Six Months into a PhD in Hi-Fi - Learning | Controversies | Revelations | The Future

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider and podcast producer Dennis Burger to discuss what Jorden has learned in six months of hosting the podcast, since he’s been able to speak to some of the hi-fi industry’s most influential and respected luminaries. As Doug often tells him, “Talking to these people is like getting a PhD course in hi-fi.” So has doing so helped Jorden? Listen and find out.

Sources:

Status and Culture by W. David Marx: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659558/status-and-culture-by-w-david-marx/

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel: https://chadorzel.com/?cat=4

Why Amplifiers Don't Sound the Same - Understanding Voltage and Current for Loudspeakers (Ep:71): https://youtu.be/pTeAJJQ9a10?si=huMJjMK62SiAEFCk

Neil Young and Rick Rubin: World Record, Recording on Tape, and Creative Process | Apple Music: https://youtu.be/PZ-AVFpB3KI?si=FcAlAmr3OrXf10r4

Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:20 Introductions
00:01:48 Lessons learned from the experts
00:23:43 Music Break: "Baby I'm Stuck in a Cone" by Ge Filter Fish
00:24:38 Artist’s intent, analog vs. digital, and more
00:40:45 What’s next?
00:47:52 The music that moves us