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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Vinyl Review: Confederation. McNeely, Kevin and Skinner - Sheffield Lab 9 — Vinyl Review: Confederation – McNeely, Kevin and Skinner – Sheffield Lab 9 – Released 1977 Vinyl surface noise: 5+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 3+ Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Liza Jane Swallow Paradise […]

Vinyl Review: Confederation – McNeely, Levin and Skinner – Sheffield Lab 9

November 26, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration — 4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration – A Brief Introduction Calibrating 4K UHD video display systems is anything but simple, even for the professional, as there is no truly accurate way to calibrate them yet. Calibrating projector systems is even more challenging as they can’t produce anywhere near the required brightness, or […]

4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration

November 26, 2017 in Video tagged 4K Calibration / Diversified Video Solutions / HDR-10 / Spears & Munsil / UHD Test Disc / VideoForge by fromvinyltoplastic

Blue-Ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — Blue-ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean-Dead Men Tell No Tales Walt Disney Pictures 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 9 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, […]

Blue-ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean-Dead Men Tell No Tales

November 24, 2017 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Blu-Ray / movies / Pirates of the Caribbean / Plastic / review by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: Prokofiev: Excerpts from the Ballet, Romeo And Juliet - Sheffield Lab 8 — Vinyl Review: Prokofiev. Excerpts from the Ballet Romeo And Juliet – Sheffield Lab 8 Surface noise: 5 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range:4+ Stereo Imaging:4+ Image depth/perspective:4+ Overall frequency response:4 Side One Act 1: Introduction Juliet the Young Girl Masques […]

Vinyl Review: Prokofiev. Excerpts from the Ballet Romeo And Juliet – Sheffield Lab 8

November 18, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements — My last post reviewed My A/V Rooms equipment and the cabling. Lets see how the room originally measured using some basic and easy to use Studio Six Digital iPhone and iPad applications. Introduction During my early days of testing the rooms acoustics I used a suite of tools […]

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements

November 13, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustic Measurements / Acoustics / Audyssey / REW / Room Equalization Wizard / Studio Six Digital by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf Conducting The LA Philharmonic - Sheffield Lab 7a — Vinyl Review: Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf Conducting The LA Philharmonic – Sheffield Lab 7 – Released 1977 Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Ride Of The Valkyries […]

Vinyl Review: Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf Conducting The LA Philharmonic – Sheffield Lab 7

November 11, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — My A/V Room was finally built out and the initial acoustic treatment installed, so the next task for my home theater was installing the equipment and cabling it all up. A full list of equipment that the room contains is also provided here in the first post. A/V […]

My Home Theater: The Equipment and Cabling It All Up

November 4, 2017 in Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Construction / Home theater equipment by fromvinyltoplastic

Blu-Ray Review: Ghost In The Shell — Blu-ray Review: Ghost In The Shell Paramount Pictures 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 46 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Scarlett Johnasson, Pilou Asbeak, Takeshi Kitano and Micheal Pitt Directed […]

Blu-ray Review: Ghost In The Shell

November 4, 2017 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Blu-Ray / Ghost in the Shell / movies / Plastic / review by fromvinyltoplastic