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- Published: 04 October 2024 04 October 2024
Linn Drops 119 and 150 Compact Loudspeakers
Based on past triumphs, Linn’s new compact 119 standmount and 150 floorstanding loudspeakers are destined to perform way beyond their modest dimensions.
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- Published: 03 October 2024 03 October 2024
Focal Announces Diva Utopia, Company's First Active Wireless Loudspeakers
The just-launched Diva Utopia are French specialist Focal’s affirmation of a bold new direction, with the active, connected and wireless loudspeakers representing an important milestone in the company’s history.
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- Published: 02 October 2024 02 October 2024
New SVS Subwoofers Launch With Substantial Advancements
Subwoofer design authority SVS has announced the new 17-Ultra R|Evolution subwoofers, a duo of distinct models sporting the company’s newest and most advanced technologies.
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- Published: 01 October 2024 01 October 2024
DALI Expands Its Epikore Line
Inspired by the no-holds-barred ‘Kore’ loudspeakers, DALI now introduces the new Epikore line, crowned by the Epikore 11, with new and direct trickle down technologies developed from the company’s flagship design.
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- Published: 01 October 2024 01 October 2024
Wilson Audio The WATT/Puppy Loudspeakers
The concept of evolution can be simply described as the gradual change in constitution, or characteristics, of a species, an entity, an object, etc., across generations. Darwinism goes a step further and suggests the process comes about by natural selection where small, inherited variations, or adaptations, provide an increased aptitude to successfully compete and thrive. So it is with the new Wilson Audio The WATT/Puppy, which celebrates its 50th anniversary after a near-15-year hiatus under that moniker. In this evolutionary transmutation, the latest WATT/Puppy embodies Wilson Audio’s entire current philosophies and peak technologies, once again, elevating the compelling concept.
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- Published: 01 October 2024 01 October 2024
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 Phono Stage
Once in a while, a component comes along that really makes you sit up and take notice. Vinyl has been around for a long time and for many years, most people, had you asked for their opinion, would have gladly told you, without a shadow of a doubt, that the turntable’s era was well and truly over. Well, we all know that hasn’t been the case. Plus, with the advanced materials, mechanical and motor technologies, our groovy black plastic discs have become ever more appealing, more complex, feature packed, and OTT. Even with regards to outrageous design architectures and pricing, the playing field is now, more than ever, not even!
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- Published: 25 September 2024 25 September 2024
SoundStage! Talks Australia Video: 50 Years of Wilson Audio's WATT/Puppy—from David to Daryl Wilson
In 2024, Wilson Audio reintroduces The WATT/Puppy in the ninth version of the classic design, in celebration of the company's 50th anniversary. Being synonymous with the Wilson Audio brand, it was the ideal model to make into a celebratory product. In this video, CEO Daryl Wilson discusses the history of Wilson Audio and the WATT/Puppy heritage, and he also gives insights into how this new speaker model was designed.
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- Published: 23 September 2024 23 September 2024
Michi Releases Q5 Transport DAC
Michi, the high-end division of Japanese electronics specialist Rotel, rounds out its offerings with the new Q5 Transport DAC catering to the venerable CD format while also providing the latest digital-to-analogue converter technologies.
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- Published: 16 September 2024 16 September 2024
StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show 2024 Set to Rock Melbourne
Australia’s largest audio and visual entertainment bash is set to showcase some of the best gear in the industry, once again, at the established location at the Pullman Mercure Hotel & Events Centre.
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- Published: 15 September 2024 15 September 2024
NAD Masters M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
NAD the venerable audiophile brand has been around a long time, its reputation built on delivering high performance audio at reasonable prices. I remember as a schoolboy hearing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon at a Hi-Fi store played with, what seemed at the time, almost unfathomable power through a system which, I later learned, was NAD’s killer power amp of that era aptly named the ‘Powertracker’. It was many years later when I could begin treading the audiophile path, but that NAD experience was still firmly etched in my mind. The NAD Masters M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier arrived at my office in the morning, which seemed to make the day a little longer than usual as I was eager to get this baby home and hooked up for a listen.
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- Published: 10 September 2024 10 September 2024
Shunyata Research Introduces X-Series AC Cables
Cable and power distribution specialist Shunyata Research has announced the launch of Alpha-X and Sigma-X AC power cables featuring a new patent-pending technology.
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- Published: 09 September 2024 09 September 2024
Pitt & Giblin Launches Flare Loudspeakers
Australian loudspeaker specialist Pitt & Giblin has announced Flare, the company’s smallest offering which, in accordance with the brand’s philosophies, employs waveguide and active/DSP technologies.