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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 22 October 2024 22 October 2024

‘High-End Audio Innovators’ Event at Audio Connection, Sydney

On Friday evening, 18 October, industry luminaries from Denmark, Sweden and the UK gathered at Audio Connection, one of Sydney’s premier hi-fi retailers, courtesy of distributor and sister company Advance Audio. Each representative would host a presentation with an emphasis not just on providing insights into specific products, but to also instil a deeper understanding of their company’s vision.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 18 October 2024 18 October 2024

StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show 2024 – Standout Rooms

It’s now become a tradition. That breezy 90 minute flight from Sydney to Melbourne in October. Mind you, after driving nearly two hours to the airport from the Blue Mountains. Then, a soft-landing at Tullamarine Airport. Soon, I’ll be taxiing the runways of Australia’s largest audio show. That’s the StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show at its traditional home at the Pullman Melbourne Albert Park. I arrived mid-afternoon on kick-off Friday. Checked-in. Then, by the show’s entrance, a bombardment of low frequency shell-shock pulses. Audio PTSD. But hey, with a full-metal-jacket SD card magazine locked and loaded, itchy shutter trigger-finger, scrawly notepad and battle-scarred backpack at the shoulder, the campaign to move forward through the show began. Onwards and upwards.

Details: Written by Vedran Simunovic Vedran Simunovic; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 October 2024 15 October 2024

DS Audio DS-E3 Optical Cartridge

Phono cartridges are a finicky lot, and especially the magnetic ones. If you want to make a mark in that area, you have to invest in the finest materials, meticulous assembly processes and eons of human expertise bordering on black magic. DS Audio dispensed with most of these complications by devising a line of optical cartridges that works in a completely different manner, follows completely different rules and achieves sound quality on a completely different level. The DS-E3 is DS Audio’s newest product and is a grand entry point to the company’s optical cartridge line-up.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 07 October 2024 07 October 2024

Cyrus 40 Series Products Landing in Australia

Cyrus just launched the new 40 series products featuring four components and with a view to expand the line-up with a matching stand-alone phono stage in early 2025.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; 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.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; 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.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; 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.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; 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.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; 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.

Details: Written by Barry James Johnston Barry James Johnston; Category: Reviews Reviews; 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!

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: Features Features; 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.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; 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.