Dire Straits Making Movies - Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review 8
Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi Vinyl 45RPM Review           Vinyl surface noise: 5+ Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+           Track List: Side One Tunnel of Love Side Two Romeo and Juliet Skateaway Side […]

Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

Memory: The Origins Of Alien 3
Memory: The Origins Of Alien           Screen Media | 2019 NR | 1hrs 35 mins | Documentary HD | 1080P | 5.1 DTS HD 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Bijan Aalam | Tim Boxel | Axelle Carolyn Directed by: Alexandre O. Philippe           […]

Memory: The Origins Of Alien – Blu-ray Review

Counterfeit Vinyl - Buyer Beware
Counterfeit Vinyl – Buyer Beware         And Plastic (CD)         As vinyl continues to grow in popularity, counterfeiters are out there trying to take your money.  Don’t get taken in by that low cost vinyl, or CD, that looks just too good to be […]

Counterfeit Vinyl – Buyer Beware

Tonearms 101 - An Introduction 2
Tonearms 101 – An Introduction This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction Unless your turntable comes with its manufacturers own tonearm you will need to select an arm to suit the turntable and carry your proposed cartridge. The problem for the newcomer is the huge selection […]

Tonearms 101 – An Introduction

Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series
Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series The Yamaha Hi-Fi History Yamaha was established by Torakusu Yamaha in 1887 when he built his first reed organ. Over the years Yamaha has grown into the worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments and along the way created some outstanding audio products. In 1954 Yamaha coined […]

Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series

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
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 Investigations Side Two Industrial Disease Love Over Gold It Never […]

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
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 | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby […]

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