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Monthly Archives: April 2020

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - Yesteryear Vinyl — Donald Fagen – The Nightfly – Yesteryear Vinyl Another classic yesteryear album from my wife’s extensive collection of well used vinyl! This 1982 Warner Brothers release, 92.3696-1, was mastered by Masterdisc, NYC. It was recorded and mixed entirely on 3M digital 32 track and 4 track machines at Soundworks Digital […]

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly – Yesteryear Vinyl

April 30, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Album Review / Donald Fagen / The Nightfly / Vinyl / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Albums Of Yesteryear – 10cc My First Live End Dead End 8 Track Control Room Yes, that is me, well at least my back view, in 1984 as a Lecturer at Salford College of Technology School For Music, at its Adelphi annexe in the UK. It was my first […]

Vinyl Albums Of Yesteryear – 10cc

April 26, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged 10CC / Greater Manchester / Peter Tattersall / Salford College of Technology / Sheet Music / Stockport / Strawberry Recording Studios / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI Data Rate Calculator — HDMI Data Rate Calculator It has come to my attention that many readers would like to know how to simply calculate their HDMI data rates for all the different configurations that are now possible with 4K and HD. I have presented several tables to show these rates but they are […]

HDMI Data Rate Calculator

April 22, 2020 in General Posts / Video tagged 4K / 8K / Data Rates / Extron / HDMI / HDMI Data Link Budget by fromvinyltoplastic

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 21 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | […]

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review

April 18, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / review / Star Wars / The Rise Of Skywalker / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration In my earlier post on turntable designs we took a look at the different drive techniques used to spin the platter. Lets take a slightly more detailed look at the effects of the motor design that is used to drive the more popular belt drive […]

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration

April 11, 2020 in Technical Posts tagged AC Synchronous Motor / Belt Drive / DC Motor / Motor Noise / Servo Control / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

VPI Produces Coronavirus Protection Products VPI Industries, a New Jersey based high-end turntable manufacturung firm will manufacture and distribute hand sanitizer, face shields and intubation hoods all free of charge in the US. This family-run company has temporarily downed tools and repurposed its factory to produce a range of personnel […]

VPI Produces Coronavirus Protection Products

April 9, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Coronavirus / Covid 19 / Donate / VPI by fromvinyltoplastic

Bohemian Rhapsody - 4K Blu-ray Review — Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. 20th Century Fox | 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 14 mins | Music | Biography | Drama HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review

April 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Blu-Ray / Bohemian Rhapsody / Freddie Mercury / plastic / Queen / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic