AVRant Home Theater Podcast

AV Rant #288: Hells Yeah Button

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:24:21 +0000

Liz is back though we are trying out a new podcast time so Tom is a little punchy. If you’re in the US, you’ve probably never heard of Eurovision. Tom’s now seen it and, honestly, it doesn’t make much sense to him. Must be a cultural thing. Spotify launches in Australia and Tom can’t wait [...]

AV Rant #287: On The Spot with Clint DeBoer

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:07:42 +0000

Liz is off in Amsterdam doing whatever people do in Amsterdam (Tom guesses something to do with tulips) so Clint DeBoer steps in with some really atrocious audio (his mic got fried in a lightning strike). Tom cleaned it up the best he could. Looking for a new streaming device? Here’s a graphic to help [...]

AV Rant #286: Tired and Cranky

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:08:58 +0000

This week – early morning for one and a cold for another. It’s complaints from both sides of the pond. Onkyo brings you Dolby TrueHD as a download…for a price. You’ll also need one of their brand new receivers to make it work. Samsung has a new display that Liz thinks is overpriced but Tom [...]

AV Rant #285: With Tongue

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:11:11 +0000

It’s our 5 year anniversary (but we don’t mention that on the podcast). Hurray for us! Liz is back and this week we talk about the upcoming summer movies. Are you excited? We dissect the trailers for Spiderman, Dark Knight Rises, and Prometheus. Also, Mother’s Day is around the corner and we discuss the Audioholics [...]

AV Rant #284: Weird and Awesome

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:38:26 +0000

Listen after the final music for a spoiler-free review of the new Avengers movie (it is out in Australia so Tom went and saw it). Liz is out of town this week so Rob H. steps back in. Lots to discuss including a listener question about PCM, an article on Ars about Mastered for iTunes, [...]

AV Rant #283: Ribbon Tweeters

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:52:07 +0000

Because Tom was a slacker over the weekend, he missed doing the podcast with Liz. Enter Rob H., once again, who, by virtue of having much free time, gets another guest spot on the podcast. This week Tom and Rob discuss Apple iPhone rumors (Liquidmetal and a new screen), Google Glasses (uber-cool), and Valve’s “wearable” [...]

AV Rant #282: For the Record

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:00:03 +0000

Tom starts with a listener complaint. Hopefully that will be sorted. Feel free to report back if there is still a problem. So, if you don’t want to hear Tom insult the entire Internet, make fun of a colleague’s name in an extremely inappropriate way (he really is sorry for that one), and mock pretty [...]

AV Rant #281: Geek Cred

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:48:54 +0000

You’ll have to listen past the music for the explanation of the title. Is crowd-funding the wave of the future? Tom and Liz discuss the new Drifter project (it’s not looking good so if you want to see it made, you might want to throw some money their way). Home theater projectors are on the [...]

AV Rant #280: Ego Stroker

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:55:32 +0000

Tom has some personal news and Liz starts the podcast off with an inappropriate comment. Liz reports on Spotify’s new timeline along with a discussion of how it is working for her. Tom looks at Samsung’s new tube offerings (didn’t occur to either of them that it was April 1st so they may have been [...]

AV Rant #279: You Are Boring

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:34:21 +0000

Ever wonder about highly directional sound? The Soundlazer promises just that. While it still has a ways to go before meeting its funding goal, it is well on its way. This is a tech that has obvious applications in a retail setting but might also work in a home. Tom would love to check one [...]

AV Rant #278: Don’t Poke That

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:12:34 +0000

Lots of stuff this week. Pioneer has a new line of receivers, and Tom is particularly impressed with the $250 model. PlayGo, a device about five years too late. Liz is going to check out Watch It! – a service that updates you when something you want to see is available. We talk about This [...]

AV Rant #277: Land of Liz

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:21:52 +0000

Tom and Liz are getting used to their new schedule and Liz is getting used to her new (old) phone. Liz found a post with some of the first sounds ever recorded. And they are CREEPY! The Olympics go ULTRA! Is there such a thing as a “bad” review? Maybe. But there are definitely bad [...]

AV Rant #276: The H stands for Heroin

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:10:12 +0000

Liz and Tom try out their new schedule and are a little discombobulated. Technical difficulties abounded but they finally got a podcast out. Any background noise is from Liz’s cats. So…you know where to send your hate mail. This week, Tom announces how to win a Samsung Galaxy Nexus case from Otterbox (more below). Google [...]

AV Rant #275: Interview with David Janszen

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:33:56 +0000

A while back Tom did an interview with David Janszen. David is one of the foremost experts in electrostatic speakers. This interview talks about everything from what an electrostatic speaker is to how it works. David walks us through materials, constructions, and why some of the electrostatic speakers on the market really aren’t. Tom makes [...]

AV Rant #274: Every Seat a Toilet

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:49:26 +0000

Note: There will be an extra podcast this week released tomorrow. It will be the full interview with David Janzsen – electrostatic speaker guru. Plus, podcasts will be released on Tuesdays from now on. Tom wasn’t going to do a podcast this week but changed his mind at the last minute. Rob H. visits again [...]

AV Rant #273: Interview with PJ Pesce

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:40:03 +0000

For this special episode of AV Rant, Tom welcomes Clint DeBoer, Editor in Chief of Audioholics and PJ Pesce. PJ is a writer, director, musician and more. He’s worked on tons of stuff over the years (check out his IMDb here) and has great insight into the workings of Hollywood and the movie-making machine. Tom [...]

AV Rant #272: Badmouthing the Brits

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:14:33 +0000

Welcome to the last podcast where at least one of the core AV Rant members will be standing in the states. Yes, we’re fleeing like rats off a sinking ship. Liz is off to London this weekend and is sort of stressed. Tom steps up and basically talks the whole time. If you are more [...]

AV Rant #271: Slow Clap for Sony

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:50:58 +0000

Welcome Liz back. We’ve got a couple of things on the horizon including a potential interview with a film director and a guest spot for Tom on another podcast. This week, lots of listener questions/comments from Jason, Grant, Alex, and John. Whitney Houston passes and Sony…well, you can read about it here. Class act that [...]

AV Rant #270: Shopping for Speakers

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:49:13 +0000

Liz is off across the pond doing moving things so Rob H. steps in on short notice. They talk a bunch about streaming and piracy. Specifically about this article at Forbes which makes a lot of good points. Amazon Prime streaming is on the way as is a new streaming service from a partnership between [...]

AV Rant #269: CADS

info@avrant.com (Tom Andry, Clint DeBoer) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:29:03 +0000

A few disclaimers: We make up (co-opt really) a new curse word. Liz and Tom, for a time, mistake Neil Young for Neil Simon. Whoops. This week in Netflix? WB acts like a bunch of…well, CADS. Tom thinks you can take the conversation in this article and pretty much switch out the local “evil” the [...]