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Details: Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 March 2023 01 March 2023

Aurender A15 Music Streamer/DAC

Jimmy Hendrix once asked ‘Are you experienced?’ It’s a good question. Collecting experiences is a great way to make one’s life more than a little richer. So, when the opportunity to audition and experience the difference Aurender’s A15 mid-level streamer would make in my system, I leapt at the chance.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 March 2023 01 March 2023

The Tivoli Hi-Fi Experience

Not the beautiful gardens in Paris of old, nor a picture-perfect township just south of Rome. No, Tivoli Hi-Fi is more like the famous Copenhagen fun park, a joyful namesake and audio Mecca not just for Melbournians but for audiophiles and music lovers from all around Australia.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 02 March 2023 02 March 2023

HANA Announces Umami Blue Cartridge

Special ingredients are said to provide the potentially substantial sonic delights of cartridge specialist HANA’s new Umami Blue high-end Moving Coil cartridge.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 03 March 2023 03 March 2023

Revival Audio Doubles Its Catalogue With SPRINT Speakers

New French company Revival Audio doubles loudspeaker portfolio with the addition of the more affordable SPRINT line.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 23 February 2023 23 February 2023

Pro-Ject Reveals Two New Record Cleaning Machines

Premier analogue specialist Pro-Ject has augmented what is probably the widest range of turntable offerings on the market with support from two new record cleaning machines.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 22 February 2023 22 February 2023

Dellichord Debuts FR6 Loudspeakers

Relatively new Australian brand Dellichord has launched to market a new speaker design with a point of difference while making, drivers aside, an all-out effort to source the bulk of its parts locally.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 February 2023 21 February 2023

Lumin Unveils New U2 Transport Server

Lumin’s new U2 Transport Server allows connection to in-situ external DACs while differing from company tradition by incorporating the newly-designed power supply within the unit’s chassis.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 20 February 2023 20 February 2023

Copland Introduces its New CTA407 Flagship Integrated

Danish electronics specialist Copland refines its industrial design and enhances its amplification engineering via the new and highly-evolved CTA407 integrated amplifier.

Details: Written by Steven JM Polley Steven JM Polley; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 February 2023 15 February 2023

Revival Audio Atalante 5 Loudspeakers

The French have a saying, “pièce de résistance”. It is a term I am quite familiar with from my culinary background and in its origin means, “the chief dish of a meal”, or “the most noteworthy item of a group.” Since 1789, this French phrase has been used in English and in modern times can refer to anything as being “an outstanding item”, “a masterpiece” or “a memorable moment in one’s career”. It’s not a term I use lightly. Even in the culinary world I would rarely do so but, as I discovered during my time listening and evaluating Revival Audio’s Atalante 5 speakers and reflecting over all my notes, “pièce de résistance” is the ideal phrase that comes to mind. Even the drivers developed for the Atalante models could be deemed the most noteworthy among their peers and an outstanding achievement in this audio veteran’s long career. Could the Atalante 5 speakers be worthy of 3 Michelin Stars?

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 01 February 2023 01 February 2023

Lyngdorf Audio Unveils Cue-100 Standmount Loudspeakers

In a revitalised push to expand its loudspeaker offerings Lyngdorf Audio launches the new Danish-made and -designed Cue-100 high-end standmount loudspeakers.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 February 2023 01 February 2023

Alexandria Audio The Monitor Loudspeakers

The high-end audio industry has been shaped by companies hatched as a result of aspirations and achievements from creative engineers. Often, these engineering artisans have firstly been music lovers, who sought to manifest their passion by bringing to fruition the audio objects of music lovers’ desires. In the case of new entity Alexandria Audio, two music-loving audiophiles with engineering chops pooled their skills and shared zeal to bring to market Bali-designed loudspeakers which are far removed from cookie-cutter me-too-ness. Of the two models on the company’s speakers catalogue so far, The Monitor appears on the surface, as the more conventional offering. Yet, The Monitor offers its own distinct twist on the classic high-end two-way standmount.

Details: Written by Barry Jones Barry Jones; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 February 2023 01 February 2023

Harmonic Resolution Systems DPX-09545 Damping Plate

I have to admit I was a little sceptical about reviewing the HRS Damping Plates. I figured that, like a lot of tweaks, there’s often not a great deal of science to support the claimed benefits. In addition to that, I’ve often thought that advocates of such tweaks tend to hear differences mainly because they want to hear differences. Since I was pretty much indifferent rather than wanting to or expecting to hear an improvement, I explained to a friend that this might be the first review assignment I’d refrain from engaging in… Better to say nothing than to say something negative right? With that in mind I figured that rather than research the product, the company, the engineering philosophies (if any), I would first conduct my listening tests and remain as free from influence as possible so, despite a desire to delve deeper, I exercised self-restraint. Which means that despite the next few paragraphs, you should know that the actual listening tests were conducted first!