We announce the winners of our Sofabaton X1S Universal Remote giveaway! Everyone else can enjoy a 35% discount code if you buy an X1S through our affiliate link.

Nintendo announced a price increase for the Switch 2, plus a new bundle before that happens. JL Audio released their Primacy Series luxury speakers.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTQ6H

00:00:00 – Intro

00:02:09 – Sofabaton X1S Giveaway Winners

The names of three winners are randomly drawn and announced. Congrats to the winners!

If you’d like to buy a Sofabaton X1S at a discount, use one of our affiliate links below, and enter the 35% discount code: TOMX1S35

– https://amzn.to/4rLZW73

– https://dada.link/ZvqGJz

– Discount Code: TOMX1S35

00:11:03 – Personal Updates

An interesting “summer job” for one of Tom’s sons. And a census for Rob.

00:25:12 – What We Watched

Tom still hasn’t reassembled his theater, so he hasn’t watched anything new. Rob watched Send Help.

00:36:33 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 121 Patreon Patrons, as well as John for sending a movie code for Tom to test.

And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: John, Guy, Jason, Russell, Steve, J.R, Brandon, Joe, Jefferson, Luc, Mark V, Scott, James, Jacob, Matthew, David, Sean, Dan, Hal, Paul, Jonathan, Dean, Theo, Steven, J.D, Jocelyn, Richard, Nelson, Rob J, and Chris. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:40:11 – News: Switch 2 Price Increase

No surprise, Nintendo is also raising the price of their gaming console. North America and Europe have until September to buy at the current price: https://tinyurl.com/54jdvp5f

00:42:45 – News: New Switch 2 Bundle

The Mario Kart World and Super Mario Galaxy bundles are gone, but a new $500 bundle with your choice of 1 of 3 games is coming in June: https://tinyurl.com/bdh5v6xe

00:44:33 – News: JL Audio Primacy Series

JL Audio enters the luxury speaker market with their expensive Primacy T6 and S3 speakers: https://tinyurl.com/586kacnx

Comments:

00:59:54 – Comment: Infinite Gary – Panasonic KP-100

Another week, another basement find. This time, it’s the KP-100 Auto-stop pencil sharpener.

01:00:45 – Comment: Joe Klusnick – Assisted Living Theater

Joe installed and calibrated another theater in an assisted living residence, and he shares some photos and details.

QUESTIONS:

01:06:37 – Greg H: GR Research vs Ascend & ASR

Yes, we talk directly about the video that Amir from Audio Science Review posted about the measurements he took of the “upgrade kit” that GR Research started selling for the Ascend Acoustics Sierra-2EX speakers. But Greg wants to know why even Ascend’s own Klippel measurements indicate somewhat high distortion from the RAAL ribbon tweeter.

– https://youtu.be/BhTnK0UiGgA

01:19:59 – Nathan: Ideal Decay Times & Treatments

Using Leighton’s room as a thought experiment, Nathan points to Dolby and Dr. Toole’s decay time guidelines, and then asks what modifications we’d make to Leighton’s room treatments.

– Dolby Room Design Tool: https://tinyurl.com/vezb6raw

01:35:17 – Jonathan: REL Planar Series Subs

REL’s new on-wall PL-1 & PL-2 can optionally roll around like little carts on wheels.

– REL Planar Series: https://tinyurl.com/24r8jpxd

01:41:04 – Christian: Slim SoundBar, No Sub

Our suggestions for SoundBars that will physically fit in his available space, and sound ok without a subwoofer.

– Klipsch Flexus CORE 300: https://tinyurl.com/5fen6kht

– Klipsch Flexus CORE 200: https://tinyurl.com/2jduz3fr

– JBL BAR300 MK2: https://tinyurl.com/bdfs8wk9

– Samsung HW-QS90H: https://tinyurl.com/3aun9nr8

– Sennheiser AMBEO Plus: https://tinyurl.com/3h7tkxv3

– Sonos Arc Ultra: https://tinyurl.com/3uw6aatk

– Leon Horizon HZUX: https://tinyurl.com/mva4zs7r

01:49:36 – David: New Bonus Room Setup

Solid core vs. hollow core doors. How many panels and where. In-ceiling speaker usage.

02:01:17 – Infinite Gary: WOLED Desaturation

Does the presence of a white sub-pixel account for why he prefers the colors of his DLP projector?

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