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Monoprice Tube Amplifiers - First Look
Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look Introduction The tube amplifier has seen a resurgence in recent years due to the warm, pleasing sound that only a tube amplifier can offer. The Monoprice Pure Tube Amplifier, shown above, utilizes four EL84 tubes for the power output stage and three 6N3 tubes […]

Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look

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Physical Media Takes Another Hit! 2
Physical Media Takes Another Hit! The Rumor Mill It is strongly rumored by Bill Hunt, the Editor in Chief of The Digital Bits that Disney is going to be restricting the release of their existing live action catalog and that of the recently purchased 20th Century Fox Film company, to 4K only […]

Physical Media Takes Another Hit!

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HANA Umami Red - MC Phono Cartridge
HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge All images credit: Excel Sound Corporation. HANA phono cartridges are manufactured by Japan’s Excel Sound Corporation. Since their introduction they have continued to attract a growing customer base, and deservedly so. (華) Hana, in Japanese means “Brilliant and Gorgeous”, a cartridge born from superb […]

HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge

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Neil Young - Harvest - Yesteryear Vinyl
Neil Young – Harvest – Yesteryear Vinyl Harvest is the fourth studio album by Canadian/American musician Neil Young being released in February 1972 on Reprise Records. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by noted guests; David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, and James […]

Neil Young – Harvest – Yesteryear Vinyl

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H.266 Versatile Video Codec
H.266 Versatile Video Codec The electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research organization, The Fraunhofer – Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), has just announced VVC, a new video CODEC standard that promises to provide an additional 50 percent compression efficiency in streaming video compression. The codec’s, full name is […]

H.266 Versatile Video Codec

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Lyn Stanley - The Moonlight Sessions Vol2 - SACD Review 4
Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review           Plastic – SACD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 5- Overall frequency response: 5-             Track List: Makin’ Whoopee The Very Thought Of You […]

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review

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Lentek Head Amplifier Upgrade Designed by Peter Baxandall for use with the Lentek Entre moving coil cartridge, this little gem has a lot to offer when paired with other moving coil cartridges and a high quality phono pre-amp like the MX-VYNL. With +28dB of gain and a low nose figure the […]

Lentek Head Amplifier Upgrade

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