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- Published: 20 November 2020 20 November 2020
Balanced Audio Technology VK80i Integrated Amplifier
Topping off a spate of new and updated releases, valve and solid state amplification specialist Balanced Audio Technology (also affectionately known as BAT) has announced a new valve-based integrated amplifier.
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- Published: 20 November 2020 20 November 2020
Dynaudio Heritage is... Special
Making products for many decades allows a company to proudly refer to its history via a release which encapsulates its core values. To this end, Dynaudio announces its new Heritage Special limited edition loudspeakers.
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- Published: 17 November 2020 17 November 2020
Focal Releases Limited Edition Aria K2 936 Loudspeakers
Harking back to the 1980s’ renowned Focal K2 cone technology, French loudspeaker specialist Focal announces a new K2-endowed Aria loudspeaker system.
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- Published: 15 November 2020 15 November 2020
Wilson Audio SabrinaX Loudspeakers
The new SabrinaX may look just about identical to its predecessor – there are visually-subtle yet substantial performance-based upgrades – but in updating the Sabrina platform the Wilson Audio engineering team, led by dynamic duo Daryl Wilson and Vern Credille, have carpe diem’ed. The significantly revised SabrinaX is the recipient of Wilson Audio’s latest technologies and design credo. As crowned most recently by the flagship Chronosonic XVX, the stream of philosophical and engineering concepts that permeate Wilson Audio’s latest offerings are, ultimately, stimuli inspired by the no compromise limited-run WAMM Chronosonic. That the company has adopted many of these doctrines and practical elements to SabrinaX, the floorstanding entry point, shows engineering generosity besting mere trickle-down interpretations and potential oversimplifications. What super-incentive for exploration…
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- Published: 13 November 2020 13 November 2020
Harbeth Announces New XD Line
Following the widely-acclaimed Anniversary Series, and after weeks of unofficial ‘word-on-the-streets’ comment, British loudspeaker specialist Harbeth finally announces the updated ‘eXtended Definition’ line.
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- Published: 09 November 2020 09 November 2020
Wilson Audio's Daryl Wilson on the SabrinaX Loudspeaker
SoundStage! Talks: Wilson Audio CEO Daryl Wilson sits down with SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer to chat about design philosophies for the new SabrinaX loudspeaker, what it means to design a Wilson Audio loudspeaker at any price level, and the music that moves and inspires him.
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- Published: 06 November 2020 06 November 2020
New NEO iDSD Headphone Amplifier/DAC from iFi
In yet another expansion to its product arsenal, digital specialist iFi announces the new NEO iDSD headphone amplifier and DAC sporting a stream of features and connectivity options.
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- Published: 05 November 2020 05 November 2020
Sound & Vision Group Distributes van den Hul
In a new partnership which officially commenced on November 1 2020, long-standing audio specialist van den Hul’s entire product catalogue is to be distributed in Australia by The Sound & Vision Group.
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- Published: 02 November 2020 02 November 2020
RD Acoustic Partners With Nirvana Sound
Czech Republic’s acoustic treatment specialist RD Acoustic has cemented a distribution partnership with Nirvana Sound, Australian distributor of exotic high-end audio products from around the world.
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- Published: 01 November 2020 01 November 2020
Revel PerformaBe F328Be Loudspeakers
When Sydney Harman’s Revel hit the high-end loudspeaker market in the late 1990s, the company created quite the stir with its distinctive Gem, a beautifully-styled and high-performing standmount which garnered rave reviews globally. To round-out the flagship Ultima line, the remarkable Studio and Salon floorstanders followed and, again, were deservedly considered among the very best loudspeakers available. This writer loved the unusual styling which featured heroically-fabricated main cabinets with strikingly-fashioned interchangeable side panels available in a selection of beautiful finishes. The design presented users with a variety of mix-and-match options to suit any décor. Then there were the custom drivers and the overall engineering prowess. And the sound was… revelicious.
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- Published: 01 November 2020 01 November 2020
Vermouth Audio Reference DIN to RCA Phono Cable
What is a ‘reference’ if not an absolute truth, an ultimate goal? It’s a word tagged to products encapsulating a company’s best technologies and, mostly, flagship products. The audio industry certainly has dozens of brands using the term. Then, subsequent to developing a superior product, terms like ‘Signature’, ‘Designer’s Reference’ and so on appear as creative expressions which shoot ever upwards, seemingly transcending the concept of a definitive ‘reference’. Here at SoundStage! Australia HQ, we’ve been using all manner of upmarket cable types and brands including Vermouth Audio’s outstanding Reference line. Recently, we received the company’s latest Reference series creation, the superbly well-made Phono cable. Will this latest offering live up to the lofty term ‘reference’?
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- Published: 29 October 2020 29 October 2020
Duntech's Kiat Low Interview
SoundStage! Talks: SoundStage! Australia editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer talks to Duntech Audio’s CEO, Kiat Low, about John Dunlavy’s legacy design philosophies and how they apply to the drivers, crossovers, and overall design of the company’s new Senator and Princess loudspeakers. Kiat Low also touches on the future reinvention of the iconic Duntech Audio Sovereign loudspeaker.
