The Daily HiFi Podcast

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? Spears and Munsil disc? Does one need to recalibrate with new couch or furniture layout?

Kali, Q acoustics, and Bowers & Wilkins. Channa is pool side wearing a sweater. Joe measures the Sound United demo room. Erin wants to measure taller speakers. and just might be able too, SOON! Erin likes speakers that can be shaped to the right curve, and Joe wants something that is more correct out of the box. Joe explains a little more about Magic Beans. Erin shares that he has 10 pair of speakers in for review!!! Whew! Including MoFi Electronics - SourcePoint 10 Bookshelf Speakers. Joe says he has perfect app developer! Erin's measurements for the Behringer's passive $179 PA speaker.

This is a must listen! Anthony talks about the time he made a test DVD disc. Also talks about his time at Dolby! He covers what we can hear vs what we can measure. And also takes the time to talk about the 4 things we can do to make speakers sound better in a room! Anthony goes on to share about why mics are just part of the equation is testing speakers, our ears are the rest of the equation! He also goes on with why off axis is just as important as direct sound from a speaker.

Erin sees if the Triad In Room Gold measure up! Using Audyssey and miniDSP together. Setting phase of subwoofers in main listening position. Wisdom Audio called Joe about the SACT (Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit) and using it for tests. Anthem ARC or Dirac. 3800H as a preamp. Dynaudio and matching Atmos speakers to them? Magic Beans and the SACT, can they work together? Tim (our video editor) confesses that his subwoofers have not been calibrated yet, that he has had those subs for weeks now. Matching subs in a home theater? miniDSP two channel and two subs?

12S RSL Subwoofer! What speakers are in our systems? Where do acoustical panels go? Projector vs TV? A weighting or do you want to use C weighting? Subwoofer not turning on? Magic Beans are still on the way!

Joes MagicBeans app is getting there! Erin is starting to test things with an Audio Precision unit, first up amps and preamp processor from McIntosh. Michael gets his snow fix for a little bit!!! Upmixing to front wides and native content for front wides. Do you think old or new speakers are the da bomb? Size of resistors that Erin uses for testing are massive, + a giant heatsink! Thanks for listening!!!

Florida Audio Expo is over with, did Erin find a new speaker that he would want in his home? MWAVE part duet is coming July! Flown floating clouds for acoustic absorption? What headphones for noise cancellation, or mixing, or etc.! Directivity of subs and crossover frequency. What makes movie theater popcorn, movie theater popcorn. And we find out that Joe can press 2 or 3 bags of popcorn, maybe, if he is lucky, in low gravity!!!

We also talk about Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit, and why it might be late for the Disc to get to you. Erin gets a sound bar to go with his McIntosh amp, wait what? Ok maybe it's not for that use! Also the company behind Zapitti is coming out with a top of the line 4k player called the Magnetar! Note they are the same people behind the Reavon players, will that work out for them, having two lines of 4K UHD Blu-ray players?  

What's this about Joe saying we have too many speakers? Brad from home theater gamer on YouTube, reviews the Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit! What are Michael's favorite end game speakers?

Brad's review of the SACT: https://youtu.be/l33Dmxq18v0

Which towers for our listener, Klipsch RP-6000F II or SVS Prime Pinnacle? Going down memory lane: the Audio Control Epicenter, and dot matrix RTA!!! Monolith new MTM desktop speakers? miniDSP 2x4HD and subwoofer integration? TVs, better or bigger? Older receiver upgrade will our listener notice a difference upgrading?

Thanks for listening!!!!

Joe And Channa Talk Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit! Measurements First Or Listening First As A Reviewer?

Where to get the Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit: https://spatialcd.com/

Ealan joins us again. CES is in the books and Channa and Ealan get lost there trying to find Auro3D! But they do find Nakamichi, JBL/Harman and a few others! Joe is released from NDA and can finally talk Dirac's Active Room Treatment! Joes says it works, but raises a few questions along the way. We learn that Erin still has a McIntosh amp in plastic! 

Michael wears a beanie! Tom Cruise and his crazy stunts! How much power do you really need for various speakers? SVS SB Ultra 13 or SVS SB3000? Channa gets some crocs! Merry Christmas if you are still celebrating and have a Happy New Year!!!

Michael becomes a Papa! When do you pay attention to acoustics of your room? Also Michael talks the Philippines trip! And are most amps ok with most loads? Magic beans is coming! Is there a pleasant hiss or hum from an amp?...Ever? Erin talks the Ebtech Hum-X. We also talk about smart home features!

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 guaranteed to be better then the other?

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 transparent screen be to in walls?

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!!!

