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Dire Straits Dire Straits - Review Update — Dire Straits Dire Straits – Review Update Vinyl surface noise: 5 Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5 Update 2/28/2020 This is just a brief update to the albums full review that […]

Dire Straits Dire Straits – Review Update

February 28, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / Album Review / Dire Straits / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

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Vinyl Alliance Is Formed After being almost devastated by the plastic CD and more recently digital downloads, vinyl, after almost 15 years, is now on the road to recovery as it continues year in, year out to make excellent gains in the market place. At some point around 2007, vinyl […]

Vinyl Alliance Is Formed

February 15, 2020 in News / Vinyl tagged Bryan Ekus / Vinyl Alliance by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Dire Straits - Review Update — Dire Straits Dire Straits – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5 Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5- Track List: Side One Down To The Waterline Water Of Love […]

Dire Straits Dire Straits – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

February 15, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Dire Straits / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? A Pause for Thought You wanted an all analog signal chain for stereo or even multi-channel sound……well think again! When you buy your new ‘analog’ amplifier or home theater receiver, ask yourself, how analog is it? In order to build cost-effective amplifiers and receivers manufacturers […]

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?

January 12, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments tagged Analog / Audio / Audio Amplifiers / AV Receiver / Digital / Potentiometer / Receiver / Switch / Switched Mode Power Supply / Volume Control by fromvinyltoplastic

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers — 20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. If your looking for a few fun and serious Christmas presents to fill your stockings or those of other vinyl lovers, or to introduce young family members to the fun of […]

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers

December 13, 2019 in News / Vinyl tagged Christmas / Stocking Stuffer / Vinyl Gift by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Making Movies - Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review — Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi Vinyl 45RPM Review Vinyl surface noise: 5+ Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Track List: Side One Tunnel of Love Side Two Romeo and Juliet Skateaway Side […]

Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

December 7, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Dire Straits / Making Movies / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / RTI / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Counterfeit Vinyl - Buyer Beware — Counterfeit Vinyl – Buyer Beware And Plastic (CD) As vinyl continues to grow in popularity, counterfeiters are out there trying to take your money. Don’t get taken in by that low cost vinyl, or CD, that looks just too good to be […]

Counterfeit Vinyl – Buyer Beware

November 24, 2019 in News / Plastic / Vinyl tagged Album / CD / Counterfeit / plastic / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier — McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier Cutting edge digital music capabilities combined with time tested vacuum tube performance – enter the McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier. A Little Background About This Highly Revered Audiophile Company. Based in Binghamton, NY with over 150 employees, McIntosh Laboratory, founded in 1949, continues to […]

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier

October 31, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged C2700 / McIntosh / Tube Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Love Over Gold - 180 Gram Vinyl Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4 Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Telegraph Road Private […]

Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review

October 25, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / Dire Straits / Love Over Gold / MoFi / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3 In Loudspeaker Basics 101 part 3, this final post in the series, we examine where your stereo/satellite speakers should be placed, and in particular the optimum locations for your sub-woofers. Introduction Life was so much easier years ago when we just had monophonic reproduction […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3

October 18, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Atmos / Auro 3D / DTS:X / Immersive Sound / Loudspeaker Basics 101 / Multi-Channel Audio / Satellite Speakers / Stereo / Sub Placement / Subwoofers 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

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions — Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions Dolby has until recently restricted upmixing of non-native Dolby content using their Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) technologies. What is an up-mixer I hear you ask? An up-mixer takes an audio signal (like 2CH stereo) and processes it to utilize all of the speakers in your […]

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions

September 1, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Dolby / DTS / Upmixing / Xperia by fromvinyltoplastic

Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release I was just eighteen when this album was first released and lived just north of The Beatles home town, Liverpool. My wife and I were, and still are, Beatles fans. My wife buying almost every […]

Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Release

August 17, 2019 in News / Plastic / Vinyl tagged Abbey Road / Beatles / Dolby Atmos / Hi-Res / plastic / Remix / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

Cartridge Alignment - An Introduction — Cartridge Alignment – An Introduction Introduction Having spent what seemed like an eternity trying to wring out the last ounce of performance from my Hana SL, I thought that my experiences could provide a few of my readers with a good insight into the basics of cartridge alignment. Comparing disc […]

Cartridge Alignment – An Introduction

August 11, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Alignment / Anti-Skating / Azimuth / Bias / Cartridge / Cartridge Loading / Overhang / Phono / Setup / SRA / VTA / VTF / Zenith by fromvinyltoplastic

Lyn Stanley Interludes - 45RPM Vinyl Review — Lyn Stanley Interludes – 45RPM Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5- (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 5- Overall frequency response: 5- Side One How Long Has This Been Going On Just One […]

Lyn Stanley Interludes – 45RPM Vinyl Review

July 20, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Interludes / Lyn Stanley / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic