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Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look Introduction The Huei phono pre-amplifier was first unveiled back in May at the Munich High End Show. This 30th anniversary phono stage is now available to purchase. It uses an ultra low noise microprocessor controller and the space-saving chassis is milled out of a […]

Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look

November 8, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Chord Electronics / Huei / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier — McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier Cutting edge digital music capabilities combined with time tested vacuum tube performance – enter the McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier. A Little Background About This Highly Revered Audiophile Company. Based in Binghamton, NY with over 150 employees, McIntosh Laboratory, founded in 1949, continues to […]

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier

October 31, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged C2700 / McIntosh / Tube Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl With the recent rise in the popularity of vinyl and the rapid advancement of technology this just had to happen! The Phonocut is an analog vinyl lathe, the first consumer device capable of cutting custom vinyl records right there in your home – on demand. The […]

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl

October 14, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Direct to Disc / Phonocut / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Netflix Studio Quality Sound — Netflix Studio Quality Sound On May 1st 2019 Netflix announced that they would be bringing ‘studio quality’ sound to their video streaming service. This has been in the works for some time since the Duffer brothers, who produced Stranger Things 2, complained about their sound being somewhat less than […]

Netflix Studio Quality Sound

October 11, 2019 in Audio / News tagged 5.1 / Dolby Atmos / Netflix / Streamed Audio / Studio Quality Sound by fromvinyltoplastic

Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands — Sound United Terminates Onkyo Acquisition Talks between Sound United and Onkyo Consumer Audio have broken down resulting in both companies backing out of an acquisition agreement. In my earlier post in mid-May, Sound United LLC had announced the signing of a term-sheet agreement to acquire Onkyo Corporation’s consumer audio division […]

Sound United Terminates Onkyo Acquisition

October 8, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Onkyo / Pioneer / Sound United LLC / Viper Holdings by fromvinyltoplastic

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash — Panasonic UB9000 News Flash Panasonic UB9000 News Flash: It is strongly rumored that a firmware upgrade is available that enables the UB9000 to play SACD plastic discs. This is tremendous news for all audiophiles like myself. All we need now is for the palyer to support Hi-Res audio on DVDA. […]

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash

October 2, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Firmware / Panasonic / UB9000 / upgrade by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look Introduction The day I decided to buy my first amplifier (1987) I purchased an Onkyo Integra A-8190 stereo 100 watt amplifier and remained loyal to Onkyo Integra for years purchasing many of their products until I graduated to the Denon AVP-A1HDCI. With it […]

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look

September 21, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DRC-R1.3 / DRX-7.3 / DRX-R1.3 / Integra by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions — Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions Dolby has until recently restricted upmixing of non-native Dolby content using their Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) technologies. What is an up-mixer I hear you ask? An up-mixer takes an audio signal (like 2CH stereo) and processes it to utilize all of the speakers in your […]

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions

September 1, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Dolby / DTS / Upmixing / Xperia by fromvinyltoplastic

Discogs Presents Crate Diggers Crate Diggers is the worlds largest international series of music festivals dedicated to promoting vinyl, collectability and physical music. They are at the forefront of the vinyl resurgence, offering consumers parties, live performances, DJs, vinyl vendors, merchandising and live experiences from world class acts and brands […]

Discogs Presents Crate Diggers

July 24, 2019 in Audio / News / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge — DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Phono Cartridge – Preview I have just been fortunate enough to be present at a demonstration of the new DS Audio DS-E1 optical cartridge at Audio Connection, Verona, NJ. held on Saturday 8th June. This long established audio retailer was presenting its 9th annual Analog Day. […]

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Phono Cartridge – Preview

June 11, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / Equipment / News / Reviews tagged DS Audio / DS-E1 / Hana ML / Hana SL / Optical Cartridge / Preview by fromvinyltoplastic

Paradigm, Anthem, MartinLogan Purchased by Bagby's — Paradigm, Anthem, MartinLogan Purchased by Bagby’s Scott and John Bagby Secure 100 Percent Interest in Three Iconic Audio Brands With many years of combined audio and innovative experience and a strong commitment to the industry, Scott Bagby and John Bagby announced that effective from May 10th, 2019, […]

Paradigm, Anthem, MartinLogan Purchased by Bagby’s

May 19, 2019 in Audio / News tagged Anthem / John Bagby / MartinLogan / Paradigm / Scott Bagby by fromvinyltoplastic

Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands — Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands – You will be assimilated! Sound United who currently owns Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics have finalized plans to aquire Onkyo, Integra and Pioneer. This preliminary agreement will enable […]

Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands

May 19, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Monopoly / Onkyo / Pioneer / Sound United LLC by fromvinyltoplastic

Lentek Entre 1 Phono Cartridge History As I am close to replacing my steadfast 40+ year old Entré 1 cartridge I thought that I would just pen a few words about its pedigree before it takes a ‘back seat’. The above image is of my beloved Lentek Entré 1 with […]

Lentek Entre 1 Phono Cartridge History

May 5, 2019 in Audio / News tagged Entre / Head Amplifier / Lentek / Matsudaira / Moving Coil / My Sonic Lab / Phono Cartridge / Soltear Acoustics by fromvinyltoplastic

TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens - First Look — TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens – First Look This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction & Some History On 1st May 2018 Thorens returned to Germany when Gunter Kürten, Thorens new CEO, took the company back to the newley formed Thorens GMbH in Bergisch Gladbach […]

TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens – First Look

April 27, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged TD160 / TD160 Super / TD1600 / TD1601 / Thorens / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables My 2 Cents I cannot imagine paying more money for a turntable than you can pay for a high end home in many regions of the civilized world…….but you can. Well at least somebody can! So why am I posting something that is probably […]

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables

March 31, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Air Force / Air Force One / Air Force Zero / TechDAS / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic