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  1. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    VanityPRO | Audiopraise AudioPraise VanityPRO HDMI audio extractor | Stereophile.com Chris, are you familiar with this product. Do you think connecting the Appletvx HDMI out through this HDMI extractor could in some systems even further improve the audio sonics?
  2. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Interesting - I use DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4 as a hardwired ethernet "filter" from my Appletvx and Kaleidescape components in my basement system. Just got an email from DJM Electronics about a new such but better filter: Streaming Audio EMI Filter - EMI/RFI Filter for 10/100 and Gigabit...
  3. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Whoops!!!
  4. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Technically I think now you are correct. Though it may be that Sony will not be making efforts to noticeably improve their OLEDs. Why Sony pulling out wouldn't kill OLED TV - CNET
  5. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Chris, so you, as the Mad Scientist video expert (which I concede that you indeed are), prefer Sony OLED vs LG OLED, that Sony gives the best most accurate picture? How about the new Samsung OLEDs? And I understand Sony is discontinuing OLED and going to higher brightness mini-LED I think this...
  6. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    My basement 65" OLED is a 2019 LG. So what Chris points out above may help explain some of the funky visual observations I have had!
  7. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    So Chris, a sidebar, since you mention Lumagen (which I will be using the 5348 in my theater). Have you played with MadVR. Any impressions incl vs Lumagen?
  8. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    On well. My Sony 380 projector should be up in a few months finally (14' wide screen) in my renovated theater. I will live with the immersiveness. And an Appletv X for the theater (as well as for my basement 65" LG OLED system).
  9. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Yes - no doubt there is fake or shoddy Dolby Atmos on some streaming shows as well as fake or shoddy Dolby Vision or HDR. And some really good Dolby Vision particularly on Appletv Plus. And I suspect if you set to SDR that some shows may stream at lower video bitrate or without the Dolby Vision...
  10. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Many months ago now - the first months after getting the AppleTV X, I unqualifiedly determined that SDR always looked best even on HDR/Dolby Vision programming. But now, many months later, and having settled in with "tweaks" to my basement OLED system (DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4, etc) (as...
  11. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    OK And of course I am so terribly happy happy with the Appletvx as is. One more experiment I did recently. For a few weeks I set up the Appletvx to turn off completely including the entire system video and audio at the conclusion of every session. After awhile, I noted a clear drop off in...
  12. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Chris, I wonder if ever there might be any benefit to taking out the faster chips from the latest model and inserting them into the two 2021 modded model?
  13. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Looks like a new Appletv4k is coming next year w same poor build quality as 2023 model so no doubt Chris will continue modding the 2021 model. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/20/2024-apple-tv-rumors/
  14. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I gotta tell ya! the picture with the Appletvx is so amazing! But I still find myself sometimes comparing SDR vs HDR. Sometimes, its a close call, though HDR never seems to win out. Tonight, watching Season 4, Episode 1 of "For All Mankind", let there be no doubt. Especially the scene where with...
  15. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Before I went with the Appletvx i have had each of the Appletv 4k models. With the 2023 one, with my HDHomerun app for my OTA antenna with HDHomerun4k tuner for OTA local channels, on NBC I would get fine picture but the sound was clipping. No such issue with the prior Appletv 4k units. No such...
  16. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    The Appletvx alone is a nice improvement over the stock Appletv4k. However, it seems that with Chris' improvements, including linear power supply, to the Appletv4k, that it simply is higher resolution to the naked eye for video and the naked ear for audio - and more sensitive to the signal input...
  17. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    To my knowledge the original Appletv 4k came out in 2018 - I bought it. A new versio;n came out in 2021 - I bought it. A newer version came out in 2022 - my mistake, I bought it - slimmed down version, as Chris has said, not made near as well - I was having interference on the audio on one of my...
  18. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I've done the next best thing with my Kaleidescape Strato C 4k blu ray player and also my Kaleidescape Alto (plays blu rays via ethernet from my Kaleidescape DV-700 disc vault) - Strato C and Alto each have a DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4 (converts internally ethernet to optical and back to...
  19. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I've been watching Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Chris reminds me of the High Evolutionary in the movie - except he's a good guy but like the High Evolutionary a bit mad when it comes to the science! Defintely highly evolved!
  20. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Go to Chris' Appletvx youtube channel fo rmore info on stuff: AppleTV X - YouTube I watched the video and Bill simply got into different but related subjects. I didn't get the impression that Chris sells or modifies the Aruba for wi-fi - simply that he recommends it. And Chris has a video on...
  21. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Chris, congrats on your DeJitterIt network switch. "Sounds" like it looks and sounds great! I have 3 systems in my home. Dedicated theater being renovated, will be done in 3-4 months, with 14' wide screen, Sony GTZ-380 projector and Lumagen 5348 video processor, ISCO x 1.25 anamorphic lens...
  22. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I have a 2019 65" LG C2 OLED. Earlier with the Appletvx it did auto flip from the "Cinema" setting to the "Home Cinema" setting, which I noticed as the picture became too cartoonish and the tv was changing from 24 Hz to 60 Hz. But I put it back at "Cinema" and since then no issue and my LG has...
  23. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    It does!
  24. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I’ve been experimenting more with the Appletvx SDR vs HDR/Dolby Vision. Also with a stock Appletv4k 2021. Note: I am using Uptone Audio network Ethernet switcher “B” side to DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4 (internally converts Ethernet to optical and back to Ethernet) to Appletvx. and I decided...
  25. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I agree, KScape has its uses for lots of stuff. And ATVX has lots of additional stuff I can't find on KScape. So I love having both. And now the Appletvx gives me a quality. I really enjoyed watching Season 5 of "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel". Although "only" HDR, which I watched on Appletvx in SDR...
  26. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Tonight I started watching Season 5 that just came out on Peacock via my Appletvx. Looks very nice. However, as a comparison, I decided to buy Season 5 on Kaleidescape. My Strato C uses a Gigafoil v4 as I found video improvement on that as well. The verdict - well, it could be because Peacock...
  27. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    As I continue to use the Appletvx in my basement system with a 65" 2019 LG C2 OLED: First, I have another 2021 Appletv 4k hooked up. The picture improvement is obvious on all sources, as I simply switch inputs on my SSP and can compare. So the Appletvx is a keeper - whether its worth what it...
  28. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Glad to be MAD! But I have calmed down a lot over the years, and frankly most of the folks at this forum have gone through a lot more high end audio gear than I've touched! But I do know what I like to see and hear. Coupling the Appletvx with clean optical (from ethernet) input really makes a...
  29. Steve Bruzonsky

    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    OMG! I just had to demo the Appletvx and I'm ending up buying it. Some background. My dedicated home theater is still under renovation/construction - when its done with a 14' screen, Sony GTZ-380 with Isco x 1.25 anamorphic lens, 11.7.12, the Appletvx will have its permanent home - but my...
  30. Steve Bruzonsky

    Seaton Subwoofer Concerns

    My theater upgrade is progressing - started almost 3 years ago, August 1999. Covid and other stuff slowed everything down to a crawl. But in Nov. 1999 I decided to go all out on subwoofers and ordered from Mark 9 of his brand new 21" nonported subwoofers, and then in March 2020 I added another 3...

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