Yearly Archives: 2021

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Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite and Integra AV receivers upgrade to Dirac Live. Read the announcement from Dirac here. The Swedish software development company Dirac has announced that it will be supplying its patented room correction technologies and software, Dirac Live, to the latest […]

Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live

 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News  tagged Dirac / Dirac Live / DRX-3.4 / DRX-5.5 / Firmware Upgrade / Integra / Onkyo / Pioneer / TX-NR7100 / TZ-RZ50 / VSX-LX305 / VSX-LX505 by
Linear Low Noise Analog Power Supplies – DIY This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Updated test results – 09/28/2021, replaced original 9VAC transformer with 14VAC transformer. As a young teenage electronics enthusiast and licensed UK radio amateur (G8GBL), and all the way up to my early forties, […]

Linear Low Noise Analog Power Supplies – DIY

 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades  tagged Analog Power Supplies / Audiophile / DIY / Linear / Low Noise by
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JVC Releases Three 8K HDMI 2.1 Laser Projectors – First Look I just sat through an very informative on-line presentation of this new range of 8K laser, HDMI 2.1 projectors that was arranged by The Screening Room, Chris Deutsch of JVC and Kris Deering of Deep Dive AV. See the […]

JVC Releases Three 8K HDMI 2.1 Laser Projectors – First Look

 in Equipment / News  tagged 8K / BLU-Escent / DLA-NZ7 / DLA-NZ8 / DLA-NZ9 / DLA-RS2100 / DLA-RS3100 / DLA-RS4100 / HDMI 2.1 / JVC / LASER by
Phoenix Falcon Turntable Speed Controller – Power Supply Upgrade               As with many Hi-Fi and audiophile products designers often have to hit a price point. One of the most common ways of cutting costs is to use an external and inexpensive switched mode power […]

Phoenix Falcon Turntable Speed Controller – Power Supply Upgrade

 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades  tagged Analog Power Supply / Falcon / Phoenix / RoadRunner / Speed Controller / Turntable / upgrade by
MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade UPDATED: 8/28/2021. During my original review of the MX-VYNL phono pre-amplifier I discovered that its external, inexpensive switched mode supply, caused noise problems which I improved with the addition of a couple of ferrite beads on the DC power supply cord feeding the pre-amp. […]

MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade

 in Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades  tagged Analog Power Supply / DIY / Musical Fidelity / MX-VYNL / PSU / SGC / Small Green Computer by
Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here – CD Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.         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 […]

Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here – CD Review

 in Mouthpiece Music / Plastic - Music / Reviews  tagged CD Review / Listen Here / Mouthpiece Music / plastic / Roseanna Vitro by
VOXX Rumored To Buy Onkyo It has been widely reported that Klipsch’s parent company, VOXX International, is now in the final stages of acquiring Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Onkyo Corporation, responsible for the production of Onkyo, Pioneer and Integra brands. VOXX International Corporation, a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive […]

VOXX Rumored To Buy Onkyo

 in Audio / Equipment / News  tagged Heco / Integra / Jamo / Klipsch / Magnet / Onkyo / Pioneer / Sharp / VOXX by