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4K UHD Disc Sales – What Sales? A Personal Comment I was just reading the web site Media Play News and noticed the above physical media sales figures for the week ending March 26th. Now I realize that this is only for one week but peaking at others there is […]

4K UHD Disc Sales – What Sales?

April 6, 2022 in News / Personal Views & Comments / Plastic / Video tagged 4K / 4K UHD Disc Sales / Media Play News / Physical Media / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Production Quality – What Happened? A Personal Rant. What has/is happening to the quality control and pressing quality of todays vinyl albums? Several of my recent vinyl album purchases have been returned several times to get one that is acceptable….. with no luck! Note that I said acceptable, not […]

Vinyl Production Quality – What Happened?

July 30, 2021 in Personal Views & Comments tagged GZ Vinyl / Pressing / Production / QRP / Quality / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Plastic vs Vinyl – No Contest A Personal Comment…… Many months ago my regular Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon vinyl listening sessions stopped, much to the dismay of my wife Michele. I had become annoyed by the effort involved in continually changing sides when spinning 45RPM audiophile discs and I […]

Plastic vs Vinyl – No Contest

February 25, 2021 in Personal Views & Comments tagged Album / CD / plastic / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

UPscaled Is Not 4K — UPscaled Is Not 4K My 2 Cents Many of us have spent large amounts of money on upgrading our systems to watch 4K, wide color gamut, high dynamic range movies. AND of course those illusive 4K TV/cable and Over The Air (OTA) channels. It has come to my notice, and maybe […]

UPscaled Is Not 4K

July 4, 2020 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / 8K / Compression / HD / Movie / plastic / SD / UHD / Upscaled / WCG by fromvinyltoplastic

Network Cables & Switches - Myths & BS — Network Cables & Switches – Myths & BS Introduction I have worked at the pointed or origination end of audio and video all my professional life (40+ years) from professional recording studios to professional radio and TV broadcast and production. So I couldn’t let the following comments evaporate into the […]

Network Cables & Switches – Myths & BS

May 10, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts / Video tagged Audio / COTS / Data / Denon Link / Digital / Jitter / Pioneer PQLS / Video by fromvinyltoplastic

Ariston RD11E - My Loss! — Ariston RD11E – My Loss! I thought that after 40 years I would just relate a heart felt regret to my readers and how I got onto the audiophile bandwagon. At the tender age of 23 and an entrenched “radio ham”, I visited a friends home amateur radio shack and […]

Ariston RD11E – My Loss!

March 28, 2020 in Personal Views & Comments tagged Ariston RD11E / Ariston RD11S / Entre / Hana SL / Lentek / Maudant Short / MS500 / MS600 / Sugden BC1 / Sugden SAU2 by fromvinyltoplastic

5G Connects Everything To Everything Introduction Well yes, I have to admit I still use my original Apple iPhone 3GS. It’s still a really reliable cell phone with text and e-mail. I have never needed anything else and I certainly do not want to be available 24/7 with others continually […]

5G Connects Everything To Everything

March 7, 2020 in News / Personal Views & Comments tagged 4G / 5G / Cell Phones / Internet Of All Things / IoT / OFDM / SMART meters by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 - A Quick Refresher — HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher Introduction HDMI 2.1 is now being included in new receivers, displays and TV’s . So let’s see what this HDMI development provides us with: We see that the HDMI 2.1 native bit rate caps out at 48Gbps. After that it is all compressed using […]

HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher

February 2, 2020 in Cables & Interconnects / News / Personal Views & Comments tagged 10K / 48Gbps / 8K / ALLM / eARC / HDMI 2.1 / HDR / QFT / QMS / VRR by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? A Pause for Thought You wanted an all analog signal chain for stereo or even multi-channel sound……well think again! When you buy your new ‘analog’ amplifier or home theater receiver, ask yourself, how analog is it? In order to build cost-effective amplifiers and receivers manufacturers […]

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?

January 12, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments tagged Analog / Audio / Audio Amplifiers / AV Receiver / Digital / Potentiometer / Receiver / Switch / Switched Mode Power Supply / Volume Control by fromvinyltoplastic

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2 — Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2 Part 1 provided an insight into my views regarding cables and how to provide power and a grounding system that will prevent hum loops and sink electrical interference. In this post I discuss the various types of audio and […]

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2

March 24, 2018 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts / Video tagged Audio / Cables / Electrical Interference / Ground Loops / Power / Safety Ground / Signal Noise / Speaker / Technical Ground by fromvinyltoplastic

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1 — Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1 My point of view based on 40 years of professional experience in both the Audio and Video industries. Before I launch into what must be one of the most hotly […]

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1

March 18, 2018 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts tagged Audio / Cables / Electrical Interference / Ground Loops / Power / Safety Ground / Signal Noise / Speaker / Technical Ground by fromvinyltoplastic

Esoteric Cabling. Is It Worth All The Expense? Ever since I was a boy and was introduced to the joys of Hi-Fi audio, a war has raged on regarding the audibility of cabling interconnects. Now stretching to AC power cords and the the visual effects of video interconnects. Let me […]

Esoteric Cabling. Is It Worth All The Expense?

March 10, 2018 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts tagged Esoteric Cabling / Exotic Cabling / Interconnects / Line Level Cables / Signal Cables / Speaker Cables by fromvinyltoplastic

Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner — 4K Isn’t Even Fully Alive Yet And Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner Look very closely at the above two logos. What difference can you see? OK, you can read that one represents double the resolution of the other. Other than that there is nothing that […]

Now We Have 8K Coming Around The Corner!!

October 28, 2017 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 8K / UHD / Video by fromvinyltoplastic

Is 4K4U Yet? — So how ready are we all to plunge into the world of 4K? Is 4K4U yet? I am often dismayed by both professional and consumer manufactures who, in their rush to turn a profit, release products to ‘shaky’ standards that are just not ready for prime time or the […]

Is 4K4U Yet With 8K Just Around The Corner?

September 29, 2017 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic