Technics SU-GX70 Network Audio Amplifier: Everything and more
ANDREW BAKER has a good long listen to a mid-price Technics amp that does just about everything except butter the toast.
The problem with streaming music
GARY STEEL has come to the conclusion that people who collect records are meat-eaters and those who stream music are herbivores.
Pacific Audio fest and a tale of three pressings
Veteran Kiwi hi-fi creator Simon Brown took his Wand turntable to the fabulous Seattle-based Pacific Audio Fest hi-fi show. Here's his take on the
Ideal world – perfect loudspeakers in a perfect room
GARY STEEL revisits a story that was originally published in 2006 in which he experienced the high end of the high end speaker market.
The day we heard the best speakers on the planet
GARY STEEL reports on a trip to listen to reputedly the finest speaker brand on earth and to meet its CEO.
The 2023 High End Munich show boasts the “wow” factor PLUS!
New Zealand importer STEPHEN SEQUE of Soul To Sole Audio took a wander around a selection of exhibits on Day 1 of High End
Kiwi audio ingenuity: Tex Tone’s Classic Mini Speakers
Our audiophile expert ANDY BAKER soaks in the sonic vibrations emitting from Kiwi rock music icon Tex Houston's new baby-sized speakers.
Audiophile streaming bliss: Bluesound Node N130 Streamer reviewed
Looking for a music streamer that does everything you need it to do and is genuinely hi-res? PAT PILCHER is wooed by BlueSound's latest.
Local boutique JAVA brand delivers brand spanking new models
Breakthrough technologies and unique circuit designs feature in just-released six-strong JAVA amplifier line-up.
PSB Alpha iQ Streaming Powered Speakers: Small but mighty
On the hunt for a pair of small streaming speakers? PAT PILCHER recommends these highly practical and great-sounding beauts
A streaming dilemma – hi-fi used to be so easy!
Musings on a week of listening, watching and the rest of it. This week GARY STEEL auditions a streaming preamp and loses his self-confidence.
An artisanal Japanese DAC that isn’t like the others – the Spec RMP-DAC3EX
All digital to analogue converters sound the same, right? ANDREW BAKER finds that this Japanese beaut proves otherwise.
PSB’s Passif 50 speakers look like 1970 but sound like 2023
PSB's retro-look Passif 50 speakers get ANDY BAKER's undivided listening attention and he likes them very, very much.
Technics’ astounding new Grand Class player does it all
Made for listeners with 2023 requirements but a penchant for physical media, this network player is a sonic marvel, writes ANDREW BAKER.
Amazon Echo Studio’s 2023 revamp: smart as!
PAT PILCHER is gobsmacked at the beaut sound and stupendously smart capabilities of the new iteration of Amazon's Echo Studio speaker.
Turning it up to 11: The Wand got the power!
The maker of NZ's own The Wand turntable has come up with a battery power supply to take it just that bit further, reports
This nicely priced Technics system does it all
ANDREW BAKER gets to know an ingenious sound system that does it all and sounds great for a comparatively small price.
Perceptual listening is the brand new thing
Witchdoctor hi-fi guru ANDREW BAKER has heard a lot of speakers in his time, but this amazing new brand takes the cake (and wins
Gauder Akustik Arcona 100 MK2 Floorstanding Loudspeakers REVIEW
German speaker design may be all about maths and physics but these Gauder Akustik beauties found a place in GARY STEEL's heart.
This Melbourne hi-fi show is worth a trip across the Tasman
Delayed for a couple of years by the dreaded Covid, the StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV show in June is a must for Kiwi audiophiles.
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