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New Moon Voice 22 Loudspeakers
Note: The SoundStage Network has produced two videos on the Moon Voice 22, one about the story behind it, the other about its design details.
In an expansion of its large catalogue of highly-rated high-end electronics, Moon has announced its first-ever loudspeaker offering in the new Voice 22 standmount.
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- Written by Mark Busby Mark Busby
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 May 2022 01 May 2022
Soulines tt42 Turntable
It's always exciting to receive a set of top flight turntable components to assemble, set up and review and the following are quite out of this world! Put together with suggestions from premium retailer Sydney Hi-Fi Castle Hill the Soulines tt42 was supplied as a package including the unique Sorane TA-1 tonearm and Soundsmith Sussurro mk II cartridge. All these are individually highly-capable solo artists but how will they perform as a tightly-knit ensemble?
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 26 April 2022 26 April 2022
Lumin U2 Mini Network Player
The U1 Mini was a top tier seller for digital specialist Lumin and with the new U2 Mini Network Player, the company has dedicated significant engineering efforts in order to both update and improve on the popular original.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 22 April 2022 22 April 2022
New Aurender A200 Streamer/DAC Music Player
Despite its standing as the entry point into the company’s digital music player systems, the new Aurender A200 offers a comprehensive playback solution complete with high quality digital-to-analogue conversion.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 21 April 2022 21 April 2022
Bauer Audio’s New shelf Audio Rack
Bauer Audio, the company responsible for the unassuming yet highly-acclaimed dps 3 turntable and the elegant LS 3g loudspeakers, has expanded its product offering with the ‘shelf’ audio rack system.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 19 April 2022 19 April 2022
New AudioQuest Mythical Creature Series Interconnect Cable
AudioQuest is once again demonstrating the Power of the Myth, with the company claiming its new Mythical Creature Series of high-end XLR and RCA analogue interconnecting cable to be its very best yet.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 18 April 2022 18 April 2022
Kyron Audio Gaia Evolution Loudspeaker System
In an extensive evolutionary development from the unique Gaia design launched in 2011, the new Kyron Audio Gaia Evolution introduces both aesthetic refinements and substantial technical enhancements.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 April 2022 15 April 2022
Holbo Airbearing Turntable System MK2
Some truisms, of course, so encapsulate the described concept they become clichéd. But if any axiom totally captures the expression of Holbo’s Airbearing Turntable System MK2, the most resoundingly precise would be Einstein’s oft misquoted (as indeed I may have here too) “Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex.” Examine and engage the functionality of this remarkable design and you’ll admire it, truly grasping the purity of that statement. Holbo may be a relatively new company, yet its singular creative expression screams maturity and is bound to run tingling goosebumps on music lovers’ collective skin while raising the eyebrows of the competition.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 04 April 2022 04 April 2022
SoundStage! Lead-In Video: Holbo Airbearing Turntable MK2 Preview
The SoundStage! Australia Lead-In series showcases products that are soon to be reviewed on SoundStageAustralia.com. In this video, SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer introduces the beautifully engineered Holbo Airbearing Turntable MK2 with included linear-tracking tonearm.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 01 April 2022 01 April 2022
Melco Announces S10 High-End Network Switch
In an ever-developing audio network space, the importance of a high quality switch has not escaped digital specialist Melco, ergo the unveiling of the company’s new S10 High-End Network Switch.
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 April 2022 01 April 2022
Grimm Audio MU1 Digital Music Player
Grimm Audio was founded in 2004 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the original home of Philips. Grimm Audio was started by Eelco Grimm with Guido Tent, Bruno Putzeys and Peter van Willenswaard. Bruno Putzeys departed to concentrate on Class-D amplification, and Peter van Willenswaard has since retired. Grimm Audio’s first product was the AD1, a DSD64 output A/D convertor designed and developed for the pro-audio industry. In 2010, ‘Grimm’ diversified and embraced the home consumer market when it introduced the LS1 digital active speaker system. In late 2019 Grimm launched the MU1 music server/player which can directly connect to the LS1 to create an elegant music system. Here, we’re examining the MU1 as a high-end standalone digital music player.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 March 2022 15 March 2022
AudioQuest William Tell ZERO Loudspeaker Cables
In general, audio signal transmission suffers from the tyranny of multiple individual fundamentals and even varied combinations of one-and-all. The tri-axis of impedance, resistance and capacitance form the elementary foundation for the conductors themselves, be it copper, silver, gold or cocktail combinations. Add the effects of the components’ own electrical parameters, the environmental effects of interference and, down the line, the loudspeaker’s own inherent demands and you have a whole lot of variables which the signal conduit must address, adapt and comply to. Permutations of these factors are the reasons why cables can sound different from one system context to another. When it comes to signal delivery, AudioQuest knows its LCRs. The company offers a profound level of choice covering every possible scenario. Do the upmarket William Tell ZERO loudspeaker cables sling the signal-arrow straight to the heart of the music?
