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Visit Accustic Arts

Accustic Arts offers a comprehensive range of high-end products. A full range of electronics and accessories, all are available from one source, while the range is constantly being perfected. Accustic Arts products captivate through their natural sound reproduction and high output potential. The timeless, perfectly-shaped design is easy to integrate in every living environment. These fine music components are the result of thorough research and development work, use of best quality elements and the most careful handmade production at the facilities in Germany. The ultimate musical enjoyment is expressed through clarity, dynamics and depth of detail within the natural acoustic pattern.

"Reliable. Stable. Excellent. Impressive to hear; gorgeous to look at. Summing up: Accustic Arts is producing dream machines for music lovers…with a hearty dose of Audio seductiveness, for sure. If you're in the market for a truly fine set of high-end audio electronics in this price range, then do yourself a favour: check out Accustic Arts.” David W. Robinson - Positive Feedback Mag.

"I have concluded that the Accustic Arts Tube Preamp II Mk 2 and Mono II amplifiers definitely are on my list for one of my Brutus Awards at the end of the year. They therefore definitely rate a "Ye Olde Editor's ‘Very Highly Recommended!’" David W. Robinson - Positive Feedback Mag.

We use experience, derived from work in recording studios and the use of P.A. systems at other recording venues when developing new ACCUSTIC ARTS® products. “Absolute Sound Fidelity Through Reproduction” is both the name and the goal at the same time. ACCUSTIC ARTS® stands for ACCUrate acouSTIC ARTS, which means “the correct art of sound”. To meet this demand, only precise and high-grade components as well as latest technologies and construction principles are being used.

High end from ACCUSTIC ARTS® is expected to sound natural and detailed, it must not sugarcoat music, but has to allow emotion to shine through. Warmth is a desirable result in the naturtal sound pattern, but won’t be used as artificial showmanship.

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Visit Antipodes Audio

Exceptional Musicality with Exceptional Transparency for Ultimate Sound Quality

Antipodes voted in the "TOP 4" Music Servers: "Who’d have thought that, of all places, New Zealand would be home to what looks like some of the most advanced digital streaming we have at our disposal at this time?" Srajan Ebaen – 6MOONS

NEW K & S SERIES PRODUCT RELEASE - 8 NEW MODELS:

• S60 - Power Supply (small form) Audiophile grade w 2x 12VDC outputs siuts S20, S30,S40.
• S20 - Reclocker (small form), suits any Antipodes music server with a USB output
• S30 - Music server (small form) Medium power, w DAC and RCA analog& USB outputs.
• S40 - Music Serever (small form) High power w USB & Ethernet outputs
• K10 - CD Ripper (small form) connect by USB to any (only) Antipodes music servers.
• K30 - Music Serever (full width) High power, Dual computer w USB & Ethernet outputs
• K40 - Music Server (full width) High power, Single computer w Ethernet output only
• K50 - "The Ultimate" Muisc Serever (full width) High power, Dual computer, Reclocker, w USB, SPDIF, AES3, 12S & Ethernet outputs

The new K Series and S Series are the first implementation of the OLADRA Project, designed using two key technologies - Interference Spectrum Management and Hybrid Switch Linear.

At the end of 2019, after 3yrs of research, OLADRA Project delivered on the initial promise The first commercially-viable prototypes offered sound quality that was substantially ahead of anything we had heard before from a music server. The biggest and most obvious gains were in sheer clarity. There appeared to be no noise floor at all, together with excellent detail resolution and dynamics. Importantly, timbre and musical expression were outstanding.

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Visit Audio Solutions

STORY
Owned and founded in 2011 autumn by a talented speaker engineer Gediminas Gaidelis, AudioSolutions speakers are produced and manufactured in-house in Vilnius, Lithuania (EU).

PERFECTION
Development of these fine speakers is a true challenge. We combine laws of physics with design, manufacturing stability and customers' needs to make perfect speakers. Every part is hand crafted and individully tested.

BEHIND
Years of hard work and research are hidden behind this revealing short name - not only in the realm of achieving ideal sonic abilities, but also in practical realization of pioneering ideas. AudioSolutions steps firmly into High-End territory. With the mission statement of ‘Art and Science of Speaker Engineering’, Audio Solutions’ aim is to combine physics and psychoacoustics.

SPEAKER DRIVERS
The [near] perfect drive unit combination of paper mid and bass drivers (doped for extra rigidity) with a soft-dome which comes into play at a higher than expected which is almost certainly the key reason the broadband characteristic of their speakers are so enjoyable to listen to. The tweeter is referred to as a mini-horn which aims to overcome a silk dome’s tendency to become slightly dulled at higher frequencies. It is combined here with a carefully engineered waveguide to aid HF dispersion. The tweeter is smaller than one might expect, that’s a deliberate attempt to create a faster response in the extreme top-end. Gediminas explains, while bigger tweeters perform well in two-way speakers, where a greater power-handling is needed, in a three-way plus speakers we can benefit from a smaller speaker with its much lighter membrane and this translates directly to a faster response and lower distortion.

MANUFACTURE
Meticulous attention to detail is applied throughout their speakers: from the WBT Nextgen connectors, to a ‘self-locking’ cabinet to give maximum rigidity, and deployment of Jantzen components in the crossover network. Everything is sourced in the EU with absolutely no Chinese labour, I’m assured. Audio Solutions manufactures cabinets in its own factory, sources drive units from leading producers including SB Acoustics, SEAS and Scan-Speak.

AUDIO SOLUTIONS SPEAKER SERIES
OVERTURE - 5 models
FIGARO - 6 models
VIRTUOSO - 5 models
VANTAGE - 5 models

A SAMPLE OF AUDIO SOLUTION INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

OVERTURE SERIES AWARDED OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE First and we hope not last award for these exquisite speakers. Overture were awarded Outstanding Excellence in "Popularity Awards - 2016" category by "SUPER AV AWARDS".

FIGARO SERIES AWARDED "BEST OF HIGH-END 2018" - SOUNDSTAGE @ MHES 2018
During Munich high end show, our new speaker series Figaro was awarded by SoundStage Hi-fi magazine from Canada

FIGARO-S AWARDED "BEST BUY" - "THE EAR" MAGAZINE
We are very proud to receive second Best Buy award for the Figaro series speakers.

FIGARO-M AWARDED "BEST BUY 2018" - MONO & STEREO
We are very proud to receive "Best Buy 2018" award.

FIGARO-L AWARDED "BEST SOUND" - HIGH FIDELITY Mag
During Warsaw AV show 2018 Figaro L where awarded "Best Sound in show 2018" by "High Fidelity" magazine

VANTAGE SERIES AWARDED "OUTSTANDING" IN ELITE CLASS
During Guangzhou exhibition AudioSolutions Vantage was awarded by "SUPER AV AWARDS" with prestigious award in "Overall Performance Awards - 2016" class. Verdict - Outstanding in Elite class

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Visit Ayon Audio

AXPONA 2018 SHOW WINNER – POSITIVE FEEDBACK - EDITORS CHOICE THE ABSOLUTE SOUND (TAS) MAGAZINE AWARD 2017 & 2018 “BEST SOUND” COST NO OBJECT - LA AUDIO SHOW 2017 AYON AUDIO AWARDED "BEST SOUND" MUNICH HIGH END AUDIO SHOW 2017
AYON AUDIO AWARDED "BEST SOUND" MUNICH HIGH END AUDIO SHOW 2016 AYON AUDIO AWARDED "BEST SOUND" MUNICH HIGH END AUDIO SHOW 2015

Ayon Audio has over the last 20 years become one of the best known high end tube amplifier manufacturers in Europe. In particular, they have become known as one of the premier manufacturers of SET - Single-Ended amplifiers, preamplifiers.

