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  • [ February 6, 2023 ] In Barn for Review: Cocktail Audio X45Pro Streamer/DAC/CD Player/Ripper/Server/Tuner/Preamp In Barn for Review
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  • [ February 3, 2023 ] Album of the Week: Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History Album of the Week
  • [ February 2, 2023 ] Review: Audia Flight FLS 10 Integrated Amplifier HiFi Reviews
  • [ January 31, 2023 ] Diminishing Returns: HiFi’s Happy Secret HiFi Thoughts
  • [ January 28, 2023 ] SME Announces 5 New MK2 Series Turntables HiFi News
  • [ January 27, 2023 ] #NewMusicFriday: January 27, 2023 #NewMusicFriday
  • [ January 27, 2023 ] Album of the Week: Kali Malone | Does Spring Hide Its Joy Album of the Week
  • [ January 26, 2023 ] Review: Auralic ARIES G1.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter HiFi Reviews
  • [ January 25, 2023 ] In Barn for Review: totaldac d1-unity DAC In Barn for Review
  • [ January 24, 2023 ] Peacocks, Peonies, and the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC: Beauty Comes In Many Guises HiFi News
  • [ January 23, 2023 ] In Barn for Review: Perlisten S5t Tower Speakers In Barn for Review
  • [ January 20, 2023 ] #NewMusicFriday: January 20, 2023 #NewMusicFriday
  • [ January 20, 2023 ] Album of the Week: Babehoven | Light Moving Time Album of the Week
  • [ January 19, 2023 ] In Barn for Review: Fezz Audio Alfa Lupi Integrated Amplifier In Barn for Review
  • [ January 18, 2023 ] Review: Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier HiFi Reviews
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In Barn for Review

In Barn for Review: Cocktail Audio X45Pro Streamer/DAC/CD Player/Ripper/Server/Tuner/Preamp

February 6, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Korea’s Cocktail Audio has loaded up their X45Pro with just about all of the digital functionality you could ask for, added a MM phono stage, DAB+/FM Tuner, color LCD screen and volume control for good measure.

#NewMusicFriday

#NewMusicFriday: February 3, 2023

February 3, 2023 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

Album of the Week: Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History

February 3, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

We Are Sent Here By History was released in 2020 but it only recently landed in Barn. And I thank my lucky stars.

HiFi Reviews

Review: Audia Flight FLS 10 Integrated Amplifier

February 2, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

The Audia Flight FLS 10 is among the most engaging integrated amplifiers to have graced the Barn. It’s performance is in some ways remarkable while being wholly engaging in every way. Why not begin at the end for a change?

HiFi Thoughts

Diminishing Returns: HiFi’s Happy Secret

January 31, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

If a new piece of hifi gear brings more enjoyment, is it worth it? Some people think the answer depends on a number.

HiFi News

SME Announces 5 New MK2 Series Turntables

January 28, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

That’s right, a quintet.

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Kali Malone | Does Spring Hide Its Joy

January 27, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I try, I really do, to pick music that my dear friend Stephen Mejias has not covered in his weekly #NewMusicFriday column because there’s so much great new music I don’t want to make it seem otherwise. Sometimes, an exception is made.

HiFi Reviews

Review: Auralic ARIES G1.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter

January 26, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Streamer Check List: Easy setup, intuitive interface, free and user-friendly control app, native streaming support, Roon-Ready, multiple digital outputs including AES, DSP, solid build quality, color screen a plus, and most important of all—do no harm.

In Barn for Review

In Barn for Review: totaldac d1-unity DAC

January 25, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

You’d be forgiven for thinking this is another photo of the totaldac d1-tube DAC/Streamer that’s been living in the Barn since 2020. But it’s not.

HiFi News

Peacocks, Peonies, and the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC: Beauty Comes In Many Guises

January 24, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I am thrilled to welcome the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC into the Twittering Machines reference system.

In Barn for Review

In Barn for Review: Perlisten S5t Tower Speakers

January 23, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

The new Perlisten S5t Tower Speakers are the little brother of my 2021 Favorite Speaker of the Year, the Perlisten S7t.

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Babehoven | Light Moving Time

January 20, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I fell for Babehoven’s Sunk EP, released last March, and their debut LP Light Moving Time digs in even deeper.

In Barn for Review

In Barn for Review: Fezz Audio Alfa Lupi Integrated Amplifier

January 19, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

PCL86 Push Pull Class AB, 2 x 10W. I think that’s poetry.

HiFi Reviews

Review: Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier

January 18, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

When it comes to pleasure purchases, I want it all.

HiFi News

Silent Angel’s New Genesis GX Word Clock: Four Clocks in One

January 16, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

The world of pro audio is no stranger to external word clocks and hifi brands including dCS and Auralic have been offering them for years. China’s Silent Angel has just entered the Word Clock fray with its Genesis GX.

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Oren Ambarchi | Shebang

January 13, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

It’s hard not to believe that our connections to certain music are nothing more than chance encounters that occur in transitory moments, flickering like a projector with missing slides until something clicks.

HiFi Reviews

Review: Sonnet Digital Audio Pasithea DAC (Part One)

January 12, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

In Part One of my two-part Sonnet Pasithea review, I’m going to talk about how it performs as a DAC. Part Two will see it paired with the Kratos Mono Amplifiers and Hermes Streamer for a complete Sonnet system review.

HiFi News

Merason Introduces the Upgraded DAC1 Mk II D/A Converter

January 11, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Over a year in the works, Switzerland’s Merason has announced the updated and upgraded version of their DAC1 in the MK II version.

HiFi Thoughts

Tabula Rasa: A HiFi Experiment in Space (for Patrons)

January 10, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

I had to know. How would it work to have my rack between the speakers?

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Jeff Parker | Forfolks

January 6, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

My father loved jazz guitar.

HiFi Reviews

Review: The Silent Angel Munich M1T Streamer, Forester F1 Linear Power Supply, and Bonn N8 Audio Grade Network Switch

January 5, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

The Silent Angel stack, specifically the Munich M1T Streamer/Forester F1 combo, proved to offer a big slice of sonic goodness in a small package.

HiFi News

Meet the New totaldacs: d1-unity, d1-triunity, and the d1-sublime

January 3, 2023 Michael Lavorgna

Vincent Brient of France’s totaldac has been busy and he has three new DACs that share his new “unity” DAC architecture to show for it.

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord

December 30, 2022 Michael Lavorgna

Outsider British folk troubadour Richard Dawson makes music to the beat of his own drummer.

HiFi Thoughts

Interstitial Delights: Thoughts for the New Year

December 28, 2022 Michael Lavorgna

What better way to spend the time between December 25th and January 1st than listening to one’s own hifi?

Album of the Week

Album of the Week: Rat Heart Ensemble | A Blues

December 23, 2022 Michael Lavorgna

A Blues is Boomkat‘s Album of the Year. Why?

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