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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

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 23 min | Action | Adventure | Drama | Crime HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

F9 – The Fast Saga – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

October 25, 2021 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K Review / F9 / Fast & Furious 9 / plastic / The Fast Saga / UHD 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

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618 With the release in 2020 of Denon’s and Marantz’s next generation of HDMI 2.1 receivers came a number of unexpected headaches. It turned out that they did not support the promised pass through of 8K signals or 4K/120Hz graphics from the […]

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618

April 27, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / HDMI bug / Marantz / Sound United / SPK618 by fromvinyltoplastic

Reavon UBR-X200 & UBR-X100 – Oppo Replacements? Images credit: Reavon So lets see a show of hands, how many of you were devastated when Oppo pulled out of the DVD player business? That just about looks like everybody. Well Reavon a new French brand set up as a subsidiary to Zappitti […]

Reavon UBR-X200 & UBR-X100 – Oppo Replacements?

March 3, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged HD-Land / Reavon / UBR-X100 / UBR-X200 / Zappitti 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

Channel D Seta L20 Phono Pre-Amp – First Look Let me first say that this top of the line Seta L20 MK2 has an MSRP of $63,000.00 and is manufactured right here in NJ, USA. Compare that with the $60,000.00 VITUS Audio MP-201, the CH Precision P1 with PSU at $50,350.00 […]

Channel D Seta L20 Phono Pre-Amp – First Look

January 3, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Audio / Channel D / Current Amplification / Lino C2.2 / Phono Pre-Amplifier / Piccola mk2 / Seat Model L / Seta L20 / Seta L20 mk2 / Seta Model H / Transimpedance 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

iFi iPhono 3 – First Look After your turntable system you need to focus on the cartridges phono amplifier. Why? It’s the front end to the information amplification system. If the arm, cartridge and phono amplifier don’t provide a pristine electronic replica of what was on that vinyl then nothing […]

iFi iPhono 3 – First Look

September 16, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Black Label / iFi / iPhono 3 / iPower X / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Lyn Stanley - The Moonlight Sessions Vol2 - SACD Review — Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review Plastic – SACD Surface noise: N/A Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 5 Image depth/perspective: 5- Overall frequency response: 5- Track List: Makin’ Whoopee The Very Thought Of You […]

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 – SACD Review

July 12, 2020 in Plastic - Music / Reviews tagged Female Vocal / Lyn Stanley / plastic / review / SACD Review / The Moonlight Sessions Vol 2 by fromvinyltoplastic

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1 Introduction You have done your best at treating your rooms acoustics with all those broadband absorber panels, diffusers and bass absorbers so what’s next? Very few rooms even if professionally designed for commercial use provide a frequency and time response that can be […]

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1

December 30, 2019 in Acoustics / Audio tagged Analog / Audio / Digital / Equilization / Room Correction / Room Equalization by fromvinyltoplastic

Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look Introduction The Huei phono pre-amplifier was first unveiled back in May at the Munich High End Show. This 30th anniversary phono stage is now available to purchase. It uses an ultra low noise microprocessor controller and the space-saving chassis is milled out of a […]

Chord Electronics Huei Phono Preamp-First Look

November 8, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Chord Electronics / Huei / Phono Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic