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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 November 2022 01 November 2022

Wilson Audio Alexia V Loudspeakers

Back in 2017, a few weeks post its launch, I excitedly took delivery of Wilson Audio’s Alexia Series 2. Shortly after, I published my review which, as faithfully as I could, summarised the objective qualities and immense subjective pleasures I derived from that excellent loudspeaker system. I referred to the acute, deep listening the Alexia 2 merited (even demanded), as Dadirri in Ngan’gikurungkurr indigenous language. I felt the word encapsulated my sentiments while reflecting both the wonders of the subject at hand and of Country – my home, in my beloved Blue Mountains. Five blindingly-fast years have passed and it’s now nearing the end of 2022. Another muse has landed… this time in a new home, a little further up the mountains, in sacred land, lining the craggier and even grander natural landscape. Under the shade of Mount Solitary, only steps from the jagged escarpment as it sharply bends down to the valley. Today, a new homage to music… even more transcendent. Alexia V has arrived.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 23 October 2022 23 October 2022

NAD Announces Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Amplifier

Launching at the Toronto Audiofest being held this weekend (our American comrades will file a full show report), the C 3050 LE integrated amplifier is NAD’s first 50th celebration product.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 October 2022 18 October 2022

IsoTek Expanded Range of V5 Power Products Now Available

Power specialist IsoTek has expanded its V5 range of AC distribution and filtering products featuring a comprehensive upgrade to specifications and overall protection. They are now available in Australia.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 October 2022 15 October 2022

Pitt & Giblin Superwax Active Loudspeakers

We know Van Diemen’s Land as Tasmania. The Apple Isle. A millennia-old separation from the mainland which formed the small island state. It has its own… vibe. And the state capitol is Hobart, home to beautifully-restored heritage buildings along the harbour’s shoreline. They’re remnants from the colonisers and settlers, contrasting the multi-storey newness of Hobart’s downtown. Barring many software and IT enterprises, Tasmania is not known for high tech manufacturing but is reputed for its cottage artisan industry. The isle will now also be known for a remarkable – and I would stretch it to unique – new loudspeaker company. Pitt & Giblin hit the high-end audio market offering a model duet harmoniously blending tradition with modernity. A reflection of Hobart itself. Here, we look at the mammoth Superwax loudspeaker system, Pitt & Giblin’s flagship offering.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 October 2022 15 October 2022

Sonnet Digital Audio Pasithea Digital-to-Analogue Converter

At the time when Sonnet, as it’s more commonly referred to, hit the market with its top-end Morpheus digital-to-analogue converter, the company launched what was to become its reputation snow-ball. Its powerful inertia was built around that DAC’s and its stablemates’ highly refined engineering and excellent sonic performance. The momentum now ramps up to an avalanche with the new Pasithea DAC, the usurper to the throne of Sonnet’s top offering.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 12 October 2022 12 October 2022

Enleum Now Available Locally

Korean company Enleum is set to bring its brand of audio enlightenment to our shores via a new partnership with Australian importer Audio Magic.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 12 October 2022 12 October 2022

Canor and Engström Now Available in Australia

In a dual-pronged expansion of its select product portfolio, Magenta Audio has announced it has reached partnership agreements for Australian distribution of audio products from Canor and Engström.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 09 October 2022 09 October 2022

SoundStage! Lead-In Video: Alexia V - Wilson Audio's Latest Speaker Vastly Improves Predecessor - SoundStage! Australia

The SoundStage! Australia Lead-In video series showcases products that are soon to be reviewed on SoundStageAustralia.com. In this episode, SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer runs through the new Wilson Audio Alexia V loudspeakers' features and broad list of improvements over its successful predecessor.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 October 2022 06 October 2022

Revival Audio Soon to be Available in Australia

Young French loudspeaker specialist Revival Audio has cemented a partnership with Audio Marketing to offer its two-speaker line-up in Australia.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 October 2022 01 October 2022

Magico LLC – Advanced Design Insights & Factory Tour

They tell me it’s a dry spell in San Francisco. More of a drought really. So as the aircraft descends without slipping through the lightness of a single cloud, I land at SFO International Airport, having trekked from Sydney via a quick Honolulu gate-skip. As I lean on the wall of the window seat, I’m bathed by a Californian sunshine which I’m told has dried-run for months. A contrast from the endless webbed feet-producing deluges in Sydney. The purpose of my visit? A surprise invitation, weeks prior, from Alon Wolf Magico LLC’s CEO to experience the ideologies and activities at the company’s HQ. And to be blissed-out by a very special musical treat…

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 30 September 2022 30 September 2022

REL Acoustics’ Reference Series Subwoofers Land in Australia

Very recently launched globally to much fanfare and having just landed in Australia, REL Acoustics’ new flagship Reference series subwoofers promise to make deep waves in the subwoofer space.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: Features Features; Published: 25 September 2022 25 September 2022

SoundStage! Talks Australia Video: Magico's Maestro - Statement-Speaker-Maker Alon Wolf

SoundStage! Australia’s editor-in-chief, Edgar Kramer, traveled to San Francisco earlier this month to visit the home of statement-level speaker-maker Magico. While there, he had a short chat with head honcho Alon Wolf to discuss modern manufacturing and the benefits of incorporating the Klippel measurement and quality-controls systems into the company’s design process.