Aperion Audio teases their new Fons Series of On-Wall Speakers. Ascendo will demonstrate their new Panoramic Surface On-Wall composite radiating surface full-range speaker driver at CEDIA. Rob was dead wrong about WiiM, and gets corrected. Rob also teases a new purchase.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD3hsx

00:00:00 – Intro

Rob teases an upcoming purchase.

00:07:23 – What We Watched

Tom watched the first two episodes of The Hunting Party. Rob watched Only Murders in the Building S.4, and Together.

00:32:22 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Bill for his PayPal donation, plus our 119 Patreon Patrons, including the same Bill.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Michael, Karl, and Anonymous. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:34:45 – News: Aperion Fons Series Speakers

Aperion has a new Series of slightly smaller and more affordable on-wall speakers than their Theatrus Series: https://www.aperionaudio.com/collections/fons-speakers

00:48:14 – News: ASCENDO Panoramic Surface

ASCENDO will demonstrate a whole new type of speaker at CEDIA. It just looks like a big, flat, on-wall rectangle, but they claim it is full-range and wide dispersion: https://tinyurl.com/2k3j8u2k

Comments:

00:53:17 – CORRECTION: Sasi – Rob Was Wrong About WiiM

WiiM’s 5.1 configuration capabilities are much more flexible than Rob incorrectly stated last week!

00:56:55 – Comment: Joe – Custom Seating

We mentioned a couple of options last week for theater recliners that are not leather and don’t require an armrest in between every seat. But Joe wanted to mention the custom seat options that installers often utilize.

– https://www.fortresseating.com/

– Valencia Velour Seats: https://tinyurl.com/cpmrj9np

QUESTIONS:

00:58:34 – Leighton: External Test Tones

Leighton wants to double check his trim level settings, but with all of his EQ and room correction settings applied. So we talk through how to do that using Room EQ Wizard, which he’s already familiar with.

01:06:28 – Dale: Revisiting Small Room Setup

Last time, Dale wanted our recommendations for new speakers. But now that we have more details about his room, we discuss how we’d alter our approach.

– https://avgadgets.com/the-single-best-upgrade-for-your-home-theater/

– https://avgadgets.com/why-did-i-upgrade-my-speakers-if-they-werent-going-to-sound-better/

01:13:31 – Infinite Gary: OLED Light Setting

He instructed his professional calibrator to target 100 nits peak white for SDR, despite his room only being dim, not dark. And yet he still prefers even less light output. We discuss why that genuinely makes sense when you were a plasma TV lover.

01:21:27 – Paul: 4K Cinematic 4:4:4

Don’t all OLED TVs convert everything to 4:4:4 prior to display, regardless? And if so, will Kaleidescape’s 4K Cinematic format even be noticeable?

01:32:13 – The Polyester Pimp: Why Release Cinema Series 2?

We’ve pointed out how Denon’s and Marantz’ newest Receiver models are barely any different from the previous generation. So why even release them?

01:40:01 – Michael & Joe: Avoiding Regret and FOMO

We discuss why it can make sense to buy slightly older gear sometimes, and how gear you already own can be repurposed.

01:47:52 – Anonymous: Could Streamers Offer Downloads?

Is there something actually preventing the streaming video services from offering higher bit rate downloads on a technical level?

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