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Yearly Archives: 2023

Capital Audiofest 2023 Show This November Image Credit: CAF Capital Audiofest (CAF) 2023, Washington DC’s Premier High-End Audio Festival and the Northeast’s favorite audio show, will be taking place at the Twinbrook Hilton (Rockville, Maryland) from November 10th through 12th. CAF was “born” in 2010 as a casual affair, but […]

Capital Audiofest 2023 Show This November

November 4, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News / Plastic / Vinyl tagged CAF / Capital Audiofest by fromvinyltoplastic

Transparent Turntable Launched – First Look All Image Credit: Transparent Swedish brand Transparent, known for its stylish see-through speakers, has just launched its first matching and very stylish see-through turntable. Its minimalist design features their transparent and stylish solution that comes with a cartridge, phono stage and Bluetooth. All making […]

Transparent Turntable Launched – First Look

November 2, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Transpa.rent / Transparent / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

dCS Vivaldi Transport II – First look All Image Credit: dCS Despite the popularity of streaming, physical media still draws many audiophiles to its format, providing, as it does, some of the highest levels of audio quality. dCS, like several other high end audio manufactures, seem to agree with their […]

dCS Vivaldi Transport II – First look

November 1, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD Transport / dCS / SACD Player / Vivaldi Transport II by fromvinyltoplastic

Vertere Launches XtraX And Dark Sabre Cartridges All Image Credit: Vertere Vertere have just released two new phono cartridges. The high-end XtraX, that sits above Vertere’s Mystic moving coil cartridge and the Vertere Dark Sabre that is the next step above Vertere’s Sabre moving magnet cartridge. Both models are said […]

Vertere Launches XtraX And Dark Sabre Cartridges

October 31, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Cartridge / Dark Saber / Moving Coil / Moving Magnet / Phono Cartridge / Vertere / XtraX by fromvinyltoplastic

Goldmund Melos Active Wireless Speakers Unveiled All Image Credit: Goldmund Right on the heals of the release of the Melos passive entry-level stand-mount loudspeakers comes their active counterpart, the Melos active loudspeakers, that the company claims, “represent a harmonious union of advanced technology and meticulous craftsmanship”. This latest active design […]

Goldmund Melos Active Wireless Speakers Unveiled

October 29, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Active Speakers / Goldmund / Melos / Melos Active / SPIDF / Wireless by fromvinyltoplastic

Electrocompaniet AW 300 M Mono Power Amplifier – Quick Look All Image Credit: Electrocompaniet Electrocompaniet, the Norwegian HiFi manufacturer has announced the launch of a new mono only power amplifier, the Electrocompaniet AW 300 M. This latest mono-block Class A/B power amplifier builds on the features of the AW 800 […]

Electrocompaniet AW 300 M Mono Power Amplifier – Quick Look

October 28, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AW 300 M / Class AB / Electrocompaniet / Mono Power Amplifier / Monoblock by fromvinyltoplastic

PSB Speakers Launch Imagine Series – Quick Look All Image Credit: PSB Speakers PSB Speakers of Canada have announced the next generation of the highly acclaimed Imagine Series speaker line with its new; B50 Bookshelf and T54 and T65 Tower speakers. Stating that its new Imagine Series “represents the best […]

PSB Speakers Launch Imagine Series – Quick Look

October 27, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged B50 / Imagine Series / Passive Speakers / PSB Speakers / T54 / T65 by fromvinyltoplastic

Hegel Adds Google Chromecast To H600 All Image Credit: Hegel According to the Hegel web site the H600 currently supports Apple Airplay and Tidal Connect with future firmware updates for; Spotify Connect and Roon. Hegel has now released a firmware update for its H600 integrated amplifier that adds support for […]

Hegel Adds Google Chromecast To H600

October 26, 2023 in Firmware Updates / News tagged Chromecast / Firmware Update / H600 / Hegel by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Model 50 Integrated Amplifier – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz Bringing up the rear, so as to speak, Marantz has also released the matching Model 50 integrated amplifier at the same time as the CD 50n CD/network player. This Model 50 is an all-analogue design, with a high-current output […]

Marantz Model 50 Integrated Amplifier – Preview

October 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Analog / Class AB / HDAM / Integrated Amplifier / Marantz / Model 50 / Stereo Integrated Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz Marantz have just announced their latest CD player, the Marantz CD 50n. What makes this player quite unique is the fact that it also comes with a HEOS-based hi-res-capable network streamer that supports Apple AirPlay 2 and […]

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview

October 25, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD50n / Marantz / Network Player / Network Streamer / Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

Moonriver Audio 505 Hybrid Phono Preamp – First Look All Image Credit: Moonriver Audio If Moonriver Audio is a new name to you then here is a little background. They are a Swedish audio company who are named after the famous song of the same name. They are based in […]

Moonriver Audio 505 Hybrid Phono Preamp – First Look

October 24, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 505 / Moonriver Audio / Moving Coil / Moving Magnet / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Rega Unveils AYA Loudspeakers All Image Credit: Rega Rega has just announced the launch of its new AYA passive loudspeakers, a culmination of over ten years of development. This latest design uses handmade bass and mid/bass drivers coupled with their ZRR high frequency tweeter and a new crossover, all housed […]

Rega Unveils AYA Loudspeakers

October 23, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AYA / Loudspeaker / Passive Speaker / Rega by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject – The Dark Side Of The Moon Turntable All Image Credit: Pro-Ject Pro-Ject initially showed off the concept of the DSOTM turntable at the 2023 High End Munich show. It is now a reality and will be available in stores this month. This handmade, limited-edition, Pro-Ject The Dark Side […]

Pro-Ject – The Dark Side Of The Moon Turntable

October 20, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 50th Anniversary / Dark Side Of The Moon Turntable / Pink Floyd / Pro-Ject by fromvinyltoplastic

Schiit Announces Skoll Phono-Amp All Image Credit: Schiit Schiit Audio has just announced their latest phono pre-amplifier, the Skoll. This new design supports balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs, all driven by fully-balanced internal circuitry. The design uses all Class A amplifiers and contains only discrete components, with […]

Schiit Announces Skoll Phono-Amp

October 19, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Moving Coil / Moving Magnet / Phono Amplifier / RIAA / Schiit / Skoll by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MQ112 Equalizer – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh Over the years the stand alone graphic equalizer has waned in popularity in favor of the more fully automatic systems like Audyssey and DIRAC. Well that didn’t prevent McIntosh bringing it back one more time….and I still (occasionally) use three […]

McIntosh MQ112 Equalizer – First Look

October 18, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Equalizers / McIntosh / MQ112 by fromvinyltoplastic