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CyberPower CP1500PFCRM2U UPS Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. All Image Credit: CyberPower For almost a decade my CyberPower OR700LCDRM1U has been in continual use 24/7 protecting first my BENQ W10000 projector and latterly my JVC RS640 projector. So I decided that as I was […]

CyberPower CP1500PFCRM2U UPS Review

May 20, 2023 in Equipment / Reviews tagged CP1500PFCRM2U / CyberPower / Line Active / Power Factor Correction / Sine Wave / UPS by fromvinyltoplastic

CyberPower PR750LCDRM1U – UPS Review When I lived in California, noisy, unstable power and loss of power was never an issue for my home theatre. However, after moving to New Jersey loss of power and unstable voltage has been a regular event. So, as I have always used a bulb […]

CyberPower PR750LCDRM1U – UPS Review

June 21, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged CyberPower / Simulated Sine Wave / Sine Wave / Uninterruptible Power Supply / UPS by fromvinyltoplastic

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Record Doctor Low-Profile Record Clamp – Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. To Clamp Or Not To Clamp – That Is The Question I have often wondered whether a record weight or turntable clamp would improve my sound, so after about 40 years I took the […]

Record Doctor Low-Profile Record Clamp – Review

March 30, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged Low Profile Clamp / Pangea Audio / Record Doctor / Record Turntable Clamp / Turntable Matts / Vinyl Clamp by fromvinyltoplastic

Apple TV 4K (2021) Review All Image Credit: Apple Introduction Being addicted to physical media, I have never been much of a streamer, but I have tried several music streaming services including Tidal Hi-Fi Plus and Qobuz Studio and Netflix for movies. So after my tech savvy daughter bought a […]

Apple TV 4K (2021) Review

February 25, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 2021 / Apple TV 4K / Generation 6 / review by fromvinyltoplastic

Roborock S4 Max – Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. All Image Credit: Roborock If you are looking to have more time to listen to vinyl or watch movies this might just be the review you have been needing. Off on a tangent, well almost. What […]

Roborock S4 Max – Review

February 18, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged Roborock / Robotic / S4 Max / Vacuum Cleaner by fromvinyltoplastic

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08 This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction My daughter purchased this projector as a gimmick for creating her special ghostly effects for Halloween. As I was quite impressed by its projection quality I just had to review it for […]

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08

December 1, 2021 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 1080P / 720P / HD / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Projector review / TMY / V08 / V58 by fromvinyltoplastic

MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade UPDATED: 8/28/2021. During my original review of the MX-VYNL phono pre-amplifier I discovered that its external, inexpensive switched mode supply, caused noise problems which I improved with the addition of a couple of ferrite beads on the DC power supply cord feeding the pre-amp. […]

MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade

July 18, 2021 in Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supply / DIY / Musical Fidelity / MX-VYNL / PSU / SGC / Small Green Computer by fromvinyltoplastic

lentek head amp — MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp Introduction. So after being very happy with my MX-VYNL and Hana pairing for a while now, I decided to modify my rebuilt Lentek head amp to correctly load the Hana and see how it would sound when paired to the MX-VYNL running in unbalanced moving […]

MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp

May 31, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades / Reviews tagged Head Amplifier / Lentek / MX-VYNL / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use — Rane ME30B Equalizer Use After many attempts at equalizing my system with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 using numerous different Audyssey mic positions, plus the Audyssey Pro kit and edit functions, I could not sufficiently reduce the equalized over bright/hard upper mid-range to a level that I was comfortable with. That was […]

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use

February 9, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Reviews tagged Equalizers / ME30B / Rane by fromvinyltoplastic

MX-VYNL Review Update — MX-VYNL Review Update In my original review of the MX-VYNL (also updated) I commented upon the fact that I had what sounded to be hum in ONLY the left hand channel despite: The use of a balanced connection to the phono cartridge. The use of balanced line level connections to the […]

MX-VYNL Review Update

August 4, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / Reviews tagged Electrical Interference / MX VINYL / Switched Mode Power Supply by fromvinyltoplastic

Hana SL Review Update — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Hana SL Review Update During the initial installation and alignment of my Hana SL I noted that it would not track the +18dB lateral levels and that a number of HF sine sweep tests showed distortion on the left hand […]

Hana SL Review Update

July 27, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / Reviews tagged Cartridge Alignment / Hana SL by fromvinyltoplastic

Hana SL MC Phono Cartridge Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Hana SL MC Phono Cartridge Review History & Background Established in 1970, Excel Sound Corporation in Yokohama, Japan commenced the production of its own branded cartridge. From 1975 to the 1980’s, Excel Sound manufactured OEM products for a number of […]

Hana SL MC Phono Cartridge Review

July 7, 2019 in Equipment / Reviews tagged Excel Sound / Hana SL / MC / Musical Fidelity / MX VINYL / Phono Cartridge / review by fromvinyltoplastic

Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL Phono Amplifier Review Overview The MX-VYNL is a fully balanced, high performance phono stage, able to operate with many moving coil or moving magnet cartridges. With both traditional RCA inputs and XLR fully balanced connections it can be connected to 2 turntables simultaneously. The MX-VNYL offers a […]

Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL Review

June 22, 2019 in Equipment / Reviews tagged Balanced Design / IEC / MC / MM / Musical Fidelity / MX VINYL / Phono / Phono Pre-Amplifier / review / RIAA / Variable Loading by fromvinyltoplastic

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge — DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Phono Cartridge – Preview I have just been fortunate enough to be present at a demonstration of the new DS Audio DS-E1 optical cartridge at Audio Connection, Verona, NJ. held on Saturday 8th June. This long established audio retailer was presenting its 9th annual Analog Day. […]

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Phono Cartridge – Preview

June 11, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / Equipment / News / Reviews tagged DS Audio / DS-E1 / Hana ML / Hana SL / Optical Cartridge / Preview by fromvinyltoplastic

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash — Panasonic UB9000 & JVC DLA-NX9 Demo On March the 15th JVC announced that they were collaborating with Panasonic to use the HDR metadata contained in 4K UHD discs and available over the HDMI connection in order to optimize the display of HDR material. One of […]

Panasonic UB9000 & JVC DLA-NX9 Demo

March 24, 2019 in Equipment / Equipment / News / Reviews tagged DLA-NX9 / DLA-RS3000 / JVC / Panasonic / UB9000 / Value Electronics by fromvinyltoplastic