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- Published: 17 August 2022 17 August 2022
VYDA Laboratories Cables Hit Australia
VYDA Laboratories, Italian manufacturer of high-end audio cables, arrives in Australia via a distribution partnership with Hi End Audio.
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- Published: 15 August 2022 15 August 2022
Crystal Cable Future Dream 22 Cables
The mind’s eye can be a deceptive little psycho-trickster. Rightly or wrongly, and often inaccurately, we often tend to call preconceptions, bestow attributes and make judgements as a result of interpretations based on optic data and casual analysis. It can be a deception. We’re prone to misconstrue observations and often our emotions lead us into jumping to conclusions. It applies to everything. So, upon a casual visual inspection of Crystal Cable’s svelte new Future Dream 22 cables, the trickster’s crafty little voice may start its whispers… “These wiry little cables can’t possibly be bass-full and dynamic…” Man, that conjurer can be so, so wrong.
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- Published: 07 August 2022 07 August 2022
New from Lumin: T3 Digital Music Player
Riding on the waves of the successful T2, Lumin has now updated the digital music player to T3 status in what the company now refers to as its offerings’ “performance sweet spot”.
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- Published: 02 August 2022 02 August 2022
Japan's Soulnote Products Arrive in Australia
Japanese company Soulnote brings its relatively newly-updated third-generation products to the Australian market via a partnership with Absolute Hi End.
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- Published: 01 August 2022 01 August 2022
McIntosh Laboratory MA12000 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
Yes, I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder… but man, McIntosh Laboratory’s MA12000 is a thing of pure splendour. Its style perfectly balances retro-modern industrial design with technical innovation, as dichotomous as that may seem. Plus, the company’s highly-engineered proprietary amplification technologies signal (pun intended) high performance potential. So it’s not just a pretty faceplate. And with ample power on tap, this beast-of-an-integrated forcefully declares, “Hey, I may look hipster-cool but I sure as Hell can pummel with a wall of sound”. Hail The Grateful Dead…
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- Published: 01 August 2022 01 August 2022
Phasemation PP-200 Moving Coil Cartridge
Japanese high end company Phasemation relatively-recently released its “basic” PP-200 Moving Coil cartridge. Sporting a lovely deep metallic blue colour, this low output MC features trickle down technology from the company's top models including a rigid Duralumin alloy mounting base with an aluminium body, boron cantilever and a fine line stylus. Shipped in an oversized padded black case ensures this mini jewel arrives safely… A major emphasis on 'live' sounding products guides the Phasemation design philosophy.
Vertere Upgrades its Entry-Point Turntable
Vertere’s rather delectable DG-1 has received substantial upgrades to the turntable architecture and to its partnered Groove Runner tonearm, the package now going by the DG-1 S moniker.
New Aurender A15 Music Server/Streamer Announced
Digital specialist Aurender augments its extensive music delivery product range with the all-new and all-in-one ‘A15 Server/Streamer/Player’.
Titanic Audio Needle Drops in Australia
In a move confirming the luck of the Irish, Titanic Audio’s meticulously-crafted cartridges are now available via a new partnership with Australian distributor Audio Magic.
AURALiC Releases New ALTAIR G1.1 and ARIES G1.1
In an evolutionary update to the previous G1 generation, AURALiC has announced the ALTAIR G1.1 and ARIES G1.1, both sporting aesthetic and performance enhancements.
Rega Research Integrated and CD/DAC Player Hit Our Shores
Rega Research’s just-landed Elicit MK5 integrated amplifier and Saturn MK3 CD/DAC player take their highly-acclaimed predecessors to a new level of both quality and full-featured functionality.
Vibing Ideon Audio Products Landed
It seems the audio press and users alike are enthused about the Ideon Audio products. Now the Greek company’s global acclaim opens the door for Australian availability via a partnership with Australian importer Absolute Hi End.
