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Monthly Archives: September 2019

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps Introduction The age of Class D amplification is here to stay with the introduction of the Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps. If correctly designed they have advantages over traditional linear amplifiers in terms of efficiency, power delivery, size and weight. The […]

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps

September 30, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / D-Sonic / Legacy / Orchard / Orchard Audio by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look Introduction The day I decided to buy my first amplifier (1987) I purchased an Onkyo Integra A-8190 stereo 100 watt amplifier and remained loyal to Onkyo Integra for years purchasing many of their products until I graduated to the Denon AVP-A1HDCI. With it […]

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look

September 21, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DRC-R1.3 / DRX-7.3 / DRX-R1.3 / Integra by fromvinyltoplastic

Loudspeaker Basics 101- Part 1 This is the first of three posts that will take a basic look at: Speaker drivers and crossovers Speaker enclosures and Room placement Introduction Every day we listen to sound emanating from radios, TV’s, phones, computers and of course our Hi-Fi and HT systems. They […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 1

September 21, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Crossovers / Electrostatic / Loudspeaker Basics 101 / Moving Coil / Ribbon / Speaker Enclosures by fromvinyltoplastic

This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Captain Marvel – Blu-ray 4K Review Disney/Buena Vista | 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 4 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Captain Marvel – Blu-ray 4K Review

September 7, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Captain Marvel / plastic / UHD / Upscaled by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions — Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions Dolby has until recently restricted upmixing of non-native Dolby content using their Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) technologies. What is an up-mixer I hear you ask? An up-mixer takes an audio signal (like 2CH stereo) and processes it to utilize all of the speakers in your […]

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions

September 1, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Dolby / DTS / Upmixing / Xperia by fromvinyltoplastic

Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance — Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance At a recent press event at the Screen Actors Guild, Martin Scorsese, members of the UHD Alliance, several major consumer electronics manufacturers, and leading Hollywood filmmakers including Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Rian Johnson, and Patty Jenkins officially announced a new partnership […]

Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance

September 1, 2019 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Amazon Prime Video / Filmmaker Mode / LG / Panasonic / TV / UHD / UHD Alliance / UHDA / Universal / Vizio / Warner Bros by fromvinyltoplastic