+ • Sensational sound quality • Quiet and low distortion • Handsome appearance − • Size! • Weight! RRP $66,990 I don’t imagine many people would contradict me if I said that Halcro’s Eclipse power amplifier — in either its mono or stereo version — is

Mission's all-new compact 750 standmounts continue the legacy of its iconic 700 series that traces its lineage back to the '70s. The retro-inspired speakers hark back to the company’s heritage while forging their own path with a brand-new design. Whi

So you have a strictly analogue or a digital-friendly system pride of place in your living room, likely comprising a source, stereo amplifier and pair of loudspeakers either way. But if it is the latter kind, you might consider adding another compone

The original Trapeze holds a special place in Audiovector’s history. That speaker model was the company’s first commercially successful product and helped to form the foundations of the brand it is today, not only in financial terms but also in techn

While many of us probably left our appetite for renovation projects back in 2020, Bang & Olufsen has seemingly run with the newfound hobby. Having that year recreated 95 of its Beogram 4000c turntables from the '70s, it has now revived another classi

This time in our ‘Sound Travels’ series, Australian Hi-Fi magazine contributor Tom Waters visits one of the stalwarts of Sydney’s hi-fi scene, Len Wallis — the man behind the eponymous audio store in the Lower North Shore suburb of Lane Cove — about

To complement its core business as a subscription-based music management software platform, Roon makes hardware servers for its users to store and stream their music library. The company, which was recently acquired by Harman, recently announced its

If the height of your pandemic achievements -your honed banana bread recipe or hula-hoop PR, perhaps — was put into perspective by Taylor Swift writing and releasing two albums, or American comedian Bo Burnham’s awardwinning one-man musical, get a lo

Meze Audio, the Romanian brand behind such stylish headphones as the affordable 99 Classics and high-end Empyrean II, has introduced the second-generation iteration of its Liric headphones. The Liric 2nd Generation (or Liric 2 for ease) feature plana

Venerable British hi-fi brand ATC has announced a special limited run of two products in celebration of its 50th anniversary this year — the SCM20ASL Limited Edition active standmounts and C4 Sub Mk2 Limited Edition subwoofer. Only 150 pairs of the s

Halcro rates the per-channel power output of the Eclipse Stereo as 180 watts into eight ohms and 350 watts into four ohms. With the Eclipse Stereo on its test bench, Newport Test Labs measured the 1kHz power output at 202 and 386 watts per channel in

Not many things would have descended on Sydney in greater numbers than millimetres of rainfall on the first weekend of April (150mm over 24 hours!), but hi-fi brands were indeed one of them. After a successful inaugural event last year, the Australia

Dali’s reference $180,000 Kore loudspeakers, which launched back in 2022, have a lot to answer for. Firstly, the trickle-down technology from them helped to create the company’s more 'affordable' ($85,000) Epikore 11 floorstanders last year, and now

A silk-dome tweeter in a large surround dome with a dual balanced compression chamber, high-strength neodymium motor system and a non-reflective cast aluminium chamber. A 7.5-inch high-strength woofer with an Egyptian Papyrus diaphragm backed by a co

+ • Outstanding sound • High efficiency • True three-way − • Solid framed grille • Low impedance • Outrigger feet design RRP $16,000 I love that this Lithuanian loudspeaker manufacturer has named a complete series of loudspeakers after a scheming Spa

In its almost 100-year history, Tannoy’s crowning moment is irrefutably its invention of the dual concentric driver, which sees a tweeter sit in the throat of the mid/bass unit for consistent dispersion and improved integration and phase behaviour. I

As we have seen throughout this series so far, any portable audio revolution is usually preceded by years, or even decades, of research and development before an idea reaches a level of maturity for it to take off. However, an idea of Toshiba electri

Likely news to those who didn’t spy the latest loudspeaker system out of Brisbane at the Australian Hi-Fi Show in April, Stereotech has now designed, manufactured and released another Dellichord model, the FR2035. The distinct-looking active speakers

Arcam created quite a stir when its new-look Radia Series of separates launched in October. The range introduced a fresh new design language for the brand and got off to a flyer, with seemingly good reviews across the board for the three stereo ampli

+ • Immaculate sound • A plethora of connections • Easily readable displays − • Lacklustre manual RRP $2,199 Some five or six years ago, I began noticing talk online of Chinese manufacturer Topping. The brand appeared to focus on developing DACs and

Graph 1 shows the frequency response of the Audio Solutions Figaro M2 as measured by Newport Test Labs. The section of the trace below 1kHz was measured in-room using pink noise, with the trace representing the average of nine measurements taken in a

+ • Superb sound quality • Power aplenty • Strong build quality − • Big, black & heavy! • Requires ventilation RRP $5,799 Google the word ‘Adcom’ and the first generic ‘People Also Ask’ question the search engine serves up is ‘Is Adcom still in busin