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Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity The MX-STREAM is a new universal streamer from Musical Fidelity and is their first stand-alone model. It is a network bridge, or transport, that combines local and internet based streaming features and is capable of transmitting any online or […]

Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM – First Look

July 7, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Bluetooth / Musical Fidelity / MX-Stream / Streaming / Wi-Fi by fromvinyltoplastic

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor All Image Credit: Haman HARMAN Luxury Audio has recently introduced the JBL 4305P Studio Monitor Powered Bookshelf Loudspeaker System that features both high-resolution streaming and prosumer connectivity. This is their first powered compact model in a new range of consumer Studio Monitors. […]

JBL 4305P – Compact Active Bookshelf Studio Monitor

April 4, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4305P / Active Speakers / Bookshelf / JBL / Speakers / Studio Monitor by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Album Sales Surpass CD – USA They say that if you wait around long enough things will come back into style. Well that is certainly true for the lovers of vinyl. The introduction of the plastic CD devastated vinyl album sales starting around 1986, not due to its superior […]

Vinyl Album Sales Surpass CD – USA

March 15, 2022 in News / Vinyl tagged 2021 / CD Sales / Resurgence / Vinyl / Vinyl Comeback / Vinyl Sales by fromvinyltoplastic

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview All Image Credit: Arcam Arcam of Cambridge, UK, has premiered its AVR11, AVR21 and AVR31 home theater receivers together with the AV41 high-performance AV processor. These new receivers and processor are claimed to be their most comprehensively equipped AV hardware released to-date. […]

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview

March 1, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / Arcam / AV41 / AVR / AVR11 / AVR21 / AVR31 / HDCP 2.3 / HDMI 2.1 / Home Theater / Processor by fromvinyltoplastic

Apple TV 4K (2021) Review All Image Credit: Apple Introduction Being addicted to physical media, I have never been much of a streamer, but I have tried several music streaming services including Tidal Hi-Fi Plus and Qobuz Studio and Netflix for movies. So after my tech savvy daughter bought a […]

Apple TV 4K (2021) Review

February 25, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 2021 / Apple TV 4K / Generation 6 / review by fromvinyltoplastic

Yamaha Aventage RX-A8A, RX-A6A and RX-A4A Yamaha’s new premium Aventage AV receiver range, the RX-A8A, RX-A6A and RX-A4A AVRs have taken one giant leap for mankind by offering full HDMI 2.1 connectivity and support for all of their seven HDMI 8K inputs. This is a major leap over all of […]

Yamaha Aventage RX-A8A, RX-A6A and RX-A4A

May 29, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Aventage / AVR / HDMI 2.1 / RX-A4A / RX-A6A / RX-A8A / Yamaha by fromvinyltoplastic

Physical Media 2020 Update — Physical Media 2020 Annual Update Final Update For 2020 Physical Media Sales. So for the first half of 2020 the mid-year update on the health of the plastic physical media and other formats looked to be very close to where it was expected to be…..down about 20% on 2019, in […]

Physical Media 2020 Annual Update

January 28, 2021 in News / Plastic tagged DEG / Media Play News / Physical Media / The Digital Entertainment Group by fromvinyltoplastic

Anthem AVM70/90 & MRX540/740/1140 Processors & Receivers Image Credit: Anthem Introduction Known by audiophiles for their excellent technical standards and first rate quality built Canadian audio products, Anthem have released the specifications for a new range of receivers and processors. The MRX 540, 740 and 1140 A/V Receivers; and AVM […]

Anthem AVM70/90 & MRX540/740/1140 Processors & Receivers

November 15, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Anthem / AVM 70 / AVM 90 / MRX 1140 / MRX 540 / MRX 740 / Processors / Receivers by fromvinyltoplastic

Denons 110th Anniversary Range — Denons 110th Anniversary Range Images Credit: Denon Denon is marking its 110th birthday with a quartet of special edition products that combined make up a complete audiophile home component system. Each of these new products are manufactured at the Denon factory in Shirakawa, Japan and undergo an extended quality assurance […]

Denons 110th Anniversary Range

September 24, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 110th Anniversary / AVR-A110 / DCD-A110 / Denon / DL-A110 / PMA-A110 by fromvinyltoplastic

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash — Panasonic UB9000 News Flash Panasonic UB9000 News Flash: It is strongly rumored that a firmware upgrade is available that enables the UB9000 to play SACD plastic discs. This is tremendous news for all audiophiles like myself. All we need now is for the palyer to support Hi-Res audio on DVDA. […]

Panasonic UB9000 News Flash

October 2, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Firmware / Panasonic / UB9000 / upgrade by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look Introduction The day I decided to buy my first amplifier (1987) I purchased an Onkyo Integra A-8190 stereo 100 watt amplifier and remained loyal to Onkyo Integra for years purchasing many of their products until I graduated to the Denon AVP-A1HDCI. With it […]

Integra DRC-R1.3, DRX-R1.3, DRX-7.3 – First Look

September 21, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DRC-R1.3 / DRX-7.3 / DRX-R1.3 / Integra by fromvinyltoplastic

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App — Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App Introduction Let me first say that I am not a big fan of MQA. I have tried it at home using Tidal and was not impressed when compared to 24bit 96/128KHz Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM), Free Lossless Audio Compression (FLAC) or […]

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App

March 27, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Android / App / Apple / iOS / MAC / MQA / Tidal by fromvinyltoplastic

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

January 24, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Alva TT / Cambridge Audio / CES 2019 by fromvinyltoplastic

IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced - Yet Another Format!! — IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced – Yet Another Format!! First a personal rant: I am fed up with the continued abuse of the less enlightened buying public to enrich the pockets of manufacturers and their demanding shareholders. Everytime I blink a new video or audio format arrives in my inbox. […]

IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced – Yet Another Format!!

September 15, 2018 in Audio / News / Video tagged 4K / DTS / IMAX / IMAX Enhanced / MQA by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Review — Review: Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Having snatched up one of the last UDP-203 players just before Oppo announced that they would make a final batch, I also put my name down for one of the final batches of 205 players. Well I was one of the lucky […]

Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD Player Review

July 22, 2018 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 4K Blu-ray Player / Audiophile / HDR / Master Quality Authenticated / MQA / Oppo / UDP-205 / UHD / USB DAC by fromvinyltoplastic