"An encounter, at the Munich High End Show, was when I realised that Ayon was a serious contender for making the best SET amps in the world. A pair of Ayon 52B Reference monoblocks and an Ayon preamplifier (Polaris?) were driving a pair of Lumen White speakers. The soundstage at the show demo was just huge with holographic images dancing within a truly holographic 3d soundstage. Those big monoblocks also delivered the delicacy and midrange glory that SET is famous for but with a big tight bass wallop and crystal clear extended highs for which SETs were not known for at all."
Brad Morrical - Positive Feedback

Besides offering one of the most extensive ranges of tube componets, Ayon design and manufactuer a unique range of Super Triode Power Tubes exclusively use in their own gear.

For many around the world, music is a precious gift to life. These are the people for whom we create our amplifiers, CD players and loudspeakers, thriving for the most natural reproduction of the original music path, bringing You closer to the heart of the music.

Ayon Audio of Austria, grants audiophiles around the globe, balance, clarity, perspective, dynamics, bloom, decay..... the entire musical message for over 20 years. Ayon Audio offers a complete line of high performance audio components. Ayon components combine premium design, new construction principles, advanced technologies and profound musicality.

Ayon components offer explosive dynamics, purity of tone, neutrality, finesse, emotional realism and stable sound stage projection. Our engineers are established leaders in their respective fields of high-end audio expertise.

Our range of activities covers the development of high performance vacuum triode power tubes, the design of sonically outstanding tube preamps, triode tube power amplifiers, CD-Players with vacuum tube output stage and advanced technology speaker systems.

Ayon components are designed with future upgrades in mind, providing for emerging new technologies, up-to-date performance and preservation of investment. Naturally flowing curves and sophisticated colour schemes characterise the aesthetics of the Ayon line, offering a timeless value of understated elegance.

Ayon products reward music lovers with an authentic and excitingly realistic reproduction of music as a real live event. All these activities are guided by a singular idea: the perfect reproduction of recorded music.

The 2017 Los Angeles Audio Show - The Absolute Sound - BEST SOUND (cost no object)

Robert Harley on Electronics : The AYON new Lumen White 25 Generation 4 speakers driven by Ayon electronics was spectacularly great, with wall-to-wall soundstaging. Close your eyes and you’d never know that you were in a hotel room. The system included the Ayon Spheris III preamplifier or alternately, The system included the S-10 Network Streamer / Preamp, a pair of Ayon Orthos XS Gen 4 mono amps which drove the new Lumenwhite White Light 25 Gen 4 Anniversary speakers in one of the show’s best-sounding rooms.

Neil Gader Best Of Show - LA Audio Show 2017 - Best Sound (cost no object): Most Surprising was the stunning Lumenwhite “White Light Anniversary (US$69,000). Lumenwhite White Light “Anniversary” Do blondes still have more fun? If it’s a wood-veneer finish, Lumenwhite certainly thinks so. It premiered Generation 4 of its famous “White Light” speakers—the White Light Anniversary Reference, an all-out assault on the state of the art in reference loudspeaker performance. Sonics were brilliantly fast and open, was uncolored and possessed terrific dynamic output as well as sensitive micro-gradients. Driving the White Light were all Ayon components including the vacuum-tube CD-35 SACD streamer, S10 vacuum-tube streamer, Spheris tube preamplifier, and Orthos II Gen 4 mono amps.

The 2016 The Show Newport - The Absolute Sound
Robert Harley - Best Sound (cost no object): Ayon Audio Electronics with the Lumenwhite White Light Loudspeakers.

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Visit Brodmann Accoustics

BRODMANN loudspeakers have had a very successful take up by the market after taking over the previous Bosendorfer range of speakers. The previous range has been extensively revised and new models added to bring the even greater realisation of true music reproduction. I could clearly hear and appreciate the various differences between piano manufacturers like Steinway and Brodmann etc. If you appreciate genuine music realism then these could be the ultimate speakers for you.

It was at RMAF - Rocky Mountain Music Fest, where I first experienced Brodmann speakers, incidentally they were bring driven by Electrocompaniet gear, One of the occasions I was in their room a Recording Engineer came and bought a pair of their new Festival F1 stand mounting speakers, when asked why Brodmann amongst all the rest at the show, his comment, "I have been looking for 3-1/2yrs for speakers that gave me what I know music sounds like, I have been playing my recordings throughout the show and Brodmann speakers are the first to give me what I know is true to the real sound, so I am buying them today." What better acclamation or higher praise do we need than that for a loudspeaker?

RMAF Brodmann - comment by Socrates7 "Brodmann Acoustics was showing off several speakers at the show over the weekend, I did get treated to a lengthy discussion about what makes them different, however. First, there’s no internal bracing at all. “Why would you stuff a Stradivarious with damping material?” was the line I remembered. I ventured that vibrational energy might not be conducive to good sound, at which point I was told that not all vibrational energy is bad. While the cabinet itself is entirely inert, I was told, there is a twist. Namely, the precisely mounted side panels — easiest to see on the burled-veneer units, below. These panels are mounted precisely at 4mm from the main cabinet — and will resonate during playback. Interestingly, they’re said to act as a woofer, greatly increasing depth and the quality of the tone.

While the actual explanation on why this works is entirely beyond me, I have to offer this: whatever it was, these speakers had some of the best, most inviting sound at the show. And the little speakers on the side, the Festival FS, not only filled the room with deep, moving music, they struck me as simply incredible. The sheer size, scope and depth of the image they threw completely belied their size. In a word? Enthralling".. and they’re my second nod for Best in Show. Fantastic speakers. Just fantastic"

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Visit Canton

CANTON Reference-K - High End Loudspeakers - Experience a new sound age with the Reference K family: It is characterized by membranes with ceramic tungsten structure, the innovative Bass-Guide® technology and housing-friendly housing dimensions. Her performance is as relaxed as it is self-confident in all nuances of sound and at all levels. The Reference loudspeakers are manufactured in-house at Canton - the only way we can maintain the required quality standards, eliminate fault tolerances and meet the high sound requirements of the top products.

WELCOME TO THE CANTON FAMILY Our homes are full of music – and it is at home within where music sounds best. Music is an essential part of family life, and naturally this includes the Canton family. Since 1972 we have been continually working on developing the best loudspeakers for every taste and every budget in order to always fill every home with the best sound.

GOOD SOUND IS OUR HERITAGE Our family history reaches far back into the past, yet at the same time our modern development center is perfectly set up for the future. In Weilrod near Frankfurt, in the middle of the Taunus Mountains, we combine innovative technologies, premium quality and a wide range of models and designs – creating unique sound experiences in your home, in both music and home cinema

WITH TRADITION INTO THE FUTURE In the company’s own in-house development center, Frank Göbl and his team use state-of-the-art technology and high-quality materials to hone the perfect sound. From the first computer simulation to the final surface finish, we are always looking for ways to match the music and your home even more closely. One of our recent technical innovations is the wave surround.

SERVICE IS CLOSE TO OUR HEART After production, every loudspeaker is put through its paces before being sent out into the world. Should something still go wrong, our service department is always quick to help. And we stand by the durability of our products – we can repair almost all of our models ever produced

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Visit Clearaudio

"Take the best and make it better, only then is it just good enough." Peter Suchy A man with a visionary character and an overwhelming desire to bring these visions into reality; a man who does not follow trends, but creates them and sets new standards; a man who realises his philosophy in the products that carry the Clearaudio name. Peter Suchy is this character and more than just the man behind the products, his committed dedication and emotion means his soul is inherently in his products. 1978, the year of real breakthrough, the year Clearaudio's moving-coil cartridges were introduced to the world with their innovative and unique symmetrical generator design. Handcrafted in Erlangen, Germany - Clearaudio products are regarded as innovative, of true quality, and of setting the highest standards by hi-fi specialists and top class engineers alike.

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Visit Dartzeel

One man’s passion - From a very early age, Hervé Delétraz has been passionate about musical reproduction.

In 1984, he earned his degree in electrical engineering from the École d’Ingénieurs de Genève, for which he built his first audio amplifier.

Today, darTZeel amplifiers are renowned worldwide, producing sound output with dynamic range on a par with a live concert experience.

Listen first, measure afterwards. This is our guiding principle when developing products. Like Goethe, we believe that what can be measured is not paramount and that what is most important – in terms of emotions – cannot be measured. Theories of physics will never explain how the beauty of music can have such a profound effect on us. When it comes to music, only humans should be the judge.

When we listen to a darTZeel prototype, the question we ask ourselves is: “does this bring us to the heart of the music?” If the answer is not a resounding “Yes”, the amplifier does not enter production.

We take pride in generating this emotion, and it is our passion that has inspired everything we do from the very beginning.

We could of course expertly talk you through the detailed specifications, offering a plethora of measurements and graphs. However, when all’s said and done, we believe that listening pleasure is what matters most. For those of you who simply love music, we strongly recommend paying a visit to your local dealer to try out our range.

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Visit E.A.T.

E.A.T Turntables: In an exceptionally short time, EuroAudioTeam (E.A.T.) has established itself as a manufacturer of remarkable turntables. It’s easy to forget that the original twin-motor FORTE has been available for less than five years! With the addition of the FORTE- S and the E-Flat, the latter boasting a radical flat tonearm, E.A.T. has created a family of record-playing devices that combines performance, build quality and looks into cohesive, easy-to-use systems.

From the outset, E.A.T. has ensured that its turntables can accept a wide range of tonearms. With the E-Flat, however, the designers reaffirmed the long-held belief that a turntable/arm combination designed to work together can eliminate a host of matching problems, while ensuring superior performance.

To increase the choice of available tonearms, and to add to its catalogue one of the finest cartridge-carrying devices available, E.A.T. has joined forces with tonearm wizard BOB GRAHAM to develop the E–Go, 12" tonearm. short for "EuroAudioTeam – Graham Original" - based on the Graham Phantom II SUPREME, but personalised for E.A.T

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Visit Fischer & Fischer

For almost half a billion years, mother nature has compressed and shaped soil into solid rock. Soil from an era much earlier than the dinosaurs has been gently forged over aeons into a rock that itself is now known for its beauty and timelessness…. slate. Fischer & Fischer, a specialist high-end loudspeaker company from Fredeburg, a beautiful town set deep in the German countryside east from Dortmund, never set out to use slate as the material for their cabinets. They simply looked for the most suitable material and discovered that slate had some extraordinary sonic characteristics. Building loudspeakers with natural slate cabinets provides many advantages due to its unique acoustic properties. Slate cabinets do not vibrate and absorb energy, thus making available maximum energy for the speaker to incite the surrounding air. The audible outcome is startling – greater dynamics, clarity and a fidelity richer in nuances and detail. Visually, these loudspeakers have a presence and elegance that exudes craftsmanship and technical perfection. We invite you to listen to the difference and enjoy the natural sound radiating from these beautiful pieces of sculpture.

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Visit German Physiks

The interesting appearance of German Physiks loudspeakers is the first clue that they are very different to other designs. The remarkable DDD driver is at the heart of their design and is used in all of their models. It was developed by German engineer Peter Dicks in 1978 when he investigated certain fundamental problems of loudspeaker driver design. He was particularly interested in the Walsh driver, designed by the American engineer Lincoln Walsh and used in the famous Ohm F loudspeakers. He then spent several years building and testing prototypes of an improved driver design. His work came to the attention of Holger Mueller, the owner of a German loudspeaker company called Mainhattan Acoustik. He agreed to license the DDD driver and formed German Physiks to develop the design. Two more years were spent further refining it and in 1992, it made it its debut in the first German Physiks loudspeaker: The Borderland.

The DDD driver has a very low moving mass and consequently an exceptional transient response. This is easy to hear in the life-like “snap” that percussion has when reproduced on these speakers. There is no sense of the dynamics being compressed. It also allows a very wide operating frequency range (180Hz – 24kHz) and thereby avoids the need for the crossover point in the mid-range commonly found in conventional multi-way designs. This gives a very significant improvement in the overall clarity of the sound, as our hearing is very sensitive in the mid-range. The resulting purity of the mid-range combined with the DDD driver’s high degree of phase linearity, enables it to very accurately reproduce the timbral characters of the instruments in a recording.

The DDD driver radiates omni-directionally which recreates a sound field that is more like we would experience in a live performance where most of the energy from a broad range of frequencies is reflected before it reaches our ears. This also means that the timbral balance of the sound is much more even throughout the room than is possible with conventional drivers, due to their tendency to beam at higher frequencies. In addition, the exceptionally well-focussed stereo images that the DDD driver produces can be enjoyed from a wide range of listening positions in the room. This makes it much easier to share the enjoyment of your favourite music with friends and also helps to make listening more relaxing, as you do not have to worry about staying in the small “sweet spot” that most conventional designs produce.

Holger Mueller’s passion for sharing this technology with the world has resulted in a remarkable achievement. German Physiks represent the pinnacle of high-end omnidirectional speaker performance. It is no surprise that their new electronics and power cables are already been celebrated for their excellence. Exceptional sound quality that knows no limits!

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Visit Gigawatt

"In the opinion of specialist audio magazines the devices from GigaWatt are among the best in the world, both in terms of effectiveness and manufacturing quality, and even surpass the standards used in the branch setting new masters. This statement is confirmed by many reviews and prestigious awards given to GigaWatt products".

GIGAWATT RANGE: 5x Power Cords from $650ea to $6,000ea 3x Power Borads from $850ea to 2250ea 4x Power Conditioners from $7,500ea to $16,500ea

The combination of passion and many years of experience in constructing power devices gained in Power Audio Laboratories was used to design novel concepts, new projects and unique technological solutions. Most materials and components used in the company products are made by the company or according to proprietary specifications. GigaWatt quickly gained a reputation of a brand, which has exquisitely made products, best components and competitive pricing. However the products of that brand are mostly admired for their spectacular influence on the sound and picture reproduced by devices powered by them, at the same time protecting the audio-video devices from noise and surges.

The extensive offering of the company is aimed at the most demanding users of audio and video systems, both in the HI-END and HI-FI segments. The products of GigaWatt are appreciated not only in the home country, where they already have a well-established position, but also internationally, especially all over Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The dynamic growth of the company is also reflected in the presence on international and domestic shows and fairs.

"We are happy to announce, that two systems powered by GigaWatt conditioners, won the "BEST SOUND OF SHOW“ award, on the Axpona show 2019. The prizes were awarded by the renown AVShowrooms and Positive Feedback Audio Oasis".

"Hi Terry, we would like to give you feedback on the remarkable Gigawatt PC4. As you know we are up to our 3rd power conditioner, the first was a basic line filter board that we still use, the second conditioner was a well known power conditioner that caused us problems and never quite met our expectations. With your guidance and a lot of research we took a well researched gamble and purchased unheard and unseen the Gigawatt PC4 EVO + along with Gigawatts recommended power cable LS1 and a second power cable. It is a real joy to see the face of someone who follows this audio journey with you when you place a new piece to the puzzle and their smile is immediate!! You can, as we both know talk yourself into liking new equipment or making excuses. Not so, with the Gigawatt PC4, the instant smile is all you need to look for. The writing is correct, it’s enhances the sound and it protects our equipment. Brilliant!! We will be adding more of the Gigawatt power cables with confidence. Please pass on to the manufacturer of Gigawatt products our thanks and a ringing endorsement of their products. As always we appreciate your patience, understanding and knowledge to help us achieve something special." Simon

We cordially invite you to get acquainted with GigaWatt products

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Visit Karan Acoustics

Karan Acoustics audio equipment is the result of a more than 30-year long career in professional electronics.

We have spent countless hours designing and listening to our and other audio equipment, and in that process, we have adopted certain design and production solutions, which are characteristic of our products. These, among others, are:

• All our high – end products are hand crafted, with extremely high quality and carefully selected electronic components. For all our devices we use very high quality parts only, which, besides excellent and specific designs guarantees the best sound and reliable long term work. Most of these parts were made especially to our requests.
• All our amplifiers use dual mono technology, fully balanced circuits, have extremely fast, DC coupled and pure class A driven topologies.
• We exclusively use extremely high quality, fast and potent power supplies, with very low internal impedances.
• Our cases are made of high quality, high gauge aluminium, with our own custom design.
• All units are made to be musical and to provide maximum attainable quality of sound reproduction, with as little as possible changes of tonal balance, dynamics, resolution and general acoustic properties characteristic of the natural sound of music.
• How far we have succeeded in these objectives, you can and should judge by yourself by listening through our audio equipment.

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Visit Kirmuss Audio

NOT ALL ULTRASONICS WASH YOUR RECORDS SAFELY: SPECIFY KIRMUSS'S UNIQUE 35 KHz SYSTEM!

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY: "To say that I was pleased with the performance of the Kirmuss was to issue a laughable understatement. The KARC-1 not only removes troublesome noise efficiently, to give new life to your vinyl, it also provides a level of sonic transparency that is truly astounding. Once you hear the effects yourself, you’ll realise that you’ve never actually heard your record collection. Not properly. as such, I have to declare that the KARC-1 is the best record cleaner on the market. Bar none."
Paul Rigby - HiFi World

"The Kirmuss KA-RC-1 is the best commercial ultrasonic cleaner currently available on the market."
The Audioman

Kirmuss Audio’s "In The Groove" Ultimate Ultrasonic Vinyl Restoration System makes the process of using this technology more affordable. You can RESTORE your 33 1/3, 45's and 78's simultaneously!"
Andre Jennings

"The Kirmuss system should not be seen as simply a record cleaning machine, it is a professional grade archival system that has been made affordable to anyone wanting to preserve or restore their vinyl collection and as such thoroughly deserves Hifi Pig’s Outstanding Product award"
Linette Smith - HiFi Pig

"Enthusiastically Recommended... as it Works!" ..."and it's very reasonably priced"
Michael Fremer - Stereophile

The Editors at THE ABSOLUTE SOUND..."Best Analog Accessory of Show".

THE ABSOLUTE SOUND: "The most Significant Product Introduction (AXPONA 2018), Kirmuss Audio’s "In The Groove Ultimate Ultrasonic Vinyl Restoration System", makes the process of using this technology more affordable.”

NOTE - NOT ALL ULTRASONICS WASH YOUR RECORDS SAFELY: SPECIFY 35 KHz!

"Sonically speaking", the higher the frequency, the smaller the bubbles, smaller the bubbles, they enter small crevices easier., but a RECORD CONTRARY TO BELIEF IS NOT A SMALL CREVICE, MINUTE DETAILS WITHIN THE GROOVE PROVIDE TIMBER AND THE EXCELLENCE OF ANALOG. THESE INDENTATIONS SHOULD NEVER BE REMOVED! One of the critical KIRMUSS differences, it wont deteriorate your records like others on the market will.

In 3 years of testing, 35 kHz is the sweet spot, does not remove these details and does not "smoothen" the grooves as would a poorly designed record cleaner leaving a residue which has the same effect. Not 45, not 80, not 90 kHz. NEVER 120 kHz or higher. All are proven to damage records over time. Much misinformation out there: We have in house experienced engineers familiar with ultrasonic generation. 35 kHz is gentle yet powerful to do the job!

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Visit MIT Cables

MIT Cables Multipole Technology: MIT Audio Series cables are based on the exclusive patented Multipole Technology, Only MIT Cables can provide levels of performance for each listener’s needs, from our latest and most advanced ACC 268, 206, and 169 (Articulation Control Console) Series providing the ultimate most ethereal level of sonic experience – “Stratospheric” as penned by Robert Harley of The Absolute Sound, the heralded Oracle SHD Series of interfaces for the highest reference level experience, You too can enjoy the same quality of experience from MIT’s Mulitipole and Filterpole Technology chosen by the High-End Audio sector, the Movie Industry, Professional Recording Engineers earning multiple; “Editors’ Choice”, “Product of the Year”, “Writers’ Choice”, “Best Sound”, “Best of Show”, “Best Sound Editing”, “Best Sound Effects Editing”, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and nominations, countless industry accolades and an ever growing, decades strong satisfied customer base.IT Cables' core audio cable technology is our exclusive Poles of Articulation, named after the fact that every audio cable has a single point where it is most efficient at storing and transporting energy. We now only offer US made products to focus on our strengths; craftsmanship quality & guaranteed performance.

Allan Moulton of TAS - The Absolute Sound uses MIT EVO1 cables.

NEW GENERATION - HERITAGE - EVO Series The Heritage EVO Series - The Evolution of performance interfaces below $4K Over the last 35 years MIT has introduced many successful products that garnered a large following based (in part) on excellent reviews published by the absolute sound “Music Interface Technologies AVt1”, 6 moons.com “MIT Cables Shotgun S1 Loom” , and Stereophile recommended components “MIT CVT Terminator 2”.

This After completion of the 2C3D project, Bruce decided to look into keeping these three special models alive by enhancing them with improved parts and miniaturizing techniques inside other “Heritage Enclosures”. This would allow him to resurrect and perpetuate them as the EVO One, EVO Two and EVO Three models. Bruce regards this project as a ”homage” to these highly regarded products and reviews. With the inclusion of three EVO versions, MIT will introduce the complete Heritage Series for 2017.

Over the past three decades and through to 2017, the technology used in these speaker interfaces and interconnects have received multiple industry awards including; Product of the Year, Editor’s Choice, Blue Moon, Best Sound, Best of Show, and many more.

