Recent content by Travis Ballstadt

That's a bit personal, dontcha think?

My mom was the root cause, I think. She always had a decent stereo system, and by decent, I mean a good Zenith system. We didn't have a lot growing up, but music was a big part of everything we did. I remember all my friends having VCRs at home, but she held out until she could afford a HiFi...

That's on my list. I rewatched Civil War recently and just love it. Really a fan of Alex Garland.

90 Days Later: Revelations with the StormAudio ISR Fusion 20 AVR - Why it's great for perfect and imperfect rooms

Yesterday we went to the new Mission Impossible in IMAX. Lots of monologuing, but once the action really starts (about halfway through the movie) it's a fun ride. Confirms my belief that VAR is a complete and utter waste of time and energy, and nothing more than a gimmick to price tickets...

It's 7 episodes, but I too was shocked to see that next week is the season finale. Bummer. Love that show.

I think hardware manufacturers may have commonly underestimated the amount of horsepower needed to process Dirac in real time. Emotiva ended up having to provide a separate Raspberry Pi unit to customers who'd bought a processor that was designed several years before it was released and...

Watched it on Kaleidescape several months ago when it first dropped there. This is exactly my kind of weird risk for a movie. I love the stuff that makes you wonder how this decision was made. Honestly, I thought going into the movie that we'd learn some inside story why the main character was...

It won the Oscar for best sound.

I wasn't all that impressed with Sinners. Friday night I watched the "Wick is Pain" documentary, which I can highly recommend for fans of the franchise. Really well done, interesting, great stories about the creation and production of all the films.

I’ve loved that movie for decades now. Love the cinematography and the performances are top notch.

Getting into Yellowjackets Season 2 via Kaleidescape. Just rewatched The Last of Us Season 1 on Kaleidescape and now watching Season 2 on MAX. Long Way Home just premiered, will definitely get that one into the schedule. Of course, Survivor.

Can't believe it took me this long. It's exactly what I was looking for years ago and had really given up looking.

In the ever-growing landscape of digital-to-analog converters (DACs), it takes something truly unique to stand out. That’s exactly what the Essence HDACC II-4K manages to do—not by chasing audiophile bragging rights or spec sheet supremacy, but by solving a real, everyday problem in a smart and...

I may be wrong, but the way I've always viewed Dirac is that they have a technology and a server-side software and they license to hardware manufacturers the API to communicate with their software, but the user hardware-side integration is the responsibility of the hardware manufacturer to...