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Denon AVR-X8500H World's First 13.2CH AV Receiver 1
Denon AVR-X8500H–The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver               Product Model: AVR-X8500H Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $3999 Weight: 51 pounds Availability: January 2018 Introduction I have been a loyal fanboy of Onkyo, and then Denon products for several decades, but after the Japanese Tsunami they scaled […]

Denon AVR-X8500H-The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver


Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+
CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update Warner Bros. has announced that it is joining the HDR 10+ Alliance, together with the existing members: Samsung, Panasonic, 20th Century Fox, and Amazon. It will be interesting to see if Disney, who now owns 20th Century Fox, will also ‘join the party’. This new […]

CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update


CES 2018 - MQA Update
CES 2018 – MQA Update MQA certainly seems to be on track to revolutionize mobile streaming with its continued rapid uptake and deployment by various manufacturers. Getting market traction now with at least one hundred MQA-enabled products and streaming services. Besides TIDAL other MQA streaming services now include: Onkyo Music […]

CES 2018 – MQA Update





Vinyl and CD Review: Growing Up In Hollywood Town - Sheffield Lab 13 2
Vinyl and CD Review: Growing Up In Hollywood Town – Sheffield Lab 13 – Released 1980 Vinyl Vinyl surface noise: 5-    (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4+                       […]

Vinyl and CD Review: Growing Up In Hollywood Town – Sheffield Lab 13







High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio - MQA 3
An Introduction into High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA. A Little Historical Perspective It all started in 1982 when Phillips and Sony released the compact disc or CD. This was the introduction of digital audio to the public. Those early discs sounded awful, despite being uncompressed, due […]

High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA


Vinyl Review: Harry James and His Big Band -Still Harry After All These Years
Vinyl Review: Still Harry After All These Years-Sheffield Lab 11 – Released 1979       Vinyl surface noise: 5  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4             Side One Caravan Satin Doll Roll ‘Em Sanford […]

Vinyl Review: Still Harry After All These Years – Sheffield Lab 11