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Podcast #46 – AXPONA 2023 review + MQA goes into administration

  • Spicy topic warning ahead ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ This podcast episode with Twittering Machines’ Michael Lavorgna takes in his recent trip to Chicago for AXPONA 2023 plus many of the products announced on the back of the show. We also try to bring some clarity to what is currently happening with MQA the company and MQA the music ‘format’.

    Listen via SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn or the embedded player below:

    ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป As mentioned in this episode…

    Q Acoustics 5000 Series
    ๐Ÿ“– http://www.qacoustics.co.uk/shop/5000series.html

    MoFi SourcePoint 8
    ๐Ÿ“– https://darko.audio/2023/04/mofi-readies-andrew-jones-designed-sourcepoint-8/

    iFi GO pod
    ๐Ÿ“– http://ifi-audio.com/products/go-pod/

    Rotel Michi Series 2
    ๐Ÿ“– http://www.rotel.com/michi

    Focal Theva
    ๐Ÿ“– http://www.focal.com/en/home-audio/high-fidelity-speakers#theva

    Weiss DAC204
    ๐Ÿ“– http://weiss.ch/products/highend-hifi/dac204/

    Innuos Pulsar
    ๐Ÿ“– https://darko.audio/2023/04/innuos-announces-pulsar-a-flagship-network-streamer/

    Prima Luna EVO 100 phono
    ๐Ÿ“– http://www.primaluna.nl/tube/primaluna-evo-100-tube-phono-preamplifier/

    Unison Research Simply 845
    ๐Ÿ“– http://unisonresearch.com/en/

    Tidal forks MQA
    ๐Ÿ“– https://darko.audio/2021/04/tidal-forks-mqa/

    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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