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#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.
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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?
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Review: DeVore Fidelity O/Bronze Loudspeakers

September 25, 2025 Michael Lavorgna
When it comes to hifi and music, distance matters.
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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 […]
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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#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

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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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

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.
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#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.

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