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Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 October 2022 01 October 2022

Magico LLC – Advanced Design Insights & Factory Tour

They tell me it’s a dry spell in San Francisco. More of a drought really. So as the aircraft descends without slipping through the lightness of a single cloud, I land at SFO International Airport, having trekked from Sydney via a quick Honolulu gate-skip. As I lean on the wall of the window seat, I’m bathed by a Californian sunshine which I’m told has dried-run for months. A contrast from the endless webbed feet-producing deluges in Sydney. The purpose of my visit? A surprise invitation, weeks prior, from Alon Wolf Magico LLC’s CEO to experience the ideologies and activities at the company’s HQ. And to be blissed-out by a very special musical treat…

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 30 September 2022 30 September 2022

REL Acoustics’ Reference Series Subwoofers Land in Australia

Very recently launched globally to much fanfare and having just landed in Australia, REL Acoustics’ new flagship Reference series subwoofers promise to make deep waves in the subwoofer space.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: Features Features; Published: 25 September 2022 25 September 2022

SoundStage! Talks Australia Video: Magico's Maestro - Statement-Speaker-Maker Alon Wolf

SoundStage! Australia’s editor-in-chief, Edgar Kramer, traveled to San Francisco earlier this month to visit the home of statement-level speaker-maker Magico. While there, he had a short chat with head honcho Alon Wolf to discuss modern manufacturing and the benefits of incorporating the Klippel measurement and quality-controls systems into the company’s design process.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 22 September 2022 22 September 2022

Monitor Audio Announces Platinum 3G Series

As a major release crowning the company’s 50th Year Anniversary celebrations, Monitor Audio has announced the flagship Platinum 3G line, a result of an extensive re-engineering of its preceding generation.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 22 September 2022 22 September 2022

Stereotech Makes Inroads Into Audio Furniture Space

Relatively new Australian company Stereotech has steadily grown its locally-manufactured product portfolio comprising audio equipment racks, speaker stands and acoustic treatments.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 September 2022 21 September 2022

Bowers & Wilkins Drops 700 Series 3 Loudspeakers - We Attend Sydney Launch

As recipients of many of the flagship 800 D4 line, the new 700 S3 loudspeakers promise to deliver high performance at a more affordable price point.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 September 2022 18 September 2022

Triangle Launches MAGELLAN 40th Anniversary Loudspeakers

French loudspeaker specialist Triangle announces its celebratory flagship MAGELLAN series in a 500-pairs limited-production 40th Anniversary edition.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 15 September 2022 15 September 2022

Retail Store Profile – Hi End Audio, a Very Private Affair

As consumers, there’s little doubt that online shopping and the way we go about sourcing and receiving products (collection points, delivery services, pick-up lockers, etc.) has changed profoundly in the last few years. Those changes apply across most areas of retail. Hell, we can even buy a car online without stepping into a dealership nor even test driving it! However, one of the last bastions of change is the high-end audio industry. It’s not so much that we, as audio enthusiasts, are resisting evolutionary adjustments but it’s more the experience of actually hearing a product, the tactile sensation and examination of the finely finished surfaces and finer design details. At high-end specialist Hi End Audio all those experiences and sonic adventures are available at your beck and call.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 September 2022 06 September 2022

Wilson Audio Unveils New Alexia V Loudspeakers

Many of the technologies previously employed in Wilson Audio’s flagship XVX and advanced Alexx V are now embodied in the new Alexia V within the company’s highly successful mid-sized speaker space.

Details: Written by Tom Waters Tom Waters; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 September 2022 01 September 2022

Bowers & Wilkins 803 D4 Loudspeakers

To an audiophile, the name Bowers & Wilkins is as ubiquitous as Stradivarius, Steinway and Elvis Presley. For many, it represents the pinnacle, the ultimate audio product they wish to someday own. In other words, Bowers & Wilkins creates benchmarks against which other brands struggle to compete on a quality, ingenuity and cost basis. Given only audiophiles will likely be reading this, I probably don’t need to say that Bowers & Wilkins, AKA B&W, is a speaker, headphone and lifestyle product designer and manufacturer par excellence. It probably annually spends more dollars on R&D than the GDP of many small countries. And its manufacturing ability and quality is incredible – when you compare the company’s products to other high-end audio manufacturers you have to marvel at how it can keep its prices so reasonable. Economies of scale – Bowers & Wilkins manufactures a lot of products.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: Features Features; Published: 09 May 2022 09 May 2022

SoundStage! Lead-In Video: Pitt & Giblin Superwax Speaker System Preview

The SoundStage! Australia Lead-In video series showcases products that are soon to be reviewed on SoundStageAustralia.com. In this episode, SoundStage! Australia's editor-in-chief Edgar Kramer introduces the unique Superwax active loudspeaker system from new Tasmanian company Pitt & Giblin.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 26 August 2022 26 August 2022

Playback Designs’ New Edelweiss Series 6 Products Land in Australia

Playback Designs’ new Edelweiss ‘6’ series may be named after the beautiful Alpine flower but the products are anything but shrinking flora – they are substantially engineered digital playback components.