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Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7 Now Available All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity. Musical Fidelity’s first home theatre multi-channel amp delivers some serious power. This seven channel Class A/B amplifier can simultaneously deliver seven channels of up to 250 watts into speaker loads of 4 ohms. With sound becoming such an integral […]

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7 Now Available

October 27, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 7 Channels / Class A/B / M6x 250.7 / Musical Fidelity / Power Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject Power Box RS2 Phono – Quick Look All Image Credit: Pro-Ject The Power Box RS2 Phono is a good quality linear power supply for both Pro-Ject turntables and phono preamps. I have shown in various posts that the quality and noise performance of a power supply contributes significantly to […]

Pro-Ject Power Box RS2 Phono – Quick Look

October 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Analog Power Supply / Linear / Power Box RS2 Phono / Pro-Ject by fromvinyltoplastic

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look All Image Credit: Technics With the imminent release of a MK2 version of its Grand Class SL-G700 it looks like Technics is not giving up on that silver plastic disc just yet. This second generation hybrid machine is said by Technics to […]

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look

October 10, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / Networked / SACD Player / SL-G700M2 / Technics / USB DAC / Wireless by fromvinyltoplastic

Audio-Technica AT-MC2022 MC Cartridge All Image Credit: Audio Technica Made to celebrate Audio Technica’s 60th anniversary this limited production run, dual moving coil cartridge, sports a unified stylus-cantilever, formed from a single, lab-grown diamond. The AT-MC2022 promises cutting-edge technology for analogue audio vinyl enthusiasts and is the result of the […]

Audio-Technica AT-MC2022 MC Cartridge

October 2, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AT-MC2022 / Audio-Technica / Dual Coil / MC Cartridge by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz *UPDATED: 3/25/2023* – DIRAC Live now available, see end of post. Here is my unofficial, now official, information on the upcoming Marantz Cinema series and flagship separates releases. The official press release day was 9/26/2022. Marantz, […]

Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview

September 9, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AMP10 / AV10 / Cinema / Cinema 40 / Cinema 50 / Cinema 60 / Cinema 70s / Marantz / Sound United / Stereo 70s by fromvinyltoplastic

Bluesound – New Powernode Edge Streaming Amp All Image Credit: Bluesound Bluesound has expanded their range of hi-res wireless audio players, with the Bluesound POWERNODE EDGE. It is a single zone, wireless music streaming amplifier..…an entry-level “just add speakers” device. Combining streaming sources, control, and amplification all in one sleek […]

Bluesound – New Powernode Edge Streaming Amp

September 7, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Bluesound / POWERNODE EDGE / Streaming / Streaming Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Pro-Ject – Vinyl NRS Box S3 & Debut PRO S Turntable All Image Credit: Project Looking to breath new life into your old battered vinyl collection, Pro-Ject has just the device. The new Vinyl NRS Box S3 removes the crackles, pops and other noises common to older records, making them […]

Pro-Ject – Vinyl NRS Box S3 & Debut PRO S Turntable

September 2, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Debut PRO S / Noise Reduction / Pro-Ject / Turntable / Vinyl NRS Box S3 by fromvinyltoplastic

REL No.31 & No.32 Reference Subwoofers – Quick Look All image Credit: REL These new top of the line Reference Series Subs can stack to become line arrays and individually can dig as low as 15Hz at powers up to 1000watts. The REL No.31 and No.32 Reference Series Subs are […]

REL No.31 & No.32 Reference Subwoofers – Quick Look

August 31, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged No.31 / No.32 / Powered Subwoofers / REL / Subwoofers by fromvinyltoplastic

Yamaha Adds VRR & ALLM To Aventage Range Image Credit: Yamaha Last summer when Yamaha released their flagship Aventage range of receivers many of the gamer friendly HDMI 2.1 features showed (with future update) next to them. Indicating that these features would become available through a firmware update at a […]

Yamaha Adds VRR & ALLM To Aventage Range

August 29, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged ALLM / Aventage / Firmware Update / HDMI 2.1 / VRR / Yamaha by fromvinyltoplastic

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook All Image Credit: Dual Dual started manufacturing gramophone components in Germany in 1907, introducing their signature “dual-motor” for powering record players in 1927. The design was so popular that the company took the name “Dual”. They are still based […]

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook

August 25, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Automatic / Belt Drive / CS 429 / Dual / Phono Pre-Amp / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player All Image Credit: LUMIN Following on the heals of the recent LUMIN U2 mini network transport release, this new LUMIN T3 network player is the first Lumin with a DAC to feature their all-new processing system providing increased capacity and resampling flexibility with X1 […]

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player

August 9, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Lumin / Network Player / T3 by fromvinyltoplastic

Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra – Class D Update All Image Credit: Orchard Audio Back in September 30, 2019, I introduced several upcoming Class D amplifiers. Orchard Audio of New Jersey had then just released their first offering, the BOSC, named after the pear. That amplifier was well received by many […]

Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra – Class D Update

July 23, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / Orchard Audio / Starkrimson Ultra by fromvinyltoplastic

New LUMIN U2 Mini – Network Transport The LUMIN range of products are manufactured by the Hong Kong based Pixel Magic Systems that was founded in 2003. This privately-held electronics equipment manufacturer originally established itself with a range of home theater and home audio products, releasing the LUMIN range of […]

New LUMIN U2 Mini – Network Transport

July 11, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Lumin / Network Streamer / Streamer / Transport / U2 Mini by fromvinyltoplastic

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The FET RF Power JFET RF Power MOSFET We saw from the earlier post on the operation of […]

Semiconductors and Transistors 101 – The FET

July 8, 2022 in Technical Posts tagged Depletion / Drain / Enhancement / Gate / IGFET / JFET / MOSFET / N-Channel / P-Channel / Source by fromvinyltoplastic

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