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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 September 2020 15 September 2020

Nordost QPoint Resonance Synchroniser & QSource Linear Power Supply

High-end audio enjoys some of the best engineering and innovative technologies which are the equal to any industry at large. As highly developed as audio products are, there’s also a healthy space for ancillaries aimed at wringing the last drop of performance from electronics and loudspeakers. Some are mere ‘tweaks’ which contribute varying degrees of effectiveness. Some may even have dubious scientific merit. There are supplementary products with known benefits, such as those aimed at reducing vibrational distortions by coupling, grounding or isolating. These can be inert platforms, cones, complex ceramic and metal bearing devices and a cornucopia of variations on the theme. Others, like power conditioners and regenerators, are designed to eliminate AC distortions via an interface between electronics and the grid. Nordost, maker of some of the very best cable solutions in the industry, has applied its engineering know-how to its QRT products which the company refers to as ‘Audio Enhancers’. The steadily-growing range is now joined by the unique QPoint Resonance Synchroniser and dedicated QSource Linear Power Supply.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 14 September 2020 14 September 2020

REL Acoustics Carbon Special Limited Availability Subwoofer

A new limited availability subwoofer from specialist REL Acoustics now features the company’s latest technologies including a new carbon fibre transducer and a dedicated passive driver operating in a revised enclosure.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 11 September 2020 11 September 2020

Karan Acoustics Master Collection LINEb Preamplifier

Karan Acoustics has announced the expansion of its Master Collection flagship range with the new LINEb high-end single-chassis preamplifier.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 10 September 2020 10 September 2020

Sonus faber’s New Entry-Level Lumina Loudspeakers

Sonus faber has brought it on home to you with the announcement the new Lumina line of loudspeakers are now designed and entirely ‘Made in Italy’.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 04 September 2020 04 September 2020

Björn Bengtsson Nordost Video Interview

SoundStage! Talks: Nordost's Björn Bengtsson talks to SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer about clocks, oscillations and synchronizations across the company's new QPoint Resonance Synchronizer and versatile QSource dedicated Linear Power Supply. Bengtsson also touches on his positive experiences and feedback demonstrating the QPoint and QSource to audio enthusiasts across a variety of systems around the world's biggest audio shows.

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Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 02 September 2020 02 September 2020

Bowers & Wilkins 600 Anniversary Edition Loudspeakers

Adding to the expanding portfolio of special edition and celebratory models, Bowers & Wilkins announces the popular 600 series has received a makeover with Anniversary Edition engineering improvements and new finishes.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020

Rotel Honours Ken Ishiwata

Rotel has announced two new products, an integrated amplifier and a CD player, aimed at paying tribute to the great late Ken Ishiwata.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020

Wilson Audio’s New SabrinaX Loudspeakers

After a two-week round of preview announcements, Wilson Audio’s new SabrinaX launches with substantial improvements across the design of its cabinet, drivers and ancillary hardware.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020

KEF Announces New Proprietary Technology

Engineering-driven loudspeaker specialist KEF has announced the invention of Metamaterial Absorption Technology which is said to be employed on a stream of future products.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020

Bowers & Wilkins 702 Signature Edition Loudspeakers

Like many advanced undertakings, high-end audio presents the opportunity to develop technologies, to progress the engineering of advanced materials and composites and to adopt fabrication methodologies expressing to fruition the imagination of the industry’s creative minds. These advances are, usually, firstly showcased in statement products. In 2017, Bowers & Wilkins launched its 700 S2 series of loudspeakers with new and also trickled down technologies first expressed in the company’s flagship 800 series. The new line was greeted with tremendous market success. Now in 2020, Bowers & Wilkins fine-tunes a key model, the 702 S2 (read our review here), with a tweaked crossover and a jaw-dropping new finish warranting a more illustrious moniker – the 702 Signature Edition.

Details: Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020

Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium Integrated Amplifier

I’m a man of many wants. One of them was a decent listen in my own man-cave to a nice tube amp, ‘musica uninterruptus’. But not just any tube amp – one that exists in the realms of mere mortals but that wasn’t an entry level type where the design trade-offs are more significant. Enter the Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium – a Chinese-designed and built single-ended triode integrated amplifier.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 19 August 2020 19 August 2020

Copland Returns to Australia

The highly respected Danish audio specialist simply known as Copland makes a return to Australia under a new partnership agreement with distributor of select products, Melbourne’s Audio Magic.