Vinyl Review: Italian Pleasures - Sheffield Lab 16
Vinyl Review: Italian Pleasures – SheffieldLab 16 – Released 1981       Vinyl surface noise: 5    (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4             Side One Introduction, Theme, Variations And Polonaise, Op. 65 […]

Vinyl Review: Italian Pleasures – Sheffield Lab 16

Vinyl and SACD Review: Diana Krall - The Look Of Love
Vinyl and SACD Review: Diana Krall – The Look Of Love Vinyl Surface noise: 5+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4+                 Plastic – SACD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo […]

Vinyl and SACD Review: Diana Krall – The Look Of Love

Review: Nitty Gritty Vinyl Vacuum Cleaner 1
  How many times have you carefully unwrapped that pristine new album, placed it on the turntable, dropped the needle, and waited for that joylfull release of sound, only to be greeted with unexpected vinyl surface noise, pops and clicks? For many years I would carefully wipe the records with […]

Review: Nitty Gritty Vinyl Vacuum Cleaner

Blu-Ray Movie Review: Valerian
Blu-ray Movie Review: Valerian       Lionsgate Films 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 17 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Dane […]

Blu-ray Review: Valerian

Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio
Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio Sound United LLC, parent company of Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Polk BOOM, HEOS, and Boston Acoustics announced, on the eve of the CES 2018 show, its acquisition of  Classé Audio, a leading manufacturer of high-performance music and home theater components who […]

Sound United Announces Acquisition of Classé Audio

Vinyl Review: West of Oz - Sheffield Lab 15
Vinyl Review: West of Oz – Sheffield Lab 15 – Released 1981         Vinyl surface noise: 4  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4                 Side One Over The Rainbow Dorothy Dock […]

Vinyl Review: West of Oz – Sheffield Lab 15

Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future?
Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future? Let There Be Light The ultimate pickup system for vinyl would be one that doesn’t touch the vinyl, so produces no wear, and the vinyl remains as pristine as the day you bought it, and sounds just as good as the best […]

Optical Turntables and Laser Cartridges-Are They The Future?

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look
Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier – First Look                 Product Model: AV8805 Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $4499 Weight: 30 pounds Availability: February 2018 Overview In parallel with the release of the AVR-X8500H from Denon comes the AV8805 from the stables of Marantz, […]

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record - Sheffield Lab 14
Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record – Sheffield Lab 14 – Released 1981           Vinyl surface noise: 4+  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 5             Side One Improvisations by Jim […]

Vinyl Review: The Sheffield Drum Record – Sheffield Lab 14

Denon AVR-X8500H World's First 13.2CH AV Receiver 1
Denon AVR-X8500H–The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver               Product Model: AVR-X8500H Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $3999 Weight: 51 pounds Availability: January 2018 Introduction I have been a loyal fanboy of Onkyo, and then Denon products for several decades, but after the Japanese Tsunami they scaled […]

Denon AVR-X8500H-The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+
CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update Warner Bros. has announced that it is joining the HDR 10+ Alliance, together with the existing members: Samsung, Panasonic, 20th Century Fox, and Amazon. It will be interesting to see if Disney, who now owns 20th Century Fox, will also ‘join the party’. This new […]

CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update

CES 2018 - MQA Update
CES 2018 – MQA Update MQA certainly seems to be on track to revolutionize mobile streaming with its continued rapid uptake and deployment by various manufacturers. Getting market traction now with at least one hundred MQA-enabled products and streaming services. Besides TIDAL other MQA streaming services now include: Onkyo Music […]

CES 2018 – MQA Update

Blu-ray Movie Review: Atomic Blonde 2
Blu-ray Movie Review: Atomic Blonde         Universal Studios 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 55 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-X | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | DTS-X | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Charlize […]

Blu-ray Movie Review: Atomic Blonde

8K HDMI Connectivity Arrives
FIBBR To Manufacture World’s First 56Gbps 8K-HDR HDMI Cables   Formats like 4K Ultra HD and HDR are slowly growing in popularity, while advanced  technologies like 120Hz refresh rates and 8K loom on the horizon. These new technologies are going to place a huge strain on the data throughput and […]

8K HDMI Connectivity Arrives