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High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio - MQA — An Introduction into High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA. A Little Historical Perspective It all started in 1982 when Phillips and Sony released the compact disc or CD. This was the introduction of digital audio to the public. Those early discs sounded awful, despite being uncompressed, due […]

High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA

December 27, 2017 in Audio / News / Technical Posts tagged Hi-Res Audio / Master Quality Authenticated / MQA / Tidal by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — My A/V Room was finally built out and the initial acoustic treatment installed, so the next task for my home theater was installing the equipment and cabling it all up. A full list of equipment that the room contains is also provided here in the first post. A/V […]

My Home Theater: The Equipment and Cabling It All Up

November 4, 2017 in Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Construction / Home theater equipment by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin - Sheffield Lab 5 - Released 1976 — Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin Discovered Again – Sheffield Lab 5 – Released 1976 Vinyl surface noise: 3+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One A Child Is […]

Vinyl Review: Dave Grusin Discovered Again – Sheffield Lab 5

October 19, 2017 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Dave Grusin / Direct to Disc / LP / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

vinyl records and direct to disc — The Recording Process – my 2 Cents I have always had a preference for the sound of well recorded vinyl records and direct to disc recordings, especially when played back on an audiophile stereo system. Their level of realism and involvement is often difficult to improve upon. I cannot say […]

Vinyl Records and Direct To Disc

August 19, 2017 in Audio / Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / Neuman / Scully / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Thorens TD160S, Hadcock GH228S and Lentek Head Amp Upgrade and Rebuild — Thorens TD160S, Hadcock GH228S and Lentek Head Amp Upgrade and Rebuild For those wanting to improve their turntable systems this is a brief overview of my Thorens TD160S, Hadcock GH228S and Lentek Head Amp upgrade and rebuild. I have owned my Thorens TD160 Super, Hadcock GH228 Super, Lentek Entre 1 […]

Thorens TD160S, Hadcock GH228S and Lentek Head Amp Upgrade and Rebuild

August 7, 2017 in Audio / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Cartdridge / Entre / Falcon PSU / GH228 / Hadcock / Head Amplifier / Lentek / Nitty Gritty / Phoenix / RoadRunner / Thorens by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl for those who might not know are LP’s or albums. 12″ of old fashioned joy, spinning at 33 and 45RPM. Here is an overview of my original and current vinyl replay equipment: Thorens TD160 Super turntable and Hadcock GH228 Super arm – (seven ball pivot bearing) Phoenix Engineering Roadrunner speed […]

Vinyl

February 12, 2017 by fromvinyltoplastic

Plastic discs encompass – DVD, Blu Ray, UHD Blu Ray 4K, CD, DVDA, SACD, Blu Ray Audio. So what do I review those shiny Plastic discs on? Denon DBP-A100 + Denon Link4 Oppo BDP 103 Oppo UDP 203 Oppo UDP 205 Even though these players have all their video […]

Plastic

February 12, 2017 by fromvinyltoplastic