AHA HT #001: Soft Launch
Welcome to the 1st Actually Honest Advice Home Theater Podcast episode! Pardon our dust. It’s a bumpy start. And farewell to AV Rant. It’s AHA HT from here on out.
NVidia Shield TV Pro gets a $100 price hike, despite being over 7 years old. HDTV Test crowned their picks for the Best OLED and Best TV Overall for 2026. And we introduce our Monthly Movie segment.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/
00:00:00 – Intro
Introducing Actually Honest Advice Home Theater! AHA HT.
Pardon our dust. We are beyond open to critiques, suggestions, and help!
And we have our new website: https://
And our new YouTube address: https://www.youtube.
00:07:08 – New Monthly Movie Segment
We’re going to try some new things, and see how they go.
One new idea is basically a “book club” but for movies. We’ll pick a movie ahead of time, everybody can watch it, and then at the end of the month, we’ll chat about it.
For the end of October (we’ll record on the 27th), the Monthly Movie is: “The Last House”. It’s available on Netflix.
00:13:01 – Contact Info
We have new email addresses, too!
Question at ActuallyHonestAdvice dot com
Tom at ActuallyHonestAdvice dot com
Rob at ActuallyHonestAdvice dot com
00:17:32 – What We Watched
Tom watched the first 2 Seasons of Overlord. Rob watched Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.
00:34:26 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are our 116 Patreon Patrons over at: https://www.patreon.com/
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude from: Aaron, Gurinder, Infinite Gary, Dev, and Karl. Thank you to everyone for listening!
In the news:
00:37:11 – News: NVidia Shield TV Pro Price Hike
It’s been available for over 7 years, but the NVidia Shield TV Pro got a big price increase, and the tube-shaped Shield TV has been discontinued: https://tinyurl.
00:39:21 – News: HDTV Test Crowns Best TV of 2026
After crowning the Sony Bravia 9 II as the Best LCD, HDTV Test went on to crown the Best OLED, and Best TV Overall: https://tinyurl.com/
QUESTIONS:
00:46:21 – Gurinder & The Polyester Pimp: AV Rant #1000?
Wait. We’re not pulling a prank? There really, truly, is no AV Rant Episode #1000?
00:47:55 – Infinite Gary: Anthem in Canada
We reiterate a few more details about Actually Honest Advice, and how AHA HT remains focused on Home Theater and AV. Then we discuss some of the history of Anthem in Canada.
00:57:27 – Karl: Grimani Systems Center Point Reflectance
Is the waveguide-loaded tweeter that genuinely reflects frequencies above 1 kHz off of your display THE solution for very large flat panels?
01:13:39 – Henry: Home Theater Epiphany
Could simplifying, and no longer worrying about upgrades be the secret to actually just relaxing and enjoying some movies?
01:24:55 – Jay: A Speaker Hurt Me!
Tom hit his head on a cabinet. Rob pulled a muscle sneezing. But Jay thinks he had an even sillier injury.
01:27:10 – Anonymous: Audioholics’ Copyright Nightmare
We comment on the lawsuit filed against Audioholics, and point to Rick Beato & LegalEagle’s copyright fight, as well.
– Audioholics Video: https://youtu.be/
– Rick Beato Video: https://youtu.be/
01:34:44 – Dev: New Living Room Gear
We go over some suggestions for a new AV Receiver, Atmos Height Virtualization, a new TV stand, and bigger speakers!
– Denon X3900H Refurb at A4L: https://tinyurl.com/
– X3800H New for the same price: https://tinyurl.com/
– Whalen 3-in-1 TV Stands: https://tinyurl.com/
– PerleSmith Universal TV Stands: https://tinyurl.com/
– https://us.kef.com/
01:49:14 – Mike: Which KEFs to Get?
We piece together some clues and make an educated guess about which specific KEF R-Series speaker models will work best in Mike’s setup.
01:53:55 – Brandon: Short Bookshelf Speakers
Vertical space is limited, and for some reason that we do not fully understand, laying speakers horizontally is not allowed. So we have some “short” speaker suggestions.
– RSL CG3M: https://tinyurl.com/
– Ascend HTM-200SE: https://tinyurl.
– SVS Prime Satellite: https://tinyurl.com/y8w53t9e
– KEF Q1 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/
– KEF LS50 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/
– Kanto YU Passive 4: https://tinyurl.com/
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