NEW GENERATION - HERITAGE - MI 2C3D Series The Challenge: Two years ago another manufacturer from High End Audio suggested to Bruce Brisson C.E.O MIT Cables, “The industry needs a great sounding $10k Speaker Cable without switches or exotic enclosure materials and finishes”. Further, he challenged Bruce to deliver $30k in performance for $10k at the point of sale. He took the challenge. High on Bruce’s list was to maintain the lineage of the “Heritage sound” combined with the “Heritage look”

This feat would require extreme cuts in parts, labor and materials. Machined aluminum enclosures were eliminated and switching options removed. While his circuit topologies remained similar or the same, capacitor and inductor sizes were reduced by using more “through hole” technology along with printed circuit boards. To put it simply; Bruce took Oracle and Matrix topologies, used smaller capacitors and inductors and ‘stuffed’ them into the original Shotgun and Magnum (AKA Heritage enclosures).

The Heritage MI-2C3D Series: The answer – The cable Bruce created to answer the challenge became the MI-2C3D Level 2. Complete 30K performance at a 10K price point. Challenge met. Not one to quit there, Bruce continued to “bracket” this design with another offering even better performance and one with a little less technology, offered at an even lower price point. These interfaces are the new MIT MI-2C3D Series and available at three levels and three price points; Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.

“I felt I had to note the sound in this room. Cabling was all-MIT, with MIT Oracle MA-X balanced connections between preamp and power amplifier and with MIT’s new Heritage series 2C3D Level 1 speaker cables and MIT’s Z-Strip providing clean AC power.”
CES 2018 - Stereophile - John Atkinson

“I have been attending CES since 1979 and music-rich experiences like this are what keeps the show real for me.” “…every detail of the complex, tone cluster-rich scoring was clearly revealed, yet without any unnatural spotlighting, and with superbly natural tone colors.”
John Atkinson Munich High End 2017 - Jonathan Valin on the Heritage Series - The Absolute Sound

“I was able to finally get a seat in the Magico room featuring the company’s S3 MkII loudspeakers, Spectral electronics, and MIT’s MI-2C3D Level ONE speaker cables and impedance-matching line-level interfaces from its new Heritage series. According to MIT, the Heritage series incorporates significant cost reductions, such as smaller capacitors and inductors from those in MIT’s reference Oracle and Matrix products, but with similar circuit topologies. This is the kind of trickle-down I’ve been waiting to see! The sound of the system was lifelike and present, with terrific clarity and immediacy, broad soundstaging, and very good transparency.”
Jonathan Valin

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Visit Morch

In spite of the slender appearance, the MØRCH tonearms have an amazing mechanical strength and stability. They are the result of the best precision mechanics, the finest craftsmanship, and realize technical and tonal claims without compromise.

What has been achieved with the MØRCH tonearms enables the cartridge to accomplish its task with extraordinary motional ease while maintaining a very high degree of stability.

The proof of their superiority lies in the listening! The MØRCH arm have received high acclaim from both critics and skeptics, simply because their sonic superiority can be easily demonstrated.

While observing correct design fundamentals, crucial parameters such as choice of materials, a new approach to mass distribution, and elimination of arm resonances, required in depth study for the design of an exceptional arm. This research resulted in the invention and patenting of an entirely new concept of tonearm.

The new model DP-8 Anisotropic is based on the same principles as comprised in this patent.

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Visit My Sonic Lab

After designing phono cartridges for respected brands such as Koetsu, Air Tight, Miyabi, Luxman, Supex and Audio Craft, master cartridge maker Mr. Yoshio Matsudaira founded My Sonic Lab in 2004 with the goal of designing the ultimate range of cartridges. His unique SH-μX high flux / high permeability core material is one of the few genuine breakthroughs in cartridge design in the last fifty years.

The exceptional sound of My Sonic MC cartridges is achieved by minimising signal loss, internal distortion and phase distortion. All cartridges incorporate Matsudaira-san’s unique SH-μX magnetic core, which has higher permeability and flux density than the typical iron core material used in MC cartridges. It allows My Sonic Lab to use fewer coil windings than other moving coil cartridges, minimising distortions and maximising signal output. This high efficiency technology results in wide dynamic range, fast transient response, low distortion and high signal-to-noise ratio. My Sonic cartridges have developed a well-earned reputation as one of the most musically rewarding brands available today, offering remarkable natural detail, clarity and resolution.

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Visit Norma Audio

NORMA AUDIO is based in Cremona, Italy… a place where music has always played an important role, being the home of Monteverdi, Ponchielli, Stradivari, Amati and many other artists. Inspired by this rich musical history, designer Enrico Rossi has been creating sophisticated audio amplifiers for more than 20 years, merging technical skill and musical sensitivity in the same way in which the best musical instruments are made. Listening to a NORMA AUDIO product can convey this experience better than words. Digital sources and solid state amplifiers that deliver extraordinary musicality and a total lack of listening fatigue.

Every once in a while, a company is ‘discovered’ that makes such wonderful sounding audio equipment, that we find ourselves asking ‘why didn’t we know about this brand before?’. NORMA AUDIO Electronics is one of those brands, steeped in heritage, slowly gaining popularity outside Italy as enthusiasts spread the word. Audition… and be prepared to fall in love.

NORMA AUDIO’s target is to utilise Technique, Science & Art to create products that reflect NORMA “musical reproduction”. This concept is the synthesis of elements as: neutrality, lack of artificiality, respect for the dynamics and timbre of the original execution. In other words, a Minimalist approach; the intention is therefore to manipulate the audio signal as less as possible, confiding that the original music already contains all the Beauty that will bring Emotion in the listening experience. The musical message will not be Reinterpreted, adding something More pleasant, but will instead receive the maximum respect. All the technical choices, from the most advanced to the ones that are apparently against the trend, derive from this precise Vision, and are not random.

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Visit REL Acoustics

REL Acoustics, Ltd. of Bridgend, Wales was founded in 1990 by Richard Edmund Lord. Dissatisfied by the commercially available subwoofers of the day, Lord set out to build Himself something better. Almost immediately, word spread of a Welshman who had built this incredible sounding sub bass system and soon enough audiophiles began searching out these legendary subs that were built like no other.

Lord began referring to them as sub bass systems, because the performance he had been able to achieve was the result of system engineering. Where common subwoofers rely on amplifying a line level signal, Lord had intuitively realized that the signature of the entire system had to be built forward into a pre-conditioning signal that allowed the sub to disappear into the music. Thus, from almost the very beginning RELs used a special high-level circuit. Many of the basic elements present in modern day RELs began finding their way into production RELs in the later 1990’s.

AN IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT REL SUBS & MUSIC:

A basic run-down on the REL subs and why they are so much better for integartion with Music:

Typically most subwoofers have a delay in response of around 150 – 200 mSecs. to comprehend this in a pratical way - 150 milli seconds equates to over 50 metres distance !!! 200 milli seconds is 68.6m.

This is not too much of a problem in Theatre systems as the processing time of the picture is delayed anyway and so the sound has to be delayed to match with the picture, so a slow sub is not badly noticeable.... (still not good tho).

With music... there is no “buffer” to feed into, no “lip sync” delays etc.... if you put a slow sub in with fast speakers you will never get fast tuneful bass no matter how hard you try !

REL "T" SERIES SUBS: REL T series subs are much, much, faster than the vast majority of subs on the market at just around 15 milli seconds of response time (15 milli seconds translates to 5.14 metres). So if we want to get the sub in phase with the speakers we can do this in a normal sized room (so long as it is over 5 metres long) because the time delay is less than the length of the room in which we have the sub, so putting it out of phase with the main speakers would be the biggest adjustment that would be required.

REL "S" SERIES SUBS: If we go up to the S series subs we get a lighter faster cone with faster electronics which drops the response time down to under 10 milli seconds (S2 is about 8, S34 is 10 and S5 is 12).

REL "G" SERIES SUBS: Moving up to the G series we further drop it to around 4 milli seconds of group delay. As 4 milli seconds translates to 1.37 metres, there is ample room to get them to gel in any room, and the timing will be a lot better, they will be more “in tune” with the main speakers, and the end result is one of added bass weight without the penalty of slowness. This group delay figure is at the theoretical lower limit of filter design.

I loved the following final paragraph of this communication from the owners of REL:

"At REL, they know the secret to a perfectly balanced system is their filter circuits. Evolving over several generations the REL filter circuit is considered a trade secret, To this day, REL embed them in a matrix designed to destroy the components hidden within should any competitor try to discover the ideal way to crossover. Speed is incredibly important to a sub crossover and so REL employ simple, direct and very fast-acting filters. Based on second order designs, they are intended to allow all the speed and slam of Music to emerge—and importantly, all of the subtlety—while still performing the necessary crossover filtering".

“We are unwilling to destroy music or film sound in order to provide a “happy idiot” button, whereby the customer hears some difference by pushing a button, only later to discover, as they listen more critically, that the bass is completely out of time with the cadence of the music. We’re not in the happy idiot business, our customers are smarter than that.”
John Hunter and Donald Brody

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Visit Scansonic HD

"Just as I was wrapping up my notes for Reviewers’ View I settled back for a listen. We played Roger Waters “It’s a Miracle” on the Scansonic MB5-B and the bass and imaging were that of speakers three times the size. “Giant Killers” was what Michael called them. These slim, little 2.5 way floorstanders will disappear in any size room. The Raidho DNA was apparent, but for a fraction of the price."

Michael Vamos, - RMAF

"Scansonic revised HD series with 4” honeycomb enforced glass-fibre midrange / woofer drivers and high-resolution Ribbon tweeter, offer not only elegant, designer looks ideal for the modern apartment but also an impressive sound"

Scansonic (of Denmark) has a long history of electronics and loudspeakers. They originated as the brand ScanSpeak back in the 70s and wanted to create a higher-end line of speakers which is where the new namesake SCANSONIC came in to play. Then Dantax Audio, a larger electronics pioneer out of Denmark bought the name brand which were an originating partner of driver designs—supplying for the likes of Bang and Olufsen, and such, there is a lot of history here.

In 2019 the original Scansonic HD’s MB series loudspeakers were the subject of a significant upgraded under Benno and renamed MB-B (‘MB’ is for Michael Børresen, the original creator and ‘B’ is for Benno, their new chief designer).

MB to MB-B UPGRADE SUMMARY:

• The top-end features a sealed, ultra-light ribbon planar tweeter in which the membrane is formed by a Kapton-aluminium sandwich of 20 microns thick.
• Midrange & woofers have now been fitted with a new low loss spider.
• Midrange & woofers are custom 4.5” carbon-fibre coned drivers with overhung magnets.
• The crossovers have been completely redesigned.
• All drive units are time-aligned at listening distance.
• The previous acoustically vented cabinets have now been replaced with a ported cabinet.
• The cabinets’ internal construction has also been changed in order to optimise airflow.
• All models are available in contemporary Black "silk' or White ‘silk’ finish with carbon-fibre inlays.

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Visit SGR Audio Racks

So how do the SGR racks fit in relative to the higher-profile competition from overseas suppliers? I’ll tell you where. These racks are as well built as the very best available from anywhere. They compete with the bees knees of audio rack systems...... Edgar Kramer - Editor In Chief, SoundStage! Australia

Impeccable fit and finish Customisable shelf heights Solid aluminium cross-brace Designed and made in Australia Multi-layered vibration isolation technology Unmatched style, performance & adaptability

SGR Audio was brought to life through a love of sound and a fascination with its purest possible reproduction, free from extraneous noise and distortion. We are a uniquely progressive company, where forward thinking and futuristic vision are encouraged, and where perfection, precision and performance seamlessly converge. Our equipment rack journey began in 2010 when a custom rack request from a client soon had us realising the need for more effective equipment stands with a less industrial appearance. Eight years on, the range has expanded to incorporate six individually diverse and powerful audio racks at varying price points, and three remarkably expressive styles. Each model is an exceptional example of our innate ability to harmoniously blend customisable and striking design with innovative technology. Across this impressive range, we offer unparalleled ingenuity through our multi-layered isolation solutions, with options to suit any environment, so you can enjoy your listening experience with ultimate authenticity.

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Visit Stillpoints Stillpoints Ultra Footers will support the weight of virtually any component or speaker you own. While they might seem expensive, once you hear what they do for the sound of your system we know you will be impressed! Stillpoints produce consistent improvements in clarity, articulation, natural image size, and tonal color, all without tipping the frequency balance of your system. You’ll hear your music more and your system less, regardless of the performance level of your components and rack. This is only the beginning of the Stillpoints system!

The main body (barrel shaped) of the Ultra SS is drilled and tapped on both sides with 1/4-20 thread and can be used effectively pointing up or pointing down with the same performance.

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Visit Taiko Audio

Taiko Audio is all about innovation. We use cutting edge technology to develop components that are not available off the shelf and that create the ultimate sound experience: a representation of sound that is so realistic, it feels like listening to a live performance.

Based in the Netherlands, Taiko Audio was founded by Emile Bok, who has developed a global reputation as one of the most innovative designers in the digital audiophile space. His award winning music servers use a blend of traditional and cutting-edge technology, specifically designed components and advanced materials science. The level of detail within the design and the build quality is simply stunning and every piece is tested by ear to ensure that it will bring enjoyment to those clients for whom top sound quality is paramount. The result is a representation of sound that is so realistic, it feels like listening to a live performance.

Taiko Audio’s mantra ‘it’s all about innovation’ is evident in the DNA of everything that they design. Through product manufacturing and OEM, they create devices with unique features, and excellent sound quality as well as innovative new components for the DIY market. Prior to the new Extreme, their best-known commercial electronics product was the Sound Galleries Music Server, which is renowned for making High Performance computing with Audiophile quietness possible.

The Taiko Audio SGM Extreme is a genuine game changer in terms of achievable sound quality from a music server. Around the world, Extremes are replacing previous reference digital source components in reference systems and setting new standards and expectations. A great achievement!

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Visit TAOC

CL / XL series: DESIGN

• CL in High Gloss paint finsh
• XL in Natural wood-grain textures.

EASE OF USE

• Easy-assembly construction
• Choose the shelf board spacing and the number of shelves in the rack to suit your equipment. Performance
• Special Vibration-damping material has been inserted into its poles.
• XL only - special Vibration control sheet to shelf board, that converts vibrational energy into thermal energy.
• Comes with large cast iron spikes for its legs as standard.

OTHER

• Excellent load-bearing capacity. S Type 100kg per shelf / L Type (double width) 200kg per shelf / 400kg for the entire rack To ensure stability we recommend that the S-type rack height not exceed 150cm and the L-type rack height not exceed120cm.

ASR II series: This hybrid construction has enabled the marriage of stylish form and performance, By using aluminium die-casting construction, the ASR II series realises stylish design, light weight, and excellent rigidity. This series of racks is made of a hybrid construction for excellent audio performance. Aluminium’s low weight, high strength and aesthetic appeal are augmented with the incorporation of vibration-damping cast iron in strategic areas of the rack, resulting in a sound that exudes both elegance and calm.

