John Darko
It’s been a full month since our last podcast episode with Twittering Machines’ Michael Lavorgna. And what a month it has been: I moved to Portugal for what remains of the German winter, discovered that my new home’s lounge room had an horrific reverb problem, demonstrated with measurements how neither a rug + sofa nor room correction software could possibly fix it and called in Vicoustic to install physical treatments. The links to those stories are available below — and you can hear the difference between my untreated office and the now-treated lounge room at the very beginning of this episode.
Clocking in at over two hours, this is a very long podcast in which Lavorgna and I discuss my recent room acoustics investigations, the commencement of his journey through numerous outboard phono pre-amps as well as a whole slew of interesting news announcements. As always, we round out the podcast with a pair of album recommendations.
Listen via SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn or the embedded player below:
👉🏻As mentioned in this episode…
Schiit Rekkr & Gjallarhorn
https://darko.audio/2023/02/schiit-introduces-two-super-affordable-power-amplifiers/
dCS Bartók Apex
http://dcsaudio.com/edit/the_next_generation_bartok_apex
Wharfedale Dovedale
https://darko.audio/2023/02/wharfedale-reinvents-the-dovedale-for-the-21st-century/
Copland CTA407
https://darko.audio/2023/02/copland-introduces-cta407-flagship-amplifier/
Campfire IEMs: Solaris Stellar Horizon and Andromeda Emerald Sea
https://darko.audio/2023/02/campfire-audio-updates-solaris-andromeda-iems/
A new city, a new home and a new listening room
https://darko.audio/2023/02/a-new-city-a-new-home-and-a-new-listening-room/
Can a rug improve the ‘sound’ of a listening room?
https://darko.audio/2023/02/can-a-rug-improve-the-sound-of-a-listening-room/
You are not alone (with your room reverb)
https://darko.audio/2023/02/you-are-not-alone-with-your-room-reverb/
The jaw-dropping results of a Vicoustic installation
https://darko.audio/2023/02/the-jaw-dropping-results-of-a-vicoustic-installation/
Vicoustic
http://vicoustic.com/all-products
Schiit Mani 2 review
http://twitteringmachines.com/review-schiit-mani-2-mm-mc-phono-preamp/
MoFi StudioPhono review
http://twitteringmachines.com/review-mofi-studiophono-phono-stage/
IDMEMO – A Future Of Nostalgia Vol. 1 and 2 (2020/21)
http://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/idmemo-a-future-of-nostalgia-vol-1
http://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/idmemo-a-future-of-nostalgia-vol-2
BIG|BRAVE – nature morte (2023)
http://bigbravesl.bandcamp.com/album/nature-morte
