2018 - Page 11 of 17 - Twittering Machines

Lovely Music Hosted By Darren Henley

September 10, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

I wonder if many of you, like me, run into this issue when making a list: there is simply too much music to share. Add to this the desire to deliver something of interest to a larger group of readers, and (for me) this effort […]

Free Music: Cecilia “Charity Whore”

September 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

“Cecilia is the dissociative metamorphosis of dj/producer BABI AUDI (NYC, Montreal) known for unsettling yet cinematic Club Dead LTD (Hoss Records), Mommy Dust (self-released), 6 page letter ( DIS magazine). Her new EP “Charity Whore” is out now on the new Imprint GROOMING Label. “Charity […]

Quote of the Day

September 7, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Quote of the day: “From the very beginning of her career, Paula [Cooper] recognized the ways that all the visual and performing arts were becoming intertwined, speaking to one another. And when she started hosting happenings and performances in her gallery, she helped elevate some of […]

Album of the Week: Kan Wakan

September 7, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Kan Wakan is Gueorgui Linev, a Bulgarian born, LA-based composer and producer. Phantasmagoria Vol. 1 is his new record, the first of a planed trilogy, featuring vocalist Elle Olsun, drummers Ian Chang (Son Lux) and Gene Coye (Flying Lotus), and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. All […]

Micromega M.A.R.S. Room EQ

September 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

I know some people poo poo on DSP and I get it for analog purists. But within the realm of digital, poo poo’ing on DSP is like refusing to use post-processing on your digital pics. The Micromega M-One offers the optional M.A.R.S. (Micromega Acoustic Room […]

Question: What’s Wrong With “Audiophile”?

September 5, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

I never liked the word/term “audiophile.” One reason being auto-correct tries to correct a misspelling to “pedophile.” Really, try it.

Kenji Yanobe’s “Sun Child” Will Be Removed From Fukushima

September 4, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Here’s the thing about publicly-placed art works—they are going to piss some people off. Artist Kenji Yanobe’s 20ft. tall “Star Child” depicting a cartoon-like boy in a radiation suit in Fukushima, the city that experienced a devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 which […]

TM Reviewer: Darren Henley

September 4, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Editor: Please join me in welcoming Darren Henley to the TM review team. Darren’s experience and interests will see him focusing on all things head-fi.

Lovely Music Hosted By Maas Mollenhauer

September 4, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

This is the first of a number of lists that I started to compose in my head when you were still at AudioStream, but never got round to sending.

In Barn: LITE PHILIPS TDA1543 X8 in parallel Hi-End Audio DAC (eBay)

September 1, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

LITE PHILIPS TDA1543 X8 in parallel Hi-end Audio DAC ($125 + shipping from Singapore). This will be an unusual review seeing as the DAC in question was purchased new from eBay (www.china-hifi-audio.com). Why? As the bank robber said in Dirty Harry: “I gots to know.”

Twittering Machines Favorite HiFi Gear 2018

September 1, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

TM Select represents components we have reviewed and found their performance to be a cut above the rest, according to our preferences. This is hifi we heartily recommend you try or buy. Please read the full review if you’re looking for why we’ve made our […]

Eva Hesse on PBS

August 31, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

German-born NYC-raised artist Eva Hesse was a force to be reckoned with. Her work, sculpture, painting, and drawing, made mostly during the 1960s has been tagged “Postminimalism” by the Critics, the differentiating factor from regular old minimalism being “mirth and jokiness”, “unmistakable whiff of eroticism,” and […]

Album of the Week: Schammasch

August 31, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Have you danced with Ducasse? Done the Maldoror mambo? Lindy Hop’d with Lautréamont? Swiss avant-garde black metal band Schammasch are digging into Lautréamont’s Les Chants de Maldoror and The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite is the first release of a planned series.

The New Sonos Amp or Why Sonos Is So Smart

August 30, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Sonos owns a huge chunk of the $18 billion home-audio market [footnote 1]. They got there by making smart products that were easy to set up, even easier to use, and easy on the wallet. Even though profit margins were slim for resellers and installers, […]

“5 days ago, I acquired a Herman Miller Eames LCM chair…”

August 30, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Michael, I was sorry to see your departure from AudioStream and it’s taken me quite a while to find you again. I’m also glad to see TM focussing on some other art/design areas as well as audio which is why I’m writing to you. Before […]