The Daily HiFi Podcast

We talk their three systems and what they have in them. We also talk about the sale for Audyssey MultEQ-X. Jay describes what is inside the Monolith Subwoofer and what the amp says!!??!! Erin put out a video about ignorance is bliss and we discuss that video. If reviewers give good reviews for inexpensive stuff and even better reviews for more expensive stuff because it is more pricey, is that doi...

Ealan brings his findings on the Nakamichi Dragon! Sonos and Sony HT-A9 are compared to the Dragon. Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit and why it is needed. Erin shows a CD collection, then Ealan shows his collection! We talk some best movies that are new. Tripoles, what are they? SpatialCD.com

Do you collect DVD/Blu-Ray/4K Blu-ray? Do you have a wall of discs? Joe doesn't like physical media! Target had a big sale on Monolith speakers! Arendal in house at Joe's place! Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit (SACT) comes to the rescue! AV10 wasn't outputting a signal to front wides! The SACT disc showed the Dolby Atmos decoder in the AV10 needed a setting changed/reset. REW goes to...

Fred, one of our viewers and Daily HiFi After Show Crew Members, goes big with his screen! Would you leave OLED behind for a projector? Or If you could buy an affordable 120" OLED would you give up your projector? Channa gets Joe to go 4K and Atmos on a streaming service! We also discuss desktop powered speakers from Kanto and Vanatoo. Joe reviewed the Kanto ORA here: https://youtu.be/LGOhFLL...

Erin talks car audio and a unique solution to being off center in a car or truck. DSP for Subwoofers, and more specifically would you want it or not and what about dynamic DSP EQ? Return on investment of audio/video gear? How do you look at price and how does that factor into your buying decisions? In the light of psychical media not at Best Buy any more, is streaming going to get better? Let'...

Is Dirac ART the next best thing since sliced bread. Or an over promise of a "improvement" for audio? Is Sony Pictures Core streaming service almost as good as discs? Now that Core is on the PS4 and PS5 are you buying either for playing back 80Mb streaming that core offers? 11.1.6 is a thing! Will it be your thing?

Zappiti is shuttering its doors, some of the main hardware/software features might become unusable. Erin does not like some speakers! Personal bias is ¿bad?, but does not everyone have bias to some effect. Joe reviews the B5 Monolith. REL subwoofer in for review with Erin, JL review done. Spatial Group releases 5.1 and Binaural recordings by Joe and Channa on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Spat...

SAT Go via Artist Connection App: https://share.artistconnection.net/content/8JaDsJ Well here we are with another product release! SAT Go, or Spatial Audio Toolkit Go! You will need to click the link above, and you will be taken to a download for the Artist Connection App. There hit the top left back button then the hamburger and finally click on explore. There you should see the Early Bird Specia...

Zone 2 or Zone 3, yah or nah for you? Are you a Kaleidescape or Zidoo type of person? Or are you liking the Discs that you have collected and use those exclusively for movie watching? Erin hasn't had the time to tune his car system but its coming. Joe is getting some Arendal speakers! Like 900+ hundred pounds of them. Erin points out buying the "right" speakers can help with not havi...

If you went to a CEDIA show and some how got $100,000 to spend at the show, what would you buy? Ike knows what he wants, but alas little out of his price range. Joe talks about a 144 page CEDIA paper, RP22 speaker placement guideline! YIKES, 144 pages! Ike also is setting up a pair of SVS dual 8 inch in wall subs! Monolith T5 tower on sale for $89!!! Can you say 7 ear level speakers for less than...

SACT (spatial audio calibration toolkit) was only the beginning, additional things are coming!!! Keep a watch out for those things! Also Magic Beans Audio is announcing True Target!!! Erin tweaked his back again. Erin and Joe talk about Klipsch The Sevens, specifically Erins review! CEDIA is about to ramp up! Anthony Grimani is glad Channa and Joe made the SACT, so he wouldn't have to!!! Chann...

Channa is talked down from the Genelec monitors. Joe has a second event and talks about future events in Southern California. Joe got to hear the JBL 4329P, and is wowed! But to reel it in he compared them to the the Kali LP-6 V2, what was better? Klippel or REW ghetto spinorama?

Erin and Joe discuss the Monolith THX certified compact system. Viewers ask Joe if he survived hurricane Hilary. Also Erin talks about his car system upgrade. How many amps did he go with?!? Wow! They also reminisce about MP3 players of old. 32MB player? Mega Byte!

Channa went to Sweetwater in Indiana for a Atmos mixing class! Joe holds an event demoing magic beans and other things in SoCal. Tim (our Daily HiFi video editor) also joins in this show at Joe's. Chris Walker from Elac was at Joe's event so was Justin Zazzi from Harman. Channa shops for speakers after Sweetwater mix class! Joe took questions at his event on his app, Magic Beans.

Channa takes us on a tour of Audio Advice Live, 2023. Erin Brings up that he has the Monolith THX Compact satellites.

Dirac changes long lived crossover point for one of our viewers! Joe got some Pioneer up firing speakers and they have an odd trait. Joe talks about a sub that is musical??? Erin doesn't see "Designed by Erin Speakers" anytime soon. And Channa teases something coming from himself and Joe!!!

Nackamichi Dragon is for the right person! Is that you? Is Channa going to Sweetwater for an Atmos mixing master class? Channa and perhaps Erin are going to audio advice live! Zappiti is gone? And Zidoo is gone? Say what! MBL speakers website that we were talking about: https://www.mbl.de/en/loudspeakers . Definitive Technology DM70 set to small or large? Car subs in home theater or no?

Erin sent screen shot to his Mom when Sean Olive called him out on being what a speaker reviewer should be! Congrats to Erin! MWAVE went down this past weekend. Tweeter differences, and how they interact in room. Studio monitors with bluetooth? "Harman Target Curve" vs what magic beans finds to be the target curve! And yes Channa joined us for awhile from the ER this episode! Level match...

Brent And Dennis were all too kind to come onto Daily HiFi and talk as long as they did! We talked their history and where they worked. Also talked in depth of testing subwoofers. Disturbing trends for reviews came up as well. In room predictions from a Klippel vs real world measurements! Brent talks being threatened for honest reviews on the bad equipment. Also Dennis and Brent share their long l...

Billy buys some KEF R3 Meta because of Erin's recent review. Channa learned from a young age that hifi is fun and equipment matters. Joe would love to bridge the gap from measurements matter to the only what you hear matters camps. Erin takes pause with shopping hifi shops, vs hearing what you would hear in your room. And finally Joe digs a hole, a big giant hole! Brent Butterworth and Dennis...

Channa's link to his upcoming (as of this posting) live stream mixing session: https://www.youtube.com/live/8gicDPTCiK0?feature=share Magic Beans and calibrated mics? Is there a rumored second SACT or at least available to more people? Minimum number of height speakers?

Ed talks MSO (Multi Sub Optimizer). Also he discusses subwoofer placement. We also go over eq and why nulls can't be corrected period. Phase response and phase rotation. Full range? Ummmm, you really still need a crossover on every speaker. Small speakers are a VAST majority in speakers out there! Double bass, what is it, do you want it? DSP latency of SVS subwoofers? Is a system 7.4.6 or real...

Cory fields a few questions from our YouTube Audience! Also Cory goes over a little on how his shop carries everything from beginning of the audio chain like guitars to the end of the audio chain with the likes of Perlisten Speakers. What a shop! Check out his shop at: https://paducahhometheater.com/ Also do not forget about our merch at: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyHiFi/store Thanks for listeni...

Apple previews Vision Pro "spatial vision". Ed Mullen from SVS is going to be on the show soon. Erin is looking for HDMI speakers that are under $500, if a sound bar can be $140, why not some speakers? DIY subwoofers, are ALWAYS better? Maybe not? SACT Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit is doing well. Dreamedia is doing a man cave make over for a guy who broke his back, very touching vide...

What are ok apartment subwoofers? Join the discord for the spacial audio calibration toolkit, link to that comes with the kit purchase. Shout out to Reverend Slim, for all he does in that discord group. EQ'ng speakers or is it Room Correction? MoFi point source speakers and concentric speakers in general, problem areas. Pro sound speakers disconnect from what we use at home. Do companies care?...