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Visit Tellurium Q

Tellurium Q have been very secretive about how they get the performance from their cables that give rise to so many amazing reviews but they remain tight lipped. urns out that the “secret” is in the name.

Tellurium Copper has been a base material for TQ connectors for quite some time and depending on how they plate and what they plate with gives rise to different performance characteristics, hence the “Tellurium” part of the name but that is not it. That awkward little letter “Q” perched right there tells you all you need to know about the way they look at developing their cables….if you were an electronic engineer.

Q has many meanings and one of which is the quality factor relating to electronic filters and there you have it. All cables (in fact all materials) from any manufacturer act as electronic filters that shift the relative phase of various signal frequencies relative to one another. Think of a painting that gets smeared.

Each material that a signal passes through will affect the various frequencies in a signal differently. So Tellurium Q work to balance, as far as possible, the different materials, thicknesses and geometries to get as close as possible to a neutral effect on the signal.

It is all about the materials and how they work together in the signal path. Sounds easy but this is part science and part art and involves an awful lot of iterative testing. A small change in a material used can completely through a sound out of kilter. Even the solder material used by Tellurium Q has been tested exhaustively and you can bet there is no silver in the mix! What you get from this approach is a set of products that win awards regularly and release the potential locked in your system.

9 PRODUCT of the YEAR AWARDS in last 2yrs. - HiFi+ - Cables of the Year award many times over:

Our work is for the audiophile and music lover who wants to hear the clearest, purest sound from their system at a reasonable price. We are focused on performance and our aim is to set a new standard.

RECENT AWARDS: High Fidelity products of the year x 3yrs Tone Audio products of the year Image One product of the year Stereo Times Most Wanted Components (USA) Speaker cable and interconnect of the year Mains cable of the year x2yrs HiFi Choice 5 stars HiFi News Highly Commended HiFi Plus Products of the Year HiFi World Cable of the Year HiFi World 5 Globes x6yrs[/expand]

“something that I’ve never heard from any cable at this price point.”
Paul Rigby HiFi World

Full review here

“Cavernous acoustic space.....palpable sense of reality...good sense of timing and pitch...the sound was controlled and didn’t harden as the volume increased...even tonal balance.”
Hi Fi News

The only cable range to have ever be given product of the year by HiFi Plus for EVERY product.

The only cable range ever to be given the maximum 5 Globes by HiFi World for EVERY cable.Tellurium Q Cables - the first cables designed primarily to combat Phase Distortion - Clearly Better Sound

When the engineering team at Tellurium Q (based in the UK) studied the factors impacting speaker cable performance, they realised that phase distortion is a key determinant of cable performance, and yet not addressed by current audio R&D. So they started designing from a blank slate, with a determined focus to combat phase distortion. The result is ultra low phase distortion. Their cables also have low capacitance and very high bandwidth but primarily it is the superbly low phase distortion that make these cables sound extraordinarily clear and natural. These high performance cables have won multiple awards in their very first year of launch!

Tellurium Q is the first range of cables specifically engineered to avoid phase-distortion. To achieve this goal, this made-in-England cable has received attention to every parameter, both electrical and mechanical. Conductor material, construction, doping and geometry; dielectric properties and vibrational damping - these along with perfectly balanced inductance, capacitance and resistance result in a cable range with unique virtues. By avoiding the time-smear and colourations that are caused by phase distortion, the nuances, dynamics and rhythmic insight of the performance are preserved. Tellurium Q cables simply reveal the music.

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Visit Vicoustic

WHY SHOULD YOU FIX YOUR ROOM ACOUSTICS? There are two main reasons for fixing your room acoustics.

Nothing affects the sound from your speakers more than the room acoustics. The variation in level between two different bass frequencies can easily exceed ±10 dB in an untreated room. Some bass frequencies – called standing waves – will have a prolonged reverberation time and thus create a bass energy build-up in the room.

Hard reflections off the walls, floor, and ceiling will affect your listening experience more than you think. Your brain will try to separate the hard reflections from the direct sound, but it can’t, because the reflections arrive with a very short time delay. This has a fatiguing effect on your brain, making you less creative and unable to fully enjoy your sound system.

The use of a digital “room correction” system might help iron out the most prominent bass frequencies in the listening position, but unfortunately it can't do anything about the prolonged reverberation time of the standing waves. How could it? By capturing the sound once it has left the speakers?

As soon as you walk into a room, you are subconsciously affected by its acoustic properties. If the acoustics are too busy – like in a modern café with hard surfaces and no acoustic treatment – you feel uneasy and stressed.

If the acoustics are too damped, with curtains and thick absorbers, you will most likely get the feeling of the walls moving in on you.

Either way, the acoustics will affect your sense of space in a room – for the better or for the worse.

SO YOU ARE USING A DIGITAL "ROOM CORRECTION" SYSTEM AND IT DOSEN'T REAL WORK? That’s because it’s impossible for digital processing to combat hard reflections, long reverberation time and excessive bass energy build-up in the room. All it does, is to change the tonal balance of the speakers, often to the worse, leaving a slight artificial taste in your mouth. It’s much better to properly treat the room acoustics.

WHATS THE GOAL WHEN TREATING THE ROOM ACOUSTICS? The goal is to make the speakers disappear and just present a wavefront of sound, a "wall of sound", if you like. High quality full-range speakers in a well-treated listening room will give you that sensation. Trust me, it’s a great experience!

"The Vicoustic panels seemed like nothing less than an acoustic miracle workers…… the Vicoustic DC2 value for money is clear off the charts. Vicoustic say their DC2 is the best cost/performance diffuser money can buy, and until I can discover better for less I would enthusiastically concur"
Chris Martins - HiFi+ Magazine

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Visit Vinnie Rossi

Modular design expert Vinnie Rossi has announced the new L2 range-topping electronics featuring a dynamic series of DHT valve - L2i Integrated amp, L2i-SE Signature Integrated amp, L2 Signature preamp and L2 Signatute Monoblock amplifiers.

Vinnie Rossi For the past 15 years, Vinnie Rossi (initially forming Red Wine Audio in 2004) has established an enviable reputation for unique audio circuit designs, top quality craftsmanship, hand-built production in the USA and sterling customer service.

Professional writers and end-users alike have reviewed his creations in print and online only to overlap by extolling their exceptional performance, superior value and considerate options that allow customers to buy what they need rather than face fully loaded production builds by default.

Fast-forwarding to the second half of 2018, Vinnie Rossi introduced his finest components to date, the L2 Signature Preamplifier and Monoblocks.

In 2019 Vinnie Rossi released his all new L2i Integrated and L2i-SE Signature integrated amplifiers together with new L2 plug-in modular DAC and Phono to complete the L2 amplifier series .

Throughout 2019, multiple L2 reviews confirmed that now the brand is now competing against, high-end, esoteric ‘cost-no-object’ challengers from all around the globe, yet still maintains its forward-thinking high-value roots.

One reviewer even asked why none of the larger and more established tube electronics manufacturers had not managed to design such an uncompromising and purist design as the direct-heated triode L2 Signature Preamplifier.

For Vinnie Rossi, approaching premium two-channel audio design from a fresh perspective is at the core of his ethos. In an industry flooded with the same old design topologies that have been circulating around for decades, he chooses to demonstrate his genuine passion for his craft with innovation.

The Vinnie Rossi company is located in Holden, Massachusetts, USA.

