Two-fer. In this episode of the Darko.Audio podcast, 6moons’ Srajan Ebaen and I dig – for a second time – into the Zu DWX Supreme in order to give listeners two opinions for the price of one. Srajan had a pair of the DWX Supreme for around 5 weeks before […]
In this episode of the Darko.Audio podcast, I chat once again with Alessandro Cortini. You might know of Cortini as the bassist, guitarist and synth player for Nine Inch Nails. Alternatively, you might know him as an electronic musician whose work leans toward the avant-garde. (I’m more of a fan […]
Unboxings — they’re all ‘show’ and no ‘tell’. Or as some of Schiit co-founder Jason Stoddard’s new Texan neighbours might say, they’re all hat and no cattle. Last Friday, I caught up with Stoddard (who was back in California) to discuss Urd, Schiit’s new CD transport that’s far more than […]
This podcast episode comes after last week’s editorial on The Madness of Dolby Atmos for Music but was recorded before it. You could say that my mic-d-up conversation with Michael Lavorgna about Benn Jordan’s video Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™ was the catalyst for that post. Also in this […]
David Morley is an electronic musician known for his innovative compositions that blend ambient, techno, and experimental elements. Emerging in the early 1990s on Belgium’s R&S Records and its ambient-leaning sub-label Apollo, he has crafted a distinct sound characterized by synthesized melodies, pulsating rhythms, and ethereal atmospheres that transports listeners […]
Becoming more clichΓ©d than hi-fi show music itself is complaining about hi-fi show music. Guilty as charged. Never one to play the hi-fi show music game is Cambridge Audio whose presence at Munich High-End 2023 was, once again, a whoosh of fresh air. When I bowled up to their ‘booth’ […]
TrueResponse — the name given by Sennheiser to the in-house developed and manufactured 7mm IEM driver found in its Momentum True Wireless 3 and four audiophile-aimed wired IEMs: the flagship IE 900, the IE 600, the IE 300 and the IE 200. To understand why they don’t sound alike, we’d […]
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 […]
As we chatted ‘off air’ after his first Darko.Audio podcast appearance in October, IAG’s Director of Acoustic Design Peter Comeau said he’d love to come back to the podcast one day to explain why bigger loudspeakers are better than smaller loudspeakers. How could I say no to a topic with […]
In this episode of the Darko.Audio podcast, Michael Lavorgna and I discuss a recent poll that reveals how 32% of the Darko YouTube audience would think twice about buying a hi-fi product that’s “Made in China”. We also dig into a question that, like a cockroach, refuses to die (and […]
A file server allows us to store music – or access it from the cloud – so that we may select songs for playback via a user interface. A portable audio player with a microSD card slot, the Google Play Store and a touchscreen can do that too. A streamer […]
IFA, Berlin. 2016. Sony is launching the first generation of its (now-popular) 1000X series of Bluetooth headphones. At Sony’s ‘technical’ press conference is one Jez Ford, editor of Australia’s Sound + Image magazine. He asks Team Sony: why is the hi-res audio logo on the packaging of the MDR-1000X when […]
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