The HiFi Five Podcast

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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 reme

Sep 10
1 h 28 min

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 Dir

Aug 27
1 h 13 min

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 Cacer

Aug 13
1 h 04 min

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

Jul 30
57 min

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

Jul 15
21 min

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

Jul 15
57 min

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:

Jul 9
1 h 13 min

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

Jul 5
1 h 22 min

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

Jun 25
1 h 00 min

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 d

Jun 11
1 h 16 min

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

May 28
1 h 16 min

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

May 13
1 h 16 min

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 Y

Apr 23
1 h 12 min

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

Apr 16
1 h 12 min

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 designe

Apr 2
1 h 26 min

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 D

Mar 26
1 h 09 min

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: SoundS

Mar 20
1 h 21 min

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 rev

Mar 12
56 min

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 Fi

Mar 6
1 h 11 min

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 deale

Mar 5
1 h 07 min