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Visit VPI Industries

VPI Industries Inc. is a family owned high-end audio manufacturer that was started by Sheila and Harry Weisfeld, the founders of VPI. The company is still family owned and run by Harry and son, Mathew Weisfeld, forty years later.

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Visit Vitus Audio

VITUS AUDIO is a Multi Award winning Ultra High End Amplifier manufacturer based in Denmark. Company established in 1995 by Hans Ole Vitus. Vitus Audio manufacturers world class electronics and considered amongst the very best amplifier makers on the market today. Vitus is specialising in both pure class-A and class-AB amplification design to bring listener's experience as close as possible to a real music. In 2012 "Ultra-Audio" chose Vitus electronics to join “The Worlds Best Audio System”

Vitus Audio can comfortably consider themselves part of a very small select group of manufacturers who create solid state equipment which performs at the very highest level. The very first encounter with this Danish high-end brand was both revelatory and strangely comforting, like discovering an amplifier that had been specifically built for you and you only, exactly fulfilling everything that you had always been searching for.

The unique headline and what makes this company’s products stand out even within the small exclusive club mentioned above, is that Vitus seems to marry the sonic advantages of both transistor and valve designs but at the same time incorporate none of their ills and hence sound like neither of them. This means power, grip, purity, focus, precision and incredible dynamics, but at the same time a fatigue-free and unanalytical performance devoid of high frequency glare or any nagging sense of sterility; one that can be enjoyed for hours on end and which widens the music collection rather than selectively narrows it. Like the best tube designs it also means richness, texture, flow, warmth, a deliciously layered and palpable 3d presentation with extremely fine levels of detail but at the same time, music which is free from the vices of valves: grain, euphonies, colouration, blur and inaccuracy. Above all, beyond the audiophile jargon, Vitus is a supremely natural and rewarding experience offering an extremely truthful and insightful connection to the artist.Consistently in demos it has proven that it seems to possess all the characteristics which most people are seeking from their music.

Beyond the actual sound, the elegant aesthetics and the exceptional build, Vitus is a young company who are most definitely ‘in the moment’" and moving swiftly with the times. The product range is very clever, answering the questions and demands of today’s trends and habits with much added flexibility, functionality and convenience. No holds barred Integrated amplifiers, DAC/Preamplifiers in a single box, plug-in Phono and Dac modules which install directly into expansion slots. Hans Ole Vitus is thinking carefully about his customers and about the future.

The Reference Series: We wanted to bring the magic of our products to a much wider audience, so we set about bringing the 'Reference Series' back to life. While more affordable, each product in this series is no less impressive in it's ability to deliver music so convincingly. Vitus begin with their Reference series, which compares to many high-end series

The Signature Series: Our 'Signature Series' to this day continues to capture the very essence of music in ways that few others can. Stealing the hearts of many a reviewer and music lover alike, we are very proud to put our name to this series.

The Masterpiece Series: Our greatest work to date, we think it is only fitting to call our new series, the 'Masterpiece Series'. It has been the most intensive development project we have ever undertaken and the discoveries we made have been nothing short of astounding. Now the very fortunate among you will be able to experience your music like never before! Each product in the Masterpiece Series is destined to become a true reference, a sought after classic and collectors piece in it's own right for many years to come.

The Design Studio Series (to be introduced soon): Our ultra cost-no-object series delivers the music lover an unheard level of realism and performance in a beautifully elegant structure. It really has to be experienced to be believed. Available on request only.

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Visit Wilson Benesch

WILSON BENESCH was founded in 1989. Since then, all structural elements of every component it designs and manufactures has sought to push the boundaries of manufacturing and materials technology.

From the world's first tapered Carbon Fibre tonearm, to the world's first curved Carbon Fibre loudspeaker, the novel Clamshell Isobaric tactic driver and the patented Torus Infrasonic Generator; Wilson Benesch has pushed the envelope of what is possible within Audio Engineering.

Every component is manufactured using high precision tooling and advanced moulding technologies under one roof in Sheffield.

A fitting tribute to the illustrious engineering history of the city and its pioneers such as Bessemer. It is only standing on the shoulders of the great thinkers and engineers of this time that the modern world can look beyond the horizon of time.

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Visit Ypsilon Electronics

AV Showrooms reviewer, Peter Breuninger, had the following to say after his experience with Ypsilon Electronics:

"Ypsilon is a top level electronics manufacturer based in Greece. The company is considered by many reviewers to be one of the top five audio design and manufacturing firms in the world. "Founded in 1995 by two sound engineers, Ypsilon has dominated the high performance audio market with tube and hybrid electronics. Their phono stage is considered the world's best by Michael Fremer of Stereophile. "Ypsilon products offer a natural sound presentation with a degree of life that borders upon magic. They wind their own transformers and base their circuit designs on revolutionary ideas. "The fit and finish of an Ypsilon product is one of form meets function. They are breathtaking to behold and to listen to. "There are no finer electronics in the world."

It was not only our experience with live music and live concerts that provided us with the necessary conditions to gain knowledge, it was also our technical background in electronics engineering, that contributed in formatting the concept of how a high end audio device should perform as well as how reliable it should be.

It was our love and dedication to natural live music that drove us to transform our passion into technology. A technology that combines both traditional and modern ground breaking designs and techniques.

At Ypsilon Electronics "we strive to reproduce music in a way that is true to the original recording".

Our achievement is the creation of unique products that communicate to the listener the true meaning of music…EMOTION!

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Visit Yter

Why Yter?

"Each cable is hand made to request at time of order by the artisan, Massimiliano"

The legendary name of Franco Serblin will stir the hearts of many audiophiles who have used his speakers at one time or other. Franco sold the speaker company he built and many of us though he would quit the high end business and enjoy his retirement (if I am not wrong, he is in his seventies). However, like many talented audio designers, there is always so much to be done. In his last speaker design, he experimented with some new cables developed by a company called Laboratorium that were using space age alloys, the results was such a drastic improvement over the high quality cables used previously that he was fascinated enough to keep working to perfect the use of this material.

Using the science of metallurgy, Franco and Laboratorium worked to further develop this cable material. The result is Yter cables – using a pure silver and palladium alloy, cold extruded and mechanical weld with connectors. No heat is applied after the alloy has been fused hence no solder is used. This new cable design has all the ideal properties for conduction of audio signal. In Franco’s words – ‘metallurgical coherence in the path from the source to the speaker drivers.

Yter cables are available as interconnects, balanced interconnects, speaker cables and power cords. We would like to invite you down to our showroom to audition the cables. Are they the world’s best cables? Perhaps not, but it is definitely amongst the best cables available at any price.

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Visit Zesto Audio

"Fussy can be Good - I’ve loved music all my life – as a musician, record producer and audio engineer. that makes me fussy about sound, that’s a good thing!

"My quest for perfection I started doing research on past tube designs going back to the original RCA circuits of the 1930’s. Those guys got a lot of things right, even though their tools were slide rules and trial and error. Their “classic” designs were my starting point, however I had the advantage of CAD software to simulate electronic circuits, ah yes, the old and the new..... but even with the engineering skill, history, technologies, in the end it’s designed by how it sounds, by ear. The resisters are very quiet, the capacitors are transparent, and the transformers have minimal distortion. To make sure its visual aesthetics lived up to its sound, I had an industrial designer (Musky Mistry) and an artist (Carolyn Counnas) collaborate to create an elegant enclosure that’s built like a tank. In the end, however, it is about what you hear. Hearing is believing" George Counnas - Zesto Audio President