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LATEST RELEASE: we are pleased to announce the arrival of Luxman into NZ. We are privileged to be 1 of only 11 other international distributors.
Luxman D06 CD/SACD player & L505U Integrated amp:
Luxman was created in 1925 when radio broadcasting started in Japan and is one of the worlds longest established audio companies and has long offered its great acoustics to the audio world. Luxman has been highly rated both at home and abroad as an excellent brand for high quality audio products.
"At Luxman, we work for our products to deliver the passion of each music piece expressed by composers, players, and recording engineers to listeners,using Luxman enthusiasm with the same the level of zeal as artists and engineers".
Luxman recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of thier foundation, and are still working to find further excitement through excellent music and to share the pleasure with its clients and users. [link]
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Audio Reference Co for HiFi
stereo equipment & audio gear, amplifiers,
DACs, CD players, blu-ray players, music servers,
speakers, turntables, cables, racks, acoustic
panels, home theatre, multi-room, home automation,
custom design and installation.
We import and source for you
'best-of-class' HiFi gear from excellent, affordable
entry level through to unique, specialised high-end
components.
We invite you to bring your own music in for a
personalised audition
in our contemporary studios. Whatever your budget,
we'd like to show you - over a cup or tea or coffee
from our cafe - how our gear can enhance your
enjoyment of music.
Our team are experienced
specialists in all the latest concepts and technologies
for HiFi, Home Theatre, Multi-Room and Home Automation.
We can take your project from concept to design
to complete installation.
We are the appointed NZ importers/distributors
of the following highly regarded brands:
Arcus, Atoll, Avalon speakers, Bel Canto, Brinkmann
turntables, Clearaudio turntables, EAT Tubes,
Echo-Hush acoustic panels, Exposure, Finite Elemente
racks, Gemme speakers, Hyperion speakers, Lyngdorf,
Luxman, MBS DACs, Music Hall turntables, Neotech
cables, Primare, Ramses, Rethm speakers, SGR speakers,
Solid Tech racks, Triangle speakers, Tri-Triode
Corp, Usher speakers, Yter cables.
We are also the Hamilton/Waikato agents for:
Loewe TVs, Anthem AV, B&W - Bowers & Wilkins,
Cambridge Audio, Magico, Paradigm, REL subwoofers,
Project & Tangent.
You're welcome to buy
online (Please note: Not all our products
can be sold this way) or better still, come
and experience a personal audition
in our Hamilton studios at the Audio Art Cafe.
We welcome your questions
& comments and invite you to sign
up for our newsletter that will keep you in
touch with the latest components and items of
interest.
Trading Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 8.30am - 4.00pm
If you would like a personal appointment outside
these hours, please phone Terry on 021 880 884
Looking forward to helping you enjoy your favourite
music on some of the best audiophile gear available!
Terry Humphries & Shane Taylor
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The TRI 35SE 2x45w integrated tube amp has become hghly regarded internationaly and at $3,300 (sells in Europe for approx 3,000 Euro) it represents great value. A serious little integrated amp that adds tube liquidity without sacrificing good bottom end control, with real drive and pace.
Recently reviewed by AudioENZ:
"This combination is worthy of consideration by everyone wearying of the anaemic or fussy performance of their solid-state hardware, and those who want the indispensable discs in their collection to be as arresting as when they were first heard...." [link]
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LOOK - a massive 25% discount special off current Clearaudio EMOTION turntables stock - limited numbers avialable.
What HIFI review:
"Rhythmic control is first rate, the Emotion's iron-fist-in-velvet-glove routine driving music along with class-leading momentum and integration—it's so much easier to sit back and enjoy the music when your turntable can so demonstrably discipline even a wayward performance into a lucid, vivid whole....."
HIFI Choice review:
"All-in-all a great result for a beauty of a deck. It does what is says on the tin, brings out the emotion from your vinyl and as a bonus it delivers the detail and presence too". [link]
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