HiFi News
Wilson Audio Updates the Sasha to V Status
I gained newfound appreciation for what goes into a Wilson speaker after watching Darko’s “American Made: WILSON AUDIO TuneTot” video, shot and edited by none other than Jana Dagdagan.
Articles by Michael Lavorgna
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Kara Jackson | Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?
Words, especially those from a National Youth Poet Laureate, put to music can be a powerful thing.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Unison Research Simply 845 Integrated Amplifier
I don’t know anyone who looks at glowing vacuum tubes and thinks—Damn! That’s ugly! My best guest is light, and heat, still touch most humans in places that are connected to survival.
HiFi News
(Great) Audio Research News!
This just in: “The acquisition of Audio Research finally took place late yesterday afternoon and we are delighted.” So am I!
HiFi News
Hegel Readies the New Viking CD Player
Is the CD Revival in full swing? Oslo, Norway’s Hegel Music Systems suggests spinning silver discs is still a thing with the pending release of their Viking CD Player.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier
This brand spankin’ new Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier uses two pair of EL84s in push-pull configuration for 14 Watts of output power.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier
You can think of the Thrax Enyo Signature as a Roon Ready streaming discrete DAC, MM and MC phono stage, passive tube preamp, and a pair of 50 Watt per channel fully differential DC-coupled single-ended triode-based mono amps all wrapped up in a single black […]
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers
94dB sensitivity, 6 Ohm nominal impedance, 35Hz–22.5kHz frequency response. Did someone say tubes?
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Mandy, Indiana | i’ve seen a way
I’ve been on a bit of noise tear of late and Mandy, Indiana, a four-piece experimental noise band based in Manchester, has been filling that longing nicely and noisily.
HiFi Reviews
Review: DeVore Fidelity O/96 Loudspeakers
There’s a funny trend in the world of hifi reviews that seems to think being dispassionate is a sign of objectivity and that the less experience we have actually listening to a piece of gear the more value our opinions hold.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Octave Audio V 16 Single Ended Integrated/Headphone Amplifier
I’ve been told, by someone in the know, that the Octave Audio V 16 Single Ended Integrated Amplifier makes a great mate for the Barn resident DeVore Fidelity O/96. Always up for a dating game when it comes to hifi, a review sample has landed […]
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Lana Del Rabies | STREGA BEATA
I normally shy away from band’s that rely on a one liner pun for a name because it always strikes me as being rather trite. But listening through Lana Del Rabies’s Strega Beata set me straight.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Technics SL-G700M2 Network/SACD Player
The Technics SL-G700M2 plays all manner of discs including CDs, SACDs, and even MQA CDs in addition to offering network and USB inputs for playing or streaming your favorite music files. And being a Player means it handles D to A conversion to boot.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Contour 60i Floorstanding Loudspeakers
One of the things about big(ger) speakers is they tend to sound, big(ger).
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Vivid Audio Kaya K45 Loudspeakers
Anything but a box.