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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/support…

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/…

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? --- Send in a voice …

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? --- Send in a voice message: h…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageS…

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 Podc…

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 1…

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. --- Send in a voice message: ht…

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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

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 w…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters…

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. --- S…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport thi…

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 --- Send in a voice message: http…

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://p…

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/ --- Send in a voice message: ht…

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co…

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…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhi…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: https:/…

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 a…

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 s…

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 s…

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: ht…

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…

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 expe…

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify…

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 neede…

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…

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 an…

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? --- Send in a voice message: http…

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 an…

SAT Go via Artist Connection App: https://share.artistconnection.net/content/8JaDsJWell 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 ex…

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 "ri…

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!…

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 …

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messa…

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 hi…

Channa takes us on a tour of Audio Advice Live, 2023. Erin Brings up that he has the Monolith THX Compact satellites. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/support

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!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co…

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…

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 awhi…

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 e…

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…

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyhifi/…

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 latenc…

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://w…

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 gu…

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 disconnec…