Amplifier Reviews
Review: A Cambridge Audio EX Stack | EXN100 Network Player & EXA100 Stereo Integrated Amplifier
I admit that I checked the price of the Cambridge EX stack numerous times throughout the review period.
Articles by Michael Lavorgna
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Gershman Acoustics to Launch the 30th Anniversary Black Swan Speakers
Gershman Acoustics’ 30th Anniversary Black Swan Speakers will see their official launch at CAF 2024.
Capital Audiofest 2024
HiFi News
Goldmund Reveals the Limited Edition $1.77M/pair Apologue Pinel et Pinel x Kongo Active Speakers
First a little history. I remember when graffiti art was all the rage. I was living in NYC in the mid-1980s, just a few years after street art turned into gallery art.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Voxativ to Debut the New 6′ Tall Alberich Array Loudspeakers
Berlin’s Voxativ always gets great show sound in my experience, an accomplishment that is not, I repeat not, a given.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: GTT Audio to Present the US Debut of the Master Fidelity NADAC C&D True 1 Bit Digital System
Where “C” = Clock and “D”=DAC.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Now Listen Here to Debut New Gear from EMM Labs, Innuos, and Vandersteen
Dealer Now Listen Here has two locations—Harrisburg, PA and Falls Church, VA—and they’ll be showing a bevy of new gear at CAF 2024 in two rooms.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Playback Distribution to Debut 7 New Products in 3 Rooms
With the Capital Audiofest just days away—November 8-10—the itch for the new gets itchier.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: November 1, 2024
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: Annelies Monseré | I sigh, I resign
Belgian artist and musician Annelies Monseré presents a series of home recorded meditations.
HiFi News
TEAC Teases the New HA-507 Reference 500 Series Pure Analog Headphone Amp/Preamp
TEAC was created in 1953 by a merger between the Tokyo Television Acoustic Company and the Tokyo Electro-Acoustic Company.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Eversolo’s Flagship DMP-A10 Streaming DAC to Make US Debut
Forté Distribution, the exclusive US distributor for Eversolo, will be bringing that company’s new flagship DMP-A10 Streaming DAC/DDC/Preamp to CAF for its US debut.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Gestalt Audio Design to Debut the Cinnamon Audio Galle DAC & Galle Network Transport (and more)
I’ve seen photos of the sand cast aluminum and bronze clad Galle DAC from Portugal’s Cinnamon Audio that certainly grabbed my (aesthetic) attention.
Capital Audiofest 2024
CAF 2024: Well Pleased AV to Debut the New QLN One v7 Loudspeakers and Qualiton 300B Integrated Amplifier
If you read my recent review of the QLN Reference 9 loudspeakers or their Prestige 5 (review), you know I enjoyed both. A lot.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Contour Legacy Limited Edition Loudspeakers
The review pair of the Contour Legacy Limited Edition speakers arrived with plenty of play time already on ‘em and they were out their flight cases and playing music on the Barn’s A-Side moments later.