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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

Bluesound Streaming Hub For Legacy Devices All Image Credit: Bluesound So for all of you streamers out there who have older equipment that doesn’t support streaming the Bluesound streaming HUB comes to your rescue with few equipment upheavals. Bluesound, the sister company of Canada’s NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers specialize […]

Bluesound Streaming Hub For Legacy Devices

May 12, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Bluesound / BluOS / Streaming Hub by fromvinyltoplastic

Sony VPL-XW Series Of 4K Laser HT Projectors – First Look All Image Credit: Sony Sony has launched three new 4K SXRD (LCOS) home theater projectors each driven by a laser phosphor light engine. These laser based projectors promise a significant increase in brightness compared to earlier 4K offerings: VPL-VW5000ES: […]

Sony VPL-XW Series Of 4K Laser HT Projectors – First Look

April 28, 2022 in Equipment / News / Video tagged 4K / LASER / LCoS / Sony / SXRD / VPL-XW5000ES / VPL-XW6000ES / VPL-XW7000ES by fromvinyltoplastic

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview Just released, the LS11000 is Epson’s lower cost brother to the $4,999.99 Pro Cinema LS12000 4K projector that was introduced last month. Coming in at $3,999.99 it is almost a clone of the LS12000 in terms of technical features, but has a slightly […]

Epson LS11000 4K Laser Projector – Preview

March 16, 2022 in News / Video tagged 4K / Epson / LASER / LCD / LS11000 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview All Images Credit: Reavon French company Reavon have released a new 4K universal disc player, the UBR-X110. This new player is essentially a clone of the original UBR-X100 with the additional capacity to play SACD discs in addition to the original UHD […]

Reavon UBR-X110 Universal 4K Blu-ray player – Preview

March 8, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K Blu-ray Player / Preview / Reavon / UBR-X110 / Universal / Zappiti 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

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released All Image Credit: McIntosh The latest high end home theater A/V processor offering from McIntosh is the MX180, supporting 9.1.6 surround and 8K on all seven HDMI ports. This beast of a processor offers 16 balanced audio outputs for 15.1 or 9.1.6 surround […]

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released

February 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Processor / McIntosh / MX180 by fromvinyltoplastic

Epson LS12000 4K UHD Laser Projector – First Look All Image Credit: Epson Epson has just announced a new 3-chip LCD Laser Projector that combines improved pixel-shifting with a new multi-array laser design. Together with the improved video processing algorithms this new model is said to provide better 4K performance […]

Epson LS12000 4K UHD Laser Projector – First Look

February 16, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Epson / LASER / LCD / LS12000 / Projector / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC DLA-RS1100/NP5 4K D-ILA Projector – First Look During CES 2022 JVC announced a higher-end 4K projector at a more ‘affordable’ price when compared to their latest three 8K laser offerings. JVC describes the new DLA-RS1100 or DLA-NP5 as an “entry level” model to its latest top-tier of three 8K […]

JVC DLA-RS1100/NP5 4K D-ILA Projector – First Look

January 13, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / DILA / DLA-NP5 / DLA-RS1100 / JVC / Native by fromvinyltoplastic

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained So what exactly does HDMI ARC do, how is it used, and do we need it? Read on. A Little Background The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection was forced upon us over 15 years ago. Over time many of its technical problems have […]

Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC) – Explained

December 24, 2021 in Audio / General Posts tagged ARC / Audio Return Channel / eARC / Enhanced Audio Return Channel by fromvinyltoplastic

20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers — Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. After the less than joyful holiday season in 2020, this year hopefully will be more normal with a well earned happy time for friends and families to get together and celebrate the […]

Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers

December 1, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News / Vinyl tagged 1080P / 2021 / 4K / Audiophile / Christmas / Gifts / Holiday / HT / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Soundbar / Streaming / Subwoofer / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08 This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction My daughter purchased this projector as a gimmick for creating her special ghostly effects for Halloween. As I was quite impressed by its projection quality I just had to review it for […]

MINI HD LED Projector Review – TMY V08

December 1, 2021 in Equipment / Reviews tagged 1080P / 720P / HD / LED Projector / Mini Projector / Projector review / TMY / V08 / V58 by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look Immersive HT On A Budget. All Images Credit: Denon Overview Denon has released three new AV Receivers each with three 8K HDMI inputs and all for under $700. With the S760H and […]

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look

October 26, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR-S660H / AVR-S760H / AVR-X1700H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite and Integra AV receivers upgrade to Dirac Live. Read the announcement from Dirac here. The Swedish software development company Dirac has announced that it will be supplying its patented room correction technologies and software, Dirac Live, to the latest […]

Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra Get Dirac Live

September 12, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged Dirac / Dirac Live / DRX-3.4 / DRX-5.5 / Firmware Upgrade / Integra / Onkyo / Pioneer / TX-NR7100 / TZ-RZ50 / VSX-LX305 / VSX-LX505 by fromvinyltoplastic