Tom had a horrible week with a bad back and his new TV broke. He’s here for half the podcast. But on top of that, our email forwarding broke again! We can nail down that it was from Jan 6 – 11. If you emailed us during that time, all we can do is apologize, because those all vanished without a trace. Please, please send them again.

At CES: SVS announced their SB- and PB-3000 R|Evolution subs, and the new 3000 Micro R|Evolution that will come a bit later. They also announced their first R|Evolution SoundBar. Klipsch announced 2nd gen The Fives, The Sevens, and The Nines, plus the Reference Premiere III and Reference Signature Series. And Project Apollo is Klipsch’s high-end 2-ch prototype. Onkyo had new TX-RZ31, RZ51, RZ61 & RZ71 AV Receivers, and a return to Separates with the PR-RZ91 15-ch Pre-Pro and PA-RZ11 & RZ04 amplifiers.

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

00:00:00 – Intro

Tom shouldn’t be here. But he is. Last week’s back issues were bad.

00:06:05 – Tom’s TV Broke!

At least it happened early and is clearly under warranty.

00:10:09 – Broken Emails Again!

We are so sorry! But more emails vanished, and the only thing we can do is ask for you to send them to us again. If you emailed us last week from Jan 6 – 11, we didn’t get your email. Our website was briefly down, too. We think all of it is fixed now.

00:22:00 – Rob’s Personal Updates

Just been toying with some tech for the parents.

00:24:32 – What We Watched

Tom finished S.1 of Fallout, and continues watching St. Denis Medical. Rob watched Tron: Ares.

00:49:30 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Keegan for his PayPal donation, plus our 121 Patreon Patrons, including Ilango, as well as Yanick for alerting us when our website was down, Curt for helping us test our emails, and Ilango for sending Rob some money to put towards Dirac Live ART.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Daniel and James. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:52:31 – News: SVS 3000 R|Evolution Subs & SoundBar

SVS SB-3000 R|Evolution & PB-3000 R|Evolution will soon replace the original 3000 Series models. A 3000 Micro R|Evolution sub will come later. As will the R|Evolution SoundBar and R|Evolution SoundBar Max bundle: https://tinyurl.com/2s47rubx

01:04:01 – News: Klipsch & Onkyo

New Klipsch The Fives II, The Sevens II, and The Nines II. Plus new Reference Premiere III and Reference Signature Series home theater speakers, and 2-ch Project Apollo.

Onkyo TX-RZ31, RZ51, RZ61 & RZ71 AV Receivers. And a return to Separates with the PR-RZ91 15-ch Pre-Pro, and PA-RZ11 & RZ04 amplifiers: https://youtu.be/HwNXkF5MmfY

01:14:23 – Happy New Year, Lee Overstreet!

Lee joins Rob in Tom’s absence to answer this week’s questions. Naturally, we catch up a bit first.

01:21:24 – What Lee Watched

Lee dropped Netflix in favor of Apple TV, so he watched Pluribus, and Murderbot.

QUESTIONS:

01:28:44 – Nelson: Film Grain

Can his new TCL 98QM8K be adjusted so that film grain looks more like it used to on his projector?

– QM8K Settings by FlatpanelsHD: https://tinyurl.com/muuxfnfx

01:36:57 – Tyler: Higher Output On-Walls

What should he get to replace his Monolith M-OW1?

– Aperion Novus N6SC: https://tinyurl.com/ca58t3xb

01:42:51 – Patrick: New Turntable

A gifted turntable is turning into an expense.

– Audio-Technica AT-LP120: https://tinyurl.com/3hvd5tf3

– AT-LP70X: https://tinyurl.com/443fsvk2

– https://avgadgets.com/fluance-rt81-when-simple-is-perfect/

01:52:03 – Daniel: Amp Differences & OLED Future

He’s not one to blindly believe that amps sound different, so how do we explain his Sonos Amp vs. Sonos Port + Niles Amp experience? And will OLED TVs face the same fate as Plasma TVs?

02:04:55 – James: Acoustic Foam Fire Concerns

Acoustic foam on the ceiling of a bar in Switzerland might have played a significant role in how quickly a deadly fire spread on New Year’s Eve: https://tinyurl.com/kduss8a9

02:10:03 – Stefan: Subwoofer Dilemma Part 2

Now that we know the SVS 3000 R|Evolution models are coming, what should he do?

02:15:51 – Rob X: What Raising a Sub Does

What’s actually at play when someone claims that physically raising their subwoofer resulted in “tighter” bass?

02:23:22 – Getting in Touch with Us

Once again, any emails sent to us from Jan 6 – 11 did not reach us. Please, please send them again.

And since Lee’s AVRant email probably isn’t working, you can contact him on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leeoversky.bsky.social

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