The Latest
New C53 Preamplifier from McIntosh Laboratory
McIntosh Laboratory Inc. has announced the new C53 high-end preamplifier which now includes an all-new Digital-to-Analogue Converter compatible with the latest digital playback formats.
Off The Richter Scale
Richter Audio has announced an ‘S6’ update to its long-running Wizard and Merlin speakers, from the Legend range of high-value offerings, taking the series to its sixth generation.
MrSpeakers Headphones in Australia
American high-end headphone specialist MrSpeakers’ wide range of cans are now available in the country via Advance Audio Australia.
The company was founded by electrical engineer Dan Clark who has led MrSpeakers with the goal to provide audiophile quality headphones while “having fun doing so”. While MrSpeakers upmarket headphones are predominantly Planar Magnetic designs, the flagship Voce headphones – available with matching ‘Blue Hawaii’ high-end valve headphone amplifier – is an advanced electrostatic design.
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 July 2019 01 July 2019
Hulgich Audio Duke Loudspeakers
“It’s all about balance”, said Nick Hulgich of Hulgich Audio. He’d just picked up my new Scotty Cameron golf putter and was giving it a few practice strokes. It seems he’s a keen golfer too but has difficulty finding the time to play. He expressed he could feel the engineering and beauty in the blade on each stroke. When he said that, my mind was still revelling in what I’d heard earlier from his new flagship speakers, the Dukes, which we’d setup in my room. I was thinking that the Dukes too, are all about balance and beauty.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 21 June 2019 21 June 2019
Audio Solutions Opens Doors to New Bowers & Wilkins Sound Studio
As one of the premier audio specialist stores in Sydney, Audio Solutions should be considered a de rigueur stop for the enthusiast on a journey to audio and music bliss. The store is home to some of the best Hi-Fi on the planet and owners Tony Stantzos and Nick Papas could not be better hosts and whether you’re a curious listener, in for a chat, or on the market with intent burning the proverbial hole, Audio Solutions’ doors are always open.
Roksan Back in blak
British audio stalwart Roksan, who back in the mid-80s brought out the now-classic Xerxes turntable among many other highly acclaimed components, returns to Australia after a market absence with the flagship ‘blak’ and entry K3 product line-ups.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 June 2019 15 June 2019
Yamaha C-5000 Preamplifier & M-5000 Stereo Power Amplifier
Yamaha’s near-one-and-a-half century-old heritage has seen the company evolve, from humble beginnings, to a multi-faceted constitution across the music and audio spaces. As the world’s largest instrument maker, Yamaha creates the means by which to inspire artists’ imagination, enabling the creation of music. The company’s products encompassing studio technology also provide the conduit for art to be captured for perpetuity. Further, Yamaha also manufactures the pro gear used to replay music in live venues, from intimate club to massive arenas. And finally, via the company’s consumer hardware, music lovers in homes around the world, are empowered to delight in the fruits of musical artistry. So when Yamaha presents the world with a new all-out effort aimed squarely at penetrating the high-end audio space, astute music lovers should, and do, pay strict attention. Enter, in all their lushly-designed glory, Yamaha’s C-5000 and M-5000 flagship preamplifier and stereo power amplifier combo.
SVS Speakers Reach a Prime Pinnacle
Famed for its wide range of excellent high-value subwoofers, American Ohio-based speaker specialist SVS now introduces the Prime Pinnacle floorstanding speakers, the top-shelf model of the company’s popular Prime series.
New Artnovion Offers a Myriad Options
Acoustic treatment specialist Artnovion has announced a new range of adhesive ‘stick-on’ acoustic treatment panels to suit any modern listening environment.
Bowers & Wilkins Sound Upgrade
Bowers & Wilkins Australia is offering a ‘Trade-In, Trade-Up’ offer to Australian consumers who will have the opportunity to upgrade their old speakers from a selection of 40 of the company’s excellent offerings.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 June 2019 01 June 2019
Linn Selekt DSM + Katalyst Network Music Player
Aside from your choice of speaker, it is, in most cases, the room that has the next biggest influence on the overall sound of your system. With the digital technology and processing power available today there’s almost no excuse for having to ‘put up with’ room imposed limitations to one’s audio system’s performance. Linn’s approach, called ‘Space Optimisation’, uses a mathematical approach to achieve the appropriate correction.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 01 June 2019 01 June 2019
SoundStage! Australia’s High End Munich 2019 10 Favourite Exhibits
Once again this year saw High End Munich grow by percentage points indicating that high-end audio is indeed in a healthier state than some would have you think. Numbers across the board – exhibitors, trade visitors and overall attendance – increased by up to 8.6 percent which, when dealing with significant numbers to start with, translates to a substantial shot-in-the-arm for the industry at large. Also importantly, trade visitors came from all corners of the world – 72 countries in fact, according to a report sent to me by High End Munich organisers. And the spectrum of exhibitor offerings ranged across all the ‘disciplines’ of audio, as always. Once again, all those stats pointing to a firm indication of a healthy and resilient industry building further upon its oft-underestimated buoyancy.
