The HiFi Five Podcast

About The HiFi Five Podcast

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.

Publisher

Hi-Fi Five

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Oct 2025

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   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 Designer, PBN Audio Lee Scoggins -- Reviewer, Positive Feedback Norman Varney -- Founder, A/V RoomService Topics: What are the most common setup mistakes audiophiles make? Can measurements really tell you where to put your speakers and listening cha...

2. 

   10 Sept 2026

   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 Editor at Positive Feedback Mike Powell -- OCD HiFi Guy and founder of the audio brand Verastarr and online dealer 11Stereo Stu McCreary -- attorney and Senior Associate Editor and legal counsel for Positive-Feedback David Robinson -- Founder, ...

3. 

   27 Aug 2026

   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: Which is the best sounding format, and what does best sounding mean? When great vinyl beats state-of-the-art digital, what are we really hearing -- the format, better mastering, or better gear? If master tape is the ultimate reference, which gets ...

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