Australian HiFi

Len Wallis Audio is now selling JL Audio subwoofers in-store, as a result of Managing Director, Len Wallis’ recent experience at the Munich Hi-End Show. ‘One of the reasons for my visiting Munich was to unearth a premium subwoofer brand which would s

Danish manufacturer Raidho’s new X-5 and X loudspeakers feature many of the same technologies found in Raidho’s C and D Series models, but are much more affordable. Both the Raidho X-5 and XT-5 partner a ribbon tweeter with six of the company’s uniqu

Sennheiser has won an iF Design Award for its Momentum Bluetooth earphones. Developed in collaboration with Zurich design agency StudioWeber, the iF Design Award-winning Bluetooth neckband earphones are a recent addition to Sennheiser’s Momentum rang

SGR Audio has released a new range of modular hi-fi equipment racks in three different styles: Signature, Symphony and Statement. ‘Our new hifi equipment racks are a seamless blend of innovative engineering, compelling performance and luxurious aesth

Brinkmann Audio has upgraded its Edison phono stage to MkII status, and is offering upgrades to anyone with one of the original Edisons. The Brinkmann Audio Edison phono stage has three unbalanced RCA inputs, two of which have XLR connections, with e

The long-awaited Mag-Lev ML-1 turntable, whose platter is not only supported entirely by magnetic force, but is also rotated by magnetic force—so there is no drive motor or belt—is now available in Australia for $3,495 (RRP). The Slovenian company be

Melbourne-based high-end audio distributor Absolute HiEnd is now distributing APL Hi-Fi equipment in Australia. APL Hi-Fi, headquartered in Ruse, Bulgaria, was established in 1988 by audio engineer Alex Peychev. The company manufactures DACs, transpo

The Jico Seto-Hori high-output moving-coil phono cartridge is now available in Australia from Soundring Australia. Jico is one of Japan’s longest-running manufacturers and in addition to building phono cartridges under the Jico name, the company also

Acoustic treatment products made by Sonitus Acoustics are now available in Australia through Convoy International. ‘Sonitus Acoustics’ panels come in a multitude of different colours, thicknesses and designs to allow a wide variety of acoustic treatm

German manufacturer RME Audio has released the RME ADI-2 DAC, a two-channel high-end digital-to-analogue converter designed with features targeted at appealing to both studio professionals and audiophiles alike. The RME ADI-2 DAC is a further develop

For very small geographic region, with an even smaller population, Scandinavia is over-represented in the field of high-end audio design and manufacture… particularly the countries of Denmark and Sweden. But Norway isn’t letting the side down, as the

Maybe Parasound should provide ‘Work in Progress’ signs with its JC 3 phono preamplifier, because it’s definitely a work in progress, with both Parasound’s owner, Richard Schram and his designer, John Curl, now on the third iteration, with both appar

Newport Test Labs measured the audio-band frequency response of the Parasound JC 3 Jnr as 20Hz to 20kHz ±0.2dB, which is exactly as specified by Parasound, and is shown in the accompanying Graph 1. You can see from the graph that the response has a v

The new Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature preamplifier and monoblock power amplifiers are now available in Australia. The Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifier uses ultra-wide bandwidth Class-A circuitry that incorporates direct heated triodes (DHTs) powere

James A. Michener in his 1971 novel ‘The Drifters’ indulges in a bit of cheap psychologising, suggesting hi-fi fans are principally interested in a sense of control. That flies in the face of the minimalism of the past few decades: the shedding of to

Newport Test Labs measured the frequency response of the B&W 702 S2 speakers as 38Hz to 38kHz ±3.5dB, which is an excellent result. A smaller section of this response (between 20Hz and 10kHz) is shown in Graph 1, and you can see that in addition to t

Newport Test Labs measured the overall frequency response of the Krix Esoterix Altum speaker as extending from 38Hz to 36kHz ±3.2dB, which is an excellent result and is shown as the black trace in Graph 1. You can see that the trace is flattest acros

A lot has been happening at B&W in recent times, with the company increasing the size of its R&D team by 40 per cent, which entailed closing its old research facility in Steyning and re-locating it to a new, larger, and better-equipped facility in We

Furby anyone? Probably an obscure reference, considering that the Furby (a small electronic robotic toy with big ears) craze peaked more than 20 years ago, but when I first unpacked Krix’s Esoterix Altum and saw those enormous ear-like waveguides on

Australian Hi-Fi Magazine has been a member of EISA—the Expert Imaging and Sound Association—since 2017, so we were part of the judging panel for the hi-fi expert group that decided the winners of this year’s EISA awards in the hi-fi audio categories

It’s late and I’m trying to getting my head around Hildur Gudnadottir, an Icelandic cellist and composer, on Spotify. The first I heard of her was the music in the second Sicario movie, where she has replaced Johann Johannsson, a fellow Icelander who

This is the latest version of the headphones created for Audio-Technica’s 50th anniversary celebrations back in 2012, since when not a year has gone by without a special or limited edition arriving with tweaks and/or some new colour scheme. Last year