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Panasonic UB9000 News Flash — Panasonic UB9000 & JVC DLA-NX9 Demo On March the 15th JVC announced that they were collaborating with Panasonic to use the HDR metadata contained in 4K UHD discs and available over the HDMI connection in order to optimize the display of HDR material. One of […]

Panasonic UB9000 & JVC DLA-NX9 Demo

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge — DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge Early last year I posted an article on optical turntables and cartridges. Well things have moved on and audiophile quality optical phono cartridges are now here and affordable. The only company producing optical cartridges is DS Audio, based in Sagamihara City, Japan. The earlier models, […]

DS Audio DS-E1 Optical Cartridge

Eric Clapton - Slowhand - 200gram Vinyl Review — Eric Clapton – Slowhand – 200gram Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5- (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One Cocaine Wonderfull Night Lay Down Sally Next […]

Eric Clapton – Slowhand – 200gram Vinyl Review

HD Vinyl Record Pressing — HD Vinyl Record Pressing What is HD Vinyl? Is this an oxi-moron, or is there really something more to it? Read on. Introduction Ever since the introduction of those vinyl cylinders there have been huge strides in the improvement of the audio replay quality of vinyl. From standardized replay equalization […]

HD Vinyl Record Pressing

McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable - First Look — McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable – First Look You could be forgiven at first glance for thinking that the McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable may look like it’s just a turntable. However, upon further inspection it is a lot more. Its unique design is crafted for those audiophiles who want maximum flexibility […]

McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable – First Look

SME Acquires Garrard Audio — SME Acquires Garrard Audio SME Limited Buys Legendary Turntable Manufacturer Garrard Audio In May 2018 SME Limited announced that it had purchased Garrard Audio from IGB Gradiente S.A. of Brazil, which had acquired the brand name in 1979. SME also announced it had acquired a second British company, Loricraft Audio, […]

SME Acquires Garrard Audio

Adele 25 - Vinyl Review — Adele 25 – Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4- (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4- Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4- Overall frequency response: 4- Side One Hello Send My Love (To Your New Lover) I Miss You […]

Adele 25 – Vinyl Review

Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business — Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business Sad news, for all us vinyl lovers: Shure exits phono cartridge business. This mid 2018 news is worth a post despite it being six months old. I suspect it will have gone unnoticed by many. My first cartridge was a Shure M75E and the […]

Shure Exits Phono Cartridge Business

Tristan Fry - Music For Percussion Volume One - Vinyl Review — Tristan Fry – Music For Percussion Volume One – Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 5 Side One Toccata For Percussion Instruments Allegro, […]

Tristan Fry – Music For Percussion Volume One – Vinyl Review

I Still Do - Eric Clapton - 45RPM Vinyl Review — I Still Do – Eric Clapton – 45RPM Vinyl Review Sides 1 and 2 Vinyl surface noise: 3 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 3 Stereo Imaging: 3+ Image depth/perspective: 3 Overall frequency response: 3 Sides 3 and 4 Vinyl surface noise: 3 (not pops and […]

I Still Do – Eric Clapton – 45RPM Vinyl Review

The Death Of Physical Media — The Death Of Physical Media So with the tormentous announcements from both Oppo and Samsung about stopping manufacturing all Blu-ray players you can be forgiven for thinking that those shinny plastic discs are on their way out. Well they are NOT. First things first. There is no other source available […]

The Death Of Physical Media

Nexus Ragtime Concert - Direct To Disc Vinyl Review — Nexus Ragtime Concert – Direct To Disc Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4 (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4- Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Triplets Cross Corners The Whistler Nola Rainbow […]

Nexus Ragtime Concert – Direct To Disc Vinyl Review

Samsung Exits the Blu-ray Player Market — Samsung Exits the Blu-ray Player Market First Oppo, and now it’s Samsung. Both have pulled out of 4K player manufacture! The trend looks to be quite obvious, in that streaming is starting to impact disc sales, despite movie houses being quite optimistic about present HD and 4K Blu-ray disc sales. […]

Samsung Exits the Blu-ray Player Market

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4K Players and 4K Projectors 2019 Roundup For those out there who are in the market for a new 4K player and/or 4K projector, the number of choices seems to be getting smaller by the year for players and larger for projectors. So here is a brief roundup of […]

4K Players and 4K Projectors 2019 Roundup

Oppo HDR10plus and DV Passthrough Official Firmware Release — Oppo HDR10+ and DV Passthrough Official Firmware Release Latest Firmware Update Oppo have just released the official version of the public Beta test software that added support for; HDR10+ Dolby Vision pass through for the external HDMI input Release Date: February 8, 2019 […]

Oppo HDR10plus and DV Passthrough Official Firmware Release