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Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 05 October 2017 05 October 2017

Bowers & Wilkins New PX High-End Headphones

The new PX headphones from audio giant Bowers & Wilkins mark the company’s first foray into the noise-cancelling and wireless spaces. B&W’s aim here was not only to encompass the benefits inherent to the noise-free headphone experience but to also incorporate some truly innovative features, class-leading audio performance and the latest Bluetooth technology.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 04 October 2017 04 October 2017

Reference DAC from MSB Now in Australia

Digital innovator MSB Technology has recently released the new Reference DAC and the first units have landed in Australia. The new digital-to-analogue converter features a number of proprietary and advanced technologies that set it apart from most of its competition.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment; Published: 01 October 2017 01 October 2017

Getting to the Point!

Greetings from the Blue Mountains! Man, it’s been a full-on three months since SoundStage! Australia launched! Australia and our South Pacific region has seen a whole stream of important high-end audio events and many an overseas visitor has landed on our shores. Add to that SoundStage! Australia’s own varied website’s activities – and it’s taken off, I must thankfully say while also thanking SoundStage Network's Doug Schneider and team – it’s just as well the aura of serenity and mindful harmony of the Blue Mountains continues to both revitalise and maintain my impetus to joyfully expand the content-rich site that it’s steadily becoming.

Details: Written by Scott Campbell Scott Campbell; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 October 2017 01 October 2017

Audio Research Foundation LS28 Preamplifier and VT80 Amplifier

There are few more respected names in Audio than that of Audio Research. I won't go into the long history of the 47 year old, Plymouth Minnesota based company here (it's easily available with a simple search online after all) but, suffice to say, Audio Research's credentials are impeccable when it comes to its well established success, technical prowess, diversity and, more importantly, sound quality.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 October 2017 01 October 2017

SGR Audio Signature Hi-Fi Rack Visco-Elastic Vibration Isolators

Melbourne’s SGR Audio is an established and growing concern with an expanding line of superbly-designed products ranging from source to speakers – the latter both passive and active. In fact, SoundStage! awarded a ‘Best of Show’ commendation to SGR’s superbly-designed Discovery series speakers at High-End Munich 2017 – see write-up here. The company also makes the outstanding modular Signature Hi-Fi Rack that is not only aesthetically beautiful but also features solid engineering principles. Now, SGR Audio has launched a Visco-Elastic Vibration Isolator upgrade that promises further performance benefits.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 October 2017 01 October 2017

HQ Visit – dCS, Cambridge, United Kingdom

While many high-end audio companies offer digital products alongside a wider variety of electronics and speaker systems, dCS (Data Conversion Systems) of Cambridge in the United Kingdom is a specialist manufacturer dedicating its considerable engineering and design expertise to a single pure aim: the reproduction of digital playback at its utmost pinnacle.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 25 September 2017 25 September 2017

Reasons to Celebrate: Harbeth’s Anniversary Models and a Local Gift with Super HL5plus

Harbeth Australian distributor Audio Magic has announced availability in mid-October of the new Harbeth M30.2 large standmount speakers. Harbeth celebrates the company’s landmark 40^th Anniversary by releasing the M30.2 in a Special Edition Eucalyptus finish.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 24 September 2017 24 September 2017

New Class of Integrated Amplifier from Aries-Cerat

Valve aficionado Aries-Cerat has announced the new Genus integrated amplifier. The Genus is an SET (Single Ended Triode) design offering many of the circuit refinements of its larger stablemates the Concero monoblock amplifiers.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: News News; Published: 21 September 2017 21 September 2017

Official Launch of Bowers & Wilkins 700 S2 Speakers – Hyatt Regency, Sydney

When Bowers & Wilkins announces a new product we, the press, take notice. Especially when it involves an entire new series of speakers in the very important mid-level market sector. Ergo the official Australian launch in Sydney earlier this week where the company’s recently-established subsidiary Bowers & Wilkins Australia presented to dealers and media the new substantially reengineered 700 S2 series of speakers.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 20 September 2017 20 September 2017

On Demand: Definitive Technology's New Demand Series Loudspeakers

A new series of standmount speakers has been released by highly-respected American loudspeaker brand Definitive Technology. The Demand series features a number of proprietary design elements and acoustic principle applications making for offerings with a high level of technology and value.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 September 2017 18 September 2017

Gold Note’s IS-1000 Integrated Amplifier and Streamer – an Electronics Swiss Army Knife

Available in Australia now is the Gold Note IS-1000, a ‘Made in Italy’ all-in-one source and amplification system based on the company’s top-level P-1000 preamplifier and PA-1175 power amplifier but with a whole lot more on-board.

Details: Written by Peter Katsoolis Peter Katsoolis; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 September 2017 15 September 2017

Harbeth P3ESR Loudspeakers

The Harbeth P3ESR mini-monitor traces its origins to the iconic BBC-designed LS3/5a although it’s anything but a legacy product. In 2017, the Harbeth loudspeaker company is celebrating its 40th anniversary, a testament to the sonic staying power of the still independent UK company founded by the late Dudley Harwood who was then head of the BBC’s legendary loudspeaker R & D team. Since the mid-1980s, it has been singularly steered by Alan Shaw, also a former BBC employee, intent on radically advancing the art of loudspeaker design while building on traditional BBC advanced learning.