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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 November 2021 01 November 2021
M2Tech Rockstars Series System
M2Tech is an Italian audio business based in the ancient city of Pisa and founded by Marco Manuta and his wife Nadia, both electrical engineers by trade and with a passion for music. During my research, I discovered their philosophy which articulated perfectly something I have long known – “that the quality of the sound is fundamental to fully appreciate music”. M2 Tech believes that “the perception of the musical nuances in a musical performance, as well as the correct delivery of all the environmental sonic information that make the signature of the venue in which music is played and recorded, contribute to the emotional side of music listening”.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 28 October 2021 28 October 2021
Linn Klimax LP12 Lands with Surprises
Linn has announced its new flagship Klimax LP12 turntable which is now accompanied by a matching range-topping Moving Coil cartridge and a new highly-engineered controller.
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- Category: News News
- Published: 24 October 2021 24 October 2021
Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems New Relentless Preamplifier
One of High-End Munich 2018’s headliner releases was Dan D’Agostino’s monstrous Relentless mono amplifiers. Now three-and-a-half years down the track, a companion piece completes the über high-end combo in the new Relentless preamplifier.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 20 October 2021 20 October 2021
Melco Announces New ‘Digital Music Library’
In an expansion of its generous digital playback product range, Japanese computer audio specialist Melco has launched the mid-level N50-S38 ‘Music Library’ incorporating a number of new design features.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 20 October 2021 20 October 2021
Meze Audio Elite Headphones Arrive in Australia
The Romanian headphone specialist Meze Audio has shipped Elite, its recently released high-end statement headphone design, to Australia and it’s scheduled to arrive almost as we publish.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 17 October 2021 17 October 2021
IsoTek V5 Aquarius Power Cleaning System
A new dawning of the Age of Aquarius is announced by AC power pundits IsoTek with its addition of the latest V5 Aquarius ‘power cleaning system’ for optimising electronics’ performance.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 October 2021 15 October 2021
Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4 Loudspeakers
Wait, what? There’s a new Bowers & Wilkins 800 series launching? That was the goss vibing around audio journos’ periphery for a couple of months prior to the official announcement. Then, a communiqué direct from the company: Tune-in to a global online press-only event. A date. A link. A whole lotta questions… and soon, a whole lotta answers. A road paved with anticipation and cobbled with excitement eventually leading to this 801 D4 review.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 08 October 2021 08 October 2021
Vertere’s New Super Groovy Tonearms
In a reinvention of last-gen designs, analogue specialist Vertere announces two new SG-PTA carbon fibre high-end tonearms featuring a number of key engineering improvements.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 06 October 2021 06 October 2021
Lumin Drops P1 Network Music Player/Digital Preamplifier
Digital specialist Lumin has announced a new high-end network music player the company calls an “All-in-one Digital Music Hub” with the aim to form the heart of a high quality music system.
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- Written by Mark Busby Mark Busby
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 October 2021 01 October 2021
Definitive Technology Demand D17 Loudspeakers
Hailing from the USA, Definitive Technology brings you its Demand Series of which the D17 is the top of the line floorstanding loudspeaker. Formed in 1991 Maryland USA, Definitive Technology has been researching speaker design for three decades and has numerous loudspeaker design patents to its name. Let’s examine the D17’s music making skills.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 October 2021 01 October 2021
Chord Electronics 2go Streamer/Server and 2yu DAC Interface
Across its entire product spectrum, Chord Electronics offers distinctively-styled components endowed with intelligent engineering solutions. For the embodiment of creative industrial design, check out the distinctive heavy metal Sci-Fi aesthetic of the company’s most ambitious ‘Ultima’ line. Right down to the entry-point portable audio players, like the super-successful and overachieving Mojo, the ideology carries through to beautifully made devices which are unmistakably… Chord. However, the daring ‘hey you, look at me!’ styling and colour-bubble functionality is always simpatico with innovative, inspired proprietary engineering. Now, Chord’s continuum expands with a product duo which is, literally, hand-in-hand ‘2go’ about bringing digital tunes ‘2yu’.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 24 September 2021 24 September 2021
SoundStage! Lead-In Video: Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4 Loudspeakers Preview
The Lead-In series features products that are soon to be reviewed on SoundStage! Australia. In this video, SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer gives you a preview of and some insight into the brand-new Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4, which replaces the 800 D3 and is now the flagship speaker from this famous British brand. Did the B&W designers outdo themselves with the 801 D4? Watch this video to find out. And check back on SoundStage! Australia on October 15, 2021, to see the full review.
