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Podcast #44 – Room Acoustics + dCS, Schiit, Wharfedale & Campfire

  • 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

    Written by John Darko

    John currently lives in Berlin where he creates videos and podcasts for Darko.Audio. He has previously contributed to 6moons, TONEAudio, AudioStream and Stereophile.

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