AV Rant

Jan 29 2025 20 ep. 139 mins 274

Hosted by Tom Andry and Rob H., this team answers your questions about home theater and AV.

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AV Rant #952: The One with Edits

Jan 29 2025 127 mins

Sony closes their recordable media division. Netflix is raising prices. Masimo names a new CEO. And listening to the teens about audio. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBZA2m 00:00:00 – Intro 00:02:08 – What We Watched Rob watched Star Trek: Section 31 00:17:52 – Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are David and […]

AV Rant #951: Rob’s Laugh

Jan 23 2025 136 mins

Nintendo Switch 2 is official and will launch in 2025. Sonos’ CEO and CPO are replaced by the former CPO of Quibi. Gentex Corporation is buying VOXX International, which includes Klipsch, Onkyo, and Pioneer. Nakamichi announces an 11.2.6-channel ShockWafe Wireless SoundBar. And RUIPRO has Detachable Fiber Optic HDMI cables for easier installation and futureproofing. Pictures […

AV Rant #950: Sasi Annexes the Podcast

Jan 16 2025 138 mins

What a year it’s been already. No What We Watched section this week. Disney bought Fubo TV and cancelled Venu Sports Streaming. Samsung & Google made Eclipsa Audio official as a new immersive audio format. Onkyo announced their Creator and Icon Series products. Panasonic might have the brightest OLED TV Series this year with their […]

AV Rant #949: Now Powered by AI

Jan 09 2025 132 mins

CES '25 has started. HDMI Ultra96. LG G5 OLEDs ditch MLA. Samsung The Frame Pro. TCL 115" QM7. AWOL's AWALL affordable micro-LEDs. Hisense 136" MX micro-LED.

AV Rant #948: Challenge Accepted

Jan 02 2025 132 mins

Happy New Year! Tom is back for our first episode of 2025. And thank you to Lee Overstreet for filling in 2 weeks ago. Ascend Acoustics has added Titan dome tweeter versions of their Sierra Luna V2 & Duo V2 speakers, as well as piano gloss white as a finish option. RSL is offering a […]

AV Rant #947: You’re Gonna Be a Magnetar

Dec 18 2024 143 mins

It’s our final episode of 2024! And unexpectedly, Lee Overstreet joins Rob H as Tom was forced to be away with the flu. It wasn’t the plan. But we answer lots of questions, since we’re taking next week off for Christmas! LG has discontinued all of their Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Apple will […]

AV Rant #946: Cousin’s Wife’s Projector

Dec 12 2024 132 mins

Ascend HTM-200SE2 speakers. Auro-3D acquired by Dynaudio. Update on Tom's house. And too much cycling talk.

AV Rant #945: Rob’s Mystery Purchase is…

Dec 05 2024 127 mins

Masimo Consumer clarifies that “discontinued operation” is just an accounting term, so the former-Sound United brands aren’t shutting down in January. Reps from JVC say they can replace the laser light engine in their projectors at a service center. And Rob is bad and annoying at podcasting. Here is our PayPal link. Anything donated via […]

AV Rant #944: Your Old Shoes Suck

Nov 28 2024 134 mins

We're back to our old selves. Denon, Marantz, and the other former-Sound United brands might simply cease operations in 2025.

AV Rant #943: OLEDs and Restrictions

Nov 21 2024 145 mins

Lee Overstreet and Joe Klusnick guest co-host one more time now that Tom is back! It’s a 3-man show to put a bow on this chapter in AVRant history. Bose bought McIntosh and Sonus Faber. Kaleidescape won an award from Fast Company. We finally discuss Lee’s future LCR speaker options. And we answer lots more […]