#NewMusicFriday: April 19, 2024
Twittering Machines
by Stephen Mejias
3h ago
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen. Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Taylor Swift) Final Summer by Cloud ..read more
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Album of the Week: Julia Holter | Something in the Room She Moves
Twittering Machines
by Michael Lavorgna
3h ago
On Something in the Room She Moves, Julia Holter’s latest released on Domino last month, she makes a subtle shift slipping into the beguiling. From the liner notes: “There’s a corporeal focus, inspired by the complexity and transformability of our bodies,” Holter says. Her production ..read more
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Axpona 2024: Closing Thoughts
Twittering Machines
by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
3 days, 200 listening rooms, 9,000+ attendees, 600+ high-end audio brands, 445 photos. Axpona is America’s Biggest Show and according to my rough calculation it felt more crowded this year than any other. Friday and Saturday saw the tower floor hallways nearly too crowded to ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: DeVore Fidelity
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
DeVore Fidelity O/bronze + Komuro K300S Stereo Amplifier + spinning 78s = hifi heaven. I first ‘met’ Devore Fidelity‘s John DeVore when I called the shop to ask if a 300B-based amp could drive the gibbon Super 8s. Yes, I was once a nervous nellie-phile ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Grimm Audio | Zellaton
Twittering Machines
by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
I bet you saw this one coming from a mile away. The Grimm MU2 is “the best digital music reproduction I’ve heard by an obvious and distinct margin.” That’s what I said in my review and based on the reaction of two older, older than ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Tone Imports
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
I first met Tone Imports proprietor Jonathan Halpern long before I started writing about hifi while he was working at NYC dealer In Living Stereo and just beginning to import the exquisite gear from Japan’s Shindo Laboratory. I ended up owning and loving a Shindo ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Innuos | Rockport Technologies | Soulution
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
One of my favorite systems I had the pleasure of living with and reviewing, ever, was comprised of a pair of Rockport Atria II loudspeakers powered by a Soulution 330 integrated amplifier. Here’s part of what I had to say: From a pure performance perspective ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Well Pleased AV | QLN | Vinnie Rossi…
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
I first met and reviewed a product from Vinnie Rossi in 2005 and while I like to think we’ve  both come a long way, Vinnie has more demonstrable proof in his line of BRAMA gear. I have white hair, an expanding waistline, and a Barn ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: VAC | Acora Acoustics
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
Think BIG. Canada’s Acora Acoustics teamed up with Sarasota, FL based Valve Amplification Company (VAC) for Axpona 2024 in the larger-than-the-Barn Euphoria (ball) Room. Those are a pair of the Acora VRC-1 Loudspeakers pushed to room-filling heights by a pair of VAC Master 300 iQ ..read more
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Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Fidelity Imports | Diptyque Audio | Audia Flight
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by Michael Lavorgna
15h ago
Vive la différence! I’ve been under the spell of France’s Diptyque Audio and their panel speakers before I heard them. Yes, before I heard them and it only got more spellbinding once I had a listen. Entrancing is the word that’s stuck in my mind ..read more
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