Industry Shakeup! Pioneer Dropped From Premium Audio Company’s Brand Lineup as Focus Shifts to Onkyo

About this episode

This episode discusses the recent changes in the premium audio industry, focusing on Pioneer and Onkyo, along with various product updates and community engagement.

Home Theater News Review Podcast Season 3, Episode 11 Join our home theater community at AVNirvana.com. Build relationships with other Home Theater Enthusiasts and talk shop about speakers, processors, projectors, TVs, and more. We look forward to having you join our community! 00:01 Intro 03:14 Show Sponsor: SVS 04:01 Show Sponsor: madVR 05:00 Time Machine Segment: First OLED 07:31 Begin Lightning News: Lumagen Artisan 8K Ready 09:43 HDMI 2.2 Launch 11:41 Shanling EC Zero T portable CD player 12:35 StormAudio Core 16+ (plus) 13:52 Apple Spatial Audio Format 15:20 Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar 16:38 Thiel Coherent Source Service, Gary Dayton 17:54 Onkyo/Premium Audio Company end Licensing Agreement with Pioneer 28:42 Check in with Michael Scott, AV Nirvana Disc Reviews 30:18 New to Disc this Week 31:22 Kaleidescape Content Update 32:39 What’s Hot and What’s Cold 34:42 Disc and Gear Deals This episode is sponsored by SVS: Visit them SVSound.com This episode is also sponsored by madVR Labs: Visit them at https://madvrenvy.com/ *Shanling Link* Buy the Shanling EC Zero T portable CD player: https://amzn.to/44HTuEk *DISC DEALS* -Jurassic World Ultimate Collection (4K)…

People in this episode

Host: Todd Anderson

Topics covered

• Home Theater
• Audio Equipment
• Industry News
• Product Reviews
• Community Engagement

Keywords

• Pioneer
• Onkyo
• Home Theater
• Audio Equipment
• SVS
• madVR
• HDMI 2.2
• Shanling EC Zero T
• Samsung HW-Q990F

Sponsors

SVS, madVR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pioneer, Onkyo, AV Nirvana

Products: Lumagen Artisan 8K, HDMI 2.2, Shanling EC Zero T, StormAudio Core 16+, Apple Spatial Audio Format, Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar

Books & works: Jurassic World Ultimate Collection, James Bond: The Daniel Craig 5-Film Collection, Jaws 3-Movie Collection

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