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HIFI Retail Evolution #26 Apr 22, 2025

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Does HiFi gear really sound better than it ever did? What's changed and what does the future of HiFi look like? The evolution of HiFi over 47 years of Len Wallis Audio. Sponsored By Stereonet

HiFi Show Roundup Sydney 2025 #25 Apr 08, 2025

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Richter, Dohmann, Musical Fidelity, Air Tight Tube amps, Fischer & Fischer slate speakers, Microphase and more... Sponsored By SpectraFlora

HiFi reviews with Soundstage Aust and Edgar Kramer. Behind the man with his finger on the pulse of HiFi #24 Mar 25, 2025

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The highly-qualified and experienced ear behind the Soundstage Australia HiFi reviews has been everywhere, listened to everything and met every big name in HiFi. Sponsored By SpectraFlora

One simple step to speaker and room correction with DEQX designer, Kim Ryrie #23 Mar 11, 2025

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Improve speaker and room acoustics with one simple step. Ground-breaking technology in the DEQX processor allows passive speakers to become active and diagnoses and improves inherent sound issues with passive speakers and listening rooms. Kim Ryrie, designer of the the Fairlight Synthesizer explains his latest project, the DEQX speaker and room processor. Sponsored By SpectraFlora

Turntables and vinyl sound quality with Mark Dohmann of Dohmann Audio. All your questions answered #22 Feb 25, 2025

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Cartridge compliance, tracking force and tonearm alignment - why they are so important. The top 5 points affecting turntable sound Best turntable, tonearm and cartridge combos. Platter mat considerations. Why the quality of turntable leads are critical. How technology has solved the vibration isolation problem and how Dohmann Audio Helix One and Helix Two turntables are changing the way you experience analogue. Sponsored By SpectraFlora

Music: 5 best music tracks. 2 HiFi professionals and 1 opinion party #21 Feb 11, 2025

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What constitutes good music? 5 tracks/albums that you should know to test your speakers, hold an educated conversation about music and to just plain feel alive! Two HiFi professionals with polar opposite tastes in music hold an opinion party on what's great, good and just plain rubbish. Sponsored By stereonet.com

Subwoofers - Inside the "no compromise" design, engineering and attitude of Harbottle Audio #20 Jan 28, 2025

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Subwoofers by Harbottle Audio, Canada. Sit down with the designer for the world's best tech talk on every aspect of producing the greatest subwoofers ever.

Fairlight Synthesizer, music making, two Australians and a barking dog #19 Jan 14, 2025

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The Fairlight CMI changed music making forever. The "world's greatest synthesizer" offered a never-before-imagined conduit between technology and creativity. Co-founder, Kim Ryrie made it all possible and casually chats about his history and the ground-breaking technology that is the Fairlight. Show Partner - March Audio

2024 HiFi News wrap up. VOTED best sound. Over and under-exposed HiFi brands. Saddest HiFi story this year #18 Dec 26, 2024

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KEF, Monitor Audio, WiiM are just a few HiFi brands you constantly hear about in reviews and news. Our experts list their under-exposed brands that are as good or better. Our hosts voted best sound for 2024 - Stax SR-X9000 Headphones and Acapella Loudspeakers feature in the "blew me away" category. We discuss the destruction of Tom Evans Audio by the Mend It Mark video and wonder if anyone really cares that 9 out of 10 HiFi and audio products out of China are rubbish?

HiFi cable guru debunks cable myths and delves into the complex world of cable quality #17 Dec 19, 2024

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HiFi cable technology and myths discussed in detail with Matthew Bond from Matthew Bond Audio. Copper competition, cable lifters, directional cables and bogus quality claims are all discussed with strong opinions, science and experience making for a fascinating episode on HiFi cables. Show Partner - March Audio

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