Giveaway!

Andrew L. is offering one of his awesome models of a spaceship from one of his favorite sci-fi series. We will draw the name of one of our Patreon Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/avrantpodcast ) next week. And we’ll put that person in touch with Andrew to receive the model ship!

Our Listeners of the Week are Mike for his donation, our 116 Patreon Patrons, including Alvin, and Andrew L. for making our giveaway happen. We also appreciate Martin, Gurinder, Mike, Alvin, John, Matt, and Fred sending us notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going and notes of congratulations for reaching 700 episodes! Thank you all for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– Samsung is entering the outdoor TV market with “The Terrace”: https://is.gd/xmJ9Ka

– HBO Max has launched, and Reviewed.com has a good breakdown: https://www.reviewed.com/televisions/features/everything-to-know-hbo-max

– Via Sean M. – Dolby Surround Upmixing can be activated via the Dolby Access App on Xbox One consoles.

Comments:

– Fred C. figured out the strange bug that made the radio tuner in his Marantz SlimLine Receiver stop working.

– John B. shared the Audio Frequency Spectrum chart that correlates subjective terms with actual frequency ranges.

– Mario S. shared his daughter’s She-Ra lockscreen artwork.

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700 Episodes! Thank you all so much for watching, listening, and sending your questions and rants to us!

Surprise Giveaway!

Andrew L. is offering one of his awesome models of a spaceship from one of his favorite sci-fi series. We will draw the name of one of our Patreon Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/avrantpodcast ) in two weeks. And we’ll put that person in touch with Andrew to receive the model ship!

Check out Tom’s appearance on the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast: https://nerdylegion.com/podcasts/brightsideht

Our Listeners of the Week are Rafal and Jayson for their donations, plus our 112 Patreon Patrons, as well as Ash who provided our Episode #700 artwork, and Jason D. and Fred C. who both told SVS we recommended them. And we appreciate the notes from Daryl, Mark, Jonathan, Steve, Karl, Rob, Jason, and Graham who all expressed their gratitude for keeping the podcast going.

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In the news:

 – Via Karl R. – NextGen TV (aka ATSC 3.0) won’t roll out in 2020 as initially planned: https://is.gd/crdOoD

Comments:

– Daryl A. has almost completed his theater, and he used Crutchfield’s SpeakerCompare (https://www.crutchfield.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/speakercompare/default.aspx
 ) and our advice to do it.

– Jay backs up Gurinder’s suggestion to Tom to try a Nespresso coffee machine.

– Chris H. clarifies that Apple AirPlay is lossless, but limited to CD quality.

– Jack R. tells us about HushFrame Connectors from IsoStore, which cost less than sound clips and can take up less space: https://is.gd/StXCrP

– Damien D. regales us with his tale of assembling and hanging his Silver Ticket projection screen all by himself.

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Our Listeners of the Week are our 111 Patreon Patrons.

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Lee Overstreet joins Rob for a second episode this week as we catch up on our backlog of questions.

0:04:01 We start with an update from Lee’s new Subwoofer Life after hearing his initial setup and impressions in AV Rant #695: http://www.avrant.com/av-rant-695-svs-sb-2000-pro-subwoofer-review-with-lee-overstreet/ ; https://youtu.be/JY6TTYe0yxs

In the news:

– YouTube has started using the AV1 codec, and is streaming 8K videos to 2020 LG and Samsung 8K TVs: https://is.gd/CAtlof

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Our Listeners of the Week are Andrew, Kevin, and Mark for their donations, plus our 111 Patreon Patrons, including Brandon W., as well as Brian F. for telling Outlaw Audio we recommended their OAW4 Wireless Speaker Kit, Daniel W. for sending Tom a Roku, and everyone who sent us notes of gratitude for continuing to do the podcast, including: Daniel, Brandon, Jason, Kevin, and Ryan.

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In the news:

– Via Karl R. – Sonos introduced their first Dolby Atmos product, the $800 Arc Soundbar: https://is.gd/rJ50xH

Comments:

– Daniel W. sent a note to say our advice to other AV Rant Listeners has helped him make a lot of decisions in his own theater.

– Chris H. discovered his Denon X3400H audio dropout were being caused by his Amazon Echo being paired via Bluetooth and causing the Denon to auto-switch to its Bluetooth input.

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Our Listeners of the Week are Chris, Neil, Dre, and Michael for their donations, plus our 109 Patreon Patrons, inlcuding Terry G. and Banjamin B., as well as Ash for sending us artwork for our upcoming 700th episode, Daniel W. for sending Tom a Roku, Dre for talking us up to Acoustic Panels Canada, and everyone who’s sent us notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going, including Daniel and Mike.

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In the news:

– Via Karl R. – AMC Theaters said they’d boycott all Universal Pictures movies unless they stick to traditional release windows: https://is.gd/IxupTH
– And Regal Cinemas joined in with a warning to all movie studios: https://is.gd/PiS483

Comments:

– Terry G. wanted to double check the ethernet bandwidth and length figures Rob stated last week.
– PlanetechUSA blog on ethernet cables: https://is.gd/f0iGJr
– Dong Knows Tech ethernet figures: https://is.gd/4GmFn0

– Benjamin B. passes along an explanation about why Epson Lens Memory isn’t very precise, and a potential way to make it as good as possible.

– Dennis found our podcast via SVS’ questionnaire, so it’s a two-way street!

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