Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look Introduction The Huei phono pre-amplifier was first unveiled back in May at the Munich High End Show. This 30th anniversary phono stage is now available to purchase. It uses an ultra low noise microprocessor controller and the space-saving chassis is milled out of a […]

Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques
Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques Over the years there have been several motor coupling techniques used to rotate the turntable platter. This is a brief overview of each method along with their advantages and disadvantages. There are three basic types of motor drive, the second two of which have various methods […]

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier
McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier Cutting edge digital music capabilities combined with time tested vacuum tube performance – enter the McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier. A Little Background About This Highly Revered Audiophile Company. Based in Binghamton, NY with over 150 employees, McIntosh Laboratory, founded in 1949, continues to […]

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier

Love Over Gold - 180 Gram Vinyl Review 2
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review           Vinyl surface noise:  4 Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4           Side One Telegraph Road Private […]

Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review

8K CTA TV Certification
8K CTA TV Certification The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has confirmed the official industry definition and logo for 8K TV’s. The new logo and certification process will come into effect with 2020 TV’s that  meet its definition of 8K Ultra High-Definition, the “next-generation” of high-resolution video. This new standard was […]

8K CTA TV Certification

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments
Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3 In Loudspeaker Basics 101 part 3, this final post in the series, we examine where your stereo/satellite speakers should be placed, and in particular the optimum locations for your sub-woofers. Introduction Life was so much easier years ago when we just had monophonic reproduction […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3

JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update
JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update JVC adds Dynamic Tone Mapping (DTM) and a few other features to their NX and RS series of native 4K D-ILA projectors. What a win for all those new owners. Taken together with the new interface to the Panasonic UB9000 this projector series provides […]

JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl With the recent rise in the popularity of vinyl and the rapid advancement of technology this just had to happen! The Phonocut is an analog vinyl lathe, the first consumer device capable of cutting custom vinyl records right there in your home – on demand. The […]

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Blu-ray 4K Review
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review         Lionsgate Films | 2019 R | 2hrs 11 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P […]

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review

Netflix Studio Quality Sound
Netflix Studio Quality Sound   On May 1st 2019 Netflix announced that they would be bringing ‘studio quality’ sound to their video streaming service. This has been in the works for some time since the Duffer brothers, who produced Stranger Things 2, complained about their sound being somewhat less than […]

Netflix Studio Quality Sound

Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands
Sound United Terminates Onkyo Acquisition Talks between Sound United and Onkyo Consumer Audio have broken down resulting in both companies backing out of an acquisition agreement. In my earlier post in mid-May, Sound United LLC had announced the signing of a term-sheet agreement to acquire Onkyo Corporation’s consumer audio division […]

Sound United Terminates Onkyo Acquisition

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Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2                     In Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2 we review why speaker enclosures are generally required, the different designs that are available and various cabinet issues. Introduction There are basically two types of speaker (cabinet) radiation: […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash
Panasonic UB9000 News Flash Panasonic UB9000 News Flash: It is strongly rumored that a firmware upgrade is available that enables the UB9000 to play SACD plastic discs. This is tremendous news for all audiophiles like myself. All we need now is for the palyer to support Hi-Res audio on DVDA. […]

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps Introduction The age of Class D amplification is here to stay with the introduction of  the Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps. If correctly designed they have advantages over traditional linear amplifiers in terms of efficiency, power delivery, size and weight. The […]

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps

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Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look Introduction The day I decided to buy my first amplifier (1987) I purchased an Onkyo Integra A-8190 stereo 100 watt amplifier and remained loyal to Onkyo Integra for years purchasing many of their products until I graduated to the Denon AVP-A1HDCI. With it […]

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look