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.
The HiFi Five Podcast
The HiFi Five Episode 18: Guest Louis Desjardins, Kronos
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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 similar? Do most belt drive turntables sound similar?
What is most important to the sound of the system: the turntable, the tonearm or the phono cartridge?
How important is speed accuracy (maintaining exactly 33.33) versus speed stability (speed doesn’t vary)?
When listeners describe a turntable as having better “timing” or “flow,” what do you think they are actually hearing?
Should a manufacturer who uses a traditional distributor/dealer model terminate a distributor who sells directly to a consumer?
What your favorite type of cartridge? Moving coil? Optical?
What set-up variable do you think audiophiles underestimate the most in vinyl playback?
For the same tonearm design why would somebody use a longer arm -- 14" or 12" over the 9" version?
Turntables were invented over 100 years ago. After 100 years of development is there anything that can still be improved on a turntable?