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Monthly Archives: December 2021

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained So what exactly does HDMI ARC do, how is it used, and do we need it? Read on. A Little Background The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection was forced upon us over 15 years ago. Over time many of its technical problems have […]

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained

December 24, 2021 in Audio / General Posts tagged ARC / Audio Return Channel / eARC / Enhanced Audio Return Channel by fromvinyltoplastic

Record Store Day 2022 Date Announced Record Store Day, claimed by some to be one of the largest single day music events in the world, has set the 2022 date. Keep your diaries clear for another vinyl shindig on the 23rd April, 2022. Lets hope COVID spares us any delays […]

Record Store Day 2022 Date Announced

December 24, 2021 in Audio / News / Vinyl tagged April 23rd / Record Store Day / RSD 2022 by fromvinyltoplastic

Viktor Haraszti – Equanimity – CD Review Plastic – CD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4- Overall frequency response: 4+ Please see here for my comments on reviewing albums. Track List: Intro Chapter One Chapter Two […]

Viktor Haraszti – Equanimity – CD Review

December 18, 2021 in Plastic - Music / Reviews tagged CD / CD Review / Equanimity / Lisa Marie Simmons / Plastic / Viktor Haraszti / ViOmusic by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs Sound United (Denon & Marantz) have announced their support for a new, advanced, Audyssey PC software application. The new software, MultEQ-X, gives users additional and expanded control and flexibility to calibrate existing and new home AVR’s, together with early access to new Audyssey […]

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs

December 16, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microsoft / MultEQ-X / PC / Sound United / Windows by fromvinyltoplastic

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look Well, if all those COVID savings are burning a hole in your pocket here are several subs that might dig deeper than your pockets. Magico – Titan 15 All Image Credit: Magico Following on from the design of their […]

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look

December 11, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Dominus / Expensive / High End / M&K Sound / Magico / Powered Subwoofers / Subwoofers / THX / Titan 15 / X+ by fromvinyltoplastic

Speaker Isolation This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. To isolate or not to isolate that is the question? This is yet another of those acoustics and audiophile topics that can give rise to some heated discussions. Well after years in the recording industry, a significant amount of […]

Speaker Isolation

December 7, 2021 in Home Theater Construction tagged DIY / Early Sound / Isolators / Sound flanking / Speakers / Subs by fromvinyltoplastic

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App — TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments TIDAL has made several significant changes and updates to its services, and to supporting the music artists. They have recently announced that: There will be a new free tier. Lossless 16-bit 44.1kHz audio streams in its standard plan: TIDAL HiFi, which […]

TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments

December 4, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Direct Artist Payments / Free Streaming / Tidal / TIDAL HiFi / TIDAL HiFi Plus by fromvinyltoplastic

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers — Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. After the less than joyful holiday season in 2020, this year hopefully will be more normal with a well earned happy time for friends and families to get together and celebrate the […]

Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers

December 1, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged 1080P / 2021 / 4K / Audiophile / Christmas / Gifts / Holiday / HT / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Soundbar / Streaming / Subwoofer / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher Thru the years sound reproduction has really ratchet itself up. From the good old days of mono, on to stereo and now the skies the limit for the number of speakers that your want to surround yourself with to […]

2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher

December 1, 2021 in Audio tagged Audio Formats / Auro 3D / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Dolby Vision / DTS / DTS:X / Immersive Configurations / Video Formats by fromvinyltoplastic

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08 This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction My daughter purchased this projector as a gimmick for creating her special ghostly effects for Halloween. As I was quite impressed by its projection quality I just had to review it for […]

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08

December 1, 2021 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 1080P / 720P / HD / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Projector review / TMY / V08 / V58 by fromvinyltoplastic