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Australian HiFi Show 2012 - Sydney - Analogue Sources
It seems like every week brings a new turntable to the market!Obviously, vinyl records are still the most widely spread medium of recorded music in a material format. And this is one good reason for...
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My Bryston 3B is out of hospital after an organ transplant!
It has taken a while, but thanks to the good offices of Syntec and Bryston, my 3B is back home with new boards from the 3B-SST current model!So, after 23 years of good service, it is ready for another...
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Microphase Triton passive version - Review
One of my friend and ex-HP colleague is selling his system after 25+ years of good service, because it is supposedly too big for his new "maison de campagne"...And I thought we had designed it to be...
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Australian Hifi Show 2012 - Sydney - Valve porn
Although the first amplifier I built was valve based (EL84 if I remember correctly...), I can't say I am a fan today.But, I do get the occisional arousal out of looking at soime of the beautiful...
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Microphase SATs get a new lease of life with a Danish Christmas gift
Microphase SAT Mark II, December 2012 I have not felt the need to upgrade these speakers since their conception 30 years ago. One reason being that I could not find any better driver(s) that would be...
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Another Scandinavian gift for Christmas: Sonab speakers
And no, I am not talking about the OA series which gave the swedish company Sonab their claim to fame a few decades ago...One of my clients gifted me a pair of Sonab branded column speakers that I...
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Australian Hifi Show - Sydney 2012 - Solid State Amplification
You know I am biased... Bryston had their big moment with the relatively new 28BSST 100w mono blocks. These Dynaudio speakers had to behave! Brian Russell was there conducting his cool demos and being...
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Australia Hifi Show - Sydney 2012 - Speakers
Blumenstein Audio Blumenstein Audio - Orca fullrange I will finish my review of the Show with my favourite products: loudspeakers and the cutest and smallest one on the left by Blumenstein Audio, the...
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CES 2012 - Las Vegas - Loudspeakers
Beautiful winter day in Las Vegas Bryston/iTrax/Thiel You will probably agree that I have milked the CES franchise for a bit too long as the CES 2013 is in a couple of days...So I thought I would...
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Spin-Clean record cleaning machine
Santa Claus included in His shipment of goodies this lovely, simple and inexpensive new toy - and I gather my friend Len Wallis had a hand in this this...But between my own travels, visitors from...
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French Vintage Hifi: 3A speakers - Art et Acoustique Appliquee
3A Adagio Monitor 3A started in the 70s and had a large factory in Antibes on the French Riviera. They were often nicknamed as the "French JBL" and within a few years were established enough to make...
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French Vintage Hifi - Audioanalyse
Quite famous in the 80s, Audioanalyse made their name by putting on the market some amazing Class A power amplifiers with the matching preamp, tuner, and loudspeakers. They also had Pierre Lurne...
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French Vintage Hifi turns 3!
FVH turned three on March 27th, and crossed the landmark of 20,000 visitors: Thank you to all my readers with a special mention for the 3,000+ who are regulars!And you come from 125 different...
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Waterfall Audio goes PRO
The ISE show in Amsterdam, a merger between Infocomm and CEDIA expos is the go to venue for introducing new custom AV products in Europe.Waterfall Audio has just released a new product there: Pro...
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Elipson 1800 series
Elipson 1801 Prelude One of my readers in the USA has recently asked me to find more about this not so well known serie which include the 1801 Prelude, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1815. see table...
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Vintage HiFi in Melbourne - RV HIFI
Hidden away in an undescript industrial estate in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, RV HiFi sits pretty in itsAli-Baba cavern. under the tender love and care of its owner, the colourful Rob...
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Vintage Hifi and Vinyl Fair at the Salon du Vintage in Paris this week-end
12th "Salon du Vintage" Paris - June 2013 This 12th edition of "Salon du Vintage" in Paris will have a section dedicated to Vinyl and an exhibition of the famous Elipson vintage speakers - with tons...
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Vintage HiFi at Salon du Vintage in Paris
A Japanese diva at Salon du Vintage My daughter kindly sent me these photos for Father's Day. She is currently studying at La Sorbonne University "on loan" from Macquarie University. So here they are...
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Elipson Expo at Salon du Vintage in Paris
Salon du Vintage - Elipson, ancien & moderne Jullien aka Violet from Passion Elipson has just shared these photos with me. They have been taken during the installation of the Elipson Expo, where...
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All my hardware is back from hospital! And I am enjoying every minute...
My updated system: brand new NAD C326BEE, OPPO player and upgraded vintage Bryston 3B: a sonic paradise! You may recall that my 23 years olb Bryston 3B went back to Syntec, our local distributor, for...
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