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Masimo Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Sound United I have followed the continued growth of Sound United over the years as it brought together under its wings many well known and very established audiophile companies to include; Denon, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classe, Polk, HEOS, Boston Acoustics and recently Bowers & […]

Masimo Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Sound United

February 22, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Masimo / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

Roborock S4 Max – Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. All Image Credit: Roborock If you are looking to have more time to listen to vinyl or watch movies this might just be the review you have been needing. Off on a tangent, well almost. What […]

Roborock S4 Max – Review

February 18, 2022 in Equipment / Reviews tagged Roborock / Robotic / S4 Max / Vacuum Cleaner 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

Ghostbusters: Afterlife – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 4 min | Fantasy | Adventure | Supernatural | Comedy HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Native? 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision […]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife – 4K Blu-ray Review

February 13, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Afterlife / Ghostbusters / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 & 2.1a Compliance Certification – Utter Confusion! I have never hidden my disdain for BOTH HDMI and HDCP but now I have good reason to truly despise the entire set of standards. At CES 2022 yet another version of HDMI was introduced, 2.1a. The point here is that […]

HDMI 2.1 & 2.1a Compliance Certification – Utter Confusion!

January 27, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged 2.1 / 2.1a / HDMI / SBTM / Source Based Tone Mapping by fromvinyltoplastic

Dune (2021) – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Warner Bros | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 35 min | Sci-Fi | Epic | Action | Fantasy | Adventure | Drama HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD7.1 Native […]

Dune (2021) – 4K Blu-ray Review

January 24, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Dune (2021) / Part One / Pastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Venom: Let There Be Carnage 4K Blu ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures | 2021 PG13 | 1hrs 37 min | Action | Horror | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | […]

Venom: Let There Be Carnage 4K Blu ray Review

January 20, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Let There Be Carnage / plastic / Tom Hardy / UHD / Venom by fromvinyltoplastic

Very Low Noise Lentek Battery Power Supply – DIY Introduction So after decades of never knowing whether my Lentek head amplifier alkaline PP9 DC battery was OK I decide to replace it with a NiCd source that I could monitor its voltage and charge and discharge as required. It took […]

Very Low Noise Lentek Battery Power Supply – DIY

January 19, 2022 in Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supplies / Battery Power Supply / DC Power Supply / DIY / Head Amplifier / Lentek / Low Noise / NiCd / Nickel Cadmium / Very Low Noise by fromvinyltoplastic

No Time To Die – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 43 min | Action | Adventure | Thriller HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K | […]

No Time To Die – 4K Blu-ray Review

January 9, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Daniel Craig / No Time To Die / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2021 PG13 | 2hrs 1 min | Action | Adventure | Thriller | Sc-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins – 4K Blu-ray Review

January 5, 2022 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / G.I.Joe Origins / plastic / review / Snake Eyes / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences Dolby has released its findings from a recently completed survey on the listening habits of adults in the US. So it looks like us golden oldie audiophiles are coming back into fashion. To be honest we were never out of fashion, […]

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences

January 3, 2022 in Audio / News tagged Audio Quality / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Gen Z / Immersive Sound / Survey by fromvinyltoplastic

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look Well, if all those COVID savings are burning a hole in your pocket here are several subs that might dig deeper than your pockets. Magico – Titan 15 All Image Credit: Magico Following on from the design of their […]

Magico Titan 15 and M&K Sound X+ Series – First Look

December 11, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Dominus / Expensive / High End / M&K Sound / Magico / Powered Subwoofers / Subwoofers / THX / Titan 15 / X+ by fromvinyltoplastic

Speaker Isolation This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. To isolate or not to isolate that is the question? This is yet another of those acoustics and audiophile topics that can give rise to some heated discussions. Well after years in the recording industry, a significant amount of […]

Speaker Isolation

December 7, 2021 in Home Theater Construction tagged DIY / Early Sound / Isolators / Sound flanking / Speakers / Subs by fromvinyltoplastic

Tidal Releases MQA Android and iOS App — TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments TIDAL has made several significant changes and updates to its services, and to supporting the music artists. They have recently announced that: There will be a new free tier. Lossless 16-bit 44.1kHz audio streams in its standard plan: TIDAL HiFi, which […]

TIDAL – A Free Tier Plus Artist Direct Payments

December 4, 2021 in Audio / News tagged Direct Artist Payments / Free Streaming / Tidal / TIDAL HiFi / TIDAL HiFi Plus 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