The HiFi Five Podcast
Welcome to The HiFi Five -- a weekly news magazine 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 distributor and retailer
Danny Kaey - Sonic Flare; hi-fi reviewer
Ron Resnick (moderator) - WhatsBestForum; Clarisys Audio dealer; audio reviewer
Our fifth chair will host one-time guests and recurring guests.
This show is going to be a candid, free-wheeling and no-holds-barred behind-the-scenes look at the high-end audio industry. We're going to give you insight, opinions and perspectives. We also are going discuss components and music.
The HiFi Five Podcast
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 measurements as evidence of credibility for their audio pronouncements?
Are there inherent sonic advantages to: dipole planar speakers, horn speakers, dynamic driver speakers?
If a box speaker, to port or not to port?
Do exotic materials for driver cones sound better than traditional paper cones?
Does the material used in the cabinet of the speaker -- wood, aluminum, carbon fiber, acrylic resin -- drive the resulting sound?