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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

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