Movie Review: The Dark Tower
Blue-ray Movie Review: The Dark Tower       Sony Pictures 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 35 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 […]

Blu-ray Movie Review: The Dark Tower

Vinyl and DVDA Review: Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes
Vinyl and DVDA Review: Diana Krall – When I Look in Your Eyes Vinyl Surface noise: 4+ (not pops & clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+                 Plastic – DVDA Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: […]

Vinyl and DVDA Review: Diana Krall – When I Look in Your Eyes

Vinyl Review: New Baby-Don Randi and Quest-Sheffield Lab 12
Vinyl Review: New Baby-Don Randi and Quest-Sheffield Lab 12 – Released 1979           Surface noise: 5+ (not pops & clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4+           Side One Easy New Baby If You Need […]

Vinyl Review: New Baby – Don Randi and Quest – Sheffield Lab 12

High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio - MQA 3
An Introduction into High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA. A Little Historical Perspective It all started in 1982 when Phillips and Sony released the compact disc or CD. This was the introduction of digital audio to the public. Those early discs sounded awful, despite being uncompressed, due […]

High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio – MQA

Vinyl Review: Harry James and His Big Band -Still Harry After All These Years
Vinyl Review: Still Harry After All These Years-Sheffield Lab 11 – Released 1979       Vinyl surface noise: 5  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4+ Overall frequency response: 4             Side One Caravan Satin Doll Roll ‘Em Sanford […]

Vinyl Review: Still Harry After All These Years – Sheffield Lab 11

Blue-Ray Review: Kong-Skull Island
Blue-ray Review: Kong-Skull Island       Warner Brothers 2017 PG13 | 1hrs 58 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel […]

Blue-ray Review: Kong-Skull Island

Vinyl Review: Michael Newman - Classical Guitarist - Sheffield Lab 10
Vinyl Review: Michael Newman – Classical Guitarist – Sheffield Lab 10 – Released 1979       Vinyl surface noise: 4  (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4             Side One Torre Bermeja Fandanguillo Campanas […]

Vinyl Review: Michael Newman – Classical Guitarist – Sheffield Lab 10

  HDMI 2.1 is here – for better or worse. So what is all the hoopla all about? Before you launch yourself into this wondrous new standard maybe you should read my earlier post on HDMI 2.0 and HDCP first. HDMI 2.1 Introduction and Overview The good news – It’s […]

HDMI 2.1 Is Here For Better or Worse

My Home Theater: The Acoustic Discoveries, Changes and Upgrades.
Let’s recap where I was at this point. Overall I was sort of pleased with the rooms performance, but definitely not thrilled, and several issues had to be resolved. There was too much HVAC air and it cooled the room far too fast. This was a result of installing an […]

My Home Theater: The Acoustic Discoveries, Changes and Upgrades.

4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration
4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration – A Brief Introduction Calibrating 4K UHD video display systems is anything but simple, even for the professional, as there is no truly accurate way to calibrate them yet. Calibrating projector systems is even more challenging as they can’t produce anywhere near the required brightness, or […]

4K UHD HDR-10 Calibration

Blue-Ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Blue-ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean-Dead Men Tell No Tales       Walt Disney Pictures 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 9 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, […]

Blue-ray Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean-Dead Men Tell No Tales

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements
    My last post reviewed My A/V Rooms equipment and the cabling. Lets see how the room originally measured using some basic and easy to use Studio Six Digital iPhone and iPad applications. Introduction During my early days of testing the rooms acoustics I used a suite of tools […]

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements