2025 - Twittering Machines

Ek Is Out! Spotify Names New Co-CEOs

September 30, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Cause for celebration has been greatly exaggerated.

ATOLL Electronique Readies the New Flagship Evolution 400 Series

September 27, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

I think I did more than let on that I really enjoyed my time with Atoll’s SDA300 Signature Streaming Integrated Amplifier when I reviewed it back in December.

Massive Fire at Resolution A/V’s Brooklyn, NY Home and How You Can Help

September 26, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Late Wednesday, more than 250 FDNY firefighters spent over seven hours fighting a fire at 481 Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn, home to many artists and businesses including Resolution A/V.

#NewMusicFriday: September 26, 2025

September 26, 2025 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: Sysivalo by Ø

September 26, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Have you ever seen John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, the series that ran on the BBC in 1972 where Berger talked about, well, ways of seeing. . .art?

Review: DeVore Fidelity O/Bronze Loudspeakers

September 25, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

When it comes to hifi and music, distance matters.

In Barn for Review: Dynaudio Core 5 Professional 2-Way Reference Studio Monitor

September 24, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

The front-loaded bass reflex Dynaudio Core 5 stand 14″ tall and house a 1.1″ Cerotar Pro soft dome tweeter, a 5″ MSP (Magnesium Silicate Polymer) woofer, a pair of 280 Watt amps per driver per speaker, and a DSP x-over. A lot of speaker for […]

Attention Grimm MU1, MU2, and LS1r Owners: the New Grimm Remote Is Yours for Words

September 23, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

The pen is mightier than the wallet?

totaldac Streamers Are Now Qobuz Connect Compatible!

September 22, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Qobuz Connect allows you stream your tunes directly from Qobuz to compatible devices with no middlemen needed. Direct.

A Taste of Patreon: Ten Favorite Works of Art

September 20, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Patreon is a platform that allows creators of all kinds to share exclusive content with subscribers.

Mark Your Calendar: The Florida International Audio Expo Warming Up for Its 8th Annual Event

September 20, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Florida in February. In 2026.

#NewMusicFriday: September 19, 2025

September 19, 2025 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: Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark by Gwenifer Raymond

September 19, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Anyone who follows my weekly album picks knows I have a thing for guitar and its players in all manner of styles from Jeff Parker to Mary Halvorson to Jimi Hendrix, Joe Pass, John Fahey, James Blackshaw, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Marc Ribot, Mississippi […]

Review: Weiss Engineering Helios Reference DAC

September 18, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

The Helios is the 3rd DAC from Weiss I’ve reviewed in these pages along with the DAC501 and DAC204 and the one thing they have in common, beyond their obvious Weiss origin, is they all sound great. In many ways, exceptional.

TEAC’s New Reference 500 Series PD-507T CD Transport Is Coming Q4 20025

September 18, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

As we all more than likely know, a CD transport does not also house a DAC. If it did, it would a CD player. For serious listening, I’m a fan of transports seeing as I already have a DAC I love. You probably do too.

Devialet Refreshes the Phantom with the New Ultimate Editions

September 17, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Tens years after the Devialet Phantom made a big splash inside and outside the world of audiophilia, the company has introduced a pair of Ultimate editions.

HiFi Thoughts: In Praise of Listening

September 15, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

We live in a funny world, which isn’t funny at all most of the time, and one of the funniest notions in hifi is that the value of listening to music is best determined by a measured approach devoid of emotion.

#NewMusicFriday: September 12, 2025

September 12, 2025 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: Bury Me (EP) by Ora Cogan

September 12, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Ora Cogan is represented by NYC’s Sacred Bones label which means something to me. More often than not, it means I’m going to like what I hear.

Review: Treehaus Audiolab The Preamplifer & 300B-2 SET Amplifier

September 11, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

Fans of the complete package—design, craft, engineering, performance and quality—can spot many of these traits built into the Treehaus Audiolab The Preamplifer and 300B-2 SET Amplifier from a listening seat away.

Spotify Finally Rolls Out Lossless Quality Streaming (and why I don’t care)

September 10, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

I subscribe to lossless streaming from Tidal and Qobuz because it simply makes good sense, it’s a giant bargain, and it sounds better than lossy streaming all things considered. But Spotify? No thanks.

Say Hello to the New Goldmund Telos 670 Integrated Amplifier

September 10, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

I have a thing for Goldmund’s clean minimalist lines that imbue their products with an architectural air. In other words, I like the way they look.

Technics’ New $899 SL-40CBT & SL-50C Direct Drive Turntables

September 9, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

I make no bones about my love for Technics ‘tables and own a 1970s-era SP-15 because a) it is a thing of industrial design beauty, b) it plays 78s, and c) it does what it’s supposed to do really well.

Introducing Perlisten’s New A Series Loudspeakers

September 9, 2025 Michael Lavorgna

I’ve reviewed a few speakers from Perlisten and the more I listened, the more I liked.

#NewMusicFriday: September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025 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.