After a week’s hiatus, Tom and Rob are back – with an extra-long podcast trying to catch up. Strap in for 2.5 hours of your questions being answered. This week, we thank listeners Josh, Jose, James, and Joshua for their donations. Your support keeps this podcast going. We also thank Alan, Paul, Bill, and Jared for spreading the word about the podcast. Thanks guys! Efrain thought we might want to comment on this video (LINK) from the Rocky Mountain Snake-Oil Fest (LINK). He was right. John has an old Velodyne sub that he thinks he might want to retire. He also wants to know our opinions on sealed versus unsealed speaker designs. Kevin is planning his home theater and believes he will have to place speakers close to the walls. What do we think about front versus rear ports? Kevin also wants to know if vintage gear can be better than recent gear, why he’s heard LPs that sound better than XRCDs, and what the H stands for. Byron has some questions about reference volume and speaker specifications and Ashley proved Rob correct that HDMI CEC does, in fact, suck. Nikhil has a slew of updates and some questions including why some industry professionals give advice that contradicts ours [hint – they are wrong LINK], the differences between analog and digital coaxial cables, crossover settings on a sub, in-wall wires, and THX recommendations for speaker placements. James wants to be on the podcast (LINK) while Jason has questions about adding non-matching height speakers, color gamut, and what we think of TV shows that can control your lights (LINK). Monty has questions about the Harmony Ultimate remote (LINK) and Buttkickers (LINK), Thomas has money burning a hole in his pocket and wants us to help him spend it, and we fix Michael’s volume control problem. Infinite Gary has room treatment woes, Joe wants to know if he should invest in a Denon AVR-4520CI over the X4000 that Tom so loves, and Bruno wants to know what “difficult to drive” means in regards to speakers. Jeff chimes in on using the URC solution we suggested last time, recommends Peerless PRS projector mounts, and stumps us with a NAS gapless playback question (we might touch on this again next week – if you have suggestions, you know the email addresses). Lastly, Mike found a 2D to 3D converter for $25 and wonders why more 3D TVs don’t come with this installed (LINK). Whew! That was a lot! Thanks for listening. Now, don't forget to:

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