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Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview All Images Credit: Reavon French company Reavon have released a new 4K universal disc player, the UBR-X110. This new player is essentially a clone of the original UBR-X100 with the additional capacity to play SACD discs in addition to the original UHD […]

Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview

March 8, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K Blu-ray Player / Preview / Reavon / UBR-X110 / Universal / Zappiti by fromvinyltoplastic

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview All Image Credit: Arcam Arcam of Cambridge, UK, has premiered its AVR11, AVR21 and AVR31 home theater receivers together with the AV41 high-performance AV processor. These new receivers and processor are claimed to be their most comprehensively equipped AV hardware released to-date. […]

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview

March 1, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / Arcam / AV41 / AVR / AVR11 / AVR21 / AVR31 / HDCP 2.3 / HDMI 2.1 / Home Theater / Processor by fromvinyltoplastic

Masimo Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Sound United I have followed the continued growth of Sound United over the years as it brought together under its wings many well known and very established audiophile companies to include; Denon, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classe, Polk, HEOS, Boston Acoustics and recently Bowers & […]

Masimo Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Sound United

February 22, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Masimo / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released All Image Credit: McIntosh The latest high end home theater A/V processor offering from McIntosh is the MX180, supporting 9.1.6 surround and 8K on all seven HDMI ports. This beast of a processor offers 16 balanced audio outputs for 15.1 or 9.1.6 surround […]

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released

February 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Processor / McIntosh / MX180 by fromvinyltoplastic

Epson LS12000 4K UHD Laser Projector – First Look All Image Credit: Epson Epson has just announced a new 3-chip LCD Laser Projector that combines improved pixel-shifting with a new multi-array laser design. Together with the improved video processing algorithms this new model is said to provide better 4K performance […]

Epson LS12000 4K UHD Laser Projector – First Look

February 16, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Epson / LASER / LCD / LS12000 / Projector / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Velodyne MicroVee X Subwoofer – First Look All Images Credit: Velodyne As living spaces and apartments seem to be the trending towards smaller, the demand for small, high performance speaker systems, in particular subs, seems to be on the rise. The MicroVee was originally launched in 2006 and saw a […]

Velodyne MicroVee X Subwoofer – First Look

February 10, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Micro / MicroVee X / Powered Subwoofers / Subwoofer / Velodyne by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 & 2.1a Compliance Certification – Utter Confusion! I have never hidden my disdain for BOTH HDMI and HDCP but now I have good reason to truly despise the entire set of standards. At CES 2022 yet another version of HDMI was introduced, 2.1a. The point here is that […]

HDMI 2.1 & 2.1a Compliance Certification – Utter Confusion!

January 27, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 2.1 / 2.1a / HDMI / SBTM / Source Based Tone Mapping by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Passion Revolution LP12 PSU Upgrade All Image Credit: Vinyl Passion Originally developed back in 2019 by Mark Sears of Vinyl Passion, the VP Revolution Power Supply is a high performance, two-speed supply designed to replace internal power supplies fitted to the iconic Linn Sondek LP12, such as the Valhalla […]

Vinyl Passion Revolution LP12 PSU Upgrade

January 24, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged LP12 / PSU / Russ Andrews / Vinyl Passion / VP Revolution by fromvinyltoplastic

M&K Sound V+ Sealed Sub Series – First Look All Image Credit: M&K Sound M&K have justly announced an update to their V Series of sealed subwoofers. These updated V+ models are said to be ‘décor-friendly’ designs feature manageable cube sizes with new curved and tapered external housings, with the […]

M&K Sound V+ Sealed Sub Series – First Look

January 20, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged M&K Sound / Powered Subwoofers / Sealed / Subwoofer / V+ Series by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC DLA-RS1100/NP5 4K D-ILA Projector – First Look During CES 2022 JVC announced a higher-end 4K projector at a more ‘affordable’ price when compared to their latest three 8K laser offerings. JVC describes the new DLA-RS1100 or DLA-NP5 as an “entry level” model to its latest top-tier of three 8K […]

JVC DLA-RS1100/NP5 4K D-ILA Projector – First Look

January 13, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / DILA / DLA-NP5 / DLA-RS1100 / JVC / Native by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs Sound United (Denon & Marantz) have announced their support for a new, advanced, Audyssey PC software application. The new software, MultEQ-X, gives users additional and expanded control and flexibility to calibrate existing and new home AVR’s, together with early access to new Audyssey […]

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs

December 16, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microsoft / MultEQ-X / PC / Sound United / Windows by fromvinyltoplastic

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers — Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers After the less than joyful holiday season in 2020, this year hopefully will be more normal with a well earned happy time for friends and families to get together and celebrate the season of gift giving. So what do you give […]

Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers

December 1, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged 1080P / 2021 / 4K / Audiophile / Christmas / Gifts / Holiday / HT / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Soundbar / Streaming / Subwoofer / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

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

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