HiFi News
Octave Audio Releases Two New Mono Amplifiers Into the Wild: the Jubilee Mono Ultimate and the MRE 220 SE
To say I liked the Octave V 16 Single Ended Integrated Amplifier is like saying Popeye liked spinach.
Articles by Michael Lavorgna
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: Favorites of 2023
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: Jessica Bailiff | Jessica Bailiff
I reached all the way back to Jessica Bailiff’s self-titled album from 2002 to share this week’s pick because I was looking for something sweet without being saccharine.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier
Tung-Sol introduced the world to the 6550 beam tetrode vacuum tube in 1954, with early production coming out of their Bloomfield, NJ plant. I grew up about 8 miles away and that plant, the Electron Tube Division, remained in operation until I was a teen. […]
HiFi
Twittering Machines: A Year (of Reviews) in Pictures
Taking photos of the gear that’s here for review, in Barn, ranks among my favorite things. Getting a good likeness is an important piece of information and, ideally, a feast for the eyes.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: New Age Doom | There Is No End
New Age Doom. New age, doom.
Digital Reviews
Review: Ideon EOS DAC
How much do we really know about a DAC we’ve never heard? The answer depends on who you ask.
Music News
Qobuz Sessions at SXSW: Live Music from Yazmin Lacey, Daniel Villarreal, and Shana Cleveland!
With all of the harping, or has it been carping, I’ve done about music choices in hifi, I am particularly pleased to share news of three inaugural EPs from Qobuz’s Sessions at SXSW featuring music from Yazmin Lacey, Daniel Villarreal, and Shana Cleveland!
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Vivid Audio GIYA G3 Series 2
There’s no mistaking a Vivid Audio speaker. Even, I would suggest, with one’s eyes closed and ears open.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Merason DAC1 Mk II
I’ve been waiting, patiently, to get some Barn time with a Merason DAC, having enjoyed some of the systems containing one at a number of hifi shows, so color me pleased to be sitting in front of a new Merason DAC1 Mk II.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Titanic | Vidrio
Titanic, the band, is Mabe Fratti (cello and vocals), Jarrett Gilgore (saxophone), Gibran Andrade (drums) and together they perform compositions by i.la Católica who also plays piano and guitar on Vidrio.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: GoldenEar T66 Tower Speakers
The T66 is the first speaker in GoldenEar’s new T Series that offer refinements over GoldenEar’s much loved Triton Series of loudspeakers.
TM Favorite Gear of 2023
Twittering Machines Favorite Gear of 2023
If my writing is any good at communicating, you already know a few of my favorite products from 2023. After all, conveying enthusiasm for the things that turn our attention to the beauty and power of music is the first item on my job description […]
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Viva Solista Integrated Amplifier
The Vivia Solista is a single-ended Class A integrated amplifier that relies on 845 triodes to produce its 22 Watts of output power.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Wattson Emerson ANALOG Streaming DAC
When it comes to digital music replay, sometimes small and simple is just the thing. Especially if you add in lovely listenability.