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 3
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 2
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

4K Players and 4K Projectors 2019 Roundup 2
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 6
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

Qobuz Still In Beta - See Them at Florida Audio Expo
Qobuz Still In Beta – See Them at Florida Audio Expo Qobuz and Florida Expo Qobuz, one of this shows sponsors, and its first show in the America, will be announced at the Audio Expo as the first certified Hi-Res streaming and download service.  The show is to be held […]

Qobuz Still In Beta – See Them at Florida Audio Expo

Fleetwood Mac-45RPM Vinyl Review
Fleetwood Mac-45RPM 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 Monday Morning Warm Ways Blue Letter Side Two Rhiannon Over My Head Crystal […]

Fleetwood Mac-45RPM Vinyl Review

2001: a space odyssey-4K Blu-ray Review
2001: a space odyssey-4K Blu-ray Review       Warner Bros 1968 G | 2hrs 29mins | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (x2) 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (x2) 2.20:1 Aspect Ratio Staring:  Keir Dullea, Gary […]

2001: a space odyssey-4K Blu-ray Review

Panasonic DP-UB450 and DP-UB150 and Sony UBP-X800M2
Panasonic DP-UB450 and DP-UB150 and Sony UBP-X800M2 @ CES 2019 What is happening to plastic physical media? Sales of vinyl media are sky rocketing and we saw at CES 2019 a good showing of new turntables from companies like Cambridge, VPI, Audio-Technica, Technics and Sony to name just a few. […]

Panasonic DP-UB450 and DP-UB150 and Sony UBP-X800M2

Cambridge Audio Release Worlds First Wireless Turntable-Alva TT @ CES 2019 A Record Year For Vinyl Sales of vinyl records have surged in recent years, reaching a record high last year, with over 7.6 million LPs sold in the US by July 2018. The spending figures proved that the vinyl […]

Cambridge Audio Release Worlds First Wireless Turntable-Alva TT

8K Association is Formed-But Why? 3
8K Association is Formed-But Why? Overview During CES 2019 the newly formed 8K Association held its inaugural meeting where its Executive Director, Chris Chinnock, is hoping to create a series of events to get the video industry on the same 8K page. The newly-formed 8K Association (8KA, for short) is currently […]

8K Association is Formed-But Why?

The LA4-Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review
The LA4-Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte-Direct To Disc Vinyl Album Review           Vinyl surface noise: 5   (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5-             Side One Pavane Pour Une Infante […]

The LA4-Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review