Emotiva teased a new 13.2-channel Receiver. Avatar and Titanic are being remastered in HDR and high frame rate. And our listeners provide 100% blackout solutions that don’t involve aluminum foil! Plus lots of questions, including a deep dive into Front Wide speakers.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzZA77

00:00:00 – Intro
Rob finished and loved the first season of Arcane: League of Legends. Tom started Dead to Me, and the third season of The Umbrella Academy.

00:14:24 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Raf for his PayPal donation, plus our 138 Patreon Patrons, including Dale and Aaron, as well as Tim for giving us a shout out to Accessories4Less, Curt for treating Tom to lunch in person, and Martin for sending a movie code.

Thanks to Doug & Carolyn who sent photos with permission for Tom to use them on https://avgadgets.com/

And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Tim, Brian, Dale, Jonathan, Aaron, and Doug & Carolyn. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:21:03 – News: Emotiva BasX MR-1 Receiver
Emotiva teased their new 13.2-channel BasX MR-1 AV Receiver at the Texas Audio Roundup!: https://youtu.be/6N9BoFQg4r8?t=26

00:23:52 – News: Avatar & Titanic in TrueCut MotionLightstorm Entertainment is remastering Avatar and Titanic in 4K, HDR, and high frame rate, using Pixelworks’ TrueCut Motion for theatrical re-releases: https://bit.ly/3zBNsqu

Comments:

00:29:50 – Comment: Vince & Karl – 100% Blackout Solutions
Vince vouches for Blackout EZ Window Covers: https://amzn.to/3czYu6E
Karl suggests a roller blind system: https://youtu.be/cGLdUK46uG0

00:31:16 – Comment: Tim – Denon Bluetooth Output FirmwareDenon added Bluetooth headphone output to 2019 Receiver models via a firmware update: https://bit.ly/3z9B2VG

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Monoprice expanded their Monolith THX Certified In-Wall Speaker lineup, and Amazon Prime Video finally updated their user interface. We get back to what we’ve watched over the past two weeks.

And check out our interview with Jason Ehrlich, Sales Development Specialist, from Kinetics Noise Control, Inc. We delve into soundproofing and acoustic treatments: https://avrant.com/av-rant-817-interview-with-jason-ehrlich-from-kinetics-noise-control-inc/

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

00:00:00 – Intro Rob watched Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, and has thoughts on Season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He’s keeping up with The Orville: New Horizons, Only Murders in the Building, and Better Call Saul. And he started The Afterparty, and Arcane: League of Legends.
Tom watched the new Resident Evil series on Netflix, and finished Ms. Marvel.

00:20:09 – Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Aras for his PayPal donation, plus our 138 Patreon Patrons, as well as Greg for letting AV Science know we frequently recommend them. We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Curt, Aras, Gurinder, Dazz, and Kris. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:

00:23:10 – News: Monolith THX-465IW & THX-275IW Larger & smaller Monoprice Monolith THX Certified in-wall speaker models: https://bit.ly/3PBQsby

00:27:00 – News: Amazon Prime Video’s New User Interface Amazon Prime Video is finally rolling out an updated interface: https://bit.ly/3ISlh9P

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We interview Jason Ehrlich, Sales Development Specialist, from Kinetics Noise Control, Inc. to learn all about their soundproofing and acoustic treatment products and installations.

Visit https://kineticsnoise.com/ to learn more!

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzYgu8

00:00:00 – Intro

00:05:37 – Introducing Jason Ehrlich

00:07:45 – Introducing Kinetics Noise Control

00:10:04 – Jason’s Current Home Theater
– https://thebuttkicker.com/

00:11:57 – Kinetics’ Home Theater Products
– https://kineticsnoise.com/home

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Netflix gets Sennheiser AMBEO Spatial Audio. We tackle lots of questions this week, particularly about projection setups and trying Surround Backs. Plus, Tom doesn’t think aluminum foil on your windows is classy.

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

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week
We skip talking about what we watched this week to get to the questions sooner (plus we didn’t watch much!) And we talk a bit about infrasonic perception.

Our Listeners of the Week are Dale and Bill for their PayPal donations, plus our 138 Patreon Patrons, including Daniel and Bertrand, as well as Dale for sending Rob an Amazon gift card, Gurinder (and SVS) for pointing out out prominent mention in SVS’ latest newsletter, and Joseph for talking us up to ElectronicsForLess.ca
Thank you to Bill for sending in photos with permission for Tom to use them on https://avgadgets.com/
And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Dale, Mike, Daniel, Ben, Bertrand, Dazz, Ryan, and Joseph. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:13:35 – News: Netflix gets Sennheiser AMBEO Spatial Audio
If you’re using a 2-channel audio system, certain Netflix titles now provide an enhanced stereo soundtrack that uses Sennheiser’s AMBEO rendering to approximate surround sound and immersive audio: https://bit.ly/3uEPHXp

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We go over Ascend Acoustics’ updated website and newest speaker model, the Sierra-LX. We plan a full audio system, explain bitstream vs PCM audio, dig into THX Listening Mode settings, and much more.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzX19J

00:00:00 – Intro

Rob completed Severance on Apple TV+. Tom watched Gravity and RRR.

00:16:02 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 138 Patreon Patrons, as well as Dan, who finally gets an update on the Harmony Elite Remote he sent for Tom’s parents.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Dale, Terry, Aras, Gurinder, and Mike. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:22:01 – News: Ascend Sierra-LX Speakers

Ascend Acoustics has updated their website, streamlined their lineup, and introduced the new Sierra-LX model: https://bit.ly/3P4v67b

00:25:43 – News: Samsung Gaming Hub

All the major streaming gaming services can be played directly on Samsung 2022 TVs: https://bit.ly/3yo4mXQ

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00:30:45 – Comment: Karl – JVC Authorized Dealers

Make sure to buy any replacement JVC lamps from an authorized dealer, or else your warranty will be voided.

00:32:07 – Comment: Ryan – Prebuilt Shed

A suggestion to consider a prebuilt shed, rather than renovating a room in your house for a theater.

00:34:06 – Comment: Zach – OLED TV Dimming Fix

Vincent Teoh from HDTV Test details how to dig into the service menu of OLED TVs to stop them from dimming during HDR content: https://youtu.be/E5qXj-vpX5Q

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