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Monthly Archives: December 2019

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1 Introduction You have done your best at treating your rooms acoustics with all those broadband absorber panels, diffusers and bass absorbers so what’s next? Very few rooms even if professionally designed for commercial use provide a frequency and time response that can be […]

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1

December 30, 2019 in Acoustics / Audio tagged Analog / Audio / Digital / Equilization / Room Correction / Room Equalization by fromvinyltoplastic

Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 3hrs 1 min | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby […]

Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 22, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Avengers Endgame / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh Now this is my type of power amplifier, see here for my original stereo system. It echoes everything that I used to do and own and its the best of both worlds; valve for its gentle and detailed mids […]

MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier – First Look

December 21, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged KT88 / MC901 / McIntosh / Tube power Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected — Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected After the apparent demise of Velodyne in November of this year there was considerable dismay at the loss of this highly respected and cutting edge sub company that had been designing and manufacturing world class subs for several decades. I still use their excellent SMS-1 subwoofer […]

Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected

December 14, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audio Reference / Mansour Mamaghani / Subwoofers / Velodyne Acoustics by fromvinyltoplastic

Hobbs & Shaw Blu-ray 4K Review — Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 16 min | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision+ | […]

Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 14, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Fast & Furious / Fast & Furious presents Hobbs & Shaw / Hobbs & Shaw / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers — 20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. If your looking for a few fun and serious Christmas presents to fill your stockings or those of other vinyl lovers, or to introduce young family members to the fun of […]

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers

December 13, 2019 in News / Vinyl tagged Christmas / Stocking Stuffer / Vinyl Gift by fromvinyltoplastic

SME Exits the Tonearm Business — SME Exits the Tonearm Business On December 3rd 2019 SME announced that it would no longer be manufacturing its tonearms for either retail sale or OEM distribution. Here is the official press announcement: “SME will exit the tonearm retail and OEM business with immediate effect shifting our focus on our […]

SME Exits the Tonearm Business

December 10, 2019 in Audio / News tagged Cadence Audio / SME / Tonearm by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Making Movies - Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review — Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi Vinyl 45RPM Review Vinyl surface noise: 5+ Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Track List: Side One Tunnel of Love Side Two Romeo and Juliet Skateaway Side […]

Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

December 7, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Dire Straits / Making Movies / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / RTI / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Memory: The Origins Of Alien — Memory: The Origins Of Alien This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Screen Media | 2019 NR | 1hrs 35 mins | Documentary HD | 1080P | 5.1 DTS HD 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Bijan Aalam | Tim Boxel | Axelle Carolyn […]

Memory: The Origins Of Alien – Blu-ray Review

December 1, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Alexandre O. Philippe / Alien / Documentary / Memory / plastic / review / The Origins Of Alien by fromvinyltoplastic