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Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look Immersive HT On A Budget. All Images Credit: Denon Overview Denon has released three new AV Receivers each with three 8K HDMI inputs and all for under $700. With the S760H and […]

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look

October 26, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR-S660H / AVR-S760H / AVR-X1700H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review Universal Studios | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 23 min | Action | Adventure | Drama | Crime HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | […]

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

October 25, 2021 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K Review / F9 / Fast & Furious 9 / Plastic / The Fast Saga / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Sales Up 94% In 2021 Vinyl continues to manage a remarkable resurgence. After yet another year of lock down in 2020 vinyl seems to be continuing its exceptional winning streak in 2021. The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) has just posted its mid-year music revenue report, showing that […]

Vinyl Sales Up 94% In 2021

September 17, 2021 in News / Vinyl tagged 2021 / Black Friday / RIAA / RSD 2021 / Vinyl Sales by fromvinyltoplastic

RSD 2021 Full List of Black Friday Vinyl Releases Many more exclusive vinyl album releases coming Friday, November 26th. Black Friday, the first Friday after Thanksgiving, has traditionally been the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. It’s all about real low cost deals on a vast range of mass-produced […]

RSD 2021 Full List of Black Friday Vinyl Releases

September 17, 2021 in News / Vinyl tagged Black Friday / Record Store Day / RSD 2021 by fromvinyltoplastic

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

September 12, 2021 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 fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers All Image Credit: Denon & Marantz Do you own one of the latest 8K AVR’s from Denon or Marantz that only have one HDMI 2.1 compliant 8K input? Tired of swapping HDMI cables for your PS5, Xbox Series X, […]

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers

September 11, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVS-3 / Denon / HDMI Switcher / HDMI2.1 / Marantz / VS3003 by fromvinyltoplastic

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

September 7, 2021 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supplies / Audiophile / DIY / Linear / Low Noise by fromvinyltoplastic

G.I.Joe: Retaliation – 4K Blu-ray Review Paramount Pictures | 2013 PG13 | 1hrs 50 min | Action | Adventure | Thriller | Sc-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vison | HDR10 | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Aspect Ratio 2.39:1 […]

G.I.Joe: Retaliation – 4K Blu-ray Review

September 7, 2021 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / G.I.Joe / Plastic / Retaliation / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

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

September 3, 2021 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 fromvinyltoplastic

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed It’s been a while coming, but wait no longer, you can now go out and buy a Denon or Marantz AV Receiver with the full confidence that it will not have the reported 4K 120Hz HDMI bug issue. Forbes and […]

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed

August 16, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 bug / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Production Quality – What Happened? A Personal Rant. What has/is happening to the quality control and pressing quality of todays vinyl albums? Several of my recent vinyl album purchases have been returned several times to get one that is acceptable….. with no luck! Note that I said acceptable, not […]

Vinyl Production Quality – What Happened?

July 30, 2021 in Personal Views & Comments tagged GZ Vinyl / Pressing / Production / QRP / Quality / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

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

July 19, 2021 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supply / Falcon / Phoenix / RoadRunner / Speed Controller / Turntable / upgrade by fromvinyltoplastic

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

July 18, 2021 in Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supply / DIY / Musical Fidelity / MX-VYNL / PSU / SGC / Small Green Computer by fromvinyltoplastic

Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here – 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: No More Blues You Go […]

Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here – CD Review

July 8, 2021 in Mouthpiece Music / Plastic - Music / Reviews tagged CD Review / Listen Here / Mouthpiece Music / Plastic / Roseanna Vitro by fromvinyltoplastic

Amazon Starts Monthly Vinyl Subscription Service This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Always looking out for another way to make a buck, and never wanting to miss out on an opportunity, Amazon has just announced, and is trialling, its new vinyl subscription service here in America. I […]

Amazon Starts Monthly Vinyl Subscription Service

June 29, 2021 in News / Vinyl tagged Amazon / Subscription / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic