August 2023 - Page 2 of 3 - Twittering Machines

Get Your History On: From Cylinders to Surround Mixes: Daylong Demonstration Features Sound and Preservation at the Library of Congress

August 16, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I recently had the rather unique pleasure of listening to a stereo LP of the Barbara Carroll Trio released in 1954 by the Livingston Electronic Corporation, a full four years before the major labels got to stereo.

Aural Memory Is(n’t) Short

August 15, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I read this statement often enough that it bears some scrutiny—Aural memory is short. Is it?

Tidal Launches Max with HiRes FLAC Leading the Way

August 12, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Anyone paying attention will have seen this day coming: Tidal Max is here.

#NewMusicFriday: August 11, 2023

August 11, 2023 Stephen Mejias

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

Album of the Week: Shannon Lay | Covers Vol. 1

August 11, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Covers can be tricky. My perfect balance between original and redo finds no set formula but one commonality among the covers I love is listening to the new brings the old along with it, like the presence of a dear departed friend.

Review: Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers 

August 10, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Some of my favorite hifis are the kind of hifis that are as easy to slip into as a well worn pair of 501s.

In Barn for Review: Java Hi-Fi Single Shot Integrated Amplifier

August 9, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

The hifi underground has been especially vocal of late, this time pointing me to New Zealand’s Java Hi-Fi and their GaN FET-based amplifiers.

Update: the Aurorasound HFSA-01 Integrated Amplifier’s Got Curves!

August 8, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

EQ curves, that is.

Linkplay Technology Launches the WiiM Pro Plus: A Better WiiM

August 8, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I was first made aware of the WiiM streamers by my pal Darko (The Wiim Mini is the streamer you’ve been waiting for) last year who has been all over Linkplay Technology’s super affordable streamers.

HiFi Bargains: Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage

August 7, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Not a week goes by where I don’t find myself thinking about the Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage (part of the glamorous life of the hifi reviewer).

Introducing The HiFi ROSE RS130 Ultimate Network Transport brought to you by MoFi Distribution

August 5, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

South Korea’s HiFi Rose burst! onto the hifi scene with their RS150b Reference Network Streamer back in 2001 which I reviewed and had this to say, If you looked at the HiFi Rose RS150b and thought — I need that — you may want to […]

Album of the Week: Natural Wonder Beauty Concept

August 4, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Ana Roxanne (see Because of A Flower) and DJ Python’s (Brian Piñeyr) collaboration saw its roots take hold in NYC in 2020 during lockdown as they drove around the outskirts of NYC, listening to Telegram by Björk, HTRK, Portishead, all manner of melancholy acoustic indie […]