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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 September 2017 01 September 2017

Devialet Expert 440 Pro Integrated Amplifier-DAC

Multitasking. Buzz word of recent times and yet, seemingly, when talking ‘tech time’, ages old too. And it’s the zeitgeist of the smart-device in an era where all is contained within a single entity – one ring to rule them all. This new ‘functionality culture’ permeates into other areas of technology where apparent simplicity belies the power of the single device that… encompasses the paradox delivering complex tasks… a multitude of complex tasks.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 September 2017 01 September 2017

Factory Tour – Audia Flight, Civitavecchia, Italy

Being practically in the geographical centre of Europe, Munich, host of high-end audio’s largest exhibition, presents audio journalists with appealing opportunities to hook-up post-show factory visits. You’re in Europe, right? Why not extend the stay and check out the local operations… after all some of the world’s best high-end producers are based around this gorgeous continent. And when you’re coming from Australia, best make the most of it… you’ve travelled nearly 24 hours just to get there… man, we’re far.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 29 August 2017 29 August 2017

iGalvanic3.0 from iFi

Digital maven iFi, the value arm and sister entity to the high-end’s Abbingdon Music Research (AMR), has announced the new iGalvanic3.0 USB galvanic isolation device aimed at audiophiles seeking high-end performance from their computer-based playback systems.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 25 August 2017 25 August 2017

Grandinote Now Available in Australia

Italian audio specialist Grandinote is now available in Australia via PuraSound, distributors of a growing portfolio of select high-end audio brands. Just landed is the Genesi preamplifier – launched at High-End Munich earlier this year – and the Demone monoblock amplifiers, Grandinote’s flagship models offering the company’s Magnetosolid ‘exotic ferromagnetic’ technology.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 22 August 2017 22 August 2017

Lavardin Technologies Model ISx Reference Integrated Amplifier

Audio Magic, Australian distributors of Lavardin Technologies amplifiers, has announced the new Model ISx Reference integrated amplifier, a direct evolution of the Model IS but with additional features and said to possess performance improvements too.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 August 2017 21 August 2017

Absolutely Absolare Landing

Absolute Hi End has announced obtaining the Australian distribution for the high-end amplification specialist Absolare. The company has achieved considerable success via a growing line of high performance, beautifully designed and immaculately constructed amplification components.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 20 August 2017 20 August 2017

Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show – 10 of Note

Here is a gallery of 10 notable exhibits that caught both my ears and eyes. These exhibits performed well in terms of sound quality while possessing many other attributes that appealed to me – be it design, fit and finish and overall presentation.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 17 August 2017 17 August 2017

Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show 2017 Report - Kramer's Top Picks

The picks of the show from this writer’s perspective from the last day when things settled in. The ones that were the most captivating and engaging. Ten stonking rooms from Hong Kong. This is the Kramer experience, a cocktail of sensory delights seasoned with contrasts, like the aftertaste of salt on glass rim, with the scuffles of the crowds, the impenetrable sweet spot barriers and much more…

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 August 2017 18 August 2017

Thales Statement Tonearm

Swiss manufacturer HiFiction AG has announced the new Thales Statement tonearm, a component manufactured from the ground up and featuring the precision methodologies associated with the company’s renowned arms and turntables.

Details: Written by Peter Katsoolis Peter Katsoolis; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 August 2017 15 August 2017

VTL MB-185 Series III Monoblock Amplifiers

According to the late, great Harvey Rosenberg, Buddha is said to have said: “I would rather have a cup of tone, than an ocean of power”. Well, in the VTL MB-185 Series III Signature monoblock power amplifier, we may have just found both. VTL, short for Vacuum Tube Logic, have been in the business of making high quality tube-based amplification (and only tube-based amplification) since 1987. The VTL MB-185 Series III Signature monoblock power amplifier is the latest and best iteration of an increasingly refined lineage that can be traced back to the classic VTL Deluxe 225, a power amplifier that, like the subject VTL, achieved its legendary status by applying the company’s cutting edge technology to the uniquely musical qualities of the EL34 valve power tube.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 09 August 2017 09 August 2017

New Model 535 Power Amplifier from Jeff Rowland Design Group

Jeff Rowland Design Group has announced its new power amplifier using the company’s most up-to-date technologies including the highly-engineered Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS).

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 August 2017 06 August 2017

Fully Spec’ed – Spec Corporation’s New RSA-777EX Integrated Amplifier

An update to the Spec RSA-717EX has been announced by Spec Corporation in the new RSA-777EX (EX stands for Export version), an evolutionary refinement of the Japanese company’s ‘shokunin’ and ‘Real Sound’ Class-D amplification philosophies.