EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Phono Pre-amp
EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Phono Pre-amp EMM Labs of Canada has released their new optical cartridge equalizer, the DS-EQ1 which is fully compatible with DS Audio optical cartridge range. Having auditioned the DS ES-1 optical cartridge, I am definitely an admirer of this cartridge technology. So it was with great interest […]

EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Phono Pre-amp

Clifton Davis - Never Can Say Goodbye - CD Review
Clifton Davis – Never Can Say Goodbye – CD Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.           Plastic – CD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4           Please […]

Clifton Davis – Never Can Say Goodbye – CD Review

Monoprice Tube Amplifiers - First Look
Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look Introduction The tube amplifier has seen a resurgence in recent years due to the warm, pleasing sound that only a tube amplifier can offer. The Monoprice Pure Tube Amplifier, shown above, utilizes four EL84 tubes for the power output stage and three 6N3 tubes […]

Monoprice Tube Amplifiers – First Look

Mouthpiece Music - Jazz Reviews
Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews ANNOUNCEMENT: From Vinyl To Plastic is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Mouthpiece Music of LA to be a reviewer for its Jazz music promotions. Mouthpiece Music provides a full suite of services to help new, upcoming and established jazz musicians, groups […]

Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews

Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading 3
Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading The original three loading positions that I added to this head amplifier worked just fine, but I wanted to see if I could make it even more versatile and flexible. I initially tried using a linear 1000 ohm dual gang 20% & 10% tolerance plastic film […]

Lentek Head Amplifier Adjustable Loading

Darbee 4K - PXLVision Coming Soon
Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon Introduction I was so skeptical when several years ago one of my readers sent me a message saying that; “his new Darbee Darblet provided a significant visual improvement to his HD image with little or no artifacts”. This I had to see to believe, […]

Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon

Physical Media Takes Another Hit! 2
Physical Media Takes Another Hit! The Rumor Mill It is strongly rumored by Bill Hunt, the Editor in Chief of The Digital Bits that Disney is going to be restricting the release of their existing live action catalog and that of the recently purchased 20th Century Fox Film company, to 4K only […]

Physical Media Takes Another Hit!

HANA Umami Red - MC Phono Cartridge
HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge All images credit: Excel Sound Corporation. HANA phono cartridges are manufactured by Japan’s Excel Sound Corporation. Since their introduction they have continued to attract a growing customer base, and deservedly so. (華) Hana, in Japanese means “Brilliant and Gorgeous”, a cartridge born from superb […]

HANA Umami Red – MC Phono Cartridge

US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020 6
US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020 Over the past years physical media sales have continued to decline as reported by me here and confirmed by The Digital Entertainment Group’s quarterly Home Entertainment Reports and Media Play news in-house home entertainment market research. For the last decade physical media sales, read […]

US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020

DS Audio Release Grand Master Optical Cartridge 2
DS Audio Grand Master Optical Cartridge (All Images Credit: DS Audio) Introduction When I decided to replace my Lentek Entre 1 I seriously considered DS Audio’s DS-E1 model, and auditioned it and the Hana SL and ML. The Hana SL, for me, was the better option but I still thought that the […]

DS Audio Grand Master Optical Cartridge

US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020
US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020 Despite the Corona virus, and maybe because of it, the mid-year figures show an almost 10% increase in vinyl sales during the first half of 2020 as people hunker down and shelter in place. According to the new Nielsen Music/MRC Data midyear report, […]

US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020

Marantz 8K SR-Series AV receivers - First Look
Marantz 8K SR-Series AV Receivers – First Look               (Images Credit: Marantz) Hot on the heels of the Denon 8K receiver release we knew that Marantz would not be too far behind, especially as both compnaies share the same technical stable and are owned by […]

Marantz 8K SR-Series AV Receivers – First Look

Neil Young - Harvest - Yesteryear Vinyl
Neil Young – Harvest – Yesteryear Vinyl Harvest is the fourth studio album by Canadian/American musician Neil Young being released in February 1972 on Reprise Records. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by noted guests; David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, and James […]

Neil Young – Harvest – Yesteryear Vinyl

H.266 Versatile Video Codec
H.266 Versatile Video Codec The electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research organization, The Fraunhofer – Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), has just announced VVC, a new video CODEC standard that promises to provide an additional 50 percent compression efficiency in streaming video compression. The codec’s, full name is […]

H.266 Versatile Video Codec

Lyn Stanley - The Moonlight Sessions Vol2 - SACD Review 4
Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review           Plastic – SACD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 5- Overall frequency response: 5-             Track List: Makin’ Whoopee The Very Thought Of You […]

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review