranaFidelity dynamic driver loudspeakers, and Director of Audio Eng
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 25: Measurements for Subjectivist Audiophiles
Episode 25: Measurements for Subjectivist Audiophiles Ron Resnick (host/moderator): WhatsBestForum Brent Butterworth: Wirecutter, Audio Unleased, Audio Journalist Danny Kaey: EMM Labs, Sonic Flare, HiFi Reviewer Ralph Karsten: Atma-Sphere
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 24: Component Selection and System Building
Episode 24: Component Selection and System Building Ron Resnick (moderator): WhatsBestForum Danny Kaey: EMM Labs, Sonic Flare, HiFi Reviewer Doug Schneider: SoundStage Peter Noerbaek: PBN Audio Mike Lavigne: prominent audiophile hobbyist We
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 23: Guest Norman Varney, AV RoomService
Welcome to The HiFi Five -- a weekly news and roundtable discussion show about all things high-end audio! Featuring: Ron Resnick (moderator) - WhatsBestForum; audio reviewer Our other chairs will feature co-hosts and one-time guests and rec
The HiFi Five Special Episode 22: Response to Robert Harley's "Magazine Ethics" Editorial, April 2026 The Absolute Sound
This is a Special Episode in which we respond to Robert Harley's editorial, "Magazine Ethics," in the April 2026 issue of The Absolute Sound. Welcome to The HiFi Five -- a weekly news and roundtable discussion show about all things high-end
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 21: Guest Gary Gill, Capital Audiofest
Welcome to The HiFi Five -- a weekly news and roundtable discussion show about all things high-end audio! Featuring: Jay Caceres - Jay's Audio Lab; pre-owned dealer; audio reviewer Elliot Goldman - Bending Wave USA; high-end audio distribut
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 20
What has been your experience on the show so far? Where would you like us to take the show from here? How does the Florida Audio show compare to other shows in the U.S. or Canada? Is it true that Stereophile boycotted the Florida Audio show
The HiFi Five Episode 19: Guest Randy Bingham, Rhythm Distribution
This week saw the announcement of the industry's first seven figure component — the Borresen M8 at $1,200,000. Is the race for eye-popping MSRPs good or bad for the industry? Why do manufacturers hire a distributor, instead of managing a ne
The HiFi Five Episode 18: Guest Louis Desjardins, Kronos
What aspect of vinyl playback do you believe is most misunderstood, and how do different turntable designs try to address it? Do different turntable drive systems have a consistent sonic signature? Do most direct drive turntables sound simi
The HiFi Five Episode 17: Guest Doug Schneider, SoundStage!
Which is the most technologically impressive audio manufacturer factory you have ever visited?Is there any way to bridge the subjectivist audio/measurements objectivist divide? Do you personally believe that everything we hear can be measur
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 16: Guest Danny Richie, GR Research
How have the scientific studies of hearing and audio at Bell Labs and at Harman impacted your work in audio? Why has the industry not insisted that reviewers, manufacturers, influencers and marketers to publish their ear hearing measurement
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 15
Welcome to The HiFi Five -- a weekly news and roundtable discussion show about all things high-end audio! Featuring: Jay Caceres - Jay's Audio Lab; pre-owned dealer; audio reviewer Elliot Goldman - Bending Wave USA; high-end audio distribut
The Hi-Fi Five Episode 14: Guest Mike Powell, OCD HiFi Guy
In Episode 14 we discuss: If you had to judge a very expensive, high-end stereo system using only one song what track do you choose and why?Why should any audiophile listen to YouTube Influencers? How should influencers deal with the confli
