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Monthly Archives: October 2017

Vinyl Review: Harry James. Comin' From A Good Place - Sheffield Lab 6 — Vinyl Review: Harry James. Comin’ From A Good Place – Sheffield Lab 6 – Released 1977 Vinyl surface noise: 5 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 5 Overall frequency response: 5 […]

Vinyl Review: Harry James. Comin’ From A Good Place – Sheffield Lab 6

October 30, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / Harry James / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: Initial Acoustic Tests, Design and Acoustic Treatments — Now we have seen how the room was built, let’s review my home theater initial acoustic tests, design and acoustic treatments. Once the shell was complete and the doors installed and sealed I decided to see how the isolation performed, and what the rooms decay characteristics were like in its […]

My Home Theater: Initial Acoustic Tests, Design and Acoustic Treatments

October 29, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic

Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner — 4K Isn’t Even Fully Alive Yet And Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner Look very closely at the above two logos. What difference can you see? OK, you can read that one represents double the resolution of the other. Other than that there is nothing that […]

Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner!!

October 28, 2017 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 8K / UHD / Video by fromvinyltoplastic

Blu Ray Review: Transformers The Last Knight — Blu-ray Review: Transformers The Last Knight Paramount Pictures 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 34 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 1.90:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: […]

Blu-ray Review: Transformers The Last Knight

October 22, 2017 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Blu-Ray / movies / plastic / reviews / The Last Knight / Transformers by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin - Sheffield Lab 5 - Released 1976 — Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin Discovered Again – Sheffield Lab 5 – Released 1976 Vinyl surface noise: 3+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One A Child Is […]

Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin Discovered Again – Sheffield Lab 5

October 19, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Dave Grusin / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

A Major Player in The Recording Industry Emerges: Miloco Studios — A Major Player in The Recording Industry Emerges: Miloco Studios Growing at the speed of sound and gobbling up studios at the speed of light, a major player in the recording industry has emerged – Miloco Studios, and it is has expanded to what is the largest independent owner and manager of […]

A Major Player in The Recording Industry Emerges: Miloco Studios

October 16, 2017 in News / The Recording Industry tagged Livingston Studios / Miloco Studios / recording studios / Studio of the Year Award by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: Brahms Variations and Fugue - Sheffield Lab 4 — Vinyl Review: Brahms Variations and Fugue – Sheffield Lab 4 – Released 1976 Vinyl surface noise: 5 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Air With Variations from […]

Vinyl Review: Brahms Variations and Fugue – Sheffield Lab 4

October 9, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: Installing the doors, HVAC and electrical systems — The next challenge for my home theater was installing the doors, HVAC and electrical systems. I mentioned in my second post in this series that any small holes or significant air leaks from either the inside or outside walls will significantly reduce its ability to reduce sound transmission. The […]

My Home Theater: Installing the Doors, HVAC and Electrical Systems

October 4, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic