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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 15 April 2019 15 April 2019
KEF Music Gallery Hong Kong & Huizhou Factory Visit
One of my personal pleasures is in discovering the sub-level trinkets, the minutiae, which are often revealed when being educated on the workings and culture behind multi-faceted audio companies. In the case of loudspeaker manufacturing giant KEF, the revelations at Hong Kong’s elegant KEF Music Gallery and at the company’s advanced Huizhou factory spoilt me for choice, so abundant were the instructive, even enlightening, aspects of its operations. Admirable too was the solid ethos and, infectious, the passion of the people behind the company.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 11 April 2019 11 April 2019
Dynaudio Evoke Series to Land in Australia
Dynaudio continues to… umm, evoke music lovers’ emotions with the new Evoke series of speakers being for imminent landing in May 2019 in the Australian and New Zealand markets.
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- Category: News News
- Published: 08 April 2019 08 April 2019
Metaxas & Sins New Product Onslaught
Australian Expat Kostas Metaxas has announced the new Grand Damme flagship speaker system, the MASDAC Digital-to-Analogue Converter, the T-RX reel-to-reel with its dedicated stand and a new bespoke stand for the extraordinary Perambulator turntable system.
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- Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 07 April 2019 07 April 2019
Sennheiser UAE Event: Exclusive Listen to AMBEO Soundbar
As the lights dimmed inside our room at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dubai, it started to rain, a crash of thunder followed and then it poured – At least that’s what Sennheiser’s new AMBEO soundbar would have us believe. The rain from the Dolby Atmos demo actually sounded as though it was above us as well as all around us and the rumble of thunder was convincing. The clarity and quality of the spatial presentation was very impressive.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 03 April 2019 03 April 2019
Power to the People – McIntosh’s New MPC500 Power Controller
McIntosh has announced the new MPC500 Power Controller, a surge protection device that is aimed at safeguarding your audio against the potential devastation of AC-conducted events.
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- Category: News News
- Published: 02 April 2019 02 April 2019
Parasound Ships NewClassic 200 Pre Preamplifier
Renowned for its extremely high value high-end John Curl-designed Halo products, Parasound now offers its 200 Pre as its newest full feature preamplifier in the entry level NewClassic line.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 April 2019 01 April 2019
Dynaudio Confidence 20 Loudspeakers
Back in the late 1980s, an Australian company had the rights to use the Dynaudio moniker across a line of exceptional locally-manufactured speakers sporting full Danish driver arrays – head-to-toe metal jacket. Including the fabulous Esotar tweeter (in those days, Dynaudio supplied its state-of-the-art drivers to the OEM and DIY spaces). I lusted after those beautifully-finished designs. Especially after hearing them several times at a Sydney city store but, alas, at the time I was a student and the price of admission, despite the great value offered, was way beyond my financial capabilities.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment
- Published: 01 April 2019 01 April 2019
Demystifying Audio & The Hunter
Sydney, Australia’s largest city, enjoys a very strong audio enthusiast community. Both on a social level, within tight small cliques, and by way of a more formal structure, or body. In the case of the latter, and as is common in many endeavours and hobbies, back in 2007 a core group of Sydney audiophiles banded together in order to form the Sydney Audio Club (SAC). Their mission was to formalise meetings where members could share their love of music and simultaneously sample the audio treasures local manufacturers and retailers could present. Since that inaugural meeting near 12 years ago, SAC has grown exponentially and enjoys ongoing enthusiast and industry support.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 19 March 2019 19 March 2019
Vermouth Audio Mixes a New Reference Cable Cocktail
A new flagship cable range from Vermouth Audio has been announced, with the company now adding a loudspeaker cable to the Reference line-up.
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 March 2019 15 March 2019
Meridian 857 Reference Two Channel Power Amplifier
Meridian Audio is a name known to most if not all audiophiles. It’s an established audio company that dates back to 1977 – only a handful of high-profile, high-end audio companies can tout a longer history. But longevity in the audio business doesn’t, on its own, keep the doors open. Meridian Audio has continually succeeded by being one of the best audio and acoustic engineering companies in a market known for intense competition.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 12 March 2019 12 March 2019
Reinvented Network Player from Ayon
After what may seem like… umm, aeons, an updated Network Player from Ayon has been announced with the company enhancing the S-10 platform to S-10 II status and making it a far more capable offering.
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- Written by News Editor News Editor
- Category: News News
- Published: 06 March 2019 06 March 2019
REDGUM Audio RGAP Cables
Australian electronics specialist REDGUM Audio has announced the RGAP ‘Audio Pipeline’, a new audio cable which the company states offers an outstanding performance versus value ratio.
