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4K UHD Disc Sales – What Sales? A Personal Comment I was just reading the web site Media Play News and noticed the above physical media sales figures for the week ending March 26th. Now I realize that this is only for one week but peaking at others there is […]

4K UHD Disc Sales – What Sales?

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor All Image Credit: Haman HARMAN Luxury Audio has recently introduced the JBL 4305P Studio Monitor Powered Bookshelf Loudspeaker System that features both high-resolution streaming and prosumer connectivity. This is their first powered compact model in a new range of consumer Studio Monitors. […]

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor

Lenco 400 Series Turntables Released – First Look                         All Image Credit: Lenco New to vinyl and wonder why audiophiles say that those 12″ black shinny frisbees contain the best sounding music? Competing with manufacturers like Crossley, Andover Audio, […]

Lenco 400 Series Turntables Released – First Look

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Record Doctor Low-Profile Record Clamp – Review To Clamp Or Not To Clamp – That Is The Question I have often wondered whether a record weight or turntable clamp would improve my sound, so after about 40 years I took the leap and purchased the Record Doctor low profile record […]

Record Doctor Low-Profile Record Clamp – Review

2021 RIAA Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report All Image Credit: RIAA According to the RIAA, in 2021 recorded music revenues in the United States grew 23% to an estimated $15.0 billion retail value. While the 2021 music wholesale value rose 22% to $9.8 billion. With the exception of a decrease […]

2021 RIAA Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report

My Genelec Music and Movie Speaker System Recently I have had a number of readers enquire about the speaker systems and acoustic performance of my music and HT room. As I result I have put together this brief overview. I do hope that it answers most of your questions, if […]

My Genelec Music and Movie Speaker System

Dirac Live Auto Target Curve Released On March 24th 2022 Dirac, the Swedish digital audio pioneer, announced a new auto target curve functionality for its Dirac Live solution that makes it easier for inexperienced consumers to get better sound quality from their HiFi and AV systems. This free new software […]

Dirac Live Auto Target Curve Released

Vinyl Records – Composition and Chemistry Although invented in the 1920’s, in many ways todays 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record looks just like it did when it was first popularized by Peter Goldmark of CBS in 1948. However, since then there has been a lot of work done to improve […]

Vinyl Records – Composition and Chemistry

The Matrix Resurrections – 4K Blu-ray Review         Warner Bros | 2021 R | 2hrs 28 min | Adventure | Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 […]

The Matrix Resurrections – 4K Blu-ray Review

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Audyssey has just released the new ACM1-X calibrated microphone as a companion accessory to its recently announced MultEQ-X room-correction software. The microphone enables measurements to be corrected to a near-perfect match to those of a “type 1” […]

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview Just released, the LS11000 is Epson’s lower cost brother to the $4,999.99 Pro Cinema LS12000 4K projector that was introduced last month. Coming in at $3,999.99 it is almost a clone of the LS12000 in terms of technical features, but has a slightly […]

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview

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Vinyl Album Sales Surpass CD – USA They say that if you wait around long enough things will come back into style. Well that is certainly true for the lovers of vinyl. The introduction of the plastic CD devastated vinyl album sales starting around 1986, not due to its superior […]

Vinyl Album Sales Surpass CD – USA

Looper (10th Anniversary Edition) – 4K Blu-ray Review         Sony Pictures | 2012 R | 1hrs 59 min | Action | Thriller | Sci-Fi | Crime HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Native 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | […]

Looper (10th Anniversary Edition) – 4K Blu-ray Review

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Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview All Images Credit: Reavon French company Reavon have released a new 4K universal disc player, the UBR-X110. This new player is essentially a clone of the original UBR-X100 with the additional capacity to play SACD discs in addition to the original UHD […]

Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview