The Daily HiFi Podcast

Channa Gets An OLED TV!

Channa gets a TV!

Ultra Short Throw Projector Showdown in New York!

Bose buys McIntosh and associated brands. Channa Travels to New York to be a judge at an Ultra Short Throw Projector Showdown. Do Projector screens matter?

Alternatives to Arendal 1723 Tower?

What are some good alternatives to Arendal 1723 Towers? Binaural renderer from Apple. Upmixing front wides. Two SVS PB 4000's now or one PB17 for now. Valerion pro2 for a

Valerion Triple Laser Projector!

Valerion goes Triple Laser for light source. Arendal or Klipsch? Front wide situation. HD Fury taking care of Dolby Vision for Projectors. Wharfedale, KEF Concerto, or Mo

Some Ideas For Surrounds That Are To Close!

Surrounds that are to close, what can be done? Onkyo get Dirac Bass Control. House curves that go BOOM! Magic Beans Unified Bass, what is it? Magic Beans Audio: https://

KEF Concerto!

KEF Concerto, RSL, Bass Traps, AC Infinity keeping things cool, SVS Ultra, Elac, 16 channel processors are assembling!

Mixing Subwoofers!?!

Fosi Class D, Mixing Subwoofers, Are Bass Traps a Necessity?, Reference dB's?

Arendal 1528 Series

WiiM products as a poor mans miniDSP? Is there a preferred in room response? The Arendal 1528 Series is coming soon!

Jupiter 21:9 105" Monitor Ascending!

Channa would like a 105" Monitor that is in a 21:9 Aspect ratio for his studio! Trinnov Waveforming; is it a "wow" technology?

Can You Trust A Professional Calibrator?

Erin gets bit by a dog, and doesn't almost die. Close one though. Joe takes on to fixing one of Erin's most loathed speakers. We talk DSP correction. And can you trust a

A CEDIA Recap

We talk the hottest show in all the land! CEDIA 2024! Trinnov, Storm, JBL, etc. etc! Klipsch has Dirac in a soundbar! Grimani systems showed a less expensive system than

Is a 16 Channel Processor Comparison Coming?

What 16 Channel processors would you like to see go head to head? Do you think there will be dramatic differences?

Streamer Needs Or Wants. Airplay 2, EARC, EQ, etc?

What would you want with a streamer? What are the top two or three streamer "needs" for you? Aperion Audio A5 coaxial. Magic Beans Audio gets a few good comments. Four ch

ATS Acoustics Panels!

Channa gets some ATS Acoustics panels. Should our viewer get Magic Beans first or a miniDSP 2x4HD? Also Joe has some awesome looking speakers coming in soon!!! But will t

Onkyo And Parasound Combo To Marantz AV10?

Going from a receiver & 2.1 preamp - combo - to a Marantz AV10? An age old question: Klipsch VS JBL? Which one wins this round?

Going Old School Speakers, and 2024's Best So Far?

We go over Erin's review of the Infinity Primus 360. And we bring up our favs for 2024 products so far! Erin's Review: https://youtu.be/AqXFeENMCJo?si=xTLw8kOpex0iHx4-

What Is Magic Beans Audio Cooking Up Now?

What is Magic Beans Audio cooking up. maybe a MSO light? Or Something along those lines? Yamaha R-N2000A vs WiiM Amp, ABX tests round two. Erin, yes our own Erin Hardison

Our Current Setups!

Ranging from a 5.1.4 to a coming 9.1.6. We have a pretty full range of setups! We also talk Dirac ART and how it is not coming to Denon or Marantz this year. Wendell asks

To Class D Or To Not CLass D?

If Class D is nor power efficient, why aren't there more receivers using that? We also talk about a Marantz vs another Marantz vs a Tone Winner PrePro.

EQ On Top Of EQ? miniDSP And A Receiver!

miniDSP EQ'ing Subwoofers then a AVR's correction doing the same? When is it ok to do that and when is it not?