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Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 3hrs 1 min | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby […]

Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 22, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Avengers Endgame / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected — Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected After the apparent demise of Velodyne in November of this year there was considerable dismay at the loss of this highly respected and cutting edge sub company that had been designing and manufacturing world class subs for several decades. I still use their excellent SMS-1 subwoofer […]

Velodyne Subs Are Resurrected

December 14, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audio Reference / Mansour Mamaghani / Subwoofers / Velodyne Acoustics by fromvinyltoplastic

Hobbs & Shaw Blu-ray 4K Review — Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 16 min | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision+ | […]

Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 14, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Fast & Furious / Fast & Furious presents Hobbs & Shaw / Hobbs & Shaw / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

SME Exits the Tonearm Business — SME Exits the Tonearm Business On December 3rd 2019 SME announced that it would no longer be manufacturing its tonearms for either retail sale or OEM distribution. Here is the official press announcement: “SME will exit the tonearm retail and OEM business with immediate effect shifting our focus on our […]

SME Exits the Tonearm Business

December 10, 2019 in Audio / News tagged Cadence Audio / SME / Tonearm by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Making Movies - Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review — Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi Vinyl 45RPM Review Vinyl surface noise: 5+ Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Track List: Side One Tunnel of Love Side Two Romeo and Juliet Skateaway Side […]

Dire Straits Making Movies – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

December 7, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Dire Straits / Making Movies / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / RTI / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Memory: The Origins Of Alien — Memory: The Origins Of Alien This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Screen Media | 2019 NR | 1hrs 35 mins | Documentary HD | 1080P | 5.1 DTS HD 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Bijan Aalam | Tim Boxel | Axelle Carolyn […]

Memory: The Origins Of Alien – Blu-ray Review

December 1, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Alexandre O. Philippe / Alien / Documentary / Memory / plastic / review / The Origins Of Alien by fromvinyltoplastic

Tonearms 101 - An Introduction — Tonearms 101 – An Introduction This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Introduction Unless your turntable comes with its manufacturers own tonearm you will need to select an arm to suit the turntable and carry your proposed cartridge. The problem for the newcomer is the huge selection […]

Tonearms 101 – An Introduction

November 20, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Gimbal / Magnetic / Parallel / Tonearms / Unipivot by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques — Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques Over the years there have been several motor coupling techniques used to rotate the turntable platter. This is a brief overview of each method along with their advantages and disadvantages. There are three basic types of motor drive, the second two of which have various methods […]

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques

November 2, 2019 in Audio tagged Belt Drive / Direct Drive / Idler Drive / Rim Drive / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier — McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier Cutting edge digital music capabilities combined with time tested vacuum tube performance – enter the McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier. A Little Background About This Highly Revered Audiophile Company. Based in Binghamton, NY with over 150 employees, McIntosh Laboratory, founded in 1949, continues to […]

McIntosh C2700 Valve & Semiconductor Pre-Amplifier

October 31, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged C2700 / McIntosh / Tube Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Love Over Gold - 180 Gram Vinyl Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4 Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Telegraph Road Private […]

Love Over Gold – 180 Gram Vinyl Review

October 25, 2019 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / Dire Straits / Love Over Gold / MoFi / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

8K CTA TV Certification — 8K CTA TV Certification The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has confirmed the official industry definition and logo for 8K TV’s. The new logo and certification process will come into effect with 2020 TV’s that meet its definition of 8K Ultra High-Definition, the “next-generation” of high-resolution video. This new standard was […]

8K CTA TV Certification

October 23, 2019 in Equipment / News / Video tagged 8K / Consumer Technology Association / CTA / TV by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3 In Loudspeaker Basics 101 part 3, this final post in the series, we examine where your stereo/satellite speakers should be placed, and in particular the optimum locations for your sub-woofers. Introduction Life was so much easier years ago when we just had monophonic reproduction […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3

October 18, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Atmos / Auro 3D / DTS:X / Immersive Sound / Loudspeaker Basics 101 / Multi-Channel Audio / Satellite Speakers / Stereo / Sub Placement / Subwoofers by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update — JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update JVC adds Dynamic Tone Mapping (DTM) and a few other features to their NX and RS series of native 4K D-ILA projectors. What a win for all those new owners. Taken together with the new interface to the Panasonic UB9000 this projector series provides […]

JVC Dynamic Tone Mapping Firmware Update

October 16, 2019 in Equipment / Firmware Updates / News / Video tagged DLA-NX5 / DLA-NX7 / DLA-NX9 / DLA-RS1000 / DLA-RS2000 / DLA-RS3000 / DTM / Dynamic Tone Mapping / Firmware Update / JVC by fromvinyltoplastic

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl With the recent rise in the popularity of vinyl and the rapid advancement of technology this just had to happen! The Phonocut is an analog vinyl lathe, the first consumer device capable of cutting custom vinyl records right there in your home – on demand. The […]

Phonocut Your Own Vinyl

October 14, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Direct to Disc / Phonocut / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Blu-ray 4K Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review Lionsgate Films | 2019 R | 2hrs 11 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P […]

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review

October 12, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic