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Spotify Hi-Fi – An Oxymoron? Spotify has officially announced its lossless Hi-Fi streaming tier as a Premium add-on to its compressed Ogg Vorbis service. Considering the competition for HQ audio services I was a little surprised when they announced that this new premium service is to only provide “lossless CD-quality […]

Spotify Hi-Fi – An Oxymoron?

February 25, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Hi-Fi / Spotify / Streaming by fromvinyltoplastic

Plastic vs Vinyl – No Contest A Personal Comment…… Many months ago my regular Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon vinyl listening sessions stopped, much to the dismay of my wife Michele. I had become annoyed by the effort involved in continually changing sides when spinning 45RPM audiophile discs and I […]

Plastic vs Vinyl – No Contest

February 25, 2021 in Personal Views & Comments tagged Album / CD / plastic / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

War of the Worlds – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2005 PG13 | 1hrs 56 min | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Native 4K | 2160P […]

War of the Worlds – 4K Blu-ray Review

December 12, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / UHD / War of the Worlds by fromvinyltoplastic

Kari-On Productions -Jazz Reviews — Kari-On Productions -Jazz Reviews & More ANNOUNCEMENT: From Vinyl To Plastic is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Kari-On Productions of Georgia to be a reviewer for its Jazz and other music promotions. Kari-On Productions is a full service agency that provides a suite of services that […]

Kari-On Productions -Jazz Reviews & More

October 5, 2020 in Kari-On Productions tagged Album Review / CD Reviews / Jazz / Kari-On Productions / plastic 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

Mouthpiece Music - Jazz Reviews — Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews ANNOUNCEMENT: From Vinyl To Plastic is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Mouthpiece Music of LA to be a reviewer for its Jazz music promotions. Mouthpiece Music provides a full suite of services to help new, upcoming and established jazz musicians, groups […]

Mouthpiece Music – Jazz Reviews

August 25, 2020 in Mouthpiece Music tagged Album Review / CD / Jazz / Mouthpiece Music / plastic by fromvinyltoplastic

US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020 — US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020 Despite the Corona virus, and maybe because of it, the mid-year figures show an almost 10% increase in vinyl sales during the first half of 2020 as people hunker down and shelter in place. According to the new Nielsen Music/MRC Data midyear report, […]

US Vinyl Album Sales Grow In 2020

July 25, 2020 in News / Vinyl tagged 2020 / Vinyl Sales by fromvinyltoplastic

UPscaled Is Not 4K — UPscaled Is Not 4K My 2 Cents Many of us have spent large amounts of money on upgrading our systems to watch 4K, wide color gamut, high dynamic range movies. AND of course those illusive 4K TV/cable and Over The Air (OTA) channels. It has come to my notice, and maybe […]

UPscaled Is Not 4K

July 4, 2020 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / 8K / Compression / HD / Movie / plastic / SD / UHD / Upscaled / WCG by fromvinyltoplastic

Leak Is Back. What's Next Radford? — Leak Is Back. What’s Next Radford? Introduction The UK was the birth place of many of the original audiophile companies like Leak, Quad, Wharfdale, Radford, Celestion, Decca, EMI, English Electric etc. to name but a few. Many of these very […]

Leak Is Back. What’s Next Radford?

June 6, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AIG / CDT / Leak / Stereo 130 by fromvinyltoplastic

lentek head amp — MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp Introduction. So after being very happy with my MX-VYNL and Hana pairing for a while now, I decided to modify my rebuilt Lentek head amp to correctly load the Hana and see how it would sound when paired to the MX-VYNL running in unbalanced moving […]

MX-VYNL & Lentek Head Amp

May 31, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades / Reviews tagged Head Amplifier / Lentek / MX-VYNL / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - Yesteryear Vinyl — Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Yesteryear Vinyl Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were […]

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 17, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Pink Floyd / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Wish You Were Here / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl Tapestry is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It was released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide to date. The […]

Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 14, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Carole King / Tapestry / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 21 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | […]

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review

April 18, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / review / Star Wars / The Rise Of Skywalker / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Record Store Day 2020 UPDATE – Postponed until Saturday 20th June. On Saturday April 18th June 20th, Record Store Day is back for its 13th year with over 450 new vinyl releases, including new material from Christine and the Queens, Paul McCartney, Primal Scream and My Chemical Romance which will only […]

Record Store Day 2020

March 14, 2020 in Audio / News / Vinyl tagged 2020 / April 18 / June 20 / Record Store Day / RSD by fromvinyltoplastic

5G Connects Everything To Everything Introduction Well yes, I have to admit I still use my original Apple iPhone 3GS. It’s still a really reliable cell phone with text and e-mail. I have never needed anything else and I certainly do not want to be available 24/7 with others continually […]

5G Connects Everything To Everything

March 7, 2020 in News / Personal Views & Comments tagged 4G / 5G / Cell Phones / Internet Of All Things / IoT / OFDM / SMART meters by fromvinyltoplastic