Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Little Wide Open by Kevin Morby
Sometimes easy does it.
Articles by Michael Lavorgna
Digital Reviews
Review: Imersiv UTB Universal Transformer Interface
The Imersiv UTB Universal Transformer Interface is an add-on device meant to accompany the company’s wonderful D-1 DAC for people who want to connect it to their hifi via unbalanced RCA interconnects. People like me.
HiFi News
The Grimm Audio MU1 & MU2 Are Now JPLAY Certified
Choice is good.
HiFi News
Dynaudio to Shut Down North American Operations
In a shocking development, Dynaudio has announced their decision to “cease operations of its commercial activities in North America and permanently shut down its U.S. subsidiary in the fall of 2026.”
HiFi News
HiFi News: AXISS Audio Files Federal Lawsuit
What with the daily news being what it is these days I generally avoid the negative when it comes to hifi.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Spatial, No Problem. by Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse on Mars
As far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing as too much Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Aurorasound HFSA-02 Integrated Tube Amplifier
These days I get most excited about exceptional performance which is exactly what I heard when I sat down and listened to the Aurorasound HFSA-02.
HiFi Thoughts
How Big Is the High-End Hifi Market?
I bet we’ve all seen people guessing this number along with forecasts of doom and gloom for the industry at large. Are they right?
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Almost Waking by Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti
It began with admiration.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Confidence 60 Loudspeakers
Imagine a big speaker that doesn’t behave like a big speaker.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Peak Consult Sinfonia Loudspeakers
Denmark’s Peak Consult is owned by Lennart Asbjørn and Wilfried Ehrenholz who was an owner and co-founder of Dynaudio.
Classic Albums
Classic Albums: World Gone Wrong by Bob Dylan
Dylan’s 29th studio album, World Gone Wrong was released in 1993 and finds Bob in his home/garage studio with an acoustic guitar and harmonica covering a collection of classic American folk/blues songs and as David Bowie said:
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Abizzmo by ANSIEDAD1000
Animal Collective’s Panda Bear is my favorite solo Animal but both the band and the Bear remind me of, among other things, the Beach Boys. Mexico’s Tony Gallardo’s Abizzmo, his first album as ANSIEDAD1000, reminds me of all three albeit farther out.
Analog Reviews
In Barn for Good: Aurorasound AFE-12 MC Step Up Transformer
Sometimes I mix business with pleasure.
HiFi News
Weiss Engineering Releases the New Improved DAC204-MK2
The original Weiss DAC204 was praised by many including me: