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- Published: 19 January 2022 19 January 2022
McIntosh Laboratory in Full Support
In literal support for its amplification products, McIntosh Laboratory has launched the AS125 and AS109 anti-vibration platform stands.
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- Published: 15 January 2022 15 January 2022
Rogers E20a/ii Integrated Amplifier
Rogers… the august brand name which invariably conjures the infallible LS3/5a, that BBC-commissioned little over-performing icon, that endearing beacon of small 2-way loudspeaker design. Less famed is the company’s release in the mid-1990s of the E20a, a bespoke valve amplifier targeted to wring the very best from the LS3/5a and, indeed, the company’s then growing stable of loudspeaker offerings. With the new E20a/ii, Rogers modernises the original concept while preserving the vacuum tube design that made its speakers truly sing. So now, going on 30 years later and in a far more expansive audio landscape, will the new iteration become a universal loudspeaker-driving companion?
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- Published: 13 January 2022 13 January 2022
Mark Levinson Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Iconic brand Mark Levinson celebrates reaching a major milestone deserving of much festivity by launching the ML-50 Limited Edition Monoblock Amplifiers.
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- Published: 11 January 2022 11 January 2022
Kudos Audio Arrives in Australia
Emerging as an important new brand in a relatively short time, the UK’s Kudos Audio is now available in Australia via a new partnership with Melbourne distributor Audio Magic.
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- Published: 08 January 2022 08 January 2022
Gryphon Audio Designs Launches Statement Preamplifier and Power Amplifiers
Danish audio specialist company Gryphon Audio Designs takes it to the next level with its no-holds-barred new flagship Commander preamplifier and Apex monoblock and stereo amplifiers.
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- Published: 08 January 2022 08 January 2022
YG Acoustics Peaks Out With New Loudspeaker Line
Known for its all-aluminium cabinetry, in-house-designed drivers and superb measurement characteristics, YG Acoustics now announces its new and more affordable ‘Peaks’ loudspeaker range.
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- Published: 07 January 2022 07 January 2022
Kalista DreamPlay X and XC Digital Players
As an independent brand and über high-end division of Métronome Technologie, itself a top-end upmarket audio specialist, Kalista now announces the DreamPlay X and DreamPlay XC digital playback hubs.
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- Published: 29 December 2021 29 December 2021
Analog Relax Drops EX300 Cartridge
As an entry point into the respected EX series, Analog Relax’s new EX300 Moving Coil cartridge adopts many of its stablemates’ highly refined technologies.
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- Published: 21 December 2021 21 December 2021
Vertere Acoustics Unveils VeRum Cables
In a move to plug a small gap in the company’s highly acclaimed cable range, Vertere Acoustics has announced the new VeRum interconnecting cables.
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- Published: 20 December 2021 20 December 2021
StereoNET Marketing & The Chester Group Consolidate
The Australian audio event calendar is streamlined and, as a result, strengthened via the amicable acquisition by StereoNET Marketing of The Chester Group’s local rights and assets.
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- Published: 18 December 2021 18 December 2021
Estelon Announces Upgraded Extreme Flagship
Estonian loudspeaker design specialist Estelon has unveiled its newly-refined Extreme Mk II statement loudspeaker with substantial under-the-surface engineering enhancements.
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- Written by Vedran Simunovic Vedran Simunovic
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- Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021
Stax SRM-400S Solid State & SRM-500T Tube Headphone Amplifiers
I don’t know about you, but recently I find myself having to contemplate things that only a few short years ago would have been considered utterly unthinkable, pandemics included. If, for a moment (and strictly for the purposes of this review), one decides to extrapolate the current unfortunate experiences, it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine the following: The civilisation as we know it is no more. You’re cooped up within your ever-narrowing four walls by a rampant deadly virus, while an unruly mob pouring down the street in front of your house is baying for blood and declaring unyielding allegiance to all kinds of snake oil remedies and salesmen of salvation. When you really think of it, the only reasonable action anyone could take in that situation would be to put on some music and enjoy whatever the time is left to be had. On the other hand, you wouldn’t want to draw too much attention to yourself (mobs are, after all, fickle and easily provoked) so you’d probably decide against blasting the neighbourhood with your fancy speakers and you’d therefore reach for your fine headphones instead, and in this case, driven by inimitable Stax amplification.
