Podcast Archives - AV Rant

Our Listeners of the Week are Virgil for his donation, our 81 Patreon Patrons, and David, Virgil, and Romaine for talking us up to Accessories4Less, Ascend, and RBH. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmbgsDRT In the news, TCL and Vizio are issuing firmware updates to add Dolby Vision from Xbox One S/X support to their TVs, […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Matt for his donation, our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Matt for talking us up to Ascend, SVS, and Gik, John S., Phil and Mario S. for mentioning us to Accessories4Less, and Curt for talking us up to his friend Andy and SVS. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmCjpoQG In the […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Tyler, Joseph, and Daniel for their donations, as well as our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Fred for talking us up to SVS. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHskT6nsA7 In the news, via Jason & Ted, Boston University researchers created a sound reflecting acoustic metamaterial: https://www.fastcompany.com/90316833/scientists-have-discovered-a-shape-that-blocks-all-sound-even-your-co-workers; https://newatlas.com/acoustic-metamaterial-blocks-sound-not-air/58818/; via Nathan, JVC and Panasonic are […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Travis, Mark, Gary, Juan, Jonathan, Steve, Todd, Bastian, Matt F., Matt C., Kris, Yanick, John, Brandon, Peter, and Vincent – all of whom donated to the podcast and were eligible for our giveaway draw of a Philips Hue Starter Kit, kindly provided by James “House of Cards” C. Thank […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Travis, Mark, Gary, and Juan for their donations, as well as our 84 Patreon Patrons. GIVEAWAY: James C. has kindly offered to give away a Philips Hue 2-Bulb Starter Kit. Donate $5 or more to AV Rant before March 11, 2019. We will randomly select one donor’s name and put you in touch […]

Our Listeners of the Week are our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Infinite Gary for talking us up to Philharmonic Audio. GIVEAWAY: James C. has kindly offered to give away a Philips Hue 2-Bulb Starter Kit. Donate $5 or more to AV Rant before March 11, 2019. We will randomly select one donor’s name and put you in touch […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Chad, Neil, Chris, and Luke for their donations, as well as our 82 Patreon Patrons, and Mark T. for talking us up to Accessories4Less. In the news, Samsung won’t be making any more Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray players. And Panasonic and Samsung showed off their full 2019 TV lineups. The CEDIA Podcast posted an […]

Our Listeners of the Week are our 81 Patreon Patrons, including Bryan W., and James C. for donating via PayPal, being a Patron, talking us up to Accessories4Less when he bought some KEF LS50 speakers, and sending Lee a birthday gift card! Many things conspired against our schedules this week. So Lee Overstreet is our guest […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Ray, Steve, and James for their donations, our 80 Patreon Patrons, and Mark R. for telling Parts Express we recommended them. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHskRwHZN3 In the news, UltraViolet is shutting down July 31. Brent Butterworth wrote an article, Eardrum Suck: The Mystery Solved explaining the sensation sometimes caused by active noise cancelling. […]

Our Listeners of the Week are Robert and Nathan for their donations, our 82 Patreon Patrons, including Brian F. and Steve, and Nathan for meeting up with Tom, Brian for telling Chief we recommended their projector mounts, and Jay Edward for going way back in the AVRant catalogue. We’ll see you when you get here, Jay! […]