AVRant Podcast

Описание: Warning! We missed some emails! Big thanks to Richard and Glenn for double checking. The emails just vanished! So please email us again if we never mentioned something you previously sent to us. There's a chance we never saw it, and never even knew it existed! Many apologies.

Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell itself to Netflix. But Paramount Skydance has made a hostile takeover bid to stop that. AV Gadgets will post a Sofabaton X2 review soon. And Rob croaks his way through this episode.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:10 - Missing Emails!
Richard and Glenn kindly double checked. There was some sort of email glitch!
Please email us again if you've tried to before, and we never mentioned your name or your email. We were not ignoring you!

00:06:59 - Personal Updates
We continue to pay for things.

00:16:13 - Some Sofabaton X2 Updates
The written review over at https://avgadgets.com/ is in progress.
Rob's waiting on a replacement review unit.
Tom's review unit updated just fine, and he shares some early thoughts: https://www.sofabaton.com/product/x2/

00:21:59 - What We Watched
Rob watched Argylle. Tom finished Ironheart.

00:38:55 - Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Glenn for his PayPal donation, plus our 122 Patreon Patrons, as well as Richard and Glenn for double checking with us about their missing emails, Glenn for talking us up to Ascend Acoustics, and Julian for continuing to add movie codes for Tom to test.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Richard, Glenn, John, Julian, Christian, Dev, and Steve. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen.

In the news:

00:41:51 - News: Someone is Buying Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to a sale to Netflix: https://tinyurl.com/3kv3zrp8
But Paramount Skydance has been trying to buy Warner Bros. for a while, and now they've issued a hostile takeover offer: https://tinyurl.com/3szxb2bh

Comments:

00:53:09 - Comment: Gurinder - HyperX Cloud III Headset
A decision was made, and his son is happy with the purchase.

00:56:06 - Comment: Christian - 83" OLED Purchase
Turns out, the LG B5 Series still looks great!

QUESTIONS:

01:03:04 - Richard: Buying for a Basement Renovation
Which TV should he buy for his new home gym? And then we discuss his full home theater setup: acoustic treatments, subs, TV, mount, speakers, and AV Receiver. All of this in Canada, by the way.
48" LG B5: https://tinyurl.com/4pdp7sas
43" TCL Q651G: https://tinyurl.com/2vyhnyzt
Perlesmith Small Articulating TV Mount: https://tinyurl.com/ptsc5vnj
Mount-it Sonos Beam Bracket: https://tinyurl.com/2yuwk8pc
Flexson Sonos Beam Bracket: https://tinyurl.com/3fwxajyr
- https://www.acoustimac.com/
- https://inityacoustics.com/shop/
- https://www.acousticpanelscanada.com/
- https://svsound.ca/products/pc-4000
- https://www.summithifi.com/products/p...
HSU VTF-TN1: https://tinyurl.com/5f7k2ncd
Echogear Large Articulating TV Mount: https://tinyurl.com/mtkztcah
KEF Q4 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/y2twr3up
Arendal 1961: https://tinyurl.com/mvstu8at
RBH Impression On-Walls: https://tinyurl.com/4v249y7m
Ascend Sierra Duo V2: https://tinyurl.com/yex3vp2j
Denon X3800H B-Stock from Gibby's: https://tinyurl.com/2c6d8e76
Onkyo TX-RZ30: https://tinyurl.com/4zw72x44

01:39:27 - Glenn: Adding Another 12V Trigger
An RCA signal-sensing workaround for adding a second 12 Volt trigger.
https://www.bobwireaudio.com/aat1

01:44:22 - Julian: New Projector, New Screen
Which motorized roll-down screen should his brother get? And organizing TV Series on a Zidoo.
Elite Screens VMAX Tension: https://tinyurl.com/3hh8b2t8
Elite Screens Starling Tab Tension Cinegrey 5D: https://tinyurl.com/4zpba2py

01:51:35 - Infinite Gary: Is it the IMAX Cameras or the Screens?
How much of a difference does using IMAX-certified cameras really make?
- https://collider.com/ryan-coogler-new...

01:57:27 - Christian: New Speakers with BIG Center
He loves his BIG EMP Tek Center speaker, and he wants to keep it. So which new Front Left & Right speakers will fit his budget and be a good match? And why aren't there more BIG Center speakers out there?
RBH Impression 55-i: https://tinyurl.com/3w4ztdnx
https://elac.com/df62
ELAC Debut 3.0 DF63: https://tinyurl.com/3ta5d9tp

02:07:03 - Steve: No Black Boxes
Our picks for on-wall speakers that aren't just black, and AV Receivers, too.
KEF Q4 Meta: https://tinyurl.com/y2twr3up
- https://arendalsound.com/series/1961-...
JBL Modern Audio Receivers: https://www.jbl.com/home-electronics/

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Hosts Tom Andry & Rob H.

Intro & Outro by Austen Pond

Art provided by listener Ash

Ending music by listener Ted