Denons 110th Anniversary Range
Denons 110th Anniversary Range Images Credit: Denon Denon is marking its 110th birthday with a quartet of special edition products that combined make up a complete audiophile home component system. Each of these new products are manufactured at the Denon factory in Shirakawa, Japan and undergo an extended quality assurance […]

Denons 110th Anniversary Range

JVC Updates 4K HDR Projector Performance
JVC Updates 4K HDR Projector Performance JVC will be rolling out a free firmware update to its native 4K and e-shift 8K projectors that is said to provide a major improvement to their HDR performance and ease of use. JVC’s Theater Optimizer technology, was originally released as a firmware upgrade […]

JVC Updates 4K HDR Projector Performance

Flash Gordon - 4K Blu-ray Review
Flash Gordon – 4K Blu-ray Review         Arrow 1980 PG | 1hrs 52 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Aspect Ratio 2.35:1 […]

Flash Gordon – 4K Blu-ray Review

iFi iPhono 3 – First Look After your turntable system you need to focus on the cartridges phono amplifier. Why? It’s the front end to the information amplification system. If the arm, cartridge and phono amplifier don’t provide a pristine electronic replica of what was on that vinyl then nothing […]

iFi iPhono 3 – First Look

Pacific Rim Uprising - 4K Blu-ray Review
Pacific Rim Uprising – 4K Blu-ray Review           Universal Studios 2018 PG13 | 1hrs 51 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | […]

Pacific Rim Uprising – 4K Blu-ray Review

San Gabriel 7 & Femi Knight - Red Dress - CD Review
San Gabriel 7 & Femi Knight – Red Dress – CD Review             Plastic – CD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective:4+ Overall frequency response: 5-           Please see here for my comments on reviewing albums. […]

San Gabriel 7 & Femi Knight – Red Dress – CD Review

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           Plastic – CD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4           Please see here for my comments on reviewing albums. Track List: […]

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