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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020
Bowers & Wilkins 702 Signature Edition Loudspeakers
Like many advanced undertakings, high-end audio presents the opportunity to develop technologies, to progress the engineering of advanced materials and composites and to adopt fabrication methodologies expressing to fruition the imagination of the industry’s creative minds. These advances are, usually, firstly showcased in statement products. In 2017, Bowers & Wilkins launched its 700 S2 series of loudspeakers with new and also trickled down technologies first expressed in the company’s flagship 800 series. The new line was greeted with tremendous market success. Now in 2020, Bowers & Wilkins fine-tunes a key model, the 702 S2 (read our review here), with a tweaked crossover and a jaw-dropping new finish warranting a more illustrious moniker – the 702 Signature Edition.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020
Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium Integrated Amplifier
I’m a man of many wants. One of them was a decent listen in my own man-cave to a nice tube amp, ‘musica uninterruptus’. But not just any tube amp – one that exists in the realms of mere mortals but that wasn’t an entry level type where the design trade-offs are more significant. Enter the Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium – a Chinese-designed and built single-ended triode integrated amplifier.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 19 August 2020 19 August 2020
Copland Returns to Australia
The highly respected Danish audio specialist simply known as Copland makes a return to Australia under a new partnership agreement with distributor of select products, Melbourne’s Audio Magic.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 18 August 2020 18 August 2020
Michi Announces New X3 and X5 Integrated Amplifiers
Following the success of the P5 preamplifier and S5 and M8 power amplifiers, Michi, the high-end arm of Rotel, drops a new pair of upmarket integrated amplifiers to round out the range.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 17 August 2020 17 August 2020
Kyron Audio in the Fast Lane with Brabham Automotive
In a partnership with fellow South Australian Brabham Automotive, Kyron Audio has announced special edition versions of its high-end loudspeaker systems reflecting the supercar maker’s styling motifs and materials technologies.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 August 2020 15 August 2020
Michi P5 Preamplifier & M8 Monoblock Power Amplifiers
Throughout audio history there have been high profile companies who, after success in the affordable ‘mainstream’ space, have amassed their R&D, engineering and manufacturing might to produce products catering to the high-end market. Some have given the new luxury products distinctive appellations, as a form of distinct separation from its mainstream fare, while others went about launching disassociated alternative brands with a less obvious resonance to the parent company. Back in the early 1990s, armed with an enviable reputation in affordable quality Hi-Fi and wanting to embark on a new path, Rotel fired an authoritative round squarely at the high-end by way of the Michi statement brand (A.K.A. ‘Michi by Rotel’). As successful as Michi was, Rotel in its wisdom phased the brand out of the market. Subsequently, the select Michi products became highly sought-after classics. Now, after a hiatus lasting near on 30 years, the term ‘Michi’ is once again part of the luxury audio lexicon.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 13 July 2020 13 July 2020
Peter Foster Halcro Video Interview
SoundStage! Talks: SoundStage! Australia Editor-in-Chief Edgar Kramer talks to Halcro CEO Peter Foster about the rebuilding of the brand and where his group plans to take it.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 11 August 2020 11 August 2020
New Duo with Bowers & Wilkins’ Formation Duo
Bowers & Wilkins Australia is offering a powerful combo of Formation Duo and Formation Audio when you purchase the former.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 10 August 2020 10 August 2020
Lindemann Back in Australia
Revered German company Lindemann, now in the main a digital specialist, is back in Australia via new distribution partner Magenta Audio.
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- Category: News News
- Published: 07 August 2020 07 August 2020
New Pre/Power Duo from McIntosh Laboratory
McIntosh Laboratory has unveiled the C22 Mk V preamplifier and MC1502 power amplifier, two valve components which, aside from their arresting retro-style designs, also promise an ideal partnership in terms of functionality and potential performance.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 02 August 2020 02 August 2020
HANA Umami Cartridge Promises Audio Deliciousness
Cartridge manufacturer HANA’s new Umami high-end cartridge opens the possibilities of superbly tasteful sound performance.
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- Written by Scott Campbell Scott Campbell
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 August 2020 01 August 2020
Audia Flight FL CD Three S CD Player
A Swiss Army Knife inside a Pandora's Box. We reviewers do so love our metaphors and I've brewed-up a doozy in that previous sentence. It's about as mixed as they get and yet, it's what sums up this interesting player from the Italian audio house of Audia Flight. Features abound and it truly is a “jack of all trades”. CD player? Yep. DAC? Yep. Transport? Of course. USB DAC? We have you covered Sir. Oh? Your system is balanced you say? Not a problem Sir. We have balanced outputs along with our five (yes five) different digital inputs and high-resolution playback. Sir doesn't use a preamplifier? We anticipated that and there's remote volume (in the digital domain naturally).
