Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs Sound United (Denon & Marantz) have announced their support for a new, advanced, Audyssey PC software application. The new software, MultEQ-X, gives users additional and expanded control and flexibility to calibrate existing and new home AVR’s, together with early access to new Audyssey […]

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look Well, if all those COVID savings are burning a hole in your pocket here are several subs that might dig deeper than your pockets. Magico – Titan 15 All Image Credit: Magico Following on from the design of their […]

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look

Speaker Isolation This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. To isolate or not to isolate that is the question? This is yet another of those acoustics and audiophile topics that can give rise to some heated discussions. Well after years in the recording industry, a significant amount of […]

Speaker Isolation

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App
TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments TIDAL has made several significant changes and updates to its services, and to supporting the music artists. They have recently announced that: There will be  a new free tier. Lossless 16-bit 44.1kHz audio streams in its standard plan: TIDAL HiFi, which […]

TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers
Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. After the less than joyful holiday season in 2020, this year hopefully will be more normal with a well earned happy time for friends and families to get together and celebrate the […]

Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers

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2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher Thru the years sound reproduction has really ratchet itself up. From the good old days of mono, on to stereo and now the skies the limit for the number of speakers that your want to surround yourself with to […]

2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher

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MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08 This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction My daughter purchased this projector as a gimmick for creating her special ghostly effects for Halloween. As I was quite impressed by its projection quality I just had to review it for […]

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08

Black Widow – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.         Disney/Buena Vista | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 13 min | Action | Comic Book | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Black Widow – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look Immersive HT On A Budget.               All Images Credit: Denon Overview Denon has released three new AV Receivers each with three 8K HDMI inputs and all for under $700. With the S760H and […]

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.           Universal Studios | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 23 min | Action |  Adventure | Drama | Crime HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Vinyl Sales Up 94% In 2021 Vinyl continues to manage a remarkable resurgence. After yet another year of lock down in 2020 vinyl seems to be continuing its exceptional winning streak in 2021. The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) has just posted its mid-year music revenue report, showing that […]

Vinyl Sales Up 94% In 2021

RSD 2021 Full List of Black Friday Vinyl Releases Many more exclusive vinyl album releases coming Friday, November 26th. Black Friday, the first Friday after Thanksgiving, has traditionally been the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. It’s all about real low cost deals on a vast range of mass-produced […]

RSD 2021 Full List of Black Friday Vinyl Releases

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Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite and Integra AV receivers upgrade to Dirac Live. Read the announcement from Dirac here. The Swedish software development company Dirac has announced that it will be supplying its patented room correction technologies and software, Dirac Live, to the latest […]

Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers All Image Credit: Denon & Marantz Do you own one of the latest 8K AVR’s from Denon or Marantz that only have one HDMI 2.1 compliant 8K input? Tired of swapping HDMI cables for your PS5, Xbox Series X, […]

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers

Linear Low Noise Analog Power Supplies – DIY This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Updated test results – 09/28/2021, replaced original 9VAC transformer with 14VAC transformer. As a young teenage electronics enthusiast and licensed UK radio amateur (G8GBL), and all the way up to my early forties, […]

Linear Low Noise Analog Power Supplies – DIY