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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
DEQX 4th Generation Processors Announced
Australian digital specialist DEQX has unveiled its 4th Generation multi-tasking processors with proprietary Advanced HD-Active (top model), DEQX Cloud and a host of new features.
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- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 September 2021 01 September 2021
MUTEC MC-3+ USB Smart Reclocker & REF10 Reference Master Clock
While the largest percentage of digital music streamers/players offer a USB output (often as the sole option), many respected engineers strongly accredit either S/PDIF or AES/EBU connectivity as the superior interface between the music source and the downstream digital-to-analogue converter. As with anything audio, this is open to debate. Equally persuasive arguments assert a well-thought-out USB interface can be at least the equal to the alternative transmittance methods. Virtues are often slaves to implementation and both sides of the coin can shimmer with objective and subjective brilliance. So, many highly capable DACs omit a USB input altogether. Conversely, many streamer/players provide that as the only output option. In those applications, a USB to S/PDIF and AES/EBU converter is required. What if said converter is also complimented with a superbly-engineered in-built clocking topology? Further, would a state-of-the-art external Master Clock elevate music enjoyment to even higher levels? Enter the Alpha specimens of the species, the MUTEC MC-3+ USB ‘Reclocker’ and REF10 Reference Master Clock.
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- Published: 30 August 2021 30 August 2021
EarMen Tradutto DAC to Land in Australia
Headphone and digital specialist EarMen (sister company to valve amplification maker Auris Audio) recently unveiled its newest DAC which is due to hit our shores in September 2021.
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- Published: 29 August 2021 29 August 2021
Kharma Introduces 3.0 Upgrade to Exquisite Line
The Netherlands’ Kharma, manufacturer of high-end loudspeakers, electronics and accessories of the über order, has announced a significant revision to its entire Exquisite line of loudspeakers.
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- Published: 25 August 2021 25 August 2021
Bowers & Wilkins’ 800 Series Diamond Re-Polished
In a timed and synchronised global announcement, Bowers & Wilkins unveils the new flagship 800 Series loudspeakers featuring a battery of new technology while also subtly refining the unique aesthetic design.
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- Published: 23 August 2021 23 August 2021
The Chester Group Announces 2022 Audio Show
With a comeback to some form of ‘normality’ expected in 2022 – provided our vaccination uptake remains as strong as it currently is – the concept of the audio show may be returning. To that end, The Chester Group gives a hint at what’s to come.
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- Published: 20 August 2021 20 August 2021
Sydney’s Reinvented Music Hot Spot: Audio Connection
In this writer’s view, there were only three high-end audio salons in the Harbour City in the 1990s able to demonstrate a wide sampling of the best high-end audio on the planet. Audio Connection was one. It had the largest and the most diverse representation despite having the most modest premises at the time. Back then, as a wet-behind-the-ears grommet surfing the waves of Sydney’s hi-fi scene, I longed for those unattainable pearls of desire. Coral-like beauties, down deep and alluring but beyond my reach on the water’s surface, an ocean of crispy greens between us. Yes, Audio Connection was the Barrier Reef of Sydney’s hi-fi scene. Expertly curated by my good friend Josef Riedeger, the store was crammed with the best exotica. His generous hand brought those coveted components closer to the shallows, within my reach, where I often delighted in netting them.
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- Published: 18 August 2021 18 August 2021
Needle Drop: EMT Announces New Novel Cartridges
Analogue innovator EMT has unveiled the new handcrafted-in-Switzerland Novel line of high-end cartridges featuring the JDS Titan and flagship JDS Gold Moving Coil designs.
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- Published: 15 August 2021 15 August 2021
NAD’s Acclaimed M10 Now Improved
A revised and improved version of the highly successful M10, the all-in-one digital hub, music player and amplification solution from NAD, is expected to land in Australia in October 2021.
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- Published: 15 August 2021 15 August 2021
Dynaudio Heritage Special Loudspeakers
When a product’s name features the word ‘Heritage’ it conjures an associated sense of… promise. And tradition. And ancestry. Expressing the word ‘Heritage’ carries a message of brand culture and company history. It celebrates the legacy of generations of evolution. With the release of its limited-run ‘Heritage Special’ loudspeakers, Dynaudio confidently advances enduring philosophies and applies long-refined technologies in a product which expresses a powerful mythology. The new speaker shouts its legacy credentials with an assured voice, accentuated by the reintroduction of a timeless enclosure aesthetic now further improved by modern craftsmanship. That’s the ‘Heritage’ box ticked. But is it also ‘Special’ or is that simply bravado?
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- Published: 12 August 2021 12 August 2021
Flying High with Alare
Audia Flight, the company which gave us such high-end audio gems as the Strumento line, has announced Alare, a subsidiary brand dedicated to the creation of exceptionally beautiful and high-performing loudspeaker systems.
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- Published: 11 August 2021 11 August 2021
And There's Gold for Nordost
Seen for the first time at the recent Hong Kong High End Audio Visual Show (how we miss shows in this corner of the world…) where they were formally launched, Nordost’s new flagship Odin Gold take signal transmission to an extreme new level of excellence.
