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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 18 January 2021 18 January 2021
Redgum Audio's Ian Robinson Interview
SoundStage! Talks: SoundStage! Australia’s Edgar Kramer talks to REDGUM Audio’s designer Ian Robinson about his personal journey from the 1980s to the present, and the “Goldilocks” effect applied to the company’s highly-acclaimed amplifiers.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 January 2021 15 January 2021
Larsen 9 Loudspeakers
Until recently, Larsen was a brand name unfamiliar to me. Upon learning they employ an Ortho-acoustic design, my mind conjured images of a white robed man cradling an unusual speaker design on the pages of a once popular print Hi-Fi magazine (I’m pretty sure that memory is correct even though a decent Google search couldn’t back me up). The original plan was for a review of the Larsen model 8.2 however a last-minute change resulted in a pair of the flagship model 9 being delivered to my door. To quote a diminutive Jedi master, “Disappointed I was not”.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 13 January 2021 13 January 2021
Bentley Headphones Driven by Focal
French manufacturer of high quality loudspeakers and personal audio celebrates its branding partnership with Bentley by announcing the new Radiance luxury high-end headphones.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 12 January 2021 12 January 2021
Hi-Fi Collective Collects MELCO
Japan’s Maki Engineering Laboratory Company, more widely known as digital source specialist MELCO (MELCO Syncrets Inc.), has joined the expanding ranks of distributor Hi-Fi Collective.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 11 January 2021 11 January 2021
Sound Gallery Now Stocking Gryphon & Wilson Audio
Premier Melbourne audio dealer Sound Gallery has contacted SoundStage! Australia to announce the specialist store has now added Gryphon Audio Designs and Wilson Audio to its list of high profile audio brands.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 22 December 2020 22 December 2020
Aesthetix Brand in New Partnership
Nirvana Sound is steadily growing its stable of esoteric high-end brands and its latest acquisition is the highly respected American electronics specialist Aesthetix.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 21 December 2020 21 December 2020
Audio Physic Announces New Cardeas Loudspeakers
The new Cardeas loudspeakers embody German maker Audio Physic’s latest thinking in acoustic transducer design subsequent to a re-examination of every design and engineering aspect.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment
- Published: 15 December 2020 15 December 2020
The SoundStage! Australia Products of the Year 2020 Awards
Sixteen days left of 2020. Please. We all want it gone. Surreal, right? Bring back civility and the social conventions the crisis violently demolished. Let’s morph the so-called “normality” of the past into a better status quo. A purge, an evolution, an improvement. Here ‘Down Under’ we may have eradication even prior to any vaccine. A triumph… and like the virus, hopefully contagious too. So we now have an opportunity to progress and a reason to celebrate. With purpose… Here’s our own global fireworks festivity as we bring to you the SoundStage! Australia Products of the Year Awards 2020.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 07 December 2020 07 December 2020
SOtM Under New Australian Partnership
Korea’s digital and analogue audio signal flow all-rounder SOtM has announced a new local distribution arrangement via SOtM Australia.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 December 2020 01 December 2020
Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC Reference Series 3
Digital technology has advanced in quantum jumps over the last few years. Intergalactic leap-frogging. Despite this evolutionary path, or perhaps because of it, it’s alleged in some circles that only a few hundred green ones are required to provide as-good-as-it-gets sonic performance. Ones and zeros are said to be… well, just ones and zeros. This school of thought is represented via semi-generic brands, many of which manage to provide decent enough build and sound quality. Definitive audio performance? Umm… Yeah, Nah. Not even. Notwithstanding this narrow view of the universe, there are many specialist companies producing truly exceptional digital playback systems at the actual state-of-the-art. Both in terms of excellence in applied technologies and engineering while aiming for the highest levels of audio performance. Among these is Berkeley Audio Design’s Alpha DAC Reference Series 3, an all-out assault on digital playback.
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- Written by Stephen Dawson Stephen Dawson
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 December 2020 01 December 2020
Copland CSA 100 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
Copland is a Danish electronics company. Its products consist of integrated amplifiers, preamps and power amps, along with a high-end DAC. Most of the amps are valve-based. But the CSA 100 seems to be the entry level integrated amp and is a hybrid model. That is, line amplification is handled by a single double-triode tube, with a MOSFET circuit providing the grunt needed to drive loudspeakers.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 24 November 2020 24 November 2020
Line Magnetic Australia Event at Perth’s Frank Prowse Hi-Fi
It’s official. Australia is now confirmed as ‘A Warm Place’ thanks to Line Magnetic showcasing its range of tube audio electronics and vintage-inspired horn loudspeakers at one of Perth’s premier audio dealers, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi.
