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Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 08 January 2022 08 January 2022

YG Acoustics Peaks Out With New Loudspeaker Line

Known for its all-aluminium cabinetry, in-house-designed drivers and superb measurement characteristics, YG Acoustics now announces its new and more affordable ‘Peaks’ loudspeaker range.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 07 January 2022 07 January 2022

Kalista DreamPlay X and XC Digital Players

As an independent brand and über high-end division of Métronome Technologie, itself a top-end upmarket audio specialist, Kalista now announces the DreamPlay X and DreamPlay XC digital playback hubs.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 29 December 2021 29 December 2021

Analog Relax Drops EX300 Cartridge

As an entry point into the respected EX series, Analog Relax’s new EX300 Moving Coil cartridge adopts many of its stablemates’ highly refined technologies.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 21 December 2021 21 December 2021

Vertere Acoustics Unveils VeRum Cables

In a move to plug a small gap in the company’s highly acclaimed cable range, Vertere Acoustics has announced the new VeRum interconnecting cables.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 20 December 2021 20 December 2021

StereoNET Marketing & The Chester Group Consolidate

The Australian audio event calendar is streamlined and, as a result, strengthened via the amicable acquisition by StereoNET Marketing of The Chester Group’s local rights and assets.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 18 December 2021 18 December 2021

Estelon Announces Upgraded Extreme Flagship

Estonian loudspeaker design specialist Estelon has unveiled its newly-refined Extreme Mk II statement loudspeaker with substantial under-the-surface engineering enhancements.

Details: Written by Vedran Simunovic Vedran Simunovic; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021

Stax SRM-400S Solid State & SRM-500T Tube Headphone Amplifiers

I don’t know about you, but recently I find myself having to contemplate things that only a few short years ago would have been considered utterly unthinkable, pandemics included. If, for a moment (and strictly for the purposes of this review), one decides to extrapolate the current unfortunate experiences, it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine the following: The civilisation as we know it is no more. You’re cooped up within your ever-narrowing four walls by a rampant deadly virus, while an unruly mob pouring down the street in front of your house is baying for blood and declaring unyielding allegiance to all kinds of snake oil remedies and salesmen of salvation. When you really think of it, the only reasonable action anyone could take in that situation would be to put on some music and enjoy whatever the time is left to be had. On the other hand, you wouldn’t want to draw too much attention to yourself (mobs are, after all, fickle and easily provoked) so you’d probably decide against blasting the neighbourhood with your fancy speakers and you’d therefore reach for your fine headphones instead, and in this case, driven by inimitable Stax amplification.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Ed Comment Ed Comment; Published: 01 December 2021 01 December 2021

The SoundStage! Australia Products Of The Year Awards 2021

I love where I hang my hat. It’s a part of Australia where the beauty and drama of the landscape lures countless visitors from around Australia and the world. It’s a soul-invigorating locale where the land’s palettes and panoramas are ever-changing. The tall, coarse sandstone cliffs often veiled with ghostly mists which are there and then… not. The dense, ragged bush skirting shimmering waterfalls, the unique wildlife… yes, I’m smitten. I also appreciate the importance and inherent meaning of the location where I rest my head. Respect. It’s Ngurra (country) to the Gundungurra and Darug people who continue their traditional custodianship of the land. Kedumba. Place of the shiny, falling waters. Or, lost-in-translation, Katoomba.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 12 December 2021 12 December 2021

Marten Announces New Mingus Quintet 2 Loudspeakers

In a refinement of its successful predecessor, Marten’s new Mingus Quintet 2 loudspeakers promise improved performance and enhanced construction finesse.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 06 December 2021 06 December 2021

New EGM Audio AC Power Cables Now Available

Cable specialist EGM Audio has announced new AC power cable products spanning a wide cross-section of price points and bespoke design parameters.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 03 December 2021 03 December 2021

Bel Canto Design Sings With New C6i Integrated Amplifier

The new C6i integrated amplifier joins Bel Canto Design’s e.One series upping the features count while offering increased digital resolution and power output capabilities.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 December 2021 01 December 2021

Estelon X Diamond Mk II Loudspeakers

“He who sows the wind will reap a storm” (kes külvab tuult, lõikab tormi) asserts an Estonian proverb. That country’s Estelon, producer of uniquely-styled high-end loudspeakers, has been sowing… and sowing. And the company is reaping… while ripping through the high-end space like a hurricane. Category 5. In a relatively short time, Estelon has raised its profile to a helluva-a-high perch. Deservedly so too. It produces highly desirable and uniquely styled speaker systems which, I’d wager, have raised the eyebrows of the industry’s most robust high-end brands. The winds are about to blow a gale and the impressive X Diamond Mk II heralds the calm before the storm.