Welcome back, Tom! And recording from his new house, no less! Our thanks to Lee Overstreet and Joe Klusnick for co-hosting last week. We check out the news from Apple’s iPhone Event. Perlisten has brought their more affordable A-Series speakers to North America. And we put a little dent in that backlog from Sasi!

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCuqyP

00:00:00 – Intro

Our thanks to Lee Overstreet and Joe Klusnick for co-hosting last week while Tom was away. Super fast CEDIA trend mentions.

00:02:58 – World News Headlines

Context for what’s happened in the world this past week, but now easier to skip than ever. And it’s not all bad!

00:08:05 – Personal Updates

Tom is in his new house! Rob has a personal warning about scammers.

00:25:18 – What We Watched

Tom watched Dark Waters, and High School Musical. Rob watched M3GAN 2.0.

00:44:25 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Sasi for his PayPal donation, plus our 127 Patreon Patrons, as well as Kris for sending Rob an Amazon gift card, and Infinite Gary for sending Tom a movie code.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Henry, Allen, David, Gary, Daniel, Nathan, Kris, Greg, Sasi, Dan, and Eddie. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:48:24 – News: Apple iPhone 17 Event

New iPhone models, Apple Watches, and AirPods Pro 3: https://tinyurl.com/yr9rdjxs

00:55:58 – News: Perlisten A-Series Speakers

Perlisten’s less expensive A-Series speakers have now come to North America: https://tinyurl.com/y4tt9h5d

QUESTIONS:

01:00:12 – Sasi: Apollon, March Audio, IMAX, Canvas, & Small Subs

Sasi put his new Apollon Eigentakt amp through its paces. He weighs in on March Audio speakers. We discuss IMAX Enhanced bass management, the BACCH 3D Canvas SoundBar, and charting output vs. size for small subwoofers.

01:20:40 – Infinite Gary: Multi-View, Dynamic EQ, Nits Conversion

Could a multi-view streaming service ever play the audio from more than one channel simultaneously? Arguments for turning Audyssey Dynamic EQ off. And more details about converting lumens divided by screen size into nits.

– Paramount+ Multi-view: https://tinyurl.com/yeyrdf4u

– https://avgadgets.com/audyssey-reference-level-offset-what-is-it-what-does-it-do/

– https://www.unitconverters.net/luminance/foot-lambert-to-nit.htm

01:35:30 – Mark: Fill the Gap?

Mark has an unused space behind his couch. Should he fill it with insulation?

01:37:09 – Henry: Charge More for Lossless Audio

If all of the streaming music services, including Spotify now, can simply charge more for lossless instead of lossy audio, why can’t video streaming services offer us the same option?

01:43:17 – David: KEF LS50’s Work After All

Turns out, his KEF LS50 speakers can play much louder, and they’re not broken. But what went wrong before? And is Audyssey to blame?

– https://avgadgets.com/proper-microphone-positions-for-home-theater-measurements/

– https://avgadgets.com/can-you-upgrade-your-room-corrections-mic/

– https://avgadgets.com/home-theater-room-correction-how-to-get-the-best-results/

– Buy an Audyssey Microphone here: https://audyssey.com/home-solutions/

01:50:48 – Mark S: Constant Power from Battery

Could a battery-powered backup generator work in place of an in-line battery backup UPS?

01:53:30 – Daniel: Apartment Home Theater Considerations

Now that he’s an apartment-dweller, how does he avoid bothering his neighbors when he uses his home theater?

01:58:08 – Greg: Ascend Sierra-LX Review Freakout

Erin’s Audio Corner pointed out that the Ascend Sierra-LX Bookshelf speakers have – gasp – limitations. How dare they?

02:05:00 – Eddie: Kaleidescape Versions Not Always the Best?

Do some Kaleidescape Store versions of movies actually have lesser audio formats than the disc versions?

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