AV Rant #999.9f: Sofabaton U3 Hardware Preview

About this episode

Lee Overstreet guest co-hosts while unboxing the Sofabaton U3 Universal Remote and discussing new AV receivers.

Tom is away this week, so Lee Overstreet is guest co-hosting. He and Rob both unbox a Sofabaton U3 Universal Remote live on camera, and share immediate impressions of just the hardware. The final firmware isn’t available yet. And apparently it’s new AV Receiver week! Yamaha RX300A & RX500A are entry-level models. Denon X2900H & X3900H […] The post AV Rant #999.9f: Sofabaton U3 Hardware Preview appeared first on AV Rant .

People in this episode

Host: Tom Andry

Guest: Lee Overstreet

Topics covered

• Universal Remote
• Hardware Preview
• AV Receivers
• Unboxing
• Technology

Keywords

• Sofabaton U3
• Universal Remote
• Yamaha
• Denon
• AV Receiver
• Unboxing
• Hardware Preview

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Sofabaton U3 Universal Remote, Yamaha RX300A, Yamaha RX500A, Denon X2900H, Denon X3900H

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• AV Rant #999.9i: Sofabaton U3 Review and Giveaway (and Lee Visited Vancouver!) · June 11, 2026 · 3h 14m
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• AV Rant #999.9g: Taking a Gamble on Dual Centers · May 27, 2026 · 2h 2m
• AV Rant #999.9e: Sofabaton X1S Giveaway Winners! · May 14, 2026 · 2h 6m
• AV Rant #999.9d: Blazing Last Chance X1S Giveaway · May 6, 2026 · 2h 6m
• AV Rant #999.9c: Moar Panels! · April 29, 2026 · 2h 1m