AVexcel - Episode 38

Recorded on March 7, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are listening to the home theater goodness 

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Exciting the senses

• Patreon Google Hangouts
  • March 16th and 30th
• YouTube TV
  • "TV made for you"
  • $35/mo
  • 6 accounts
  • 40+ channels
  • Unlimited DVR
• Spotify to offer lossless
• Netflix's AI video optimizations

Pat's electrostatic adventures

• The Source AV
• Sennheiser Orpheus HE 1
• HIFIMAN Shangri-La
• MrSpeakers Aeon

AV 101: Electrostatic loudspeaker

• Dynamic (speaker) headphones
  • Monoprice 8323
  • Focal Utopia
• Planar magnetic speakers
  • Fostex T50RP
  • HIFIMAN HE400s
  • MrSpeakers ETHER Flow

Sonos PLAYBASE

• Sound-base design
• ~2.3 inches high
• 10 speakers
  • Class D drivers for each
  • 6 mids
  • 3 tweeters
  • 1 sub
• $700

LG W7 Wallpaper OLED

• An all around better OLED
• Superb HD reproduction
• New 2-pt HDR calibration
• ~20ms HDR game mode
• 65-/77-inches

And then some...

• Samsung QLED TVs available now
• Dolby Lab tour
  • Great view

What we're watching

• Blu-rays
  • Moana
  • Jackie
  • S.O.B.

Gaming goodness

• Firewatch
• Nintendo Switch

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