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Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review — Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One On Green Dolphin Street […]

Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review

November 4, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / Les Brown / Lester Raymond Brown / review / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon DP-400 and DP-450USB Turntables-First Look — Denon DP-400 and DP-450USB Turntables-First Look Introduction Vinyl never died, it just took a short nap. Enthusiasts like myself have continued to keep it on life support until the new generations re-discovered all of its magic. That time is now here and vinyl sales continue to grow as each generation […]

Denon DP-400 and DP-450USB Turntables-First Look

October 5, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged Denon / DP-400 / DP-450USB / Turntables / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Review — Review: Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Having snatched up one of the last UDP-203 players just before Oppo announced that they would make a final batch, I also put my name down for one of the final batches of 205 players. Well I was one of the lucky […]

Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Review

July 22, 2018 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 4K Blu-ray Player / Audiophile / HDR / Master Quality Authenticated / MQA / Oppo / UDP-205 / UHD / USB DAC by fromvinyltoplastic

Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology - Part 2 — Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology – Part 2 The first post examined the technologies used in the current modern day flat panel displays. We continue with a review of those technologies and techniques as used in today’s modern residential home theater projectors. Projectors LCD The first affordable residential projectors […]

Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology – Part 2

April 29, 2018 in Technical Posts / Video tagged DILA / DLP / DMD / LASER / LCD / LCoS / LED / SXRD by fromvinyltoplastic

Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology — Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology Display technologies have come a long way since those early black and white cathode ray tubes (CRT). This two-part post will review the latest display technologies and techniques and their advantages and disadvantages. This first post with provide an overview of both flat panel […]

Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology

April 22, 2018 in Technical Posts / Video tagged DILA / DLP / DMD / LCD / LCoS / LED / QLED / Quantum dot / SXRD by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record - Sheffield Lab 20 — Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record – Sheffield Lab 20 – Released 1982 Surface noise: 5+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 5+ Side One Amuseum The Higher You Rise […]

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record – Sheffield Lab 20

April 7, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers — Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers Introduction After building all my preamps and power amplifiers for decades, I was finally seduced by Onkyo Integra way back in the 80’s when I purchased my first stereo pre/power amplifier, an Onkyo Integra A-8190. Integra was founded as a sub-division of […]

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers

March 31, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged Atmos / AV Receiver / Dolby / Dolby Vision / DRC-R1.1 / DRX-R1.1 / DTS:X / Integra / Onkyo / Pre-Amplifier / THX 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

Is The CD on Life Support? — Is The CD on Life Support? I have been there for the birth of all music distribution formats since the introduction of vinyl. I have watched them rise and fall, and now eventually give way to the distribution of my favorite media music formats to digital down load. The good […]

Is The CD on Life Support?

March 10, 2018 in Audio / News tagged Audio Formats / CD / DVDA / HDCD / HFPA / MQA / plastic / SACD 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

Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio — Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio Sound United LLC, parent company of Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Polk BOOM, HEOS, and Boston Acoustics announced, on the eve of the CES 2018 show, its acquisition of Classé Audio, a leading manufacturer of high-performance music and home theater components who […]

Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio

January 21, 2018 in Audio / News tagged Audio / Charlesbank Capital Partners / Classe / DEI Holdings / Sound United LLC by fromvinyltoplastic

Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future? — Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future? Let There Be Light The ultimate pickup system for vinyl would be one that doesn’t touch the vinyl, so produces no wear, and the vinyl remains as pristine as the day you bought it, and sounds just as good as the best […]

Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future?

January 20, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News / Technical Posts tagged BSR / CES 2018 / DS Audio / DS-W2 / ELP / Finial / IRENE / NEDCC by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record - Sheffield Lab 14 — Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record – Sheffield Lab 14 – Released 1981 Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 5 Side One Improvisations by Jim […]

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record – Sheffield Lab 14

January 14, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-X8500H World's First 13.2CH AV Receiver — Denon AVR-X8500H–The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver Product Model: AVR-X8500H Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $3999 Weight: 51 pounds Availability: January 2018 Introduction I have been a loyal fanboy of Onkyo, and then Denon products for several decades, but after the Japanese Tsunami they scaled […]

Denon AVR-X8500H-The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver

January 12, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 13.2 Channel / AV Receiver / AVR-X5800H / CES 2018 / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic