From Vinyl To Plastic

One man's quest for audio perfection

Yearly Archives: 2024

Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR All Image Credit: Marantz Earlier in 2022 Marantz released the original Cinema Series together with AV 10 and AMP 10. Adding to that original line up Marantz have now added the Cinema 30 flagship home cinema 8K AVR. It boasts seven 8K inputs, two […]

Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR

February 2, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR / Cinema 30 / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Phil Collins – Hello I Must Be Going – 45RPM Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5- Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5- Please see here for my comments on reviewing albums. Track List: Side A: […]

Phil Collins – Hello I Must Be Going – 45RPM Vinyl Review

February 1, 2024 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Acoustic Sounds / Analogue Productions / Atlantic 75 series / Hello I Must Be Going / Phil Collins / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Naim Audio Uniti Nova PE Streaming Player – Quick Look All Image Credit: Naim Audio UK based Naim Audio have just released their most powerful streaming player to date. The Uniti Nova PE (Power Edition) is a a one-box music-streaming solution that uses Class D amplification modules to provide up […]

Naim Audio Uniti Nova PE Streaming Player – Quick Look

January 31, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / Naim Audio / Streamer / Streaming Player / Uniti Nova PE by fromvinyltoplastic

Linn Klimax Solo 800 Mono Power Amplifier – First Look All Image Credit: Linn Linn of Glasgow, UK, is a world renown manufacture of high-end audiophile equipment and has just released the company’s first passively cooled, reference, monoblock power amplifier, the Klimax Solo 100. This latest design delivers 400W into […]

Linn Klimax Solo 800 Mono Power Amplifier – First Look

January 30, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class AB / Klimax Solo 800 / Linn / Mono Power Amplifier / Monoblock / Power Amplifier / Solo 800 by fromvinyltoplastic

Classic-Sounds New Mullard 3-3 Power Amplifier – First Look All Image Credit: Classic-Sounds Classic-Sounds is a part of the UK company, Primary Windings Ltd. who are well known for their manufacture of transformers and chokes. Their sister company Classic-Sounds has been launched and as their first product have released a […]

Classic-Sounds New Mullard 3-3 Power Amplifier – First Look

January 26, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class A / Classic-Sounds / Mullard 3-3 / Primary Windings / Tube power Amplifier / Valve Power Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

KEF Announces LSX II LT Streaming Active Loudspeaker All Image Credit: KEF KEF have just released a more cost effective version of their popular LSX II streaming active speaker, the LSX II LT. This new model is aimed at music streaming, computer audio and television usage hence the all digital […]

KEF Announces LSX II LT Streaming Active Loudspeaker

January 25, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Active Speakers / KEF / LSX II T / Streaming Speakers by fromvinyltoplastic

Jadis PA70 Power Amplifier And JP7 Preamplifier All Image Credit: Jadis Electronics French Hi-Fi brand Jadis has just released the PA70 Tube Power Amplifier and JP7 Tube Preamplifier that have been designed and made with the credo of “optimizing performance on a controlled budget”. Both are new additions to the […]

Jadis PA70 Power Amplifier And JP7 Preamplifier

January 24, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Jadis Electronics / JP7 / PA70 / Tube power Amplifier / Tube Preamplifier / Valve Power Amplifier / Valve Preamplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Korf Announces TA-SF11R Tonearm – First Look All Image Credit: Korf Austrian audio company Korf, specialists in the design of tonearms, have just released their TA-SF11R, an 11″ transcription tonearm. Having a pivot to spindle distance of 265mm, allows its placement to comfortably fit transcription turntables from the Garrard 301 […]

Korf Announces TA-SF11R Tonearm – First Look

January 23, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Korf / TA-SF11R / Tonearm / Transcription by fromvinyltoplastic

Shanling Releases SCD1.3 SACD/CD Player All Image Credit: Shanling Earlier this year Shanling released the high end CD-T35 CD player and streamer and has now followed that up with an affordable SACD player that is also a DAC, or is it the other way around? This new DAC/player supports local […]

Shanling Releases SCD1.3 SACD/CD Player

January 22, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DAC / SACD Player / SCD1.3 / Shanling / Streaming DAC by fromvinyltoplastic

PS Audio Releases Mount Massive Firmware Update All Image Credit: PS Audio PS Audio has just released its Mount Massive firmware upgrade for its PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2. The new v3.1.0 operating system is said to enable the DirectStream DAC MK2 to deliver dramatically improved sound quality, with greater resolution, lower […]

PS Audio Releases Mount Massive Firmware Update

January 20, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged DAC / DirectStream / DirectStream DAC MKII / Firmware Update / PerfectWave / PS Audio by fromvinyltoplastic

Premium Audio Company Firmware Update For Flagship AVRs All Image Credit: Premium Audio Company (PAC) Sorry, but I am a bit behind the curve for this firmware update as many of you will have already installed it. So I have included it here just for information. December of 2023 saw […]

Premium Audio Company Firmware Update For Flagship AVRs

January 19, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged Auro 3D / Elite / Firmware Update / Integra / Onkyo / PAC / Pioneer / Premium Audio Company / Roon by fromvinyltoplastic

Barbarella – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Arrow | 1968 Not Rated | 1hr 38mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

Barbarella – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

January 19, 2024 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Barbarella / Jane Fonda / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Focal Introduces Aria Evo X Loudspeakers – Quick Look All Image Credit: Focal Focal is a French high-end manufacturer of audio equipment who specialize in speaker drivers and high-fidelity loudspeakers. This new range of Aria speakers is an upgrade to the existing Aria 900 series that were launched in 2013. […]

Focal Introduces Aria Evo X Loudspeakers – Quick Look

January 18, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Aria / EVO X / Focal / Passive Speakers by fromvinyltoplastic

Goldmund Launches Telos 2800 Mono Power Amplifier Image Credit: Goldmund High end audio company Goldmund of Geneva, Switzerland has launched their latest monoblock amplifier, the Goldmund Telos 2800 Mono Amplifier. Finished in the Goldmund classic silver grey, the Telos 2800 is the Swiss HiFi brand’s latest monoblock amplifier design. This […]

Goldmund Launches Telos 2800 Mono Power Amplifier

January 17, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Goldmund / Mono Power Amplifier / Telos 2800 by fromvinyltoplastic

Roon’s Nucleus Titan Server – Quick Look All Image Credit: Roon First a little Roon background. Roon was recently acquired by Harman International, the parent company of several audio brands to include; Harman Kardon, JBL, Arcam, Mark Levinson, AKG and Revel. For those unfamiliar with the Roon music software, if […]

Roon’s Nucleus Titan Server – Quick Look

January 16, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Nucleus Titan / Roon / Roon Server by fromvinyltoplastic