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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 25 November 2018 25 November 2018

Sydney Hi-Fi Castle Hill Event – Krix Loudspeakers

As part of a whirlwind roadshow to showcase Krix Loudspeakers’ profoundly extensive product range and highlighting the new MX series, the company culminated the trip with a night at one of Sydney’s premier audio specialist dealers, Sydney Hi-Fi Castle Hill in the city’s north-western ‘Hills’ district.

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

Subwoofer Specialist SVS Announces New 3000 Series

Subwoofer specialist SVS has launched the all-new 3000 series which, commensurate with the Reference level status, are claimed to be the most advanced, highest-tech subwoofers the company has ever produced.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 15 November 2018 15 November 2018

KEF Australia Launches LSX “Dressed in Holiday Style”

Inked with street art and camouflaged down a backstreet alley in trendy North Melbourne, the SmartArtz Gallery served as the host venue for the launch of the new entry-into-the-world of KEF LSX active speaker system in all its multi-coloured glory.

Details: Written by Josh Givorshner Josh Givorshner; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 November 2018 15 November 2018

DS Audio DS-W2 Phono Cartridge & Equaliser

It’s Friday night. The working week is (hopefully) over. You sit down with a single malt, a Shiraz, some umeshu or maybe just a mug of chocolate milk. You then seek out one of your favourite albums, undertake your particular pre-play ritual and finally lower the cueing arm. Thus enters the DS Audio DS-W2 cartridge and equaliser combo…

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 13 November 2018 13 November 2018

A Clear Window into Music

PMC is one of the very few loudspeaker companies with wide acclaim and significant market penetration in both the professional and domestic arenas. While the company’s top-end SE products have been universally revered, it could be said that their utilitarian, plain purposefulness is PMC’s pure expression of function over form. Perfect examples of sonic performance over aesthetic beauty. Now, PMC has launched its most ambitious project and, this time, both the spheres of engineering and design have been thoroughly and forcefully tackled in the visually arresting Fenestria loudspeaker system.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 11 November 2018 11 November 2018

Chord Electronics Ultima Amplification

The ultimate amplification components? Possibly, according to Chord Electronics who has announced an innovative preamplifier and monoblock power amplifiers as flagship components in the new top-level ‘Ultima’ series.

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

Krix MX ‘Real Cinema at Home’ at Sydney Hi-Fi Stores

Following the outstanding success of the massive, and massively enjoyable, Krix mega-system shown at the International Hi-Fi Show 2018, Krix now announces the new MX system to be showcased at Sydney Hi-Fi Castle Hill and Mona Vale.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 05 November 2018 05 November 2018

Wilson Benesch Announces New Precision Series Speakers

The new Wilson Benesch Precision range will feature three loudspeaker models, with the line slotting in between the entry-point Square series and the Geometry series.

Details: Written by Peter Katsoolis Peter Katsoolis; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018

Sennheiser HD 820 Headphones

Last year, when I wrote about the Sennheiser HDV 820 DAC and headphone amplifier (review here), the headfi world was frothing at the prospect of a new 8xx series headphone. But rather than replace the HD 800 and HD 800 S, both superior open back designs, Sennheiser unexpectedly delivered a closed back alternative in the rarefied High End series, the HD 820.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018

Linn Selekt DSM Arrives in Australia

Finally, after a much-vibed gestation period and high anticipation post-announcement, Australia has been… umm, selected as one of the first landing destinations for the new Linn Selekt DSM all-in-one digital solution.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 31 October 2018 31 October 2018

Magico APOD Footer System

Subsequent to high-end loudspeaker specialist Magico's release of the new APOD, the bespoke coupling spiking system has arrived in Australia.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 29 October 2018 29 October 2018

Nano-Audio Technology New Valve Amplifiers

Australian company Nano-Audio Technology has announced two new power amplifier designs using a choice of ultra-high quality amorphous, Permalloy or Teramoto Finement Nanocrystalline output transformers.