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Details: Written by Josh Givorshner Josh Givorshner; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 January 2020 15 January 2020

Magico A3 Loudspeakers

In the pursuit of the perfect loudspeaker design, audio engineers are faced with a number of imposing challenges. Obviously, careful thought must be devoted to the proper design of a driver complement, understanding the way in which those drivers, each manipulating or moving air within a given frequency range, will interact with one another in the final design. This complex interaction will in no small part also depend on the nature, components and execution of the crossover network and of course, the partnering or driving electronics (the amplifier) to which the speaker will be connected.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 07 January 2020 07 January 2020

Sennheiser Headphones Landing in Australia

In a concentrated launch at CES 2020, Sennheiser has announced the new HD 450BT full-featured headphone, a higher-specification partner to the HD 350BT also launched at the premier electronics and technology exhibition in Las Vegas.

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

ELAC Upgrades Its Debut Series to Reference Level

ELAC’s highly acclaimed entry level Debut series sees substantial driver and enclosure improvements warranting a new appellation to ‘Reference’.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 January 2020 06 January 2020

Karan Acoustics Celebrates 30th Anniversary with New Master Collection

Reaching a three-decade milestone sees electronics specialist Karan Acoustics launching a celebratory 30^th Anniversary ‘Master Collection’ flagship product range.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment; Published: 30 December 2019 30 December 2019

The SoundStage! Australia Products of the Year 2019 Awards

We’re counting down the hours and heralding the New Year with SoundStage! Australia’s Products of the Year 2019. This time, we’ve pushed the Awards virtual ceremony a little forward. Throughout 2019, our skilled Aussie writers carefully auditioned a wide variety of high-end audio. The gear reviewed reflects a microcosm of the ample gamut of product categories available in, what is effectively, a relatively small to medium-sized consumer market. Albeit a buoyant one, to be sure.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 December 2019 15 December 2019

Cary Audio SLI-100 Integrated Amplifier

Austere, stark, unembellished… yet aesthetically truthful, functionally honest. They’re the terms which came to my mind as I unboxed the matter-of-fact SLI-100 integrated amplifier from Cary Audio. The design seems non-superfluous, stripped of excess and devoid of unnecessary decoration. But with a purposeful, regimented functionality to provide music. Does the SLI-100 deliver on its direct, straightforward promise?

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 13 December 2019 13 December 2019

SVS Drops New 2000 Pro Series Subwoofers

In a reinvention of SVS’s highly acclaimed, and extremely successful, 2000 series subwoofers, the company now announces three much-enhanced 2000 Pro Series active subwoofers.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 13 December 2019 13 December 2019

Soundgil Loudspeakers Available in Australia

The modular Cube loudspeaker products from Soundgil, a multinational design and manufacturing collaboration between Germany, UK, Korea and Taiwan, is now available in Australia.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 12 December 2019 12 December 2019

McIntosh Laboratory’s New MC901 Monoblocks… With a Twist

It’s a monoblock amplifier but not as you know it. McIntosh Laboratory covers the best of both worlds while putting a twist in the new MC901 ‘Dual Mono Amplifier’.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 09 December 2019 09 December 2019

Rogers LS5/9 Classic – A Reinvented Icon

With the new LS5/9 Classic standmount loudspeaker, Rogers reintroduces the iconic LS5/9 BBC ‘Grade One’ broadcasting monitor with refreshed 21st-century ingredients.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 07 December 2019 07 December 2019

Magico's New A5 Loudspeaker Announced

Magico’s new A5, the A Series loudspeakers’ new flagship, features new custom driver designs plus enhancements, refinements and a world debut in the company’s proprietary crossover technology.

The new speaker is an extension of the popular A3 which itself has garnered acclaim around the globe. For the new design, Magico has developed its first 5-inch (125mm) driver and engineered new bespoke woofers. The new midrange driver is said to achieve superb transparency while also having very wide dispersion capabilities. It’s a very low distortion, high power design featuring a titanium voice coil and powerful magnet system. Eddy currents are minimised via a pure copper pole cap which also aids in improving driver efficiency.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 06 December 2019 06 December 2019

Naim & Focal Luxury Audio Event at Bentley Motors Melbourne

For many audio enthusiasts, luxury cars and high-end audio are symbiotic… like Astaire and Rogers, or Lennon and Mc Cartney, Fripp and Eno. Like the almost interdependent association between the auto and the audio, others also stretch these relationships to cameras, watches and even high-end writing utensils. However, think unrivalled luxury in the auto industry and the name Bentley draws gasps of awe and lustful admiration. The über luxury brand has had an association with Naim Audio for round about 10 years now, with the quintessential British brand supplying bespoke electronics for Bentley Motors’ top models. BusiSoft AV, Australian distributor for Naim Audio and Focal among many other high-end brands, staged an event at Melbourne’s Bentley showroom to showcase Naim’s Statement preamplifier and power amplifier masterpiece to dealers and their selected customers and also to introduce these flagship products to an affluent new audience.