Tom's dad ran into a very common problem with his receiver. What does Tom think about people that say that adding connectors to the end of your speaker cable degrades sound. Can you guess? Tom throws out an apology to you the listener. Geek lawn ornaments. DRM discussion. Tom and Dina discuss the new paradigm and what this means for the future. Listen in for all this and more... Discuss "AVRant #48: Protect Mode" here. Listen to the Podcast. Visit AVRant Help AVRant grow - DON'T forget to vote for us on podcastalley.com!