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- Published: 01 June 2025 01 June 2025
SoundStage! Australia’s Favourite Exhibits at High End Munich 2025
What a fabulous finale! An au revoir for the ages to the Bavarian capital at High End Munich 2025. München, du wirst uns fehlen. Excitement awaits the industry in beautiful Vienna… but that’s a story for the future. For now, we rejoice at the delights provided in spades at Munich’s last hurrah. I have to take this opportunity to mention the special part HIGH END Munich has played in this publication’s story. Back in 2017, at a meeting at the show’s vibrant Press Centre, SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider and I signed on the dotted line and committed to bringing SoundStage! Australia to life (fun fact: this year, the SoundStage! Network celebrates a whopping 30 years online). Then, just as fast as a flashing 300B, we were up and running in July of that very same year. The rest, as they say, is… you know. So, what vibed with me? What were the coolest exhibits of 2025?
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- Published: 15 May 2025 15 May 2025
High End Munich 2025
High End Munich 2025 will once again hold the largest international audio industry event at the sprawling MOC – Event Center Messe München – from Thursday, 15 May to Sunday, 18 May 2025.
Gryphon Audio To Debut New Antileon Revelation Power Amplifier
Gryphon Audio takes its original Class-A amplifier, first introduced with the DM100 and furthered with the Antileon concept, to new heights with the new Antileon Revelation power amplifier.
IsoAcoustics Launches New GAIA Neo and GAIA-TITAN Neo Isolation Footers
Debuting at High End Munich 2025, the new GAIA Neo and GAIA-TITAN Neo isolation devices promise to nullify vibrational distortions for electronics and loudspeaker systems.
International Audio Holding Introduces Sphinx & Element Series Loudspeakers
Previously a brand featuring International Audio Holding’s most advanced engineering, the re-emerging Sphinx marque introduces the new Element loudspeaker line.
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- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 May 2025 01 May 2025
Linn Klimax Solo 800 Monoblock Amplifier
Perhaps through sheer innovation, skilled engineering and a tendency to divert from mainstream market conventions, Scotland’s Linn has become one of high-end audio’s most successful brands. Linn stands out from the black box bunch with sophisticated products featuring advanced engineering, elegant industrial design, and proprietary technologies that all trumpet a “We’re doing things our way” ethos. Partly due to that distinctive spirit and through its lengthy history, the company has been fervently embraced by a loyal customer base. Yet, with Linn’s new Klimax Solo 800 monoblock amplifier, it would seem that, on the surface, the company signals its flagship amplification as a more… traditional product. Hmm… that’s not Linn. Yeah, within its elegant chassis lies a stream of innovative technologies which, once again, deviates the Klimax Solo 800 from amplifiers that, in comparison, may seem simply… conventional.
Estelon Supplements A-Series Loudspeakers
Estelon has expanded its A-Series loudspeakers, initially launched with the award-winning AURA floorstander, with a matching standmount, a centre channel, and a slimline subwoofer.
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- Published: 15 April 2025 15 April 2025
Totaldac Announces d1-CD Transport
French company Totaldac continues on its product development path with the new d1-CD, a disc transport which mates seamlessly with the company’s highly regarded digital-to-analogue converters.
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- Published: 15 April 2025 15 April 2025
Australian Hi-Fi Show 2025, Sydney
The Sydney Central Hotel has been the home, for a number of years now, to the Australian Hi-Fi Show. It’s a great location. A short hop from Central Station and a skip from Sydney’s new $20-million “concrete playground”, the haven of international cuisine now known as ‘Hay Street Market at Paddy’s’. Across the road, you’re in Chinatown, where its red gate invites the sampling of its own wonders. I have to admit that having attended Hi-Fi shows for over 30 years, this is the best location for after-hours activity (with an honourable mention going to CES’s Vegas strip). That aside, after all this time, I still get a buzz when I hit the show floors. I guess audio runs through my veins. Yes, my name is Edgar, and I’m an audio addict…
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- Published: 10 April 2025 10 April 2025
SVS Launches New 5000 R|Evolution Subwoofers
Featuring substantial enhancements and technology innovations, SVS’s new PB-5000 and SB-5000 high power subwoofers cater to both the highest quality audio and multi-channel systems.
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- Published: 01 April 2025 01 April 2025
Antipodes Audio Oladra Music Server/Streamer
Until relatively recently, configuring computer audio playback was fraught with a whole lotta issues which could, even to the higher than average aptitude individual, bring on knife-point migraines. First, you almost needed an IT doctorate to configure the various handshakes between software, drivers, hardware and both LAN and global networks. Then, there was the scarcity of music service providers and playback software options, with available solutions being laughable in terms of features, metadata provision, and functionality when compared to modern alternatives. And sound quality? Let’s not even go there. However, in the last few years, things have powered along like a snowball tearing down a K2 black piste. Now, the space is populated with numerous brands and innovative, high performance products. Not to mention the plethora of streaming and file providers. Since 2004, Antipodes Audio has been continually refining its digital player concepts. Recently, it expanded its portfolio with Oladra, a flagship component bearing the company’s full suite of design and engineering skillsets.
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- Published: 18 March 2025 18 March 2025
Audionet Debuts Mach Preamplifier and Schrödinger Monoblock Amplifier
Mirroring the industrial design and engineering from its ‘Scientist’ series, Germany's Audionet adds to its upmarket product portfolio the new Mach preamplifier and Schrödinger monoblock amplifier.
