July 2024 - Twittering Machines

Rotel Launches the $499 A8 Integrated Amplifier

July 31, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

I don’t know about you but I get excited by lower power integrated amps.

In Barn for Review: Living Voice R80 OBX Floorstanding Loudspeakers

July 30, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

You can find the Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers  on my list of Favorite Speakers, which can be seen as the R80 OBX’s little brothers.

In Barn for Review: BorderPatrol S20EXD Parallel Single-Ended Amplifier

July 29, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

The BorderPatrol S20EXD Parallel Single-Ended Amplifier offers 18 Class A Watts per channel from two pair of Western Electric 300Bs.

#NewMusicFriday: July 19, 2024

July 26, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

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: Arvo Pärt | Für Alina

July 26, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

Leave it to Mississippi Records to unleash this torrent of quiet gentle beauty.

Review: Piega Coax Gen2 411 Standmount Speakers

July 25, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

Some speaker’s appearance telegraphs their sound more than others, or so I say in a kind of surface way.

In Barn for Review: Octave Audio V 70 Class A Integrated Amplifier

July 23, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

The Octave Audio V 70 is a Class A push-pull pentode integrated amplifier capable of outputing a specified 50 Watts of power into 4 Ohms.

In Barn for Review: Qln Reference 9 Loudspeakers

July 22, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

Anyone who’s had a gander at my Favorite Speakers list will have seen the Qln Prestige Five on it about which i said, “Regardless of the accompanying amplification, they remained as resolving as music demanded, as seamless and transparent as I’ve heard from a multi-driver […]

HiFi Thoughts: the Internet Loves a Good (or Bad) Conspiracy Theory

July 20, 2024 Michael Lavorgna

If you keep up with hifi news, you’re aware of a recent event of the litigious variety.

#NewMusicFriday: July 19, 2024

July 19, 2024 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.