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

Loudspeaker Basics 101- Part 1 This is the first of three posts that will take a basic look at: Speaker drivers and crossovers Speaker enclosures and Room placement Introduction Every day we listen to sound emanating from radios, TV’s, phones, computers and of course our Hi-Fi and HT systems. They […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 1

Captain Marvel – Blu-ray 4K Review         Disney/Buena Vista | 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 4 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 […]

Captain Marvel – Blu-ray 4K Review

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions
Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions   Dolby has until recently restricted upmixing of non-native Dolby content using their Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) technologies. What is an up-mixer I hear you ask? An up-mixer takes an audio signal (like 2CH stereo) and processes it to utilize all of the speakers in your […]

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions

Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance
Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance At a recent press event at the Screen Actors Guild, Martin Scorsese, members of the UHD Alliance, several major consumer electronics manufacturers, and leading Hollywood filmmakers including Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Rian Johnson, and Patty Jenkins officially announced a new partnership […]

Filmmaker Mode Unveiled By UHD Alliance

Alita Battle Angel - Blu-ray 4K Review
Alita Battle Angel – Blu-ray 4K Review         20th Century Fox | 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 2 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10+ | Dolby Vision+ | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

Alita Battle Angel – Blu-ray 4K Review

Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release I was just eighteen when this album was first released and lived just north of The Beatles home town, Liverpool. My wife and I were, and still are, Beatles fans. My wife buying almost every […]

Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release

Cartridge Alignment - An Introduction 4
Cartridge Alignment – An Introduction Introduction Having spent what seemed like an eternity trying to wring out the last ounce of performance from my Hana SL, I thought that my experiences could provide a few of my readers with a good insight into the basics of cartridge alignment. Comparing disc […]

Cartridge Alignment – An Introduction

MX-VYNL Review Update 3
MX-VYNL Review Update In my original review of the MX-VYNL (also updated) I commented upon the fact that I had what sounded to be hum in ONLY the left hand channel despite: The use of a balanced connection to the phono cartridge. The use of balanced line level connections to the […]

MX-VYNL Review Update

The Ultimate Analogue Test LP Review 7
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. The Ultimate Analogue Test LP Review   For the last 40+years I have used the following tests discs to align and test my stereo system: Hi-Fi Sound – Stereo Test Record – HFS75 CBS Laboratories – Technical Series – Professional […]

The Ultimate Analogue Test LP Review

Hana SL Review Update 7
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Hana SL Review Update During the initial installation and alignment of my Hana SL I noted that it would not track the +18dB lateral levels and that a number of HF sine sweep tests showed distortion on the left hand […]

Hana SL Review Update