Episode #029
Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are maximizing the home theater goodness
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The guys are (finally) back
What excites your senses
- Domestic bliss
- Mayhem in moderation
- Less Mad Max in Bay Area
Speaker acceptance factor
- KEF T305 surround sound system
- ELAC Uni-FI B5
- Bookshelf speaker placement
- Elevated + off the wall
- Speaker stands
- Blu-Tack Reusable Adhesive
- Sorbothane
- Spiked speaker stands (or not)
- Audioholics to the rescue
Full-bore 3D sound setup
- Atmos allows for 30+ speakers
- 11-channel amp/decoder/receiver = $$$
- Denon AVR-X6300H = fine example
- Trinnov Altitude32 preamplifier = lust-worthy
- Pat: stereo ceiling Atmos setup sounds good
- Emotiva
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Two Patreon Hangouts down + many more to come
Brian aka @neccros Tweeted a need for Class-T amplification
- Needs small footprint
- $200 or less
- Start w/Lepai Class-T amp
- Lepy LP-2020A Class-D
- Upgrade power supply for better sound
- Dayton Audio APA100
- Class AB, $99
HDMI Follow-up
- Samsung UHD BD player (UBD-K8500) does 4K apps too
- Fewer HDMI issues thanks to Simplay Labs
Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) Follow-up
- Not 'no metadata', but a scene-referred signal
- For live production, not stuff on discs/streaming
- Some 4K projectors support HLG now
Favorite Blu-ray/4K/Streaming
- Netflix The Crown = really good
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- One-eyed Jacks
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- The Squid and the Whale
- C.H.U.D.
Transducers for all the LFE
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Recorded November 23, 2016