AV Rant #866: Charlie Brown of A/V
Welcome back Lee Overstreet, pinch-hitting once again! JVC dropped the price of their NP5 4K projector by $1,000. PS5 cloud game streaming might give Project Q a reason to exist. A couple corrections & clarifications for us. And plenty of home theater questions answered!
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAJy9T
00:00:00 – Intro & Welcome Back, Lee
00:06:34 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Joe for his PayPal donation, with another shout out to https://avscience.com/ , plus our 138 Patreon Patrons, including Dale, as well as Vince for sending Rob an Amazon gift card, Terry for talking us up to Audio Advice, and Brannon for talking us up to Accessories4Less.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Gurinder, Nick, Vince, Adam, Terry, Brannon, Dale, Karl, and Toke. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
00:14:52 – What We Watched
Rob watched Morbius, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and some episodes of The Rehearsal from the creator of Nathan For You.
Lee completed his fun project of listening to the top music hits year-by-year, took in a live Duran Duran concert, and spent a bunch of time fighting with his new computer.
In the news:
00:31:57 – News: JVC DLA-NP5 Price Drop
Via Clara – JVC’s least expensive, genuine 4K resolution projector still uses a lamp, but now costs $1,000 less: https://tinyurl.com/296deunt
00:35:31 – News: Sony PS5 Cloud Game Streaming
Sony is testing streaming PS5 games from the cloud. Could that be the real reason for their Project Q handheld? https://tinyurl.com/ymetarmd
Comments:
00:38:56 – Correction! Colin – Sonos, Apple Music & A-Lady
Turns out, Amazon’s voice assistant won’t play Apple Music on Sonos speakers, after all.
00:41:21 – Comment: Joe K – Look at That Viewership!
00:41:55 – Clarification: Erin’s Audio Corner
Erin kindly responded to our comments from last week, so he helps us clarify his approach in his own words.
QUESTIONS:
00:55:23 – Adam: “Simple” Zone 2 & 3 Amplification
Sometimes, a simple idea doesn’t have the simplest solution. We offer suggestions for a Zone 2+3 add-on solution, and a 5.1 setup with eARC.
– Amazon Echo Link Amp: https://tinyurl.com/5y3ztcxb
– Audio Source AMP100: https://tinyurl.com/ycyc53j5
– Yamaha R-N303: https://tinyurl.com/2xyny4ad
– R-N303 from A4L: https://tinyurl.com/4zd47bdj
– Denon S750H: https://tinyurl.com/3ytmvy7s
– Denon S570BT: https://tinyurl.com/4k84p28w
– Yamaha RX-V385: https://tinyurl.com/8uv2sw4d
01:14:33 – Vince: $1,000 Gaming Monitor
What’s best when also connecting a PS5 & Xbox Series X?
– LG 42″ C2 OLED: https://tinyurl.com/uf64vdpj
– LG UltraGear 27″ 1440p OLED: https://tinyurl.com/yuch838y
– Samsung 32″ Odyssey Neo G7 mini-LED: https://tinyurl.com/335eeazx
01:20:16 – Gurinder: KEF in-ceiling Box Size
KEF specifies two different backer box sizes for “reasonable” or “ideal” bass extension. Which should he build for Atmos?
01:23:19 – Nick: HDR, ALLM & Whole House Spotify
Settings to get PS4 HDR working on a TCL TV & Denon Receiver. ALLM on a TCL TV. And can you just use Spotify for easy whole house audio?
01:39:22 – Terry: Why are Towers more Sensitive?
Shout outs to GoldenEar and Audio Advice for excellent service. And why do Towers have higher sensitivity than Bookshelf speakers?
01:47:12 – Brannon: Which Focal in-ceilings?
Are Focal 300 Series in-ceilings worth it over Focal 100 Series?
01:51:32 – Infinite Gary: The Fight for IMAX
How is IMAX 6-Track Audio different? And are customers missing out due to scheduling conflicts?
– https://tinyurl.com/2mk5xvnw
01:57:57 – Corey: Tidy Speaker Wires
Solutions for virtually invisible speaker wire, or visible, but tidy and easy to remove.
– Monoprice Flat Speaker Wire: https://tinyurl.com/4c84kdxa
– Museum Putty: https://tinyurl.com/yus5w65a
– Monoprice Super Flat Adhesive Speaker Wire: https://tinyurl.com/yhrn4k4h
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