Find all of Tom’s latest tutorials, editorials, and reviews over at https://avgadgets.com/ . And feel free to send in photos with written permission for Tom to use them on the site. Your theater could be Internet Famous! 😉

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Kevin for his PayPal donation, plus our 125 Patreon Patrons, as well as Byron for sending Rob a tip for his help on Twitter, and James for inviting Rob over to check out the new Anthem MRX 740 AV Receiver. We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Eric, Ari, Tyler, Dave, Carl & Bobby. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

00:10:22 – Anthem MRX 740 experience

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00:18:39 – In the news:

– The first ever THX Dominus certified speakers are from a new speaker company: PerListen Audio: https://is.gd/bItC7h

00:22:34 – Comments

– Graham C. suggests Arlington’s air tight electrical boxes with gaskets for stopping flanking paths: https://is.gd/WciRzs

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Check out Tom’s latest appearance on the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast for his take on the upcoming Snyder Cut of Justice League: https://www.brightsidehometheater.com/episodes/tomandrysnydercut

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Ari for his PayPal donation, plus our 122 Patreon Patrons, as well as Mark for posting a customer review on Epson’s website that mentions our podcast, Dale for telling SVS that his uncle’s large order of speakers and subs was thanks to AVRant, and Bertrand for letting ElectronicsForLess.ca know that we sent him their way. We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Dan, Bob, Mark, and Joe. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:09:41 – In the news:

– Via Clint DeBoer – CoverTrim from Ornamental Decorative Millwork might be a great way to hide cables and wires: https://is.gd/nXmAnc

– Via Andrew L. – Paradigm announced their new Founder Series speakers: https://is.gd/ywXrei

– Via Karl – Sonos Roam is a small, portable, BlueTooth and WiFi speaker for $169: https://is.gd/pFEpSF

00:17:11 – Comments:

– Byron is happy to report no buyer’s remorse after replacing his SVS Ultra speakers with RBH SV-661/R.

– James shared a photo of the difference in quality between a printed image vs. a dye sublimated image on acoustically transparent fabric. But he has a warning for anyone hoping for perfect accuracy in the colors. https://avgadgets.com/how-to-identify-acoustically-transparent-fabric/

– Mark vouches for the Elac Debut 2.0 OW42 on-wall speakers.

– Herb lets us know that Cross-Spectrum Labs is still the correct name, as long as we’re talking about the individually calibrated microphones being sold: https://cross-spectrum.com/

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0:12:38 SVS launched their new 1000 Pro Series subwoofers: https://www.svsound.com/collections/1000-pro-series-subwoofers . And you can check out our deep dive interview all about ’em with the President & CEO of SVS, Gary Yacoubian, right here: https://youtu.be/Qhk2xldqfwc

Our Listeners of the Week are our 120 Patreon Patrons, as well as Infinite Gary for talking us up to Cross-Spectrum Acoustics ( https://cross-spectrum.com/ ), Emotiva, and Monoprice; Scott S. for sending Rob a “tip” via PayPal for answering some time-sensitive questions; and Ilango for sending us Amazon gift cards. We also want to thank Chris for sending some photos and giving Tom permission to use them on https://avgadgets.com/ . And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Trey, Scott, Ilango, Evans, and Bertrand. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– Via Karl – The C Seed M1 is a 165″ Foldable Micro-LED TV: https://is.gd/5kcAU9

– Paramount+ is here, replacing CBS All Access: https://is.gd/f47fK3

Comments:

– Alan wanted to make sure everyone knows there’s a lot more to Audio Science Review than just speaker reviews.

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Today we are proud to present our interview with the President and CEO of SVS, Gary Yacoubian. We dive deep into SVS’ brand new 1000 Pro Series subwoofers: https://www.svsound.com/collections/1000-pro-series-subwoofers
We also discuss SVS’ general design philosophy, their focus on customer service, the way they’ve tackled the challenges during the pandemic, and we get the tiniest tease of the next SVS product announcement that will be revealed in just a couple of weeks.

Check out our video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qhk2xldqfwc

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1:31:59 – We’ve avoided discussing Audio Science Review. But the time has finally come. And our take might not be what you’d expect.

Our Listeners of the Week are Kevin for his PayPal donation, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons, as well as Infinite Gary for talking us up to Monoprice, and Dale for telling VideoSecu we recommended them. We also thank Mario for giving Tom permission to use his pictures on https://avgadgets.com/ .

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In the news:

– Via Karl – Spotify HiFi lossless streaming is on the way: https://is.gd/r5ztCt

– Via John – Zack Snyder’s Justice League has a 1.37:1 aspect ratio: https://is.gd/CXH42r

Comments:

– Gurinder found that changing his WiFi channel bandwidth improved stability, even though it lowered theoretical throughput: https://is.gd/7nKayz

– Byron followed his head (and our advice) instead of his heart with his RBH SV-661/R purchase.

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