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Vinyl Review: James Newton Howard & Friends - Sheffield Lab 23 — Vinyl Review: James Newton Howard & Friends – Sheffield Lab 23 – Released1983 Vinyl Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 5- Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5- Plastic – CD Surface […]

Vinyl Review: James Newton Howard & Friends – Sheffield Lab 23

May 19, 2018 in Plastic - Music / Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / LP / review / Sheffield Lab / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC DLA-RS640 ISF Calibration — Projector Review: JVC DLA-RS640 After reading every review I could get my hands on, for both native 4K and pusedo 4K projectors, and researching the current abilities of projector technologies to support the new 4K UHD standard I decided that the one for me was the JVC RS-640. Why? Read […]

Projector Review: JVC DLA-RS640

May 13, 2018 in Equipment / Reviews tagged DILA / DLA-RS640 / E-shift 5 / JVC / Reference Series / RS640 by fromvinyltoplastic

Review: Oppo UDP-203 4K UHD Player — Review: Oppo UDP-203 4K UHD Player The player arrived in a sturdy box, beautifully packed, just like an Apple product. Gently swaddled in an OPPO tote bag for protection and a later boast as you go shopping! I tried to wait until summer before […]

Review: Oppo UDP-203 4K UHD Player

May 6, 2018 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 203 / BenQ / DLA-RS640 / Fiber Optic / Monoprice / Oppo / OPPO Digital / RS640 / SlimRun / UDP203 / W10000 by fromvinyltoplastic

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone — OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone! Based upon this weeks devastating news that OPPO Digtal is to close its doors this year, I needed to get one, as the 205 was always slated to be the 4K player that I was to upgrade to. After searching just […]

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone!!

April 7, 2018 in News tagged 4K / 4K Blu-ray players / Blu-Ray / OPPO Digital / UDP203 / UDP205 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers — Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers Introduction After building all my preamps and power amplifiers for decades, I was finally seduced by Onkyo Integra way back in the 80’s when I purchased my first stereo pre/power amplifier, an Onkyo Integra A-8190. Integra was founded as a sub-division of […]

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers

March 31, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged Atmos / AV Receiver / Dolby / Dolby Vision / DRC-R1.1 / DRX-R1.1 / DTS:X / Integra / Onkyo / Pre-Amplifier / THX by fromvinyltoplastic

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2 — Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2 Part 1 provided an insight into my views regarding cables and how to provide power and a grounding system that will prevent hum loops and sink electrical interference. In this post I discuss the various types of audio and […]

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 2

March 24, 2018 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts / Video tagged Audio / Cables / Electrical Interference / Ground Loops / Power / Safety Ground / Signal Noise / Speaker / Technical Ground by fromvinyltoplastic

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1 — Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1 My point of view based on 40 years of professional experience in both the Audio and Video industries. Before I launch into what must be one of the most hotly […]

Cabling and Grounding for Audio, Video, Speakers and Power. Part 1

March 18, 2018 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments / Technical Posts tagged Audio / Cables / Electrical Interference / Ground Loops / Power / Safety Ground / Signal Noise / Speaker / Technical Ground by fromvinyltoplastic

Panasonic's Flagship DM UB9000 4K UHD Audiophile Player — Panasonics flagship DP UB9000 player offers HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision Panasonic’s 2018 UHD Blu-ray line-up comprises five models ranging from flagship to affordable. Two of them will support Dolby Vision, three will support HDR10+, and four of them will support Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, enabling you to control […]

Panasonics Flagship DP UB9000 4K UHD Audiophile Player

February 18, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Audiophile / Dolby Vision / DP UB9000 / HDR10+ / Panasonic / UB9000 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look — Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier – First Look Product Model: AV8805 Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $4499 Weight: 30 pounds Availability: February 2018 Overview In parallel with the release of the AVR-X8500H from Denon comes the AV8805 from the stables of Marantz, […]

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look

January 17, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 13.2 Channel / AV8805 / Marantz / Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-X8500H World's First 13.2CH AV Receiver — Denon AVR-X8500H–The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver Product Model: AVR-X8500H Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $3999 Weight: 51 pounds Availability: January 2018 Introduction I have been a loyal fanboy of Onkyo, and then Denon products for several decades, but after the Japanese Tsunami they scaled […]

Denon AVR-X8500H-The World’s First 13.2CH AV Receiver

January 12, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 13.2 Channel / AV Receiver / AVR-X5800H / CES 2018 / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+ — CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update Warner Bros. has announced that it is joining the HDR 10+ Alliance, together with the existing members: Samsung, Panasonic, 20th Century Fox, and Amazon. It will be interesting to see if Disney, who now owns 20th Century Fox, will also ‘join the party’. This new […]

CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update

January 11, 2018 in News / Video tagged 4K / BDA / CES 2018 / DP-UB820 / FZ800 / FZ950 / HDR-10 / MicroLED / OLED / Panasonic / Q9S / Samsung / SL-HDR2 by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements — My last post reviewed My A/V Rooms equipment and the cabling. Lets see how the room originally measured using some basic and easy to use Studio Six Digital iPhone and iPad applications. Introduction During my early days of testing the rooms acoustics I used a suite of tools […]

My Home Theater: The Original Acoustic Measurements

November 13, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustic Measurements / Acoustics / Audyssey / REW / Room Equalization Wizard / Studio Six Digital by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — My A/V Room was finally built out and the initial acoustic treatment installed, so the next task for my home theater was installing the equipment and cabling it all up. A full list of equipment that the room contains is also provided here in the first post. A/V […]

My Home Theater: The Equipment and Cabling It All Up

November 4, 2017 in Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Construction / Home theater equipment by fromvinyltoplastic

Is 4K4U Yet? — So how ready are we all to plunge into the world of 4K? Is 4K4U yet? I am often dismayed by both professional and consumer manufactures who, in their rush to turn a profit, release products to ‘shaky’ standards that are just not ready for prime time or the […]

Is 4K4U Yet With 8K Just Around The Corner?

September 29, 2017 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater Design and Construction — After years of using the family living areas as make do listening and viewing rooms I finally had the opportunity to build my own dedicated home theater, or as I prefer to call it My A/V Room, and so I started my home theatre design and construction project. The room is not […]

My Home Theater Design and Construction

September 10, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic