Michael Lavorgna, Author at Twittering Machines

Computer Audio (CA) Basics: An Introduction

July 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Getting music out of a computer is easy—just hit “Play”. If you want the music coming out of your computer to sound more like music and less like chipmunks trapped in a shoe box, you’ve come to the right place. There are three basic ways […]

TM Select: Get Better Sound From Your Phone To Your ‘Phones

July 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

If you want to listen to digital music, either streaming or files, using your phone, you need a DAC. Luckily, your phone already has one inside. While you can use your phone as a music player, most everyone does, you can make your music sound […]

Album of the Week: Tropical Fuck Storm

July 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

What the hell is going on in Australia?

Roon Does Chromecast!

July 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

When I read this news, released on July 6, I said “wow” out loud. Wow because Google’s Chromecast devices have infiltrated more homes than carpenter ants (that may be an exaggeration).

Beauti-fi: Dieter Rams

July 6, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Wright Auctions is auctioning off the JF Chen Collection of Dieter Rams & Co. on July 12, 2018. There are over 130 works available and prices start at $50.00 (it costs nothing to look and enjoy).

What’s a Road Tour?

July 4, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

(a pair of Don Garber of Fi’s listening chairs) I penned my first Road Tour for 6moons back in 2005. Here’s the opening paragraph from that first Tour where I explain my reasoning for hitting the road:

Album of the Week: Grouper

June 29, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

If there’s one thing you should know about Liz Harris, aka Grouper, it’s this—buy every record.

Classic Albums: Solo Drumming by Fritz Hauser

June 22, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Recorded live at the Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin) on the nights of April 4-7, 1985.

Classic Albums: Analysis Of The Musical Cryptograms / The Heavenly Ladder by Adolf Wölfli

May 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

The granddaddy of outsider art, Adolf Wölfli (1864 – 1930), lived out his adult life inside Waldau Clinic in Bern after a series of failed child molestation attempts (Wölfli was abused as a child, orphaned at age 10, and suffered from psychosis and hallucinations). He […]

Articles by Michael Lavorgna

Computer Audio (CA) Basics: An Introduction

TM Select: Get Better Sound From Your Phone To Your ‘Phones

Album of the Week: Tropical Fuck Storm

Roon Does Chromecast!

Beauti-fi: Dieter Rams

What’s a Road Tour?

Album of the Week: Grouper

Classic Albums: Solo Drumming by Fritz Hauser

Classic Albums: Analysis Of The Musical Cryptograms / The Heavenly Ladder by Adolf Wölfli

Classic Albums: Expériences Musicales by Jean Dubuffet

Serious Eye Candy: Duchamp’s Rotoreliefs

Hollywood Hospital’s Acid Room: LSD, Dali, and Bach

Road Tour: Fi

Recommended Reading: The Recording Angel

Playing It Over and Over, by Herbert Reichert

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