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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 August 2018 01 August 2018
REL Acoustics 212/SE Active Subwoofer
Listening to music is an experience for the emotions. It’s a practice that needs to engage, to connect and to seize the listener allowing him or her to share in the visions of its creators. At its most beautiful and captivating, it can be an escape… a transport into the realms of the imagination. But for the facsimile to approach the ‘live’ event, the reproducing apparatus needs to reflect music’s full potential in terms of frequency span, even if, its true dynamic power is as yet unobtainable. So, in order to convey the full emotional – and even physical – spectrum of music, you’ll need the practical means by which to experience ‘full range’ reproduction. And that, is only accurately available via a very large floorstanding, high power loudspeaker or a true subwoofer. Enter the REL Acoustics 212/SE…
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 August 2018 01 August 2018
M8audio Sweet Maxwell Loudspeakers
How big a speaker do you really need? Well, that really depends on a number of factors. If you have a very large listening room, like to listen at volume levels that would scare possums in the next block, or have a primordial craving for bass depth and bass power, then perhaps small speakers are not for you. That said the M8audio Sweet Maxwell speakers perform surprisingly well when high-jumping criteria that are typically hostile to smaller speakers. In many normal home situations, you may well achieve better sound with high quality stand-mount speakers like the Sweet Maxwell than with similarly priced floorstanding speakers that superficially appear impressive but, may in fact, be poorly constructed and braced and/or may be the product of compromises in the design of the crossovers or may incorporate low quality drivers.
SGR Audio Limited Edition Loudspeaker Upgrade
As part of a limited production run, owners of SGR Audio’s superb Convex Series CX3B Mk.1 standmount and CX3C Mk.1 centre channel active loudspeakers will be able to upgrade to Mk.2 status featuring the ground-breaking ‘Current Drive’ amplification technology and a new and improved tweeter design.
Upscale Sound – Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler
As an expansion of the highly acclaimed Hugo family of products, UK digital specialist Chord Electronics has announced the Hugo M Scaler, a standalone upscaler featuring proprietary FPGA digital technology.
New Modular Audio Racks from SGR Audio
After making a splash at High End Munich 2018 with its unique all-white ‘Current Drive’ active speaker system, SGR Audio now follows up by officially announcing a new range of audio rack systems offering a variety of isolation techniques at a range of price and sophistication levels.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 July 2018 15 July 2018
Chord Electronics Qutest Digital-to-Analogue Converter
It’s an exciting time to be an audiophile. Digital technology is continually evolving and bringing with it a multitude of features and the possibility of serious improvements in the quality of signal handling and processing. Today we can see base level functionality in many audio products which, less than a generation ago, either never existed or may only have existed in the highest echelons or recording studios.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 15 July 2018 15 July 2018
Len Wallis Audio – Forty Years of Excellence
Len Wallis Audio is an audio retail institution in Sydney. Period. In Australia’s largest city, the store’s reputation and sheer gravitas when it comes to ‘brand recognition’ is the envy of its competitors. But this has not been achieved overnight. The business has been trading successfully for decades and, in fact, has recently reached a milestone that places it among the top three longest-running audio retailers in Sydney. Very recently, Len Wallis Audio celebrated its 40th Anniversary.
From Crowd Funding to Fruition – MAG-LEV ML1 Turntable
In what is a very rare occurrence in the high-end audio business, the MAG-LEV Audio ML1 turntable, a Kickstarter crowd funded item, has seen fruition with samples having now arrived in Australia.
GoldenEar Technology’s New Australian Distributor
After a long association with high-end distributor Kedcorp, the renowned and multi-award winning brand GoldenEar Technology changes distribution in Australia to Network Audio Visual.
McIntosh Announces New MC462 Power Amplifier
The new MC462 ‘Quad Balanced’ power amplifier from McIntosh joins the ranks of recent new product releases from this most prolific high-end audio specialist.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment
- Published: 01 July 2018 01 July 2018
SoundStage! Australia Celebrates! "From Little Things Big Things Grow" - Paul Kelly
It’s true that time flies when you’re having fun… But working hard on something you are passionate about, with music as the final destination, provides one with soul-satisfying vigour and condenses time into a distorted continuum.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 July 2018 01 July 2018
Sennheiser HD 660 S Headphones
I love headphones. I mean, how else can you finish off your day listening to some of your favourite tunes without waking up everyone in the house? The only caveat is that you have a sufficiently capable amplifier and a set of headphones with enough muscle to wrestle the sonic wonders out of your CD, LP and FLAC, WAV, AIFF and other files. Which is why I was excited about receiving the latest Sennheiser audiophile model, the HD 660 S, to spend hours relaxing while engaging in the review process.
