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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 April 2019 01 April 2019

Dynaudio Confidence 20 Loudspeakers

Back in the late 1980s, an Australian company had the rights to use the Dynaudio moniker across a line of exceptional locally-manufactured speakers sporting full Danish driver arrays – head-to-toe metal jacket. Including the fabulous Esotar tweeter (in those days, Dynaudio supplied its state-of-the-art drivers to the OEM and DIY spaces). I lusted after those beautifully-finished designs. Especially after hearing them several times at a Sydney city store but, alas, at the time I was a student and the price of admission, despite the great value offered, was way beyond my financial capabilities.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment; Published: 01 April 2019 01 April 2019

Demystifying Audio & The Hunter

Sydney, Australia’s largest city, enjoys a very strong audio enthusiast community. Both on a social level, within tight small cliques, and by way of a more formal structure, or body. In the case of the latter, and as is common in many endeavours and hobbies, back in 2007 a core group of Sydney audiophiles banded together in order to form the Sydney Audio Club (SAC). Their mission was to formalise meetings where members could share their love of music and simultaneously sample the audio treasures local manufacturers and retailers could present. Since that inaugural meeting near 12 years ago, SAC has grown exponentially and enjoys ongoing enthusiast and industry support.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 19 March 2019 19 March 2019

Vermouth Audio Mixes a New Reference Cable Cocktail

A new flagship cable range from Vermouth Audio has been announced, with the company now adding a loudspeaker cable to the Reference line-up.

Details: Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 March 2019 15 March 2019

Meridian 857 Reference Two Channel Power Amplifier

Meridian Audio is a name known to most if not all audiophiles. It’s an established audio company that dates back to 1977 – only a handful of high-profile, high-end audio companies can tout a longer history. But longevity in the audio business doesn’t, on its own, keep the doors open. Meridian Audio has continually succeeded by being one of the best audio and acoustic engineering companies in a market known for intense competition.

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

Reinvented Network Player from Ayon

After what may seem like… umm, aeons, an updated Network Player from Ayon has been announced with the company enhancing the S-10 platform to S-10 II status and making it a far more capable offering.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 March 2019 06 March 2019

REDGUM Audio RGAP Cables

Australian electronics specialist REDGUM Audio has announced the RGAP ‘Audio Pipeline’, a new audio cable which the company states offers an outstanding performance versus value ratio.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 03 March 2019 03 March 2019

Boulder Amplifier 2108 Phono Preamplifier

Boulder Amplifiers continues to expand its product portfolio with the announcement and immediate launch of the new 2108 Phono Preamplifier, a reference-level component at the opposite end of the scale to the company’s recently-released 508 phono stage.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 March 2019 01 March 2019

Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha DAW Loudspeakers

Given its heritage and historical importance to Wilson Audio, the most appropriate subject for a homage to David Wilson is Sasha (the momentous WAMM Master Chronosonic also has a powerful past significance and, therefore, culminated as Wilson’s magnum opus). David Wilson’s commercial launch into high-end audio came via the Sasha DAW’s blood line descendant, the audio universe singularity that was 1985’s now iconic WATT (Wilson Audio Tiny Tot) and its subsequent augmentation via the twin driver ‘Puppy’ bass module.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 March 2019 01 March 2019

Store Feature – Sound Gallery, Melbourne

While many enterprises are spawned by ambitious business minds with financial gain being the main driving force, some endeavours are the result of a dynamic individual who has been incentivised to transform a passion into a business’ core purpose. Loving the fundamental business mission, and with a healthy dose of tenacity and acumen hopefully, will result in success and financial comfort. In the case of Sound Gallery, proprietor John Ong’s passion for music, and his sheer drive and pleasure to see others enjoy it too, has resulted in an invitingly cosy and product choice-rich stop where a customer’s audio journey can take a leap forward.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 20 February 2019 20 February 2019

Answering the Qs – Tellurium Q’s New Ultra Black II Speaker Cable

British company Tellurium Q continues to expand and refine its wide range of high quality audio cable offerings. Now, the company presents the next-gen version of its highly-acclaimed Ultra Black speaker cable.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 February 2019 18 February 2019

Transparent Cable Advances its Reach

American audio connectivity and accessories specialist Transparent Cable has commenced a new partnership in Australia with high-end distributor Advance Audio Australia.

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

Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler Digital Upscaler

As the great Robert Plant sang, “…there are two paths you can go by…” and when it comes to upsampling audio, whether from disc or files-based, there are even more. Chord Electronics’ way, via the highly skilled Robert Watts, is by way of proprietary FPGA and filtering methodologies combined with Watts’ drawing-out of as many ‘taps’ as possible from the digital signal. Now, the company offers its Hugo M Scaler standalone upscaling component (a technology previously only available via the disc-based Blu Mk.II) which has been made to reach the one million tap mark. How will this translate to the M Scaler’s sonic abilities when handling your source material? We take a look at the latest digital wizardry from the tech alchemists at Chord Electronics.