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Yearly Archives: 2022

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player All Image Credit: LUMIN Following on the heals of the recent LUMIN U2 mini network transport release, this new LUMIN T3 network player is the first Lumin with a DAC to feature their all-new processing system providing increased capacity and resampling flexibility with X1 […]

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player

August 9, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Lumin / Network Player / T3 by fromvinyltoplastic

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – 4K UHD Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Warner Bros. | 2022 PG13 | 2hrs 23 min | Action | Comic Book | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K […]

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – 4K UHD Review

August 8, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Fantastic Beasts / Plastic / The Secrets of Dumbledore / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject X Series Balanced Output Turntables – Quick Look X2 B Turntable All Image Credit: Pro-Ject Pro-Ject now offers two X Series belt-drive turntables, the X1 B and X2 B, that include a fully balanced phono output using a mini-XLR connector plus the usual RCA unbalanced outputs. The X2 B […]

Pro-Ject X Series Balanced Output Turntables – Quick Look

August 7, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Balanced Design / Pro-Ject / Turntable / X1 B / X2 B by fromvinyltoplastic

Morbius – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures | 2022 R | 1hr 44 min | Adventure | Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Comic Book HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Native 4K | 2160P […]

Morbius – 4K Blu-ray Review

August 2, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Jared Leto / Morbius / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Mobile Fidelity Mastering Process Statement Apparently there have been complaints to Mobile Fidelity Labs about the way they describe their vinyl mastering process and signal chain electronics. Back in 2020 MoFi customer service sent this response to a customers enquiry: The above response confirms my understanding of the basics of […]

Mobile Fidelity Mastering Process Statement

July 29, 2022 in Audio / News / Vinyl tagged CD / Mastering / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / Plastic / SACD / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra – Class D Update All Image Credit: Orchard Audio Back in September 30, 2019, I introduced several upcoming Class D amplifiers. Orchard Audio of New Jersey had then just released their first offering, the BOSC, named after the pear. That amplifier was well received by many […]

Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra – Class D Update

July 23, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / Orchard Audio / Starkrimson Ultra by fromvinyltoplastic

Esoteric Grandioso T1 Turntable – Preview All Image Credit: Esoteric Formed by TEAC in 1987 as their high end audio division, Esoteric is celebrating their 35th anniversary by releasing their first ever turntable. The Grandioso T1 not only uses a novel and new platter drive system but will probably require […]

Esoteric Grandioso T1 Turntable – Preview

July 18, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Esoteric / Grandioso T1 / TEAC / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

New DS Audio ES-001 – Eccentricity Detection Stabilizer All Image Credit: DS Audio DS Audio are probably best known in the audiophile world for their range of optical cartridges like their top-of-the-line Grand Master. So after perfecting the optical cartridge DS Audio has now added the ES-001 eccentricity detection stabilizer […]

New DS Audio ES-001 – Eccentricity Detection Stabilizer

July 15, 2022 in Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged DS Audio / Eccentricity / ES-001 / Stabilizer / Wow and Flutter by fromvinyltoplastic

New LUMIN U2 Mini – Network Transport The LUMIN range of products are manufactured by the Hong Kong based Pixel Magic Systems that was founded in 2003. This privately-held electronics equipment manufacturer originally established itself with a range of home theater and home audio products, releasing the LUMIN range of […]

New LUMIN U2 Mini – Network Transport

July 11, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Lumin / Network Streamer / Streamer / Transport / U2 Mini by fromvinyltoplastic

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The FET RF Power JFET RF Power MOSFET We saw from the earlier post on the operation of […]

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The FET

July 8, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Depletion / Drain / Enhancement / Gate / IGFET / JFET / MOSFET / N-Channel / P-Channel / Source by fromvinyltoplastic

NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier – Quick Look All Image Credit: NAD The NAD C 700 is a compact, light and powerful, BluOS-enabled streaming amplifier that takes NAD’s expertise in integrated amplifiers and adds wireless BluOS for multi-room lossless streaming capabilities. Its small footprint will allow it to fit […]

NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier – Quick Look

July 8, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged BluOS / C700 / NAD / Streaming Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity The MX-STREAM is a new universal streamer from Musical Fidelity and is their first stand-alone model. It is a network bridge, or transport, that combines local and internet based streaming features and is capable of transmitting any online or […]

Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look

July 7, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Bluetooth / Musical Fidelity / MX-Stream / Streaming / Wi-Fi by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MR89 AM/FM Tuner – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh Despite the huge growth in digital streaming, free over the air radio stations still play an important role in many peoples lives keeping them connected to music, news and general programming. Clearly McIntosh have acknowledged the continued need for […]

McIntosh MR89 AM/FM Tuner – First Look

June 28, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged AM / FM / McIntosh / MR89 / Radio by fromvinyltoplastic

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The BJT In the previous post we saw what a semiconductor, depletion layer and p-n junction are. Let’s now see how they are they used to make transistors? The above image is a replica of the first working point contact single transistor! Huge isn’t it? […]

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The BJT

June 24, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Base / BJT / Collector / Emitter / NPN / PNP by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh LB200 Light Box – Really! All Image Credit: McIntosh Yes, it’s just an empty box, well almost. This new product is a matching storage box for all your unsightly, odd ball, bits and pieces and includes an IR interface. So for all those McIntosh aficionados here is the matching […]

McIntosh LB200 Light Box – Really!

June 24, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged LB200 / McIntosh / Storage by fromvinyltoplastic