The Daily HiFi Podcast

Horns and Waveguides, what is what? Monolith small THX speakers. SVS sound path wireless units. And SVS new wireless speakers!  Caller asks about directional RCA cables and XLR directionality!

Ealan asks if there is a standard crossover frequency for the overhead Atmos speakers? Joe compares computer up mixing power to Dolby and Auro3D up mixers! Channa and Joe make the observation that Atmos headphone listening can get sounds closer to you than in room Atmos, but at the same time the Atmos headphone listening can sound distant as well. 2 channel & Multi channel comparisons, is one...

Comply ear tips for the AirPods. Biases against soundbars? Dolby Atmos processors differences from brand to brand? Speaker placements for one seat or all seats? Erin talks car vs home sound. Up coming reviews for Michael! And much more! Be sure to subscribe to Ealan's YouTube Channel. Ealan's Website click here.

How should Atmos be mixed? A dome or more of a cube. And which came first? A mixer chimes in about mix listening in studio. Auro-3D & Atmos setups and what can pan above you better? Joe has some Bluetooth speaker reviews coming up. Apple TV 4K new one! Arcam AVR11 at Channa's place is having HDMI hand shake problems.  

Erin eyes a new system with McIntosh and Monolith, or JBL, or KEF, or Revel, or the in wall speakers??? Shane Lee (formally Spare Change) discovers his front wides need to be timbre matched because of Channa's demos. 5.1 system from monolith review coming up from Joe. Caller calls in about in walls. Zone 2 on a receiver, do we need it any more? Much less Zone 3? How close should a acoustically tra...

Channa explains Dolby Atmos speaker layouts! The Marantz AV10 $7,000 preamp is brought up a couple times. We also talk demo movies. Denon 3800 vs 4700. Is the Emotiva $1000 processor worth the money? AMT tweeters are good? And so much more is covered!!! 

Michael shares some of what he saw and heard at CEDIA. Caller calls in about Cerwin Vega speakers. We also took calls on Dolby Cinema vs experience at home and other fantastic topics! We also celebrate Michaels 100K subscribers, first time Youthman was in to do so!!!

Ike From EasyHT Tech joins us half way through the podcast fresh from CEDIA. We talk all that Ike saw and heard. And ask Ike what his reaction to coming home to his own theater was like after seeing all that CEDIA provided. And our own Youthman passes 100K Subs and 20,000,000 views!!! Be sure to congratulate him on those mile stones!!!

Tim gets some new THX speakers from Monolith. Joe is using Encore speakers from Monolith. Two team members from Dirac visits Joe! Joe, Michael, and Tim all worked at Circuit City around the same time frame. Denon and Marantz get Dirac AND Audyssey. Distance error in with Audyssey can be corrected for with manual tuning and doing some multiplication. Is a power amp required? Does voice of god speak...

Klipsch RP-8000F II VS SVS Prime Pinnacle, which one brings home the bacon for you? Joe adds surround heights instead of rear heights. REW impulse response and correction? What was Michaels favorite home theater tour? Upgrading 5.1, go 7.1 or go 5.1.2? Klipsch RP-8000F II SVS Prime Pinnacle

Zappiti gets new skins and a new feature that allows a trailer to play before a movie starts! Erin Reviews a VERY VERY unique speaker! And Channa rants about mixing in Atmos! Thanks for listening!!! Don't forget to find us on YouTube, for clips, and Monday nights when we record the show: https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyHiFi

Channa mixes a awesome demo of Atmos and how your various set ups equal the end results. Michael will be celebrating a Birthday on Sept 4th, everyone email, message him, YouTube comment, on Sept 4th for his birthday. Denon and Marantz are going Dirac, or is it just a rumor? Multi-channel music, beyond two channel, is a thing but will it be here to stay? High velociraptor drivers? Brand new items a...

Chris Seymour talked to Michael about a ALR screen from Seymour Screens. $350,000 pair speakers damaged in shipping to Audio Advice Live! Erin probably won't be bringing his Klippel to next years get together. Erin clears the air with no DSP on REL sub video from Shane Lee's interview of RELs engineer. Channa Loves his new Monolith coaxial THX speakers! Erin didn't see a big buck difference with n...

Channa made his dinner costs back and then some in Reno!!! Dirac is better but what is easier to set up? Erin wants tone controls right on front! Jamo speakers not so neutral frequency response? Single laser projector wins a shoot out? Michael is getting the Pioneer 505!!! On wall or In Wall speakers!?!

Channa is going to be trying out some $1,700 headphones. Michael got the Best Joy remote in for review. Channa just got an Arcam AVR11 in with Dirac live bass control. Joe explains Deoxit electronics contact cleaner. 1-2-3-4-5-6-...7 OLEDs? https://www.amazon.com/BESTJOY-Universal-SR001-Smartphone-Bluetooth/dp/B09SKQB4DJ Audeze MM-500 Arcam AVR-11

The Daily HiFi Treehouse is open? What are transients on a waveform? Apple Music in a home theater from an AppleTV! Kraftwerk track gets Michael smiling! Reggie and Michael bond over that track!

Joe does this wonderful thing for his Mom, upgrades her hearing with out her need to always wear her hearing aids. Also Paul and Tim fresh from getting done at MWAVE, talk about what they saw. https://midwestavexperience.com maybe in the books, but the story's of new friendships and lasting memories are here to stay.

Erin goes to Joe's home and listens to Auro-3D and Atmos. And gets to hear them back to back with a button press or two. Erin asks a few negative commenters to do it themselves! Joe is asked if he bought subscribers???!!!??? Russound amp for SVS speakers? More excursion more air moved. REL has new subs!

A Lot of the brands that Michael has worked with are giving away prizes big prizes in some cases!!! Zidoo is some how pronounced like Zipper! Acoustical panels clear Michael's dialog in his theater! AVR's take the longest time to review! MWAVE is coming...see you in Lawrence Kansas, July 22-24, 2022!   https://midwestavexperience.com/  

3" mastering speakers? Buying things to buy things? Is it ok that non-audio orientated companies are buying up the industry staples? VU meters for speaker level outs? And are measurements equally weighted?

Jeremy calls in and shares his knowledge of Dolby Atmos, speaker layouts and a lot more! DIY has reignited Erin, and he is ordering kits to measure!!! Joe does unboxing video on the Klipsch 600M II that he doesn't talk in! Erin also shows us a ported tweeter, and a 3D printed speaker! Do near field subs need to be eq'd? And Channa enjoys some video games in Atmos! Thanks for listening! 

Auro 3D Bankrupt? Frequency response in room and not forcing a curve but following a natural response? Bass nulls that you can see but maybe never correct? Near field subs! Dayton Ultimax 18" sub placement. 

Erin takes us through the differences of time and phase alignments. Ealan just did a video on acoustic treatments. Channa is getting an Arcam AVR11. And 7706 vs 8805a vs 6700 comparison. Ealan's Video: https://youtu.be/04Lv_NhlncU Video Version Of This Podcast: https://youtu.be/7rwcO3TrbmE

Top Gun hits theaters and Michael and Erin saw it, and give early reactions with no spoilers! Another caller calls in about Michael's upcoming review of an OSD subwoofer? Also we are asked if the HSU VTF5 sub is any good?

We talk about house or target curves all the time, but what are they? Top Gun is here, watch the old one first! Erin describes his set up for Dirac and amplification in his home theater. Klipsch 600M v1 and v2 bought by Erin for measurements! Speaker measurements repository/data base: https://pierreaubert.github.io/spinorama/   Watch the four of us every Monday night at 7pm eastern 4pm pacifi...