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High End Munich 2019: A Tradition In Listening with DeVore Fidelity

May 14, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

I have owned, used, lived with, and loved speakers from DeVore Fidelity for decades. These days, my gibbon X fill the Barn with sweet, sweet music damn-near every day and listening to them now, after being away for what feels like a while, is like […]

High End Munich 2019: “Nice Phono Stage” or The Ugly Truth About Reporting On Sound At Shows

May 14, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Many moons ago, I walked into a NYC hifi shop with a person/reviewer I had just met. We were there to hear the just-arrived-from-Germany Auditorium 23 loudspeakers.

High End Munich 2019: A Tradition In Listening with Silbatone

May 14, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

It’s difficult, at least for me, to make appointments during show hours because time at the massively massive and heavily crowded High End Show is dear and I prefer to wander where my interests take me.

High End Munich 2019: Odeon Audio or Why HiFi Is About Much More Than HiFi (a story)

May 14, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

My father and I had our differences, who doesn’t with theirs?, but our meeting place, the thing that always brought us together, was hifi and music.

#NewMusicFriday: March 10, 2019

May 10, 2019 Stephen Mejias

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

High End Munich 2019: The Return of the Garrard 301

May 10, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Back in may of 2018, British hifi company SME purchased the Garrard Audio brand. This strikes me being totally. . .cool.

A Bio-Dynamic Adventure: AudioQuest NightOwl, Fostex TH610, ZMF Eikon

May 8, 2019 Darren Henley

Two channel systems with loudspeakers, or “stereos” as my childhood friends and I called them, and headphones have always run together, side by side—my earliest memories of listening to playback include both. I recall sitting on one end of our couch in the living room […]

Portraits in HiFi: J.C. Morrison

May 8, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

J.C. Morrison, Silbatone Acoustics.

Review: Sonore Signature Rendu SE systemOptique

May 6, 2019 Steve Plaskin

Sonore has not rested on their laurels given the announcement of their latest products based around the new systemOptique. Sonore has described systemOptique as “a fiber optic Ethernet interconnection scheme that utilizes a new series of Sonore products with optical transceiver capabilities.” John Swensen has […]

Home Is Where The Heart Is: Or, Reviewers Are People Too

May 4, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Have you ever read any hifi forums or the comments section on a hifi review site? I have and let me tell you, it ain’t always pretty.

#NewMusicFriday: March 3, 2019

May 3, 2019 Stephen Mejias

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

Album of the Week: Otoboke Beaver

May 3, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Otoboke Beaver describe themselves as: “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band.” ‘Nuff said. Sniff!

Review: Dynaudio Focus 30 XD

May 2, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

“I hope they sound as good as they look” I heard myself thinking as I unboxed the Dynaudio Focus 30 XD. Their sleek, high sheen, high contrast grey oak high gloss finish gave them an air of 2001 monolith-otherness while standing inside the Barn. By […]

High End Munich 2019, Here We Come!

April 30, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

My Axpona laundry is nearly done, most of the Schaumburg has worn off the souls of my shoes, and my bag is unpacked and ready to be re-packed for the big trip over an ocean and a sea.

“Hello Sunshine” Bruce is Back

April 29, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

I have a confession to make.

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