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Ensemble Solo B-50 “Tiger” Hybrid Integrated Amplifier: Silk and Style

January 5, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
Do integrated amplifiers ever go out of style?
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Audio Note DAC 4 Signature: A Heavyweight Champ

November 12, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
Compared to the recently reviewed CAL Alpha DAC, the Audio Note DAC 4 Signature is a spring chicken.
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The CAL Labs Alpha: A Tube DAC For The Ages?

November 5, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
Have you ever wondered — What does a 25-year-old DAC sound like? Well, I’m here to tell ‘ya.
Amplifier Reviews

A Few (more) Weeks With Junior: Wavelength Audio Junior EL84 Integrated Amplifier

October 28, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
A few (more) weeks with Junior.
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In Barn For Flashback-Fi: Audio Note DAC 4 Signature

October 27, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
The Audio Note DAC 4 Signature, c.2002, is a non-oversampling, digital filterless DAC using premium parts, more silver than a Liberace concert, a tube rectified choke filtered power supply, and a pair of E182CC / 7119 dual triodes in the Class A output stage. It […]
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In Barn for Flashback-Fi: Ensemble Solo B-50 “Tiger” Hybrid Integrated Amplifier

October 19, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
The Ensemble Solo B-50 Tiger Hybrid Integrated Amplifier comes to us from 1991, care of John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity.
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In Barn for Flashback-Fi: California Audio Labs Alpha Tube Analog Processor (DAC)

October 18, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
Vintage digital! The California Audio Labs Alpha DAC was the third digital device I owned from CAL, preceded by the Icon and Tercet MKIII CD players. So this Flaskback-Fi hits home.
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In Barn for Flashback-Fi: Wavelength Audio Junior Integrated Amplifier

October 5, 2020 Michael Lavorgna
I can think of no better way to kick off our new Flashback-Fi feature than the Wavelength Audio Junior Integrated Amplifier. Let me tell you why.

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the Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR Balanced in action o the Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR Balanced in action
on the A-Side
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In Barn for Review: A Grimm Audio System—PA1 Mono In Barn for Review: A Grimm Audio System—PA1 Mono Amplifiers, PW1 Phono Preamplifier, MU2 Music Player
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checking in with my system and the lovely Auroraso checking in with my system
and the lovely Aurorasound HFSA-02
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Julia Jacklin is back! Now on 4AD with The Gem + 1 Julia Jacklin is back! Now on 4AD with The Gem + 15 more new beauties from Stephen Mejias for #NewMusicFriday: September 25, 2026
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Album of the Week: Στον Ελαιώνα / Ston Elaióna by Album of the Week: Στον Ελαιώνα / Ston Elaióna by John Also Bennett
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Review: Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Preamplifier & Review: Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Preamplifier & Grandioso S1X Power Amplifier
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MoFi Distribution Named Exclusive U.S. Distributor MoFi Distribution Named Exclusive U.S. Distributor for Italy’s Diapason Loudspeakers
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there's a lot of Audio Note (UK) inside the Audio there's a lot of Audio Note (UK)
inside the Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR Balanced
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In Barn for Review: Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR Bala In Barn for Review: Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR Balanced
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Sidelong view of the Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo P Sidelong view
of the Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Preamplifier on the A-Side
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy leads the way with Ghosts of Bonnie "Prince" Billy leads the way with Ghosts of American Psychonauts along with Stephen Mejias for #NewMusicFriday: September 18, 2026
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