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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.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 28 September 2018 28 September 2018

Nordost Cables Event at Audio Solutions, Sydney

If you drove in a north-easterly direction from Australia’s busiest airport, Sydney International, you’ll most appropriately arrive at the outstanding Audio Solutions Hi-Fi specialist store.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 23 September 2018 23 September 2018

M8audio’s New Tiny Maxwell Loudspeakers

Riding on the wake of the successful and highly acclaimed Sweet Maxwell speakers from Australia’s M8audio (see our review here), the company has now announced a downscaled follow-up design with similar sophisticated engineering and philosophical principles.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 September 2018 21 September 2018

Les Davis Audio 3D² Viscoelastic Damping Discs

While the 3D² Viscoelastic Damping Discs have been reported as a very popular ‘tweak’ and have had wide acceptance for quite some time – most predominantly in the Australian market but with growing global popularity – Les Davis Audio has now announced the release of an improved version.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 19 September 2018 19 September 2018

ModWright Instruments Announces New PH 9.0 Phono Stage

Following on from the successful Reference PH 150, ModWright Instruments now presents the more affordable PH 9.0 ‘Tube Phono Stage’ boasting a similar features set and comparable performance.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018

DEQX Expands Its Offerings With a Team of Amplifiers

Australian digital specialist DEQX has built a remarkable reputation based on being one of the first designers of true high-end digital multi-tasking processors. Now, to compliment these highly-evolved components, DEQX announces the High Definition A Series amplifiers.

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

Shelter Audio Harmony Moving Coil Cartridge

On the surface, a cartridge would seem a simple enough device, whether it’s designed based on a magnet system or, alternatively, one with a coil driven by a magnet system. Whatever path has been chosen by the designer, the delicate relationships between each of the cartridge's miniscule elements requires a balanced, precise and extremely mindful execution. Quality cartridge manufacturers stem from around the globe, with many respected makers originating from the USA, Germany and Switzerland. However, in terms of brands, Japan has the biggest concentration of producers, a literal ‘who’s who’ of some of the world’s most lustfully-desired and highly regarded cartridges. Shelter Audio’s heritage and extensive product line firmly places it among some of the very best.