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Ariston RD11E - My Loss! — Ariston RD11E – My Loss! I thought that after 40 years I would just relate a heart felt regret to my readers and how I got onto the audiophile bandwagon. At the tender age of 23 and an entrenched “radio ham”, I visited a friends home amateur radio shack and […]

Ariston RD11E – My Loss!

March 28, 2020 in Personal Views & Comments tagged Ariston RD11E / Ariston RD11S / Entre / Hana SL / Lentek / Maudant Short / MS500 / MS600 / Sugden BC1 / Sugden SAU2 by fromvinyltoplastic

Wireless Connectivity 101. What Is It? Introduction Some may say that this is an obscure post for an audio and video web site. Well, for better or worse wireless communication will eventually supplant most of our cabling, that includes many of those HT cables that you joyfully plug up to […]

Wireless Connectivity 101. What Is It?

February 28, 2020 in Technical Posts tagged Antenna / Carrier / Modulation / Polarization / RF / Wireless by fromvinyltoplastic

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use — Rane ME30B Equalizer Use After many attempts at equalizing my system with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 using numerous different Audyssey mic positions, plus the Audyssey Pro kit and edit functions, I could not sufficiently reduce the equalized over bright/hard upper mid-range to a level that I was comfortable with. That was […]

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use

February 9, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Reviews tagged Equalizers / ME30B / Rane by fromvinyltoplastic

Venom - Blu-ray 4K Review — Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures 2018 PG13 | 1hrs 52 mins Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Comic Book HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | […]

Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 8, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / UHD / Venom by fromvinyltoplastic

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 2 Introduction In the last post introducing this topic we saw that virtually all AV receiver and sound processor manufacturers now include automated equalization or room correction in most of their products even those costing as little a $500.00. The good news is that […]

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 2

January 18, 2020 in Acoustics / Audio tagged Audio / Audyssey / Equilization / MultEQ / MultEQ Pro / REW / Room Equalization / SMS-1 / Velodyne Acoustics / XT / XT32 by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? A Pause for Thought You wanted an all analog signal chain for stereo or even multi-channel sound……well think again! When you buy your new ‘analog’ amplifier or home theater receiver, ask yourself, how analog is it? In order to build cost-effective amplifiers and receivers manufacturers […]

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?

January 12, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments tagged Analog / Audio / Audio Amplifiers / AV Receiver / Digital / Potentiometer / Receiver / Switch / Switched Mode Power Supply / Volume Control by fromvinyltoplastic

VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover - First Look — VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover – First Look Introduction I am a very strong believer and user of active speaker crossovers and have been using them for all my speaker systems since 1976. Why you may ask? They can be easily designed to provide the exact frequency and […]

VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover – First Look

January 12, 2020 in Audio / News tagged Active Crossover / Audio / Exposure / VXN / VXN Active Crossover / VXN Power Supply by fromvinyltoplastic

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Blu-ray 4K Review — How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG | 1hrs 44 mins Fantasy | Action | Adventure | Animation HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review

January 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World / plastic / The Hidden World / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1 Introduction You have done your best at treating your rooms acoustics with all those broadband absorber panels, diffusers and bass absorbers so what’s next? Very few rooms even if professionally designed for commercial use provide a frequency and time response that can be […]

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 1

December 30, 2019 in Acoustics / Audio tagged Analog / Audio / Digital / Equilization / Room Correction / Room Equalization by fromvinyltoplastic

MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh Now this is my type of power amplifier, see here for my original stereo system. It echoes everything that I used to do and own and its the best of both worlds; valve for its gentle and detailed mids […]

MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier – First Look

December 21, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged KT88 / MC901 / McIntosh / Tube power Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series — Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series The Yamaha Hi-Fi History Yamaha was established by Torakusu Yamaha in 1887 when he built his first reed organ. Over the years Yamaha has grown into the worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments and along the way created some outstanding audio products. In 1954 Yamaha coined […]

Yamaha 5000 Audiophile Series

November 11, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Analog / C-5000 / GT-5000 / M-5000 / NS-5000 / Stereo / Yamaha 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

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

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2 In Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2 we review why speaker enclosures are generally required, the different designs that are available and various cabinet issues. Introduction There are basically two types of speaker (cabinet) radiation: […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 2

October 5, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Baffle / Early Early Sound / Edge Diffraction / Group Delay / Infinite Baffle / Loudspeaker Basics 101 / Reflex / Sealed Box / Surround Speakers / Transmission Line / Tuned Port by fromvinyltoplastic

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps Introduction The age of Class D amplification is here to stay with the introduction of the Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps. If correctly designed they have advantages over traditional linear amplifiers in terms of efficiency, power delivery, size and weight. The […]

Legacy, D-Sonic & Orchard Class D Amps

September 30, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / D-Sonic / Legacy / Orchard / Orchard Audio by fromvinyltoplastic