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NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier – Quick Look All Image Credit: NAD The NAD C 700 is a compact, light and powerful, BluOS-enabled streaming amplifier that takes NAD’s expertise in integrated amplifiers and adds wireless BluOS for multi-room lossless streaming capabilities. Its small footprint will allow it to fit […]

NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier – Quick Look

July 8, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged BluOS / C700 / NAD / Streaming Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity The MX-STREAM is a new universal streamer from Musical Fidelity and is their first stand-alone model. It is a network bridge, or transport, that combines local and internet based streaming features and is capable of transmitting any online or […]

Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look

July 7, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Bluetooth / Musical Fidelity / MX-Stream / Streaming / Wi-Fi by fromvinyltoplastic

Fidelity Record Pressing Launches Q1 2023 Image Credit: musicdirect A new vinyl pressing plant is being constructed from the ground up in Oxnard, California by Fidelity Record Pressing (Fidelity) who aims to make it this country’s “premier vinyl production facility.” In order to meet that claim, the new plant’s co-owners […]

Fidelity Record Pressing Launches Q1 2023

June 23, 2022 in News / Vinyl tagged Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / musicDirect / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh Group Acquired by Highlander Soon there will be just a handful private mega investment firms owning everything! Well that is sure what it seems like. The McIntosh Group has just been acquired by Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based private investment firm that manages over $2 billion in assets. They released […]

McIntosh Group Acquired by Highlander

June 17, 2022 in Audio / News tagged Highlander Partners / Investment Group / McIntosh / Sonus by fromvinyltoplastic

Auro Technologies Files For Bankruptcy According to the German media magazine Heise Medien the Belgian sound specialist Auro Technologies has just filed for bankruptcy after a recent new investment deal fell through. Auro Technologies is best known for its internationally known Auro-3D immersive sound format that competes with DTS:X and […]

Auro Technologies Files For Bankruptcy

June 16, 2022 in Audio / News tagged Auro 3D / Auro Technologies by fromvinyltoplastic

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) – An Introduction Uninterruptible Power Supply or UPS. The questions are what are they, where are they used, do I need one or more and what type? What Are They? The function of a UPS is to mask or remove any changes to your AC supply […]

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) – An Introduction

June 3, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Backup / Double Conversion / Line Interactive / Simulated Sine Wave / Sine Wave / Single Conversion / Uninterupted Power Supply / UPS by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Valves Or Tubes To You – An Introduction Just like vinyl, valve or tube amplifiers rapidly went out of fashion as solid state semiconductors, CD’s and streaming became the new, lower cost norm. In reality all that happened was that vinyl and tube amplifiers took a back seat for a […]

Valves Or Tubes To You – An Introduction

May 23, 2022 in Audio / General Posts / Technical Posts tagged Beam Tetrode / Diode / Pentode / Tetrode / Triode / Tubes / Valves by fromvinyltoplastic

Onkyo Home Entertainment Files For Bankruptcy Over the last year or so we’ve watched Onkyo’s continuing fight for survival. From the potential Sound United acquisition to Onkyo USA closing down and their AV business being taken over by the Klipsch parent company Vox, to finally the company’s insolvency several months […]

Onkyo Home Entertainment Files For Bankruptcy

May 17, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Bankrupt / Onkyo / Premium Audio Co. / Sharp / Vox International by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject Announces E1 Series Of Lower Cost Turntables All Image Credit: Pro-Ject The growth of vinyl continues to accelerate and it would appear that the public can’t get enough of it as vinyl sales outstrip CD’s. Even pressing plants are having difficulty keeping up with demand causing vinyl releases to […]

Pro-Ject Announces E1 Series Of Lower Cost Turntables

May 4, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged E1 / E1 BT / E1 Phono / Pro-Ject / Sumiko by fromvinyltoplastic

Yamaha Aventage AVR Update – HDMI 2.1 Gaming Features & HDR10+ Image Credit: Yamaha Yamaha has just released a firmware update for its Aventage RX-A4A, RX-A6A, RX-A8A – Firmware Update Ver.1.65 that includes several long awaited HDMI 2.1 gaming and display features plus a few bug fixes. When Yamaha originally […]

Yamaha Aventage AVR Update – HDMI 2.1 Gaming Features & HDR10+

May 1, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged Aventage / Firmware Update / RX-A4A / RX-A6A / RX-A8A / Yamaha by fromvinyltoplastic

Gold Note PH-1000 Phono Stage – A Quick Look All Image Credit: Gold Note Costing almost $12,000.00, this Italian premium phono stage by Gold Note offers a huge range of features including a large range of; Equalization Curves, Loads, Capacitance’s, Gains and Connectivity. Selection and control of these extensive features […]

Gold Note PH-1000 Phono Stage – A Quick Look

April 21, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Gold Note / PH-1000 / Phonostage by fromvinyltoplastic

The Anamorphic Lens – An Introduction Anamorphic Is defined as: Denoting or relating to a distorted projection or drawing that appears normal when viewed from a particular point or with a suitable mirror or lens. The burning questions about the projector anamorphic lens are; what are they for, do I […]

The Anamorphic Lens – An Introduction

April 14, 2022 in Technical Posts / Video tagged Anamorphic Lens / Aspect Ratio / Cinemascope / Constant Height / Horizontal Expansion / Panamorph / Vertical Compression / Widescreen by fromvinyltoplastic

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

2021 RIAA Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report All Image Credit: RIAA According to the RIAA, in 2021 recorded music revenues in the United States grew 23% to an estimated $15.0 billion retail value. While the 2021 music wholesale value rose 22% to $9.8 billion. With the exception of a decrease […]

2021 RIAA Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report

March 30, 2022 in Audio / News / Plastic / Vinyl tagged 2021 / Music Revenue / RIAA / Year End by fromvinyltoplastic

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview Just released, the LS11000 is Epson’s lower cost brother to the $4,999.99 Pro Cinema LS12000 4K projector that was introduced last month. Coming in at $3,999.99 it is almost a clone of the LS12000 in terms of technical features, but has a slightly […]

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview

March 16, 2022 in News / Video tagged 4K / Epson / LASER / LCD / LS11000 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic