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Monthly Archives: March 2019

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables My 2 Cents I cannot imagine paying more money for a turntable than you can pay for a high end home in many regions of the civilized world…….but you can. Well at least somebody can! So why am I posting something that is probably […]

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables

March 31, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Air Force / Air Force One / Air Force Zero / TechDAS / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App — Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App Introduction Let me first say that I am not a big fan of MQA. I have tried it at home using Tidal and was not impressed when compared to 24bit 96/128KHz Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM), Free Lossless Audio Compression (FLAC) or […]

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App

March 27, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Android / App / Apple / iOS / MAC / MQA / Tidal 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

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge — DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge Early last year I posted an article on optical turntables and cartridges. Well things have moved on and audiophile quality optical phono cartridges are now here and affordable. The only company producing optical cartridges is DS Audio, based in Sagamihara City, Japan. The earlier models, […]

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge

March 20, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DS Audio / DS-E1 / Optical Cartridge by fromvinyltoplastic

Eric Clapton - Slowhand - 200gram Vinyl Review — Eric Clapton – Slowhand – 200gram Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5- (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One Cocaine Wonderfull Night Lay Down Sally Next […]

Eric Clapton – Slowhand – 200gram Vinyl Review

March 16, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 200gram / 35th Anniversary Edition / Album / Eric Clapton / LP / review / Slowhand / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

HD Vinyl Record Pressing — HD Vinyl Record Pressing What is HD Vinyl? Is this an oxi-moron, or is there really something more to it? Read on. Introduction Ever since the introduction of those vinyl cylinders there have been huge strides in the improvement of the audio replay quality of vinyl. From standardized replay equalization […]

HD Vinyl Record Pressing

March 13, 2019 in News / Vinyl tagged Ceramic Stamper / HD Vinyl / Rebeat Digital by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable - First Look — McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable – First Look You could be forgiven at first glance for thinking that the McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable may look like it’s just a turntable. However, upon further inspection it is a lot more. Its unique design is crafted for those audiophiles who want maximum flexibility […]

McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable – First Look

March 9, 2019 in Equipment / News tagged 12AX7 / Class D / ECC83 / MacIntosh / McIntosh / MTI100 / Tubes / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

SME Acquires Garrard Audio — SME Acquires Garrard Audio SME Limited Buys Legendary Turntable Manufacturer Garrard Audio In May 2018 SME Limited announced that it had purchased Garrard Audio from IGB Gradiente S.A. of Brazil, which had acquired the brand name in 1979. SME also announced it had acquired a second British company, Loricraft Audio, […]

SME Acquires Garrard Audio

March 6, 2019 in Equipment / News tagged Garrard / Gradiente Electronics / Loricraft Audio / SME by fromvinyltoplastic

Adele 25 - Vinyl Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Adele 25 – Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4- (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4- Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4- Overall frequency response: 4- Side One Hello […]

Adele 25 – Vinyl Review

March 2, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / Adele 25 / Album Review / RTI / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business — Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business Sad news, for all us vinyl lovers: Shure exits phono cartridge business. This mid 2018 news is worth a post despite it being six months old. I suspect it will have gone unnoticed by many. My first cartridge was a Shure M75E and the […]

Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business

March 2, 2019 in Equipment / News tagged Cartridge / Shure by fromvinyltoplastic