AV Rant #999.0: There’s Your D
Welcome back, Tom! Thanks to Joe for co-hosting last week. Updates on Tom’s bad back. And his TV is still broken. Emotiva Differential Reference Design Series offers four, stackable, 2-channel Separates you can purchase individually, or in a money-saving bundle: the DRA-1, DRP-1, DRD-1, and DRS-1.
Pictures shows in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCHJG4
00:00:00 – Intro
Tom returns! Thanks to Joe. Update on Tom’s bad back.
00:08:20 – Tom’s Samsung S90D QD-OLED
Repairs aren’t quite as easy as we hoped.
00:13:54 – What We Watched
Rob finished Andor S.2, and Pluribus S.1
00:24:30 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Dan for his PayPal donation, plus our 121 Patreon Patrons.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Mark, John, Greg, Dazz, Larry, and Sasi. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:26:10 – News: Emotiva Differential Reference Design Series
The new DRA-1, DRP-1, DRD-1, and DRS-1 are fully-balanced, stackable, 2-channel Separates: https://tinyurl.com/55r9rk8w
Comments:
00:38:25 – CORRECTION: miniDSP Tide16 & Monolith HTP-1
Our YouTube commenters corrected us about Dirac ART, DTS:X, and price: https://www.minidsp.com/products/ht-series/tide16 | https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=37887
00:44:25 – Comment: Chris – Stream Your Gaming PC
A potential solution for keeping your AMD gaming PC in one room, but streaming its output to your theater: https://youtu.be/ZEZRWjtFTyQ
00:46:50 – Comment: John – Warranty Check
Thankfully, John checked his Sony TV’s receipt before buying a new TCL!
QUESTIONS:
00:49:19 – Scott: Beautiful Office Bass
Updates on Scott’s theater setup, with gorgeous photos. We discuss optimizing his bass. And Rob picked up on the hints he was dropping.
– https://www.dirac.com/products/bass-control
01:07:36 – J.R: SVS vs. AI
Google Gemini told J.R. he shouldn’t connect his subwoofers to two different Pre-Pros at the same time. SVS said it’s fine. Who knows best?
01:14:23 – Chris: Lath & Plaster TV Mount
How does he wall-mount his TV when a stud-finder is of no use?
01:17:47 – Infinite Gary: Superstars & Ports
Why do 11 good speakers sound better playing all together vs. 7 good speakers and 4 great ones? And how does plugging one port actually result in deeper bass extension?
01:30:02 – Mark: Panasonic Remote Problem
His UB9000 is not responding to ANY IR commands.
01:33:19 – Allen: Closed-back Headphones
Which wired, comfortable, great-sounding, closed-back headphones do we recommend?
– https://avgadgets.com/finally-a-gaming-headset-that-delivers-audeze-maxwell-gaming-headset-review/
– Sennheiser HD 620S: https://tinyurl.com/23xvdxh9
– https://jdslabs.com/bundle/atom-2-bundle/
01:39:07 – Larry: Sony EQ & Dimming Zones
Technical details behind Sony’s Digital Cinema Auto Calibration. And are local-dimming zones kind of the opposite of chroma subsampling?
01:50:18 – Greg: The Latest On BACCH
We discuss his results using BACCH processing on both electrostatic and traditional speakers. Then we talk about their latest demos. Also, some Vancouver restaurant suggestions.
– https://www.theoretica.us/bacch-sp.html
– https://youtu.be/o_uDzSKmXzk
– https://youtu.be/iQPDC7RFiok
– https://www.salmonandbannock.net/
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