Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands
Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands – You will be assimilated! Sound United who currently owns Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics have finalized plans to aquire Onkyo, Integra and Pioneer. This preliminary agreement will enable […]

Sound United To Aquire Pioneer & Onkyo Brands

Alien: 40th Anniversary | Blu-ray 4K Review
Alien: 40th Anniversary | Blu-ray 4K Review         20th Century Fox 1979 R | 1hr 57 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 | Dolby Digital 5.1/4.1/2.0 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10+ | DTS HD Master Audio […]

Alien: 40th Anniversary | Blu-ray 4K Review

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Lentek Entre 1 Phono Cartridge History As I am close to replacing my steadfast 40+ year old Entré 1 cartridge I thought that I would just pen a few words about its pedigree before it takes a ‘back seat’. The above image is of my beloved Lentek Entré 1 with […]

Lentek Entre 1 Phono Cartridge History

Fantastic Beasts-The Crimes of Grindelwald - Blu-ray 4K Review
Fantastic Beasts-The Crimes of Grindelwald – Blu-ray 4K Review         Warner Bros 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 14 mins | 2hrs 22mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | […]

Fantastic Beasts-The Crimes of Grindelwald – Blu-ray 4K Review

TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens - First Look
TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens – First Look This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction & Some History On 1st May 2018 Thorens returned to Germany when Gunter Kürten, Thorens new CEO,  took the company back to the newley formed Thorens GMbH in Bergisch Gladbach […]

TD1600 and TD1601 Turntables By Thorens – First Look

Murder On The Orient Express | Blu-ray 4K Review
Murder On The Orient Express – Blu-ray 4K Review           20th Century Fox 2017 PG 13 | 1hr 54mins | Crime | Drama | Mystery HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.39:1 […]

Murder On The Orient Express – Blu-ray 4K Review

US Blu-ray Sales Decline In 2020
Physical Media Sales Seriously Decline     It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that convenience and video mediocrity is catching us all up. With a drop in physical media sales of 50% between 2014 and 2018 things do not look too bright for the 4K […]

Physical Media Sales Seriously Decline

Bumblebee | Blu-ray 4K Review
Bumblebee | Blu-ray 4K Review         Paramount Pictures 2018 PG13 |1hrs 54mins | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Unconverted 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Hailee Steinfeld, […]

Bumblebee | Blu-ray 4K Review

Phono Cartridge Basics 101 2
Phono Cartridge Basics 101 As I am now in the market for a new cartridge, and maybe a new head amplifier or pre-amplifier, I thought a quick refresher course on cartridge basics would clear my head and help others who maybe in the same boat. Cartridge specifications alone are not […]

Phono Cartridge Basics 101

Aquaman| Blu-ray 4K Review 2
Aquaman | Blu-ray 4K Review       Warner Bros 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 23 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | […]

Aquaman | Blu-ray 4K Review

McIntosh MPC500 Power Controller | Clean Power
McIntosh MPC500 Power Controller | Clean Power My 2 Cents It happens to many. A lighting strike or electrical surge damages your most prized piece(s) of HT equipment. The cost of good surge and over and under voltage protection can pay for itself in just one disastrous second. Or at […]

McIntosh MPC500 Power Controller | Clean Power

Mortal Engines Blu-ray 4K Review 2
Mortal Engines Blu-ray 4K Review         Universal Studios 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 8 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio Staring:  Hera Hilmar […]

Mortal Engines Blu-ray 4K Review

Record Store Day - RSD 2019
Record Store Day – RSD 2019 On April 13, Record Store Day is back for its 12th year with over 500 releases only available at independent record stores. See the list here. This year’s list is arguably the best one since RSD started in 2012. Record Store Day is an […]

Record Store Day – RSD 2019

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables   My 2 Cents I cannot imagine paying more money for a turntable than you can pay for a high end home in many regions of the civilized world…….but you can. Well at least somebody can! So why am I posting something that is probably […]

TechDAS – Air Force Turntables

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App
Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App   Introduction Let me first say that I am not a big fan of MQA. I have tried it at home using Tidal and was not impressed when compared to 24bit 96/128KHz Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM), Free Lossless Audio Compression (FLAC) or […]

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App