2 My Home Theater: Equalizing Subs – Four at a Time PB12-NSD Sub SVS SB2000 Sub I finally got the room to […]
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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
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 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
2 Blu-ray Movie Review: Atomic Blonde Universal Studios 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 55 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-X | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | DTS-X | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Charlize […]
Blu-ray Movie Review: Atomic Blonde
FIBBR To Manufacture World’s First 56Gbps 8K-HDR HDMI Cables Formats like 4K Ultra HD and HDR are slowly growing in popularity, while advanced technologies like 120Hz refresh rates and 8K loom on the horizon. These new technologies are going to place a huge strain on the data throughput and […]
8K HDMI Connectivity Arrives
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
Blue-ray Movie Review: The Dark Tower Sony Pictures 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 35 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 […]
Blu-ray Movie Review: The Dark Tower
Vinyl and DVDA Review: Diana Krall – When I Look in Your Eyes Vinyl Surface noise: 4+ (not pops & clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Plastic – DVDA Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: […]
Vinyl and DVDA Review: Diana Krall – When I Look in Your Eyes
Vinyl Review: New Baby-Don Randi and Quest-Sheffield Lab 12 – Released 1979 Surface noise: 5+ (not pops & clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One Easy New Baby If You Need […]
Vinyl Review: New Baby – Don Randi and Quest – Sheffield Lab 12
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: 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
Blue-ray Review: Kong-Skull Island Warner Brothers 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 58 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel […]
Blue-ray Review: Kong-Skull Island
Vinyl Review: Michael Newman – Classical Guitarist – Sheffield Lab 10 – Released 1979 Vinyl surface noise: 4 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Torre Bermeja Fandanguillo Campanas […]
Vinyl Review: Michael Newman – Classical Guitarist – Sheffield Lab 10
HDMI 2.1 is here – for better or worse. So what is all the hoopla all about? Before you launch yourself into this wondrous new standard maybe you should read my earlier post on HDMI 2.0 and HDCP first. HDMI 2.1 Introduction and Overview The good news – It’s […]
