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SVS Releases Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase All Image Credit: SVS SVS has released their new Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase. It is a compact streaming integrated amplifier equipped with 150 watts of 2-channel Class D amplification and a 24-bit/192KHz DAC. It connects via Wi-Fi, offering wireless connectivity via Play-Fi, AirPlay 2, […]

SVS Releases Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase

November 11, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Class D / Network Streamer / Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase / SVS by fromvinyltoplastic

HiFi Rose RA180 GaNFET Power Amplifier All Image Credit: HiFi Rose Clearly Class D amplifiers are starting to take hold in the audiophile community. Power amplifiers have developed from Class A to B to AB and now Class D. Class D amplifiers have very high efficiencies so create little heat, […]

HiFi Rose RA180 GaNFET Power Amplifier

November 1, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged GaNFET / HiFi Rose / Power Amplifier / RA180 by fromvinyltoplastic

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player All Image Credit: LUMIN Following on the heals of the recent LUMIN U2 mini network transport release, this new LUMIN T3 network player is the first Lumin with a DAC to feature their all-new processing system providing increased capacity and resampling flexibility with X1 […]

New LUMIN T3 – Network Player

August 9, 2022 in Equipment / News tagged Lumin / Network Player / T3 by fromvinyltoplastic

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

“Organik” DAC Upgrade For Linn Klimax Range Recently the Scottish manufacturer Linn has developed their first, in-house, home grown DAC, the Organik. This new D/A converter can be retrofitted to all the variants of Klimax streamers and Klimax integrated speakers. This new Organik D/A converter was originally introduced in ’21 […]

“Organik” DAC Upgrade For Linn Klimax Range

May 5, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / Linn / Organik 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

MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade UPDATED: 8/28/2021. During my original review of the MX-VYNL phono pre-amplifier I discovered that its external, inexpensive switched mode supply, caused noise problems which I improved with the addition of a couple of ferrite beads on the DC power supply cord feeding the pre-amp. […]

MX-VYNL Analog Power Supply – Upgrade

July 18, 2021 in Equipment / Equipment Rebuilds and Upgrades tagged Analog Power Supply / DIY / Musical Fidelity / MX-VYNL / PSU / SGC / Small Green Computer 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

High Resolution and Master Quality Authenticated Audio - MQA — MQA Hi Res Audio – Streamings Holy Grail Introduction There are now enough articles, streaming services and CD’s that I thought that I would re-visit MQA encoding, particularly after several e-mail exchanges with David Elias, a Hawaii based Acoustic Music writer, producer and studio owner. David writes, produces and records […]

MQA Hi Res Audio – Streamings Holy Grail

September 2, 2018 in Audio tagged Bob Stuart / Hi-Res Audio / Meridian / MQA / Oppo 205 / Streaming / USBDAC by fromvinyltoplastic