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 speaker make that much difference in Tim's or Joe's setups?

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 new laser projectors! Is 8K coming to Blu-ray? Two SVS PB2000pro VS two SVS SB3000? What Are Streaming Devices Differences? Rings Of Power Is Here! Also There Is This Movie About Naval Aviators Called Top Gun: Maverick, It Is Now On Streaming!

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!?!

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!

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!

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. 

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?

Michael comes back from a cruise with a frog in his throat! Onkyo as we know them, is not bankrupt. REL's sub for every speaker??!!!?? Joe flexes his miniDSP flex and a small OSD amp! Samsung QD OLED, needs what for calibration? ARC "beta" phase alignment?

KEF Reference 1 or Perlisten S4B? Which one is better, for your needs? Nathan, a caller, asks about speakers and amps and receivers and tells us about a ferret getting stuck in a SVS sub! 31 band EQ's of old for a new system? Audyssey anomaly fixed! Joe flex's the mini-DSP flex! Can you hear a difference in a mid tier receiver and a pre/pro?

We talk about the upcoming AV Summit! And MWAVE taking place in July, in Kansas. We help with a few phone calls. Channa looks for new studio monitors! Michael takes a look at colored bias lighting.

We now know where Andrew Jones is, he went to MoFi!!! We can't wait to see what his first design is going to be! Channa had to redo Dirac in his studio system. Caller calls in and we are blushing cause he thanked us up and down for what we try to do, getting good info into your hands. BestJoy universal remote? Ya that's a thing. Erin gives us a schooling on ring radiator tweeters that are abnormal but not new. Read Michaels mind not his lips!!! Joe has some new amps to review from OSD!

When your pro subs don't dig deep enough for your liking, who or what do you turn to for your home theater? One caller proposes monolith 15". Glass speakers who knew that was a thing? And having a glass horn on said glass speakers well that is a whole other thing! And Michael talks about a top three home theater he has ever been too! That is saying something!

Michael helps design some sweet seats for a Bucs Fan! We think through a question about adding a 2 channel preamp to a home theater system while integrating subs with both! 7x100 or 7x300 amp would any difference be heard if only 40 watts is coming out? Do separates make a difference, using Marantz and Monolith amps? Michael and a viewer say yes, separates make a difference!

We talk about a system build with a receiver and speakers and (SVS) sub all for $2,000. Mission Speakers are also talked about. Dirac talked to Joe! Dirac with magic beans? Michael talks Home Theater tours in Florida! Anthem 90 processor? Is it worth it? Monoprice has a two 10" driver sub, and two 12" sub model, as well as the two 15" subs. Crowson bass actuators, are awesome and pricey and we talk about them!

Does dispersion matter? Michaels HT tours are running wild in Florida! Learn how to use REW!?! Channa is asked about LG TV review and where it is?

This talk with Stefan goes from Auro 3D, Atmos, movies, movie mixes and so much more!!! Sit a spell and take a load off and join us on this awesome podcast!!

MWAVE, stands for MidWest AV Experience. It is happening July 22-24. Registration is open at: https://midwestavexperience.com/registration sing up now, spots are limited! Channa got his Focal speakers installed!

New tweeters and wave guides for the just released monolith speakers? Do they make a difference? Placing speakers on wall? Expect oddities! Newer discs for home theater demos, which ones? The guys take several calls!!! How much money is too much for speaker stands?

Thanks for listening! Be sure to answer the poll question if you are listening on Spotify!

Erin takes a look the JTR Noesis 210HT, was he blown away? The team talk audio/video shows-are they worth going to? Joe reviews some Elac speakers that some call dull and Joe is seeing and hearing the opposite! Michael talks the Perlisten video he already has out and the upcoming one from their HQ. The guys also take some great phone calls, and answer a few other questions! Don't forget to watch the live show every week on Monday evenings 7pm eastern time zone, 4pm for those on the west coast, on YouTube! And for those of you listening to this audio podcast on Spotify don't forget to answer our poll question! And thanks for tuning in, we appreciate it!

Channa buys a line array or two! White ones as well! Erin needs a light bulb, possibly in his brain! Is there any end to shortages of HT equipment? When does cost out weigh performance? $1,000 prepro from Emotiva, the MC-1. The guys take phone calls as well. We learn about comb filtering that happens with dual center speakers. New Monolith THX speakers launch, well with couple week delayed shipping for now. Erin spray paints everything in Alabama! Joe also has the miniDSP Flex in for review.

Michael Tours Perlisten HQ! Erin Is Asked About KEF R3 vs Revel! Channa Gets A PA Or Two!!!! Joe Uses A Skin To Make Plex Look Like Kaleidescape!

