Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology 1
Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology Display technologies have come a long way since those early black and white cathode ray tubes (CRT). This two-part post will review the latest display technologies and techniques and their advantages and disadvantages. This first post with provide an overview of both flat panel […]

Flat Panel TV and Projector Technology

Vinyl Review: the name is Makowicz - Sheffield Lab 21
Vinyl Review: the name is Makowicz – Sheffield Lab 21 – Released 1983       Vinyl surface noise: 4  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4           Side One A♭ Elegy (for Earl Hines) You […]

Vinyl Review: the name is Makowicz – Sheffield Lab 21

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone 2
OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone!   Based upon this weeks devastating news that OPPO Digtal is to close its doors this year,  I needed to get one, as the 205 was always slated to be the 4K player that I was to upgrade to. After searching just […]

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone!!

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record - Sheffield Lab 20
Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record – Sheffield Lab 20 – Released 1982         Surface noise: 5+   (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 5+           Side One Amuseum The Higher You Rise […]

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Track Record – Sheffield Lab 20

Blu Ray Review: Star Wars The Last Jedi
Blu-ray Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi         Walt Disney 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 32 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio […]

Blu-ray Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Review 2
OPPO Digital Closes Its Doors     What a difference a day makes. After 14 years of outstanding products and service, OPPO Digital announced it is to close its doors due to what could be a possible growing migration of viewers to streaming. Or is it that, as a smaller […]

OPPO Digital Closes Its Doors

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers 1
Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers Introduction After building all my preamps and power amplifiers for decades, I was finally seduced by Onkyo Integra way back in the 80’s when I purchased my first stereo pre/power amplifier, an Onkyo Integra A-8190. Integra was founded as a sub-division of […]

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers

Vinyl Review: Sonata in A Major-Sheffield Lab 19
Vinyl Review: Sonata in A Major – Sheffield Lab 19 – Released 1982       Vinyl surface noise: 4+  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5 Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4           Sonata In A Major (Posthumous) D. 959 Side […]

Vinyl Review: Sonata in A Major – Sheffield Lab 19

Thor Ragnarok Blu-ray Review 4K Update
Blu-ray Review: Thor: Ragnarok         Disney/Buena Vista 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 10 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Comedy HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect […]

Blu-ray Review: Thor: Ragnarok

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2
Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2 Part 1 provided an insight into my views regarding cables and how to provide power and a grounding system that will prevent hum loops and sink electrical interference. In this post I discuss the various types of audio and […]

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2

Blu-Ray Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049
Blu-ray Review – Blade Runner 2049       Warner Brothers 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 44 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio […]

Blu-ray Review – Blade Runner 2049

Is The CD on Life Support?
Is The CD on Life Support? I have been there for the birth of all music distribution formats since the introduction of vinyl. I have watched them rise and fall, and now eventually give way to the distribution of my favorite media music formats to digital down load. The good […]

Is The CD on Life Support?

Vinyl Review: Romantic Music For Violin and Piano-Strauss and Dvorak-Sheffield Lab 19
Vinyl Review: Romantic Music For Violin And Piano – Sheffield Lab 18 – Released 1982         Vinyl surface noise: 4+  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4             Side One Sonata In E-Flat […]

Vinyl Review: Romantic Music For Violin And Piano – Sheffield Lab 18

Esoteric Cabling. Is It Worth All The Expense? Ever since I was a boy and was introduced to the joys of Hi-Fi audio, a war has raged on regarding the audibility of cabling interconnects. Now stretching to AC power cords and the the visual effects of video interconnects. Let me […]

Esoteric Cabling. Is It Worth All The Expense?