Twittering Machines

In Barn: Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifier & L2 Signature Monoblocks

November 15, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifier (starts at $14,995), L2 Signature Monoblocks ($14,995). The review unit L2 Signature Preamplier includes the optional DAC (+$3,495) and Phonostage (+$3,495).

Review: HoloAudio Azure Headphone Amplifier

November 13, 2018 Darren Henley

What kind of idea are you? The Analyst? Are you the detail hound looking to plumb the depths of your favorite recordings? Or maybe the Sensualist? You’re looking for a dynamic, captivating and more physical listening experience? While no one is any one thing and […]

NY Audio Show 2018: The Wrap

November 13, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

There are things I like about the NY Audio Show and there are things I do not like about the NY Audio Show. Let’s start with the bad.

NY Audio Show 2018: The Rooms (Part 2)

November 13, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

I’m presenting my NY Audio Show coverage in the order I moved around the show—namely, I started at the top, Floor 9, and worked my way down. See Part 1 for the beginning. Enjoy!

NY Audio Show 2018: The Rooms (Part 1)

November 12, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

I’m going to present my NY Audio Show coverage in the order I moved around the show—namely, I started at the top, Floor 9, and worked my way down. Enjoy!

Letters to the Editor: Welcome Back…

November 12, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

The word is getting out about Twittering Machines in part thanks to my friends John Darko, Darko.Audio, and Scot Hull, Part-Time Audiophile, who have generously mentioned / linked to TM on their sites. Thanks fellas. Another important piece of the word-spreading puzzle in hifi-land is […]

Portraits in HiFi: Steve Guttenberg

November 11, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Steve Guttenberg, the Audiophiliac.

#NewMusicFriday: November 9, 2018

November 9, 2018 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: Artaud / Chalosse

November 9, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Antonin Artaud is someone we should all get to know. Unfortunately he’s been dead since 1948. Fortunately his works in literature, theater and art are timeless and his influence continues to be influential.

The New York Audio Show 2018 Opens Tomorrow

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

No, really. Tomorrow. I joked while at the Capital Audiofest just the other day that I was going to buy a tour bus to live on and go from show to show and I had some interest. I’m sure more shows are good for. . .someone?

CAF 2018: The Wrap

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

What a great show. What a great show the Capital Audiofest is. Lots of friendly happy people, a panoply of hifi, and real good music being enjoyed by many. What more can you ask for?

Portraits in HiFi: Jonathan Derda

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Jonathan Derda, Mo-Fi.

CAF 2018: Tenacious Sound

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

Retailer Tenacious Sound also had a number of rooms at RMAF 2018 and I’m going to agree with my friend Art Dudley, again, in picking this room as my favorite of the Tenacious bunch. Here’s Art—”It was sonically wide-open—the system would not have wanted an […]

CAF 2018: Doshi and DeVore and the Tale of the Tape

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

DC-area dealer Command Performance A/V had a number of rooms at CAF 2018 and my favorite was the one with Doshi and DeVore in it.

CAF 2018: Mostly Sights 2

November 8, 2018 Michael Lavorgna

When you walk around a hifi show, especially the Capital Audiofest, you can’t help but be struck by difference. There are more means toward our ends than anyone has the time to get to know well. Ideally we find things we like living with and […]