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- Published: 23 October 2023 23 October 2023
SoundStage! Talks Australia Video: From Italy with Luxury: Livio Details the Sonus Faber Serafino G2 Loudspeaker
SoundStage! Australia’s editor in chief, Edgar Kramer, talks to Sonus Faber’s chief of design, Livio Cucuzza, about the Serafino G2 loudspeaker’s design, technology, and performance targets for the penultimate model in the company’s upmarket Homage series.
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- Written by Mark Busby Mark Busby
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 15 October 2023 15 October 2023
Titanic Audio Model A Moving Coil Cartridge
One of the more recent arrivals to Australian shores in the analogue space is the Titanic Audio’s line of cartridges and analogue accessories from Ireland. The company’s main core products are a new range of Moving Coil cartridges which have been a welcomed addition to the product selection available to Australian vinyl lovers. With a nod to the rich history of ship construction in Belfast, Titanic Audio have produced cartridges with ship-like profiles, complete with portholes, lines and machine cut body art. This review explores the sound and construction of the Titanic Audio Model A Moving Coil (MC) cartridge which has a medium voltage output, features cutting edge construction and an unusual conical shaped stylus.
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
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- Published: 15 October 2023 15 October 2023
Weiss Engineering HELIOS Digital-to-Analogue Converter
Switzerland’s Weiss Engineering is renowned for its no compromise approach to gear for professional mastering studios around the world. For years Weiss has been at the forefront of digital engineering, and each generation of its products has raised the bar even further. The new HELIOS digital-to-analogue converter is the company’s latest high-end Hi-Fi flagship product.
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- Published: 06 October 2023 06 October 2023
Sonus faber Introduces Duetto Active Wireless Loudspeakers
The new Duetto speakers from Italian specialist Sonus faber combines the latest wireless and multi-format playback technologies with the company’s “decades old philosophy of the most natural sound reproduction”.
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- Published: 04 October 2023 04 October 2023
Lumin Announces L2 Music Library and Network Switch
In a continuing campaign of product releases and enhancements, Lumin augments its digital product stable with the new upmarket L2 Music Library and Network Switch.
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- Published: 03 October 2023 03 October 2023
Meze Audio Shows 109 PRO Primal High-End Headphones
Romanian Personal Audio specialist Meze Audio has unveiled the new 109 PRO Primal special edition luxury headphones which marry organic materials with the latest in headphone technology.
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- Published: 03 October 2023 03 October 2023
Cyrus Audio Introduces New TTP Turntable
In an early start to Cyrus Audio’s 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2024, the company has announced the TTP Turntable, finally filling a gap in the electronics and digital specialist’s product portfolio.
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- Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer
- Category: Reviews Reviews
- Published: 01 October 2023 01 October 2023
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista PAS Power Amplifier
“The most important invention of the 20th century”. That was said of the semiconductor after its introduction in 1947. The device then went on to ubiquitous application in transistor radios through the 1950s. Then, in the late 1960s, very early 1970s, the transistor saw increasing implementation in Hi-Fi. Valve audio amplifiers’ decades-long reign was now being challenged. Soon after, the new technology became all-pervading, promising longevity, reliability, higher output power and improved sonic accuracy. Yeah, well… in early designs, that last one was mostly… so, so. It wasn’t until well into the 1970s, that skilled engineers procured the transistor’s potential for high-end audio. Those transformative events actually overshadowed the development of the Nuvistor tube in the late 1950s. The promising device came… and went. Forward to 1997 when British audio specialist Musical Fidelity unearthed the Nuvistor and harnessed that missed opportunity. The aim? To marry the best traits of both valve and solid state amplification. In the Nu-Vista PAS power amplifier, will the two worlds coalesce into a new powerhouse fusion?
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- Published: 27 September 2023 27 September 2023
StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show To Hit Melbourne
Australia’s largest audio fest is once again upon us and is set to provide “sensory overload” with all things Hi-Fi and multi-channel AV to be complemented by a sideshow offering a lavish selection of black spinning discs and the new personal audio ‘Headzones’.
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- Published: 28 September 2023 28 September 2023
Yamaha Formally Launches HA-L7A Headphone Amplifier
Subsequent to the impressive sneak peek a few months ago, Yamaha has now made it official and has launched the HA-L7A high-end headphone amplifier/DAC, a natural match for the company’s flagship YH-5000SE headphones.
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- Published: 19 September 2023 19 September 2023
Musical Fidelity Impresses With New M8xTT Turntable
The successor to Musical Fidelity’s highly acclaimed M1 turntable, a cooperative effort with Heinz Lichtenegger, now has a successor in the new and visually arresting M8xTT, as seen at the Bristol Hi Fi Show.
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- Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters
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- Published: 15 September 2023 15 September 2023
Electrocompaniet AW 800 M Power Amplifier
Electrocompaniet has a legacy of nearly 50 years in the industry producing world-class Hi-Fi products. All its products are designed and manufactured in Norway – they are the leading Norwegian manufacturer of high-end audio products. Electrocompaniet products are used by audiophiles, industry professionals and world-class recording studios in 50 countries around the world. In fact, the company’s original AW 600 Nemo amplifier was reputedly designed and built to power the “hard to drive” Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus and 801 speakers back in the 90s. The focus of this review is the evolution of that venerable AW 600 Nemo, the brand new AW 800 M power amplifier.
