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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 22 October 2018 22 October 2018

The Australian Hi-Fi & AV Show – Melbourne 2018: Part 1

Having exited the Groundhog Day loop and as I sift through the notes and dozens of images I’ve taken, I realise that this second reportage will provide consumers with the opportunity to delight in yet another select representation of the wealth of audio products available in this country. As far as the local industry – and even the small body of audio journalists – the recent circumstances motivate an introspective look at our situation in terms of the audio show landscape in this country.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 17 October 2018 17 October 2018

International Hi-Fi Show Melbourne 2018: Part 2

In the photo above, Little Wise is performing live in the 'Welcome' area.

Here in Part 2, I continue the reportage as I meander along the Pullman Mercure Hotel's differing exhibit spaces, from the standard hotel room-sized, to small conference rooms, to the larger open spaces such as the Record Fair's.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 17 October 2018 17 October 2018

International Hi-Fi Show Melbourne 2018: Part 1

After a product conference in Bangkok, I landed directly in Melbourne for the first of October’s dual-audio-event marathon (which coincided with the actual Melbourne Marathon international event) and promptly dove head first into ‘show mode’ for the latest SoundStage! Australia reporting assignment. Hitting the Pullman Mercure Hotel’s show floor in the late afternoon after a long red eye flight was… an interesting acclimatisation exercise. Once in modus operandi however, it was re-energising to sample the audio fare on offer and invigorating to catch up with interstate industry colleagues I don’t get to see that often.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 15 October 2018 15 October 2018

Hana’s New M Series MC Cartridges

Hana’s Masao Okada-san has been designing and building high quality cartridges for 50 years, furthering the idea that Japan is nigh an institution when it comes to superior cartridge design for high-end playback.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 October 2018 15 October 2018

in-akustik Referenz LS-4004 AIR Loudspeaker Cable

There are few, if any, cable manufacturing companies that can lay claim to producing cables for over 40 years. In Ballrechten-Dottingen, Germany in-akustik has been doing precisely that. in-akustik’s wide range of cable products are fabricated in-house via advanced manufacturing processes while the company has also been nurturing long-standing partnerships with quality record labels and high-end audio specialists such as Piega and Primare. From in-akustik’s top-flight Referenz range, we take a look at the uniquely-designed flagship LS-4004 AIR loudspeaker cable.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 October 2018 06 October 2018

Australia’s Hulgich Audio Announces Two New Loudspeakers

As part of Hulgich Audio’s ongoing loudspeaker development program, the Australian company has announced new floorstanding and standmount speakers with refined versions of proprietary technologies as used on the highly-acclaimed Ella Mk.II design.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 04 October 2018 04 October 2018

Kharma Enigma Veyron EV-5D Lands in Australia

Shown: the Kharma Enigma Veyron EV-4D at High End Munich

Few speaker makers around the world can match the luxurious styling and finish of the Netherlands’ Kharma International. Most especially, its new Enigma Veyron range. However, Kharma’s products are not just all style… there’s plenty of substance there too with the company developing proprietary drivers, sophisticated enclosure construction techniques and refined crossover technologies to place it among the very best in the high-end.

Details: Written by Peter Katsoolis Peter Katsoolis; Category: Features Features; Published: 04 October 2018 04 October 2018

Dutch & Dutch Event at Studios 301, Sydney

It wasn’t pro audio vs home audio so much as new school meets the old, as I pushed through the throng enjoying a live performance at the entrance to the legendary Studios 301 with my silver hair (thanks Brad Serhan) and my work suit. “It’s not a bust, where’s Studio 7?” I asked around until a young sound engineer who’d popped out for beer overheard me and escorted me down a winding corridor to the six figure, 16.27 m² production suite where, on 27 September last, Bill McLean from McLean’s Smarter Home Entertainment was demonstrating the Dutch & Dutch 8c studio monitors to a hard core bunch of pro sound engineers. “You just gotta hear these speakers” the young engineer said as he handed me a Young Henrys and ushered me into the crowded room.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 03 October 2018 03 October 2018

USA Debut of Kyron Audio’s Mercury Subwoofer

Australia’s Kyron Audio and DEQX team up for a two-pronged attack at the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival this weekend in Denver where the former will be debuting its new Mercury subwoofer to the American market.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment; Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018

Intensity in One City

They say creativity doesn’t stem from abundance but grows from scarcity. It wasn’t that long ago that, in envy of the grandeur of CES in Las Vegas – now, way, way overshadowed by the RMAF and AXPONA shows – Australian enthusiasts hankered for any form of exhibition where the local audio industry could be showcased in all its distinctive glory. Some years ago, after an absence of over a decade in terms of any proper show, punters’ desires were realised when the UK’s Chester Group commenced an alternate Sydney and Melbourne show. Fast forward to the present and in October 2018, cosmopolitan Melbourne will be the host to no less than two audio extravaganzas within the space of a few days. It never rains…

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018

MAG-LEV Audio ML1 Magnetic Levitation Turntable

In an industry which has only relatively recently come out of a conservative period in terms of product styling – Devialet, D’Agostino, first come to mind as among the first to break out – and also its technology evolution, along comes a new company, headquartered in an unlikely location and hitting the market with a sole product offering a unique take on the record spinning concept. The MAG-LEV ML1 is a turntable that literally breathes fresh air…

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018

A3D Emergence AS8 Holographic Loudspeaker System

Introduction

Australian sound engineer and inventor Joe Hayes has been at the forefront of cutting-edge sonic technology for more than 30 years. He continues to impress engineers and musicians around the world with his A3D acoustic technology and its application in the low-cost, high quality Emergence AS8 speaker system. It is a system which advances the diﬀusion technology used in many concert auditoriums around the world by producing that diﬀusion at source in the speakers, rather than through expensive panels and room treatments. Here, Hayes explains the development of that system and recording engineers and experts Dr Toby Gifford, Ted Orr and Shane Fahey reveal how eﬀective it is in the studio and in the ﬁeld.