Channa wants to buy less then 25 feet of cable for how much??? Arendal is in for review with Erin! Michael is going to the Perlisten HQ in Wisconsin! Joe goes in for training for some videos???

Erin explains test results of the Polk XT line up and what all the graphs mean to the average listener. Channa gets system magic beans from Joe remotely. Channa finds his subs can dig deeper than he thought and blends much better than before. And Micheal just got back from a projector shoot out and will be sharing a YouTube video on it January 12, 2022, so keep your eyes open for that.

Joe goes dark mode! Michael is going to be comparing JVC's new projectors to Epson, Sony, and older JVC projectors in KC! AVR compared to amps, and some one shuts down a Emotiva amplifier. Sonus Faber speakers in for review over at Michaels YouTube page. Channa almost has his Pioneer receiver. Channa delivered a smooth video with out scripting! Erin just wants VU meters!

Channa will be getting a Pioneer receiver so he might compare that Dirac to Anthem Room Correction to Audyssey to Joe's Magic Beans! We also talk Lovesac furniture with built in speakers! Erin buys a bunch of Polk speakers to test! Wenge finished speakers in for review by Michael. 

HDMI cables 2.0 are now ??2.1?? What is a old movie, or old TV show? DEQX, Sonar Works, all DSP correction in various places. Emotive releases a $999 processor, No Dirac, No Auro, Joe says???

Dirac gets you 80% of the way there? Audyssey gets you 50% of the way there?

Watches and EVs are talked about as well!

Ealan Osborne can strut his stuff with his editing prowess! And his angle on the affordable systems from Costco to his other adventures in life are awesome to see. With writing a children's book, his music production, and his love for movies; means you shouldn't miss his videos! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, he puts a lot of time into his videos from a content perspective and production perspective as well. There will be a lot of videos from him in the future that will be fun for sure!

Are ATI amps good enough for JTR? Are standalone players better then the gaming systems for blu-ray playback? Joe likes stereo over surround at sound united! Make sure you have power to your electrostatics! Focal versus Martin Logan? Make sure you answer the poll on Spotify!  

Joe tells stories from Sound United in California. Sound United being the parent company of Denon, Marantz, Polk, amongst others! And Channa mentions that he will be mixing some of his original tracks in Atmos, so stay tuned for that! Also to Spotify listeners we are trying out the new poll option they added. Be sure to answer them if ya want to! Thanks for listening from the Daily HiFi crew!

Joe details the problem with old VS newer reviews. And Erin backs him up with the fact that the human brain audio recall knowledge is less then a couple seconds long. So comparing old vs new reviews might be futile. Michael to the rescue, his reviews try to be on the merit of each item by itself.

From that old video game that the title of this podcast is ripped from, to modern day, the big boys screw up once in awhile! Well the studios haven't been giving you real bass for quite soon time now! On many movies. BEQ attempts to recover the lost Bass. Have you ever heard of BEQ before this episode? Have you ever tried it?

What do you think about the Monolith brand as a whole? Is Joe's excitement for the B6 warranted? Have you purchased a set yet to try out?

Would you want your speakers taken apart if they were super pricey? Would you even send them to Erin for review? 

Everything from headphones to Gene's biceps are talked about in this very unique edition of the Daily HiFi show. 

Apple releasing laptops with force canceling woofers just like KEF and SVS recently did? And would you want two 10" subs or one 15" Sub?

At $6000 retail for the L9G with 100" screen do you want to win? Of course you do, go here to the AV Summit page: https://theavsummit.com/tickets/ Rules for winning forth coming.

The AV Summit Q4 2021 will be going on OCTOBER 25-29, 2021.

Also in this episode we learn Michael hasn't seen certain movies that you might expect that he would have seen by now. And Stop The FOMO comes in for a visit as well, and talks about the Sony HT-A9 home theater he reviewed.

Michael details when he gets a 150 pound subwoofer that he can't take it through the house he takes it around the house! Also Hisense is in at the platinum sponsor of the AV Summit for the end of October. Channa was also in for a brief visit on location of one of his DJ gigs.

AV Summit is coming soon, get your early bird tickets here: https://theavsummit.com/tickets/

Joe And Erin have two "surprise" guests pop in, B The Installer and Channa. Channa talks about his new TV, a 83" OLED, and how his wife reacted to it being installed! Joe also discusses the Matrix on HBO Max, with the lack of green while in the matrix. Colorists may have been involved?  Erin never gets embarrassed. And we guess that you should never insult McIntosh gear in front of Erin!

Erin learns about UST (Ultra Short Throw) projectors, Micheal takes a few home theater tour, Joe talks about the AV summit is coming soon. And so much more!

