Our listeners of the week are Brandon for his donation, and our 125 Patreon Patrons, as well as Corey B. for emailing directly with Gary Yacoubian, the CEO of SVS. We’d also like to thank Dan, Brandon, Dazz, and Timothy for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone who continues to listen and send in questions!

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0:02:17 Turns out Rob has been right this whole time about museum putty: https://is.gd/PXCHxt

In the news:

– The mystery of Samsung Blu-ray players getting stuck in an endless reboot loop has been solved, and it wasn’t because of expired SSL certificates: https://is.gd/5NwPLe

– Microsoft has ceased production of Xbox One X and S All Digital Edition consoles: https://is.gd/Pu7Tt6
– They’ve also stopped selling 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscriptions: https://is.gd/J1r5QC
– But they’re adding xCloud game streaming to Game Pass Ultimate in September: https://is.gd/DJhyFY

Comments:

– Carl C. shares his early impressions of Peacock.

– Jackson corrects Rob about common household electrical panel amperage.

0:26:03 Matt G. is still having issues with ARC from his Sony X900F. He asks about picture settings, and MotionFlow and CineMotion in particular, and whether it makes sense to make a separate picture mode for poor quality content.

0:39:43 Gurinder shares a bunch of subwoofer and speaker measurements, and asks if they indicate a need for any further room treatments or adjustments to his subwoofers.

0:51:54 Rob M. asks us to convince him that he does not need a Receiver upgrade.

0:55:23 Manuel T. finally gets an answer from us about his Front speaker positioning (after we missed it last time), and we discuss his particular options for Atmos speaker placement.

1:00:38 Brian F. is getting occasional video dropouts with his JVC NX7 projector.

1:04:30 Buddy asks which tube amp we recommend for driving his Infinity Quantum 5 speakers.
– Monoprice Pure Tube Stereo Amp: https://is.gd/tWRP5R

1:08:43 Brandon N. asks about Panasonic HDR Optimizer settings, which movies will convince him a disc player was worthwhile, and he shares some comments about connecting a Receiver to both a flat panel and a projector, how noticeable Atmos was to his wife, and running a phantom Center.
– HDTV Test Panasonic player videos: https://is.gd/MpxtST

1:15:19 Jason H. asks about his clever idea for having a convenient way to switch between two different subwoofer output levels on his Receiver.
– Sewell HDMI SplitDeck:https://is.gd/w0fwIt

1:18:08 Dazz asks about in-ceiling Atmos speaker placement from side walls, speaker wire gauge, and whether it’s worth opening his drywall for some speaker wire runs.

1:22:57 Terry G. asks for a less expensive alternative to in-ceiling GoldenEar speakers, and whether backer boxes are necessary for maximum performance.
– Monoprice Amber in-ceiling speakers: https://is.gd/Pu60vX

1:27:29 Nick B. double checks his hand-me-down Receiver plan, and asks about plugging an HDMI-ARC connection from the TV into a normal HDMI input, and which Front speakers he should get.
– Ascend CBM-170SE: https://is.gd/vS2A7X

1:32:55 Steve M. wants the best possible video and audio from his Samsung Q80T and Denon S910W for Ultra HD Blu-ray, Xbox One S, and Xbox Series X.

1:39:53 Andrew L. asks all about bi-amping.

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Our Listeners of the Week are Jeremy and Joe for their donations, and our 124 Patreon Patrons, as well as  Ken M. for talking us up to SVS. We also want to thank Efrain, Michael, and Martin for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen and send in questions!

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In the news:

– Logitech is killing the Harmony Express Remote, but you can get a Harmony Elite in its place for free: https://is.gd/ahf4qi

– 0:10:15 The Marantz 2020 AV Receiver lineup was announced. And we do a little comparison between those and Denon’s 2020 models for DJ and Karl: https://is.gd/KaTg98

Comments:

– Gregory sent in some photos of how he turned a 2×6 wall into staggered studs without losing any floorspace.

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Our Listeners of the Week are our 121 Patreon Patrons. And we also appreciate the notes of gratitude from John, Luke, Dan, and Tate. Thank you all for continuing to listen!

Tom is back! We get a TL;DR version of what’s kept him away from the podcast the past two weeks. And we once again want to thank Lee Overstreet for filling in as guest co-host during that time.

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In the news:

– Monoprice Monolith amplifiers have gone up in price: https://is.gd/P2bFf5

– Outlaw Audio has replaced their Model 5000 amp with the Model 5000X, which adds XLR inputs and has a higher price: https://is.gd/sEz4Ac

– Via Andrew L. – The Versatile Video Coding (VVC or H.266) codec standard has been finalized: https://is.gd/Mqh9io

Comments:

– Mike, Dan & Andrew say that Overlord, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Independence Day are immersive audio showcases worth checking out for their use of overhead effects.

– Gurinder tells us how his SVS Sledge amplifier replacement went.

– Michael I. warns that GiK Acoustics is experiencing shipping delays at the moment.

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Our Listeners of the Week are our 119 Patreon Patrons, including Clarence K., as well as Ken S. for telling Parts-Express we recommended them for buying speaker wire.

Tom was forced to be away again this week, so a huge thank you to Lee Overstreet for being our guest co-host for the second week in a row!

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In the news:

– Vizio announced their 2020/2021 TV lineup with HDMI 2.1 ports and features: https://youtu.be/MfI3RbDgxRE
– Vizio’s first OLED TVs are the first in North America with every flavor of HDR: https://is.gd/DGxC6W
– Vizio’s P Quantum X models have lots of local-dimming zones, and 3,000 nits: https://is.gd/7lMTO7

– YouTube in 4K is coming to Apple TV 4K hardware, but details about HDR and codecs are scarce: https://is.gd/fYRcjJ

Comments:

– Aidan C. shared a doc listing which versions of Plex on various hardware support the most audio and video formats: https://is.gd/N9BJrE

– Brian F. shares a funny story about his home theater maybe sounding too realistic.

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Our Listeners of the Week are our 120 Patreon Patrons, as well as Neil M. for letting SVS know his dual PC-2000 Pro purchase was our recommendation and writing us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, and Monty N. for telling RBH his EP-1 earphone purchase was thanks to us. We also want to thank Art, Brian, and Neil for sending us notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going. Thank you all for continuing to listen!

Tom is away this week, so Rob is joined by Lee Overstreet as our guest co-host.

Check out Rob’s appearance on the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast: https://nerdylegion.com/episodes/brightsideht-39
The host, DJ, throws some questions Rob’s way, and then we dive deep into Netflix’ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!

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In the news:

– Several Samsung Blu-ray player models got stuck in a startup loop: https://is.gd/PwJzRk
– And via Jason S., Sound & Vision’s article explains that it might have been due to expiring SSL Certificates: https://is.gd/TiCtmN

Comments:

– Martin D.’s Epson Pro Cinema 4040 projector died, but Epson delivered a replacement to him in one day.

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