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Monthly Archives: August 2020

Monoprice Tube Amplifiers - First Look — Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look Introduction The tube amplifier has seen a resurgence in recent years due to the warm, pleasing sound that only a tube amplifier can offer. The Monoprice Pure Tube Amplifier, shown above, utilizes four EL84 tubes for the power output stage and three 6N3 tubes […]

Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look

August 29, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class AB / Hybrid Tube Amplifier / Low Cost / Monoprice / Pure Tube Stereo Amplifier / Tube power Amplifier / Valve by fromvinyltoplastic

Mouthpiece Music - Jazz Reviews — Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews ANNOUNCEMENT: From Vinyl To Plastic is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Mouthpiece Music of LA to be a reviewer for its Jazz music promotions. Mouthpiece Music provides a full suite of services to help new, upcoming and established jazz musicians, groups […]

Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews

August 25, 2020 in Mouthpiece Music tagged Album Review / CD / Jazz / Mouthpiece Music / plastic by fromvinyltoplastic

Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading — Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading The original three loading positions that I added to this head amplifier worked just fine, but I wanted to see if I could make it even more versatile and flexible. I initially tried using a linear 1000 ohm dual gang 20% & 10% tolerance plastic film […]

Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading

August 23, 2020 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Head Amplifier / Lentek / upgrade / Variable Loading by fromvinyltoplastic

Darbee 4K - PXLVision Coming Soon — Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon Introduction I was so skeptical when several years ago one of my readers sent me a message saying that; “his new Darbee Darblet provided a significant visual improvement to his HD image with little or no artifacts”. This I had to see to believe, […]

Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon

August 16, 2020 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Darbee / Darblet / DVP5000S / DVPTM / Pixelgen Design / PXLVision by fromvinyltoplastic

Physical Media Takes Another Hit! — Physical Media Takes Another Hit! The Rumor Mill It is strongly rumored by Bill Hunt, the Editor in Chief of The Digital Bits that Disney is going to be restricting the release of their existing live action catalog and that of the recently purchased 20th Century Fox Film company, to 4K only […]

Physical Media Takes Another Hit!

August 12, 2020 in News / Plastic tagged 4K / Death of Physical Media / Disney+ / Physical Media / Streaming / Ultra HD / Walt Disney / Warner Media by fromvinyltoplastic

HANA Umami Red - MC Phono Cartridge — HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge All images credit: Excel Sound Corporation. HANA phono cartridges are manufactured by Japan’s Excel Sound Corporation. Since their introduction they have continued to attract a growing customer base, and deservedly so. (華) Hana, in Japanese means “Brilliant and Gorgeous”, a cartridge born from superb […]

HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge

August 4, 2020 in Audio / News tagged Hana / MC / Moving Coil Cartridge / Umami Red by fromvinyltoplastic

US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020 — US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020 Over the past years physical media sales have continued to decline as reported by me here and confirmed by The Digital Entertainment Group’s quarterly Home Entertainment Reports and Media Play news in-house home entertainment market research. For the last decade physical media sales, read […]

US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020

August 1, 2020 in News / Plastic tagged Blu-Ray / Disc Rentals / Netflix / News / plastic / Sales Decline by fromvinyltoplastic

DS Audio Release Grand Master Optical Cartridge — DS Audio Grand Master Optical Cartridge (All Images Credit: DS Audio) Introduction When I decided to replace my Lentek Entre 1 I seriously considered DS Audio’s DS-E1 model, and auditioned it and the Hana SL and ML. The Hana SL, for me, was the better option but I still thought that the […]

DS Audio Grand Master Optical Cartridge

August 1, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DS Audio / Grand Master / Optical Cartridge by fromvinyltoplastic