Patreons join in the discussion. Joe and Channa discuss the next AV Summit. Acoustics in your home theater. IMAX enhanced! HiFi innovation, or lack of innovation. Trade shows canceled or just not what they were. And so much more was covered! 

A few patreons join the Monday show. Joe tests out a subwoofer from SVS. HDR from YouTube. 900 Auro videos? Reference volume explained and discussed. And so much more!

Wilfried Van Baelen is back with more! This episode he talks CODEC's and how you can take a 24bit PCM stereo audio file, make it mono, and take it back to stereo! No loss in audio quality! He also explains to Michael how to mount heights in his room with a tricky layout. And so much more!    

Monolith just released a 13" and 16" subwoofers. Which so far measure larger than just the base inches, reviews of the 13 inch version are coming soon from Joe and Michael. Channa takes a call from B The Installer that has an unusual layout that he needs to install a system in with both surrounds and heights going in ceiling?!? BenQ just released the ultra short throw V7050i. Channa will be getting a 83 inch TV soon.

Channa tells us Raveon 4K Blu-Ray players are coming! Oppo 203 pricing on eBay. "Super Seats" at concert where Channa sat at the Hollywood Bowl. Upgrade season in Joe's and Channa's theater. Michael says no to "spark o-matic speakers"!

This was recorded on August 2, 2021.

What songs move ya to tears? Michael installs a TV outside! And Erin went on vacation, with stories to tell.

Wilfried Van Baelen stops in again to impart some knowledge for everyone. How does the Auo-Matic upmixer work? Do you want the Auro-3D if you don't have it now? Does this podcast change your opinion on that? 

Auro3D, what did you know before listening to this podcast? What did you learn from it? A lot of info is packed into this extended Daily HiFi podcast. Be sure to check out Daily HiFi on YouTube as well, as he shared a wonderful and informative power point as well.

Joe, Channa, Micheal and Erin talk audio reviews and do measurements matter? Do bad reviews exist? Should they exist? Are companies listening to the reviews? 

Watch the original video podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XX18fURCaKA

We have Scott Orth talking about the new Polk Audio Reserve series lineup. Also here from Polk is Bronson Gannon and Paul Wilkie.

Polk Reserve Series: https://bit.ly/PolkR200Reserve Disclosure: We (Joe, Channa, and Michael) were sent Polk Audio Reserve speakers for review purposes. Our opinions are our own.   We (Joe, Channa, and Michael) do have a sponsorship agreement with this company to create content for our own individual channels in the form of ads to be played on non-conflicting products. (i.e. ad for Polk Reserve on a review of an amplifier made by a different company other than Sound United.) Our agreement with them includes having them on this weekly podcast as guests to talk about the Polk Reserve line. Again, our opinions are our own.  

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Watch the original video version aired live on July 20, 2020: https://youtu.be/pRzpHmSYoIE

On LinkedIn David Solomon from Qobuz calls himself the "Chief Hi-Res Music Evangelist." Let's discuss Qobuz and Hi-Res.

0:00 - Start of the Bests Hi-Fi Podcast Ever!

0:55 - Title (Job) at Qobuz

15:28 - Qobuz (What it Means)

21:00 - Qobuz FLAC

34:46 - New Formats (CD Quality vs Hi-Res)

43:40 - Price Change ($14.99)

1:00:00 - Track List (Content for Qobuz)

1:08:00 - Support Their Artist (Streaming)

1:14:55 - Dolby Atmos (Streaming)

1:19:30 - HRTF ( Binaural) Panaural - Russ

1:30:00 - Binaural Mic Test (Russ's Mics)

1:35:00 - Joshua Dellinger Call in

Watch the original video version: https://youtu.be/K0cZCVgbtiQ

Recap of The Hi-Fi Summit 2020 Q2 

Presented by Joe Mariano, Founder of The Hi-Fi Summit

https://thehifisummit.com

Watch the original video version here. https://youtu.be/2i5QU8__mq4

Charles Sprinkle, director of acoustics at Kali Audio, will show us a better way to get consistent, repeatable measurements using the moving mic method. 

Settings 1/24th Octave 

FFT Length: 16k 

Averages: forever 

Window: Hann 

Overlap 50% 

https://thehifisummit.com/project/kali-audio/

Guest -  El Jefe Reviews: http://youtube.com/eljefereviews

Co-Host - New Record Day: http://youtube.com/newrecordday

Co-Host - Joe N Tell: http://youtube.com/joentell

Shout outs: Apos Audio: http://www.apos.store

Originally streamed live on 11/19/2019.

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