AV Rant #902: Tom’s Surround Back Journey
We’re excited about all the movies and shows we watched this week! A group of Hollywood directors banded together to buy the Westwood Village Theatre. Fubo is suing ESPN, Fox Sports & Warner Bros. Discovery over their joint sports streaming plans. And Disney is handing over everything to do with physical media and letting Sony Pictures handle it for them.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBfHpV
00:00:00 – Intro
Has Tom needed to charge those SoundPEATS Space headphones yet? And you’ll never believe what Tom hooked back up in his theater!
00:13:14 – What We Watched
Rob watched The Iron Claw, and Dune: Part 2. Tom watched What If…? S.2, and Loki S.2.
00:35:52 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are our 130 Patreon Patrons.
We also thank Dean for giving permission to Tom to use his photos on https://avgadgets.com/
And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Parker, Adriano, Jeff, Ryan, Todd, Gurinder, and Jorge. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:40:38 – News: Directors Buy Westwood Village Theatre
A coalition of Hollywood directors, led by Jason Reitman, have successfully purchased the Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles, with plans to keep it open and expand its entertainment offerings: http://tinyurl.com/4uud288t
00:44:33 – News: Fubo Sues ESPN, FS & WBD
Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit to either block the joint streaming sports venture or require economic parity: http://tinyurl.com/2aha5373
00:46:38 – News: Sony Takes Over Discs for Disney
Disney is handing over everything to do with physical discs to Sony Pictures: http://tinyurl.com/2ns8pkjm
Comments:
00:50:09 – Comment: Robert – Rarewaves Imports
A recommendation to use https://www.rarewaves.com/ for importing discs and other items.
00:52:07 – Comment: Karl – Zapperbox OTA
Thumbs up for the https://zapperbox.com/ OTA NextGenTV equipment.
00:54:30 – Comment: Infinite Gary – Episode 1,500
We have to stick around until broadcasting sports in 4K is the norm.
QUESTIONS:
00:55:02 – Kiran: On-Walls & Profit Margins
Do on-wall speakers inherently have mid-range issues? And which home theater products are the most profitable?
01:13:39 – David: Why the AudioQuest Hate?
What did AudioQuest ever do to draw our ire? Is it bad enough he should replace what he owns?
– Audioholics on AudioQuest: http://tinyurl.com/343ar3mn
01:22:00 – Adriano: Top Middles & 2-ch Amp
Since he already has in-ceiling Surrounds, should he avoid Top Middles? Which 2-ch amp to get in Australia, and how to set it up.
– https://avgadgets.com/solutions-to-powering-on-two-devices-at-once/
– Fosi TDA7498E: http://tinyurl.com/yeyvwzb3
– SMSL AD18: http://tinyurl.com/uc9d4by
01:31:40 – Henry: Florida Landlords
His New York landlord let him paint a room dark and mount things. Will Florida landlords be equally cool?
– https://avgadgets.com/should-i-paint-my-home-theater-walls-black-why-or-why-not/
01:35:55 – Parker: Humming Amplifier
His 7-ch amp is fine, but his 4-ch amp started humming. Is his APC J15 to blame?
01:38:37 – Nelson: Four Small Subs
With limited space, can he use a mix of three sealed subs and one even smaller ported sub?
– https://avgadgets.com/why-two-subs-are-better-than-one-or-three/
– https://www.svsound.com/products/dual-pc-2000-pro
01:47:52 – J.R: SVS Cylinder Subs Missing Slam?
He used to have slam. His brother’s SB-2000 Pros seem to have slam. Why don’t his PC-2000 Pro Cylinder subs have as much slam?
– https://avgadgets.com/how-to-get-bass-you-can-feel-from-your-home-theater-subwoofer/
– https://avgadgets.com/why-subwoofer-extension-is-important/
01:55:12 – Jeff: Favorite HDMI Cables
Any particular brands and models we recommend most highly?
– https://avgadgets.com/ultra-high-speed-hdmi-cables-the-least-expensive-by-length/
– Monoprice in-wall rated & latching: http://tinyurl.com/yc5uar99
– Monoprice 8K Slim: http://tinyurl.com/4x2dv9ez
– Zeskit Slim: http://tinyurl.com/3hbbw7rs
– Zeskit X-Tech: http://tinyurl.com/msvefuxd
02:00:17 – Ryan: Cheap SoundBar & Speaker Ohms
Which $200 SoundBar to get. Does his 2-ch setup warm up, or is it his brain? Speakers with internal reversed polarity. How do speaker ohm ratings actually work?
– https://avgadgets.com/monoprice-sb-500-5-1-soundbar-review/
– Monoprice SB-600: http://tinyurl.com/mc5mpans
– Vizio SB3651n-H6: http://tinyurl.com/twk7ycjk
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