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AV Rant #999.9u: Rob H Lore

September 2nd, 2026 Tom

AV Rant #999.9u: Rob H Lore

Sony Bravia 6 OLED. SVS SoundPath Multi-Band Wireless Adapter. Xbox Disc-to-Digital. Ucluelet Japanese Canadian History Pavilion.

Bravia 6 OLEDs are Sony’s answer to the LG B6. SVS SoundPath Multi-Band Wireless Audio Adapter replaces the Tri-Band model. Xbox Disc-to-Digital grants digital entitlements for supported games on physical media. Rob went to Vancouver Island over the weekend for the opening ceremony of the Ucluelet Japanese Canadian History Pavilion. And Rob drove to Seattle earlier last week to pick up his lightly used Kaleidescape Strato E!

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD3Ldf

00:00:00 – Intro

00:06:27 – Rob H Lore Drop

Rob shares a whole family history on his mother’s side thanks to the opening of the Ucluelet Japanese Canadian History Pavilion on Vancouver Island: https://tinyurl.com/3mf7fs3f

00:30:28 – What We Watched – Part 1

Tom rewatched Spider-Man: Homecoming with his wife, and then tried out the first two episodes of M.I.A.

00:41:36 – Rob’s Kaleidescape Strato E

Rob bought a very lightly used Strato E that he picked up in person from the seller in Seattle. Early impressions are a mixed bag.

00:51:54 – What We Watched – Part 2

Rob finally watched La La Land from beginning to end.

01:01:57 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 120 Patreon Patrons.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Kevin, Karl, Allen, and Martin. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen.

In the news:

01:02:44 – News: Sony Bravia 6 OLEDs

Sony’s answer to the LG B6 and Samsung S85H series WOLED TVs has arrived: https://tinyurl.com/nhenbxfr

01:04:55 – News: SVS SoundPath Multi-Band Wireless Adapter

The old Tri-Band Wireless Audio Adapter that we liked so much is discontinued. But in its place is a new Multi-Band model: https://tinyurl.com/mr3cm5jn

01:05:57 – News: Xbox Disc-to-Digital

Xbox One and Series X consoles with a disc drive will let you claim a digital entitlement on your Xbox account for the games you own on physical discs: https://tinyurl.com/2byrxt3m

Comments:

01:08:32 – Comment: Allen – More HT Market Options

He called HT Market to ask about their theater recliners after Rob recommended the Addison model last week. Turns out they offer more customization options than we mentioned, all the way to one-off custom finishes: https://tinyurl.com/48ee972f

01:11:15 – Comment: Martin – Sound Test for Atmos App

$20 buys you an app for Apple TV 4K with a full suite of Dolby Atmos test tones and demos: https://tinyurl.com/4w2xsrrd

QUESTIONS:

01:12:11 – Miguel: REW Graphs & Treatments

We discuss Miguel’s room, using the graphs he provided from Room EQ Wizard, to discuss speaker placement, Dirac settings, curves of equal loudness, and what acoustic treatments he needs and where he should put them.

01:33:50 – Adam: Got Dirac Right This Time?

He tried using a UMIK-1 instead of Emotiva’s convoluted microphone setup for his XMC-2. But setting all of the gain sliders and levels is confusing. He wants to know if he finally got it right.

– Emotiva’s Dirac Tutorial: https://youtu.be/QVrjMFFjQq0

01:48:02 – Infinite Gary: Questions for Rob

Does Rob purposely trigger Tom with email edits? Is it honestly so bad to evaluate picture settings based off of photos? And will Rob do A-B comparisons between discs and Kaleidescape?

01:54:41 – Gurinder: Apple TV 4K Settings Guide

Is there an up-to-date guide for the best Apple TV 4K settings? Actually…not really. So we just made one!

02:00:12 – Kevin: New In-Wall Speakers

He’s got a pair of big, loud, sensitive DIY Towers. Which $1,000/pair in-walls can replace them?

– Monoprice Monolith THX In-Walls (all out of stock): https://tinyurl.com/yr3zwta

– RSL W25E: https://tinyurl.com/5bnxp3b7

– Dynamat En-Wall Enclosures: https://tinyurl.com/3ms3k2px

– https://www.aperionaudio.com/collections/fons-speakers

– https://www.aperionaudio.com/collections/theatrus-speakers-home-theater

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