Podcast – AV Rant: Recent Episodes
Tom Andry
Our Listeners of the Week are our 108 Patreon Patrons, as well as Chris M. for talking us up to SVS. 0:01:52 We won’t call it a full review, but Tom starts the podcast by giving his early impressions of his 9 new SVS Ultra and Prime Satellite speakers. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLLcA44 In the […]
Our Listeners of the Week are Jonathan and Russell for their donations, and our 108 Patreon Patrons, including Justin B. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLBDdwa In the news: – Samsung’s 2020 4K QLED TVs take a step backwards: https://is.gd/ng4Ycf – Comcast might buy Vudu from Walmart: https://is.gd/hrItHj Comments: – J.R. used our comments as motivation to buy new […]
Today we have an interview with Alan Hutchinson, the owner of HTMarket:– https://www.htmarket.com/ We hear about the origins of HTMarket and Alan’s love of home theater (including the details of his personal home theater today). Then we deep dive into HTMarket’s HT Design Quick Ship Home Theater Seating: how HT Design Seating began, and where it’s […]
5.1 Computer Speakers & Amps, OLED Light Settings & more Tom had to leave unexpectedly about half way through this episode. So prepare yourselves for a whole lot of Rob this week. Sorry! Our Listeners of the Week are our 106 Patreon Patrons, as well as Tony R. and Joe K. both for talking us up […]
UPCOMING INTERVIEW: We’ll be talking with Alan Hutchinson, the owner of HTMarket.com on Feb. 19. Our focus will be their HT Design Home Theater Seating, but feel free to ask anything HTMarket-related. Our Listeners of the Week are Ezekiel for his donation, our 106 Patreon Patrons, including Dan, as well as Victor D. for talking […]
UPCOMING INTERVIEW: We’ll be talking with Alan Hutchinson, the owner of HTMarket.com on Feb. 19. Our focus will be their HT Design Home Theater Seating, but feel free to ask anything HTMarket-related. Our Listeners of the Week are Jacob for his donation, and our 106 Patreon Patrons, as well as SVS for featuring our recent interview […]
UPCOMING INTERVIEW: We’ll be talking with Alan Hutchinson, the owner of HTMarket.com on Feb. 19. Our focus will be their HT Design Home Theater Seating, but feel free to ask anything HTMarket-related. Some technical issues led to this episode sounding a little rough (it’s difficult to have a smooth conversation when you can’t hear each […]
UPCOMING INTERVIEW: We’ll be talking with Alan Hutchinson, the owner of HTMarket.com on Feb. 19. Our focus will be their HT Design Home Theater Seating, but feel free to ask anything HTMarket-related. Back to normal! But we review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker between 0:11:21 and 0:25:37 , so use the time stamps if […]
This episode was recorded just a day after the last two! Rob is joined by Lee Overstreet as we nearly finish catching up on our holiday backlog. Our Listeners of the Week are our 102 Patreon Patrons, including Justin B. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmKKeT2i In the news: – Warner Bros. will use Cinelytic AI to help […]
Here is our second Q&A episode of the week, recorded almost immediately after the first, as we clear our inbox backlog! Our Listener of the Week is once again, Andrew L. for his generous giveaway offer that helped us reach over 100 Patreon Patrons! Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmKHZcXj 0:05:02 Carlos P. wants to know if […]
It’s our first Q&A episode of 2020! Welcome back! 0:04:23 We start right away with a tale of what went wrong with Tom’s projector over the holidays. We reached over 100 Patreon Patrons! So congratulations to “Turned Toast”, whose name was drawn, and will receive a sci-fi themed model from Andrew L.! Our Listeners of the […]
PRIZE DRAW: We have hit 100 subscribers on our Patreon! As soon as Rob gets back, we’ll be drawing a winner! Rob is out this week so Lee fills in! Lee and Tom talk about the decade that was the 2010’s. The technology that has shaped it and what that means for the future. Check us […]
Happy New Year! This week we interview Gary Yacoubian, President and CEO of SVS, and Nick Brown, Vice President of Marketing for SVS:– https://www.svsound.com/ Naturally, we discuss subwoofers, going back to the introduction of the SVS flagship 16-Ultra Series, and following the path that led to the 4000 Series, 3000 Series, and now the newest 2000 […]
Merry Christmas! This week, we interview Phil Jones of Sound United:– https://www.soundunited.com/ We talk about the future of AV Receivers, HEOS, HD Audio, and much more. This interview was pre-recorded on Dec. 11, 2019, and no sooner had we finished recording, Sound United announced new Denon Home High-Res Wireless Multiroom speakers with HEOS, AirPlay 2, […]
PRIZE DRAW: When we reach 100 Patreon Patrons, Andrew L. has graciously offered to send a hand-made collectible of a Sci-Fi-themed model to one lucky Patron! Let’s see if we can get to 100 by Christmas! Our Listeners of the Week are Michael and Rohan for their donations, our 96 Patreon Patrons (getting close!), including Richard […]
PRIZE DRAW: When we reach 100 Patreon Patrons, Andrew L. has graciously offered to send a hand-made collectible of a Sci-Fi-themed model to one lucky Patron! Let’s see if we can get to 100 by Christmas! Our Listeners of the Week are Ryan for his donation, our 92 Patreon Patrons, including James “House of Cards”, as […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be interviewing Phil Jones from Sound United on Dec. 11, so email us your questions for him! PRIZE DRAW: When we reach 100 Patreon Patrons, Andrew L. has graciously offered to send a hand-made collectible of a Sci-Fi-themed model to one lucky Patron! Let’s see if we can get to 100 by Christmas! […]
Happy Thanksgiving! ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be interviewing Phil Jones from Sound United on Dec. 11, so email us your questions for him! Our Listeners of the Week are our 93 Patreon Patrons, including John H., and also Mike S for talking us up to Acoustimac, and Phil D. for letting Accessories4Less and SVS know we sent […]
Our Listeners of the Week are Brandon for his donation, and our 92 Patreon Patrons. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJtrWL6 0:03:30 We review Disney+: – Star Wars HDR versions: https://youtu.be/VGZmMjPJiAk– Simpsons getting 4:3 option in 2020: https://is.gd/pwXC8k– Via Eddie on Twitter – thousands of accounts hacked: https://is.gd/i5q26l– How to get ESPN+ & Hulu without ads as a bundle: https://is.gd/BZX4qs 0:17:15 […]
Our Listeners of the Week are Adam and Thomas for their donations, our 90 Patreon Patrons, including Patricio P. and Michael K., as well as Vince H. and Dan C. who each sent Rob an Amazon gift card. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJjTjty In the news: – Via Jay – Warner Bros. stored Superman: The Movie […]
Our Listeners of the week are Marty and Karl for their donations, our 62 Patreon Patrons, and Toby H. for telling Accessories4Less that his Integra DTR-40.4 and Yamaha RX-V583 Receiver purchases were because of us. In the news, Onkyo announced three new RZ Series AV Receivers that all have nine amplifiers built-in. Byron S. let […]
Thank you! Our donation match pledge drive was a success! We have a lot of Listeners of the Week to thank, so here…we…go… First, big thanks to Anonymous, James C., and Dipan for matching $100 each and getting this whole pledge drive going! Paul, Earle, Nate, James D., Clarence, Shane, Daniel C., Terry G., James […]