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Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 05 February 2021 05 February 2021

McIntosh Laboratory Drops MHA200 Headphone Amplifier

Proudly carrying onwards with the current McIntosh Laboratory aesthetic design language – a lexicon of pure beauty – McIntosh Laboratory’s new MHA200 valve headphone amplifier also promises to deliver the company’s renowned sonic performance.

Details: Written by Stephen Dawson Stephen Dawson; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

Yamaha NS-3000 Loudspeakers

When I was young, it was conventional wisdom in the high-fidelity community that Japan was one of the best places from which to acquire the electronic components of your audio system. But your loudspeakers really ought to be American, British or, perhaps, European. Meanwhile, Yamaha – a Japanese company if ever there was one – was producing the Yamaha NS-10, or what has been described as “the most important loudspeaker you never heard of”. In the late 1970s and through the 1980s the NS-10 became almost ubiquitous in recording studios, principally for their revealing nature. So what do we make, now, four decades later, of the Yamaha NS-3000 speakers? At just under AU$13,000 per pair for mid-sized two-way speakers, we’re talking about Yamaha firmly placing itself in high-end territory.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

Wilson Benesch A.C.T. One Evolution Loudspeakers

While evolving technologies have changed the electronics space, notably in developments across Class-D amplification, through to streaming software/hardware platforms and in music delivery, innovation in dynamic loudspeaker design has been more about progressive refinement rather than transformation. Fundamentally, a magnet, coil, spider, cone/dome, etc. have been the transducer’s consistent core elements since its invention by Kellogg and Rice in the 1920s. What’s more, the benefits of advanced diaphragm materials over ‘Ye Olde’ plain paper or cloth have been fervent fodder for subjective and empirical debate by engineers and audio enthusiasts alike. Nonetheless, the team of designers at Wilson Benesch has refined the concept, enhancing aspects of the company’s revolutionary first-gen product to position the new A.C.T. One Evolution at the cutting edge of loudspeaker design.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 22 January 2021 22 January 2021

MUTEC's Australian Partnership Strengthens

German specialist MUTEC, maker of highly-engineered digital solutions for the professional and audio enthusiast markets, consolidates its representation with Australian distributor ATT Audio Controls.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 January 2021 21 January 2021

KEF's New KC62 Subwoofer Features Uni-Core Technology

KEF has announced the KC62, a new attractively-designed small stature subwoofer featuring ‘Uni-Core’, the company’s most recent highly-engineered woofer technology.

Details: 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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Details: 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”.

Details: 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.

Details: 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.

Details: 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.

Details: 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.

Details: 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.