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Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The BJT In the previous post we saw what a semiconductor, depletion layer and p-n junction are. Let’s now see how they are they used to make transistors? The above image is a replica of the first working point contact single transistor! Huge isn’t it? […]

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The BJT

June 24, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Base / BJT / Collector / Emitter / NPN / PNP by fromvinyltoplastic

LEGO Jazz Quartet & Fender Stratocaster Kits All Images Credit: LEGO And now for something completely different. It’s summer, so time for a little fun and relaxation! Out of the huge range of LEGO kits I saw a couple of new music related builds that might appeal to all those […]

LEGO Jazz Quartet & Fender Stratocaster Kits

June 22, 2022 in Equipment / News / Plastic tagged Fender / Jazz Quartet / LEGO / plastic / Princeton / Startocaster by fromvinyltoplastic

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 As a professor I would occasionally have a student ask, “but how can something be a SEMI conductor, surely it either conducts or insulates”, a not unreasonable question. Well, you are about to find out what a semiconductor is and discover how it is used to […]

Semiconductors and Transistors 101

June 18, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Depletion Layer / Electrons / Extrinsic / Holes / Intrinsic / N-Type / P-Type / Semiconductors / Valence 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

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look Image Credit: Marantz and Denon Forty years ago the CD format introduced the public to digital music physical media. The latest statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) show that sales of CDs increased by 21% to more […]

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look

May 28, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD60 / DCD-900NE / Denon / Marantz 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

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

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

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor All Image Credit: Haman HARMAN Luxury Audio has recently introduced the JBL 4305P Studio Monitor Powered Bookshelf Loudspeaker System that features both high-resolution streaming and prosumer connectivity. This is their first powered compact model in a new range of consumer Studio Monitors. […]

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor

April 4, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4305P / Active Speakers / Bookshelf / JBL / Speakers / Studio Monitor by fromvinyltoplastic

Lenco 400 Series Turntables Released – First Look All Image Credit: Lenco New to vinyl and wonder why audiophiles say that those 12″ black shinny frisbees contain the best sounding music? Competing with manufacturers like Crossley, Andover Audio, […]

Lenco 400 Series Turntables Released – First Look

April 2, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged All-In-One / Lenco / LS-410 / LS-430 / LS-440 / Plu-and-Play / Turntable 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

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

Very Low Noise Lentek Battery Power Supply – DIY Introduction So after decades of never knowing whether my Lentek head amplifier alkaline PP9 DC battery was OK I decide to replace it with a NiCd source that I could monitor its voltage and charge and discharge as required. It took […]

Very Low Noise Lentek Battery Power Supply – DIY

January 19, 2022 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supplies / Battery Power Supply / DC Power Supply / DIY / Head Amplifier / Lentek / Low Noise / NiCd / Nickel Cadmium / Very Low Noise by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences Dolby has released its findings from a recently completed survey on the listening habits of adults in the US. So it looks like us golden oldie audiophiles are coming back into fashion. To be honest we were never out of fashion, […]

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences

January 3, 2022 in Audio / News tagged Audio Quality / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Gen Z / Immersive Sound / Survey by fromvinyltoplastic

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained So what exactly does HDMI ARC do, how is it used, and do we need it? Read on. A Little Background The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection was forced upon us over 15 years ago. Over time many of its technical problems have […]

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained

December 24, 2021 in Audio / General Posts tagged ARC / Audio Return Channel / eARC / Enhanced Audio Return Channel by fromvinyltoplastic