The Daily HiFi Podcast

What does it take to be an Audiophile? Are we audiophiles? Joe headed over to Masimo to show them the way of the Beans by demonstrating True Target!

Joe polls his audience, and asks what target curve are they using. We also take on a great question about height speakers where and what, and also how many! Elac releases a new speaker. How do you import Magic Beans target curves? Sony releases OLEDs and mini-LEDs TV's.

Where with speakers do you see no more returns on money put into them? Like do $500 speakers sound just as good to you as $5,000 speakers? How about $1,000 vs $10,000 speakers? Also how much are or did you put into Acoustic Treatment? Or did a rug and some drapes help enough for your needs? Or maybe you didn't do any treatment?

What Rocky movie is your favorite? Is Rambo some how better? PSA's 18" ported or 21" sealed? Same cost, same amp! Which would you get, Perlisten or JTR for mains? Auro 13.1 or Dolby Atmos 7.1.6? Erin is getting a complex! Apple Music App for Roku Ultra, Atmos? Center or Sub/s, which is more important for home theater?

Do you think AV Forums gave Joe a fair shake? Erin is getting a pair of bookshelf speakers that are 101 pounds each! Tim was hangry at Axpona! Klipsch out performs SVS for a viewer! Joe did a poll or two about target curves preceding a video or two! Yamaha YPAO!

Erin, Channa and our video editor Tim all met up at Axpona! This is an audio accounting of what happened! Opera and Jazz might have been over used at the show for demoing speakers. Erin and Channa got mauled by fans during the show! And we take some questions! Some House Keeping: We are now recording on Tuesday nights live, so expect the Audio Podcast put up on Thursday Mornings! Thanks for your u...

Well Yamaha has a few iterations of YPAO and getting Magic Beans to work with each is being worked out! Speaker wire gauge, and getting right, or at least good enough. Link Below: https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/cableloss/ Channa working on some videos and getting his mixing studio setup! Channa does not want a huge subwoofer, aka Klipsch 14" or larger!

April 3, 2024 8pm ET, go here: YouTube.com/@MixingNight Joe tests DEQ and Cinema Filter and etc from a Denon to see what they are doing. Spatial Toolkit to the rescue again, tests speaker levels from Denon when using DEQ, loudness management, etc. Viewers are interested in Movie Theater levels and Frequency response.

RSL's new 10E Subwoofer is only $299, what would your thoughts be on such an inexpensive sub? Also Erin got an ABX comparator for amps and speakers. Stereo for 99 years and now people are still getting sort of used to Atmos mixing. Magic Beans was released!!! https://magicbeansaudio.com/

Want to help Erin out? Go here: https://www.patreon.com/erinsaudiocorner Erin got the KEF Blade 2 Meta on the Klippel, which is no easy task! Would you hear a difference in op amps? Anyone like DTS play-fi? Polk R700 going to be reviewed? Joe's release of magic beans is almost here, tonight in fact if you are listening to this podcast same day as we release the podcast! Here is a link to Joe&#...

Magic Beans gets a release date! How many channels for a certain size room? Magic Beans and open baffle speakers? Erin hears something he missed before in songs with KEF Blade Meta 2! Side ways height speakers near ceiling!

Wharfedale about to release Super Denton speakers! Kali smaller monitors! Channa visits a mixing clinic and discussion forum! Talking roundy things with impulse responses? Erin's dream build of a speaker from scratch? Lossy or lossless files sizes? No cereal box thumbnails please?!? Channa is looking for acoustic treatment for a studio space.

Erin flips some KEF blade meta's off a truck! Daft Punk song gets analyzed. Auro 3-D goes streaming. Joe made some adapters with some nails! Checking the phase at crossover point to sub/s? Room Perfect and the Magic Beans! No import function on Anthem!

Joe and Channa talk headphone ugliness. Phase and time aligned speakers leads to awesome imagining! What is impulse response? Channa complains about Dirac Art and his mixes! Exporting Magic Beans to various products. Using Pink Noise vs Sweeps. Mike Dean, great bass demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evi12DFoPrc

Erin made a trip to a HiFi shop in Alabama! Erin found his perfect pairing in the KEF and McIntosh room, but quickly went on! Erin do we even know you any more? Erin came across a Danish speaker company; Davone. 2 sub outs, with 4 subs on a older Denon? Joe talks about his HTP-1 from Monoprice's Monolith line.

Format war? What not another one! Well we talk about it a little in this episode. Erin is getting some speakers, 10,000 dollar speakers! Joe is excited for his upcoming HTP-1 review, lots of features he can use! Shillin10 is a 10% coupon off the Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit, can be used at https://spatialcd.com/

Back from NAMM, Joe and Channa are talking about studio plans. They also talk about what they saw at NAMM. Erin is asked about bass management in a two channel systems. Visio TV keeps rebooting, what should our YouTube viewer do with the TV? New Roadhouse movie that is coming soon is legit?

When Magic Beans is released do you have to worry about the attenuation from an acoustically transparent screen? Demo material you want demo material? Well check out the spatial audio calibration toolkit discord group demo material, new stuff too! CES coverage still in coming from Channa. Joe and Channa are going to NAMM. Phase inversion because of a port?

SVS has a new lineup of speakers! Also Sonus faber showed some big stuff from them and McIntosh. Channa goes over how impressed he was with the Dolby Flex Connect demos he got. And so much more!

Channa goes to CES 2024, reports back on the transparent TV from LG. Is Recalibration needed after changing the crossover frequency in your receiver? Magic Beans is coming along, and adding things to the builds almost daily. And more!

Channa is gearing up for CES and The NAMM Show coming up. We take to remixing movies lacking Atmos heights! 115" TV, coming to US EVER?!? Sonos speakers or a sound bar for a receiver free setup! Channa makes some of his own Atmos scenes, that he made with audio only! Channa is running through his receivers to try Magic Beans-True Target on almost all major brands. Height speaker placement dem...

We know Dirac has been and will probably continue to be a premium product, so is $799 for the full package from Dirac to much? Let us know! Also we talk TV's should one go higher end and smaller or should you go mid tier and go larger? Erin talks about his review of the KEF LS60 powered stereo speakers. Arendal speakers not enough bass? But their subs do! True Target by Magic Beans Audio, revi...

Magic Beans is really in beta as they say. Hot Dogs on a stick, speakers on a stick. Arendal 1723 speakers! Erin bought a pair of which KEFs? Magic beans is finding the room transfer function, or what the room does to the speaker. Auro3D and Atmos 13.1 for optimized for both. Are front wides used more than a voice of god speaker and center height speaker up front? Magic beans works with a miniDSP?...

SACT code for Holiday Sale, EARMUFFS15. JBL Bar 1000! Auro 3D comes to Shield. Which AVRs allow delays, volume and crossovers after Dirac? Mixing for home, object based mixes vs channel based mixes? Worth an upgrade to 11 channel receiver?

Joe made a video about height speakers and used Channa as a demonstration tool. Sometimes running speaker wire leads you to a position less than ideal. Negative reviews or positive reviews? What does adding more subs do to system response? Is an 18dB cut to much when calibrating? Acoustic treatment, needed? Joe's Video: https://youtu.be/o_EpJr6yRyU?si=nWb7g5eNh4RQC9ur Channa's Latest Video...