Warning! We  missed some emails! Big thanks to Richard and Glenn for double checking why we never mentioned some emails they sent to us weeks ago. The emails just vanished! So please email us again if it seems like we just never mentioned something you previously sent to us. There’s a chance we never saw it, and never even knew it existed! Many apologies.

Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell itself to Netflix. But Paramount Skydance has made a hostile takeover bid to stop that. AV Gadgets will post a Sofabaton X2 review soon. And Rob croaks his way through this episode.

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

00:00:00 – Intro

It’s squeaky voice time.

00:04:19 – Missing Emails!

Richard and Glenn kindly double checked. There was some sort of email glitch! Please email us again if you’ve tried to before, and we never mentioned your name or your email. We were not ignoring you!

00:08:08 – Personal Updates

We continue to pay for things.

00:17:22 – Some Sofabaton X2 Updates

The written review over at https://avgadgets.com/ is in progress. Rob’s waiting on a replacement review unit. Tom’s review unit updated just fine, and he shares some early thoughts: https://www.sofabaton.com/product/x2/

00:23:08 – What We Watched

Rob watched Argylle. Tom finished Ironheart.

00:40:04 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Glenn for his PayPal donation, plus our 122 Patreon Patrons, as well as Richard and Glenn for double checking with us about their missing emails, Glenn for talking us up to Ascend Acoustics, and Julian for continuing to add movie codes for Tom to test.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Richard, Glenn, John, Julian, Christian, Dev, and Steve. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen.

In the news:

00:43:00 – News: Someone is Buying Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to a sale to Netflix: https://tinyurl.com/3kv3zrp8

But Paramount Skydance has been trying to buy Warner Bros. for a while, and now they’ve issued a hostile takeover offer: https://tinyurl.com/3szxb2bh

Comments:

00:54:18 – Comment: Gurinder – HyperX Cloud III Headset

A decision was made, and his son is happy with the purchase.

00:57:15 – Comment: Christian – 83″ OLED Purchase

Turns out, the LG B5 Series still looks great!

QUESTIONS:

01:04:13 – Richard: Buying for a Basement Renovation

Which TV should he buy for his new home gym? And then we discuss his full home theater setup: acoustic treatments, subs, TV, mount, speakers, and AV Receiver. All of this in Canada, by the way.

– 48″ LG B5: https://tinyurl.com/4pdp7sas

– 43″ TCL Q651G: https://tinyurl.com/2vyhnyzt

– Perlesmith Small Articulating TV Mount: https://tinyurl.com/ptsc5vnj

– Mount-it Sonos Beam Bracket: https://tinyurl.com/2yuwk8pc

– Flexson Sonos Beam Bracket: https://tinyurl.com/3fwxajyr

– https://www.acoustimac.com/

– https://inityacoustics.com/shop/

– https://www.acousticpanelscanada.com/

– https://svsound.ca/products/pc-4000

– https://www.summithifi.com/products/pc-2000-pro

– HSU VTF-TN1: https://tinyurl.com/5f7k2ncd

– Echogear Large Articulating TV Mount: https://tinyurl.com/mtkztcah

– KEF Q4 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/y2twr3up

– Arendal 1961: https://tinyurl.com/mvstu8at

– RBH Impression On-Walls: https://tinyurl.com/4v249y7m

– Ascend Sierra Duo V2: https://tinyurl.com/yex3vp2j

– Denon X3800H B-Stock from Gibby’s: https://tinyurl.com/2c6d8e76

– Onkyo TX-RZ30: https://tinyurl.com/4zw72x44

01:40:36 – Glenn: Adding Another 12V Trigger

An RCA signal-sensing workaround for adding a second 12 Volt trigger.

– https://www.bobwireaudio.com/aat1

01:45:31 – Julian: New Projector, New Screen

Which motorized roll-down screen should his brother get? And organizing TV Series on a Zidoo.

– Elite Screens VMAX Tension: https://tinyurl.com/3hh8b2t8

– Elite Screens Starling Tab Tension Cinegrey 5D: https://tinyurl.com/4zpba2py

01:52:44 – Infinite Gary: Is it the IMAX Cameras or the Screens?

How much of a difference does using IMAX-certified cameras really make?

– https://collider.com/ryan-coogler-new-movie-imax-film-cameras/

01:58:36 – Christian: New Speakers with BIG Center

He loves his BIG EMP Tek Center speaker, and he wants to keep it. So which new Front Left & Right speakers will fit his budget and be a good match? And why aren’t there more BIG Center speakers out there?

– RBH Impression 55-i: https://tinyurl.com/3w4ztdnx

– https://elac.com/df62

– ELAC Debut 3.0 DF63: https://tinyurl.com/3ta5d9tp

02:08:12 – Steve: No Black Boxes

Our picks for on-wall speakers that aren’t just black, and AV Receivers, too.

– KEF Q4 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/y2twr3up

– https://arendalsound.com/series/1961-series/

– JBL Modern Audio Receivers: https://www.jbl.com/home-electronics/

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