It's been 20 years since Shanling last launched a CD player, a small, blink-and-you'll-miss-it run of 300 units for the CD-T300 back in 2004. Now, the all-new CD-T35 is here to pick up where that left off — only this time round it is limited even fur

+ • Exemplary bass • Extended treble • Excellent midrange • Low efficiency • Lowish impedance RRP $4,995 Dellichord's Australian designer and founder, Andrew Hutchison, says that his newest loudspeaker design is 'deceptively simple'. However, I'd ven

HiFi Rose has a new integrated amplifier in its arsenal and, as is now expected from the Korean brand, it looks quite the stunner. The RA280 retains much of the same technology featured in the flagship RA180, whose intricate fascia turned more than a

Amber Technology will exclusively showcase the renowned PSB Speakers. Room 23 will serve as a haven for audiophiles to explore and experience the Canadian brand's latest offerings, many of which will be making their Australian debut at the show. Visi

This industries hottest new release in decades has been Revival Audios speakers out of France. Their Atalante 3 and Atalante 5 models have been an extraordinary success – winning awards and garnering glowing awards worldwide. We have just received th

Happy centennial birthday, Beyerdynamic! Founded in 1924, the German audio brand went on to form a reputation as one of the most esteemed manufacturers of studio-grade headphones in the world, and it's celebrating this massive milestone by launching

+ • Well-implemented wireless speaker • Gorgeous sound • Great looks - • No direct input selection (yet) • Can't defeat auto power down • 'Hidden' settings RRP $6,995 Take a pair of Italian-designed speakers and add amplifiers, network streaming and

Wowee — Sonus faber has burst out of the 2024 starting blocks with what could be the most ambitious loudspeaker system we'll see all year. Kicking off its 40th-birthday celebrations with suitable Kate Moss extravagance (she partied Glasto-style for f

RRP $599 In these stylish over-ear headphones, custom-designed 40mm drive units and 24-bit-capable wireless platform combine for a truly immersive listening experience that allows you to hear more of what the artist wants you to. RRP $169 This pack h

A 63-year-old sandwich might not sound that appetising, but these new loudspeakers by Leak are anything but stale. The Sandwich 150 and 250 draw on the British company's classic speaker design which debuted in 1961, but have been injected with modern

Sennheiser made quite the splash at January's CES show, launching not one but three new products — including the latest member of its iconic Momentum range. The Momentum True Wireless 4 wireless earbuds ($499.95) replace the excellent True Wireless 3

The P421 is March Audio's first Purifi-based mono-block amplifier. Milled from solid aluminium with a tough anodized treatment, it features the new Purifi 1ET400A technology, Bruno Putzeys' development of his previous Hypex Ncore designs, enabling ex

The in-room frequency response measured by Newport Test Labs for the Richter Wizard Series 6Plus was spectacularly flat and extended, as you can see for yourself in Graph 1. The response was measured using pink noise as a test signal and is the avera

It's fair to say that KEF's wireless speaker systems have been a marked success. They neatly pack in source connectivity, amplification and extensive streaming features into a pair of active speakers that look, sound and perform brilliantly. The LSX

One of the more exclusive audio announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January was that Roon was launching a new flagship server, marking the brand's first hardware launch since it was acquired by Harman International (parent company

Cambridge Audio has whipped the covers off its highly anticipated mid-range music streamer. The CXN100 replaces the acclaimed CXN V2 model, which has a long list of accolades to its name, so you could say the new successor has rather large shoes to f

Few people can claim to have promoted the audio industry in Australia as much as Herald and Weekly Times editor Peter Familari. Evidence suggests it's not an inflated claim. It was Rupert Murdoch himself who asked about his consumer supplement on a f

+ • Impressive bass • Superb tonal balance • Excellent mids & highs • 'Goldilocks' port puck • Two cabinet finishes only • Not bi-wirable RRP $2,899 You know that a loudspeaker design has achieved iconic status when audiophiles discussing it don't me

+ • Exceptional resolution and clarity • Strong dynamics and bass • Doesn't work with conventional phono stages RRP $9,995 1948 was a big year for fans of analogue. The long-playing (LP) record that we know and love was launched then, as were the fir

The in-room frequency response of the Dellichord FR6, as measured by Newport Test Labs, is shown in Graph 1 and is the averaged result of nine measurements, made in a square grid with the tweeter at the central axis, using pink noise as a stimulus. Y

Alec Reeves had sadly passed away by the time global tech giants Sony and Philips jointly launched the Compact Disc in 1982. The optical disc that brought the world digital audio for the first time may well seem to be an invention of its time, but di

Less than a year after it launched the $34,999, 800-watt AW 800 M mono amplifier, Norway's Electrocompaniet has launched a more affordable, less powerful variant that is much easier to house. The logically named AW 300 M can deliver 300 watts of powe

While streaming services deliver music-listening convenience by the bucket load, there's a lot to be said for taking the time to build your own digital music collection. Whether meagre artist payouts or a desire for better sound are fuelling your mov