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Listen to the New Record Day Podcast on Anchor. RMAF 2019 Day 2 Polk Audio L800 Speakers with SDA ELAC Debut Reference Series Bookshelf Speakers The HiFiGuides room hosted by ZReviews and DMS

Does the world really need any more soundbars? We were hoping that consumers were finally getting over that and thinking about investing in a dedicated 5.1 surround system again. But we would be wrong. Very wrong. Consumers are deeply committed to their soundbars for a number of good reasons in 2019 -- cost, they sound better now, cost, and...

Joey and I had a chance to film for Elac at RMAF 2019 where Andrew Jones discussed the NEW $499 Elac Reference Debut Audiophile Loudspeakers! Please follow us for the full video which will be out soon! Also, be sure to check out the podcast https://dailyhifi.wpengine.com/category/podcasts/ where we discuss our impressions of this new speakers from https://www.elac.com/

CEDIA Expo 2019 Day 1 Podcast. Listen on your preferred podcasting service. This was an unplanned podcast. Joe from Joe N Tell decided to call up Channa to see what CEDIA Expo 2019 Day 1 was like. Fellow YouTube reviewer That Home Theater Dude was there and so we just figured it would be a good idea to live stream the...

NAD has been pushing streaming technology for many years with their Master series digital amplifiers, D 3020 V2, D 3045 Hybrid Amplifiers, and the Bluesound Node and PowerNode products (Bluesound and NAD are both siblings under the Lenbrook umbrella). When their rivals over at Naim Audio launched the Uniti range a number of years ago, you knew that a...

MartinLogan has introduced more than a few flagship loudspeakers over the past four decades including the classic Monolith, CLS, Statement e2, CLX, and Neolith. Audiophiles who prize the transparency, speed, and detail that electrostatic loudspeakers can provide have a special bond with the manufacturer that began its journey in Lawrence, Kansas in 1979. Having owned five pairs over the...

Watch the video on Joe N Tell's YouTube Channel The HiFiGuides.com room at RMAF 2019 was the coolest experience by far. Second place wasn't even close. Nearly every other room, with a few exceptions, felt stuffy and boring in comparison. My favorite part was that trying out and touching the products was encouraged. I didn't need to ask anyone for...

Richard Schram Talks About Their New Parasound NewClassic 200 Integrated at RMAF 2019 Watch this video on Joe N Tell's YouTube channel. While I was filming this, Phil Jackson, (not the former Lakers coach,) had the NewClassic 200 Integrated connected to some giant Tekton speakers. He was playing them loud! I commented that they were "bumping" them and they all laughed...

Listen on your favorite podcasting service. CEDIA Expo 2019 Show Report Podcast Host Ron from New Record Day talks with Techno Dad about Cedia Expo 2019. Their I.T. guy Joe N Tell joins the conversation. ;-) Techno Dad is now a robot. He's up in a Motel 6 because of possible fires in his area, and he is working with an upload...

Amazon's much-anticipated Amazon Music HD, has finally launched and with it comes millions of CD-quality and high-resolution audio tracks that consumers can stream. The new streaming service offers 50 million tracks with a CD-quality bitrate of 16 bit/44.1kHz (which Amazon interestingly has labelled as "HD tracks") but also millions more in 24-bit/192 kHz which will raise more than a few...