HeyJaredSoundStage! Audiophile Podcast
The official podcast for SoundStage!, featuring host Jorden Guth for seasons 2 and 3, plus hosts Brent Butterworth and Dennis Burger for season 1
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Monitor Audio’s Ten-Year Plan for Hi-Fi—With Michael Johnson (opens the original)
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This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Michael Johnson, Global Marketing Director for Monitor Audio Group, to discuss the Monitor Audio Experience Centre, creating gateways to audiophilia, and the company’s ten-year roadmap. They also explore whether vinyl represents hi-fi’s past or future, the role active speakers might play at Monitor Audio, and why video games could be an important way to introduce a new generation to better sound. Sources: “Monitor Audio: From Concept 50 to Hyphn and Beyon
WiiM’s Recipe for Modern Hi-Fi—With Dominique Lingruen (opens the original)
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This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Dominique Lingruen, vice president of sales for Linkplay Technology Inc., parent company of WiiM—a fast-growing hi-fi brand whose expanding lineup includes streamers, amplifiers, wireless speakers, subwoofers, and other products designed for the modern connected audio system. Topics of conversation include Dominique’s personal history in hi-fi, WiiM’s meteoric rise, the importance of personalization, how the company is reaching a younger and more female a
The Future of Hi-Fi with Emotiva's Dan Laufman (opens the original)
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Host Jorden Guth welcomes Emotiva founder Dan Laufman back to the podcast for a conversation about where hi-fi is headed. From the retro-inspired Nostala line to the need for high-value, long-lasting audio gear, Laufman explains why making great sound more accessible is essential to the industry's future. Sources: “Dan Laufman on the Value of Emotiva”: https://www.soundstage.life/e/dan-laufman-on-the-value-of-emotiva/ Emotiva BasX TA2+ stereo receiver by Dennis Burger: https://www.soundstageacce
How Great Hi-Fi Gets Made—Lenbrook's Matt Simmonds (opens the original)
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Host Jorden Guth is joined by Matt Simmonds, Vice President of Product Development at Lenbrook, for a behind-the-scenes look at how modern hi-fi products come to life. Simmonds discusses his family's history in audio, the origins of Bluesound, the importance of industrial design, and how companies weigh innovation, market trends, and emerging technologies like AI when deciding what products to build next. Sources: "Bluesound's High-Style Pulse Sub+ Subwoofer"—SoundStage! Talks (December 2020): h
Hi-Fi Nerd Fight Part 2—Dennis Burger vs. Paul Hales on Room Correction (opens the original)
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This week, we pick up the ball from where the previous episode left off. Host Jorden Guth once again moderates a chat between podcast producer Dennis Burger and guest L. Paul Hales about the future of hi-fi and the place room correction has in that future. Topics include how one defines a good speaker, why kick drums can lose their oomph, why you wouldn’t EQ a piano, and a complete break-down of Paul’s five-point problem with room correction. Sources: “Are JL Audio’s Primacy Speakers the Future
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