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Spotify Hi-Fi – An Oxymoron? Spotify has officially announced its lossless Hi-Fi streaming tier as a Premium add-on to its compressed Ogg Vorbis service. Considering the competition for HQ audio services I was a little surprised when they announced that this new premium service is to only provide “lossless CD-quality […]

Spotify Hi-Fi – An Oxymoron?

February 25, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Hi-Fi / Spotify / Streaming by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustic Sounds Series – Audiophile Jazz Reissues This is just a quick reminder to all you audiophile jazz fans, in fact any jazz fans, that you can still buy many of the vinyl Acoustic Sounds Series released in 2020 with more to follow in 2021. Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade […]

Acoustic Sounds Series – Audiophile Jazz Reissues

February 20, 2021 in Audio / News / Vinyl tagged 180gram / AAA / Acoustic Sounds / Master Tape / QRP / Quality Record Pressings / Reissues / Ryan K. Smith / Sterling Audio / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Blue Note Records – Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by the Universal Music Group. It was established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis deriving its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. The label […]

Blue Note Records – Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series

February 11, 2021 in News / Vinyl tagged Audiophile Recordings / Blue Note Records / Reissue / Tone Poet / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Craft Recordings Small Batch – Vinyl Reissues California based record label, Craft Recordings, has launched a vinyl limited-edition series of high-quality pressings. This ‘Small Batch’ series of releases is promised to be “the highest quality vinyl reissues” of some of Crafts huge catalog of legendary recordings. Rather than using the […]

Craft Recordings Small Batch – Vinyl Reissues

February 7, 2021 in News / Vinyl tagged Audiophile Recordings / Craft Recordings / John Coltrane / Lush Life / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Physical Media 2020 Update — Physical Media 2020 Annual Update Final Update For 2020 Physical Media Sales. So for the first half of 2020 the mid-year update on the health of the plastic physical media and other formats looked to be very close to where it was expected to be…..down about 20% on 2019, in […]

Physical Media 2020 Annual Update

January 28, 2021 in News / Plastic tagged DEG / Media Play News / Physical Media / The Digital Entertainment Group by fromvinyltoplastic

8K Displays – The Latest Specs If you have read my previous posts on 8K you will realize that my feelings towards the need for these high resolution displays is less than positive. You pays your money and you takes your choice. So as the price of these very high […]

8K Displays – The Latest Specs

January 17, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / 8K Association / CTA / Logo by fromvinyltoplastic

Channel D Seta L20 Phono Pre-Amp – First Look Let me first say that this top of the line Seta L20 MK2 has an MSRP of $63,000.00 and is manufactured right here in NJ, USA. Compare that with the $60,000.00 VITUS Audio MP-201, the CH Precision P1 with PSU at $50,350.00 […]

Channel D Seta L20 Phono Pre-Amp – First Look

January 3, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Audio / Channel D / Current Amplification / Lino C2.2 / Phono Pre-Amplifier / Piccola mk2 / Seat Model L / Seta L20 / Seta L20 mk2 / Seta Model H / Transimpedance by fromvinyltoplastic

Record Store Day 2021 The date for Record Store Day 2021 has been confirmed as Saturday 12th June, when independent record shops in the USA and around the world will be stocking another bumper crop of limited edition vinyl. This now annual celebration of everything vinyl usually takes place on […]

Record Store Day 2021

December 27, 2020 in News / Vinyl tagged Record Store Day / RSD 2021 by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject – Phono Box RS2 – First Look I am always on the prowl looking for new phono amplifiers that are within my budget and provide an array of features and a technical performance that meets my needs. Here is yet another that is on my list. Pro-Ject has recently […]

Pro-Ject – Phono Box RS2 – First Look

December 23, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged MC / MM / Phono / Phono Box RS2 / Phono Pre-Amplifier / Pro-Ject by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix? At the beginning of November, From Vinyl To Plastic reported the discovery of a potential chipset bug in the latest HDMI 2.1 chipsets sourced by Panasonic and used in the new Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha HDMI 2.1 8K AV Receivers. As reported on the German web site […]

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix?

December 10, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4K/120Hz / Bug / Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

Trumpet MC – Vacuum Tube Phonostage – First look All Images Credit Hagerman Audio Labs Many audiophiles, and that includes me, swear by the sound of valves, and I still do. My original stereo system used Leak TL50 plus power amps to handle everything from 2.5KHz and up. Why? They […]

Trumpet MC – Vacuum Tube Phonostage – First look

December 8, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Hagerman / Trumpet MC / Valve Phono Amp by fromvinyltoplastic

HBO Max To Stream WW84 in 4K UHD – UPDATED 12/8 Update to HBO Max streaming day and date Warner Bros theatrical movie releases. Unlike the many other streaming services listed below, HBO Max does not currently support 4K streaming. Well, according to Patty Jenkins, a director and screenwriter […]

HBO Max To Stream WW84 in 4K UHD

December 5, 2020 in News tagged 4K / 4K Streaming / HBO Max / UHD / Wonder Woman 1984 / WW84 by fromvinyltoplastic

Warner Bros 2021 Film Slate to HBO Max WARNER BROS. WILL RELEASE ITS ENTIRE 2021 FILM SLATE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON HBO MAX AND IN THEATERS We saw Warner Bros. last month announce that Wonder Woman 1984 will arrive on HBO Max together with its long-awaited theatrical release on 12/25. Warner Bros. has now […]

Warner Bros 2021 Film Slate to HBO Max

December 4, 2020 in General Posts / News tagged HBO Max / News / Warner Bros by fromvinyltoplastic

Anthem AVM70/90 & MRX540/740/1140 Processors & Receivers Image Credit: Anthem Introduction Known by audiophiles for their excellent technical standards and first rate quality built Canadian audio products, Anthem have released the specifications for a new range of receivers and processors. The MRX 540, 740 and 1140 A/V Receivers; and AVM […]

Anthem AVM70/90 & MRX540/740/1140 Processors & Receivers

November 15, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Anthem / AVM 70 / AVM 90 / MRX 1140 / MRX 540 / MRX 740 / Processors / Receivers by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon/Marantz 2020 Firmware Update Sound United has announced their latest firmware update to their high-end Denon and Marantz receivers. It is due out on November 11th 2020. This firmware will provide some significant new features and restore some that were removed over a year ago due to changes to Dolby […]

Denon/Marantz 2020 Firmware Update

November 10, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged Denon / Firmware Update / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic