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Yearly Archives: 2020

lentek head amp — MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp Introduction. So after being very happy with my MX-VYNL and Hana pairing for a while now, I decided to modify my rebuilt Lentek head amp to correctly load the Hana and see how it would sound when paired to the MX-VYNL running in unbalanced moving […]

MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp

May 31, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades / Reviews tagged Head Amplifier / Lentek / MX-VYNL / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Queen - News Of The World - Yesteryear Vinyl — Queen – News Of The World – Yesteryear Vinyl News of the World – takes its album title from the British Newspaper of the same name – and is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Queen. The album was released in October 1977 by EMI Records in […]

Queen – News Of The World – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 24, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged News Of The World / Queen / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - Yesteryear Vinyl — Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Yesteryear Vinyl Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were […]

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 17, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Pink Floyd / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Wish You Were Here / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Jelco Tonearm Manufacturer Closes So far this is just a strong rumor, but the Jelco web site and various industry professionals are indicating that there are problems ahead. Has the Ichikawa Jewel Company – the Japanese manufacturer behind Jelco, which has been manufacturing phono cartridges, tonearms and turntable accessories for almost a […]

Jelco Tonearm Manufacturer Closes

May 16, 2020 in Equipment / News tagged Ichikawa Jewel Company / Jelco / Tonearms by fromvinyltoplastic

Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl Tapestry is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It was released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide to date. The […]

Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 14, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Carole King / Tapestry / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Network Cables & Switches - Myths & BS — Network Cables & Switches – Myths & BS Introduction I have worked at the pointed or origination end of audio and video all my professional life (40+ years) from professional recording studios to professional radio and TV broadcast and production. So I couldn’t let the following comments evaporate into the […]

Network Cables & Switches – Myths & BS

May 10, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts / Video tagged Audio / COTS / Data / Denon Link / Digital / Jitter / Pioneer PQLS / Video by fromvinyltoplastic

TOTO - Yesteryear Vinyl — TOTO – Yesteryear Vinyl TOTO was an American rock band from Van Nuys, LA, the town in which I first lived when I moved to America in 1993. Just in time for the 1994 Northridge earthquake that virtually totaled my newly purchased home. Luckily I had taken out earthquake insurance……but that […]

TOTO – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 8, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged TOTO / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Roxy Music -Avalon - Yesteryear Vinyl — Roxy Music – Avalon – Yesteryear Vinyl Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by English rock band Roxy Music. Released in May 1982, by E.G. Records, it was recorded between 1981–1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, the Power Station, NYC and was mastered by Robert Ludwig […]

Roxy Music – Avalon – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 4, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Avalon / Roxy Music / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

RSD 2020 Update — RSD 2020 Update I suppose it was only to be expected. Record Store Day 2020 that had been re-schedulled for June 2020, due to the Corona Virus, has now been cancelled and replaced with three “RSD DROPS” of limited edition vinyl records. The records on the official Record Store Day release […]

RSD 2020 Update

May 2, 2020 in News / Vinyl tagged Record Store Day / RSD 2020 by fromvinyltoplastic

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