In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: NAD M10 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier
Step 1: Connect the M10 V2 to your network. Step 2: attached speakers. Step 3. Play music.
HiFi
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Mytek Liberty DAC II
Back when AudioStream was launched with me at the helm as Editor in 2011 to coincide with RMAF, DSD was all the rage. Brooklyn’s Mytek Digital introduced their Stereo192-DSD DAC, which came in a few thousand dollars less than the nearest competitor.
Road Tours
Road Tour: High Water Sound
I worked on Water St. in the early ‘80s and spent about 18 years in and around Wall St. serving clients. If you travel East down Water St. toward the Brooklyn Bridge, it’s as if you are traveling back in time from a place where […]
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Qln Prestige Five Loudspeakers
The Qln Prestige Five is a 2.5 way floorstanding speaker, employing a proprietary mid-woofer, dedicated woofer, and 2mm soft dome tweeter in a cabinet that has a noticeable rear leaning rake, designed to align the output of the drivers in the time domain when music […]
Digital Reviews
HiFi News
The Florida Audio Expo Is On
The Florida Audio Expo is set to roll this weekend, from Friday to Sunday at the Embassy Suites Westshore in sunny Tampa, Florida. Pack some sunscreen.
HiFi News
Marantz’s New Model 40n: Where “n” = Network
The new Marantz Model 40n Network Integrated Amplifier is another option in the world of the all-in-one. Just add speakers.
Digital Reviews
Review: Ideon Audio Ayazi mk2 DAC & 3R Master Time Black Star
You might think that after spending nine years or so reviewing DACs, there’d be no real surprises left.
HiFi News
Technics SL-1500C Turntable Review on Darko.Audio
The first review in my exploration of three plug & play turntables is up on Darko.Audio.
HiFi News
The New Chord Mojo 2: More Mojo
Kent, England-based Chord Electronics has finally gone and done it — the Mojo 2 improves on the original, a TM Favorite DAC since its launch in 2015.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Audio Hungary Qualiton X200 Integrated Amplifier
Back in my early Bennington College days, a local bar just across the Vermont border in NY State decided to make Thursdays dance night. They were clearly trying to attract a Bennington crowd and it worked.
HiFi News
A List of Audiophile Network Switches
Does anyone need an audiophile network switch?
HiFi News
Darko.Audio Podcast #31: DACs! DACs! DACs!
By my count, this the ninth Podcast I’ve done with Darko.Audio wherein we talk about DACs (DACs! DACs!)!
HiFi Thoughts
The Sony PlayStation As CD Player: An Epitaph
The original Sony PlayStation was a fun CD player, back when you could pick one up for less than $20.
HiFi News
DeVore Interviews Lavorgna Part 3 of 3: A Journey Through HiFi Reviewing
The final installment is in and up. In part 3 of our conversation, John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity asks about my history in HiFi reviewing. And I answer in some detail.