HiFi News
Industry Consolidation: Barco to Acquire VerVent (Focal/Naim)
Numbers can be hard to come by when it comes to our world of hifi.
Articles by Michael Lavorgna
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Marathon by Maria BC
Sometimes I like my beauty fractured.
Digital Reviews
Review: Imersiv D-1 DAC
There’s been a steady buzz surrounding the D-1 DAC from Imersiv coming from a number of sources all of whom are serious about digital and DACs. Based on what I’ve been hearing in Barn, that buzz is very well deserved.
Music News
Roon Adds Nugs = over 30,000 Live Shows
The entire nugs library of live shows, totaling in the tens of thousands and offered in lossless quality, is now available from within Roon.
HiFi News
Unison Research Launches the UNICO PRE V2 and UNICO DM V2 Pre/Power Combo
Italy’s Unison Research raises the bar for their Unico line with the new UNICO PRE V2 hybrid preamplifier and UNICO DM V2 dual mono power amplifier.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Songs From Isolation by A.A. Williams
Started as a video series during lockdown, A.A. Williams covers Radiohead, Gordon Lightfoot, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, the Deftones, The Cure, and more.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Fyne Audio S-Trax Supertweeters
How about a supertweeter shootout?
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Fyne Audio SuperTrax Supertweeters
I remember when supertweeters were controversial.
HiFi News
Technics Introduces the SL-1500SC With Delta/Sigma Drive
If you’ve been waiting for Technics ΔΣ drive to trickle down to the SL-1500C, your wait is over.
HiFi News
totaldac Announces the Aptly-Named Balloon Spherical Point Source Speakers
Of all the world’s shapes, the sphere may be the most…Earthy.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Perlisten S7t Black Edition Loudspeakers
Black is much more than a color.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: La Vida De Alguien Más by Diles que no me maten
I may make a habit of following Guatemalan cellist and vocalist Mabe Fratti everywhere she records.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Gauder Akustik Elargo 200 Loudspeakers
Sometimes in hifi, you just know.
HiFi News
ATC Launches the Active 3-Way EL50 Anniversary Loudspeaker
Just add source.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Musical Fidelity M8xi Super Integrated Amplifier
When only Kilowatts will do: Power Output (20Hz – 20kHz): 550 Watts per channel into 8 Ohms (870W into 4 Ohms); Peak 1.6kW into 2 Ohms.