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

  • Spicy topic warning ahead 🌶️ 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:

    👉🏻 As mentioned in this episode…

    Q Acoustics 5000 Series
    📖 https://www.qacoustics.co.uk/shop/5000series.html

    MoFi SourcePoint 8
    📖 https://darko.audio/2023/04/mofi-readies-andrew-jones-designed-sourcepoint-8/

    iFi GO pod
    📖 https://ifi-audio.com/products/go-pod/

    Rotel Michi Series 2
    📖 https://www.rotel.com/michi

    Focal Theva
    📖 https://www.focal.com/en/home-audio/high-fidelity-speakers#theva

    Weiss DAC204
    📖 https://weiss.ch/products/highend-hifi/dac204/

    Innuos Pulsar
    📖 https://darko.audio/2023/04/innuos-announces-pulsar-a-flagship-network-streamer/

    Prima Luna EVO 100 phono
    📖 https://www.primaluna.nl/tube/primaluna-evo-100-tube-phono-preamplifier/

    Unison Research Simply 845
    📖 https://unisonresearch.com/en/

    Tidal forks MQA
    📖 https://darko.audio/2021/04/tidal-forks-mqa/

    Written by John

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

    Darko.Audio is a member of EISA.

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