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in the Australian market

Lumin has launched the X2, a new flagship network player priced at 16,800 USD that marks a shift to their own custom discrete Delta-Sigma DAC design. Built with dual high-speed FPGAs, twin Femto clocks, and Lundahl output transformers, the X2 is designed to deliver a highly cohesive, organic, and natural musical presentation. Featuring a dual-toroidal linear power supply and minimal connectivity limited to LAN and USB, the new player prioritizes digital purity and internal sy

Lumin players have become as familiar to me as the back of my hand. I reviewed the brand’s A1 in Issue 248. It deservedly nabbed a 2015 Golden Ear Award. Lumin’s former flagship, the S1, remains a reliable part of my reference system and, though no longer current, has operated and performed brilliantly for a few years now. ☞ Read full review

New review by Alan Sircom HiFI+ Silver III represents both a significant leap forward in performance over Silver II and lends itself to more upmarket equipment partnerships. So, significant in fact that Tellurium Q decided a matching set of interconnects were in order. Having checked several of the latest generation of Tellurium Q cables against their predecessors, this seems to be a common theme; the cables are improving across the board, and they are also allowing more high

In a market crowded with outsourced manufacturing, Harbeth remains a rare breed. The brand proudly flies the "Made in the UK" flag, operating with zero OEM reliance. Every step of the creation process—design, voicing, manufacturing, and final quality control—is kept strictly under one roof. As Harbeth approaches its fiftieth anniversary next year, it celebrates more than just a milestone; it celebrates a half-century of pure, uncompromising British hi-fi heritage. STEREONET -

There's a kind of arrogance that some audiophiles carry around like a badge of honour. The belief that a great speaker can conquer any space, bend any room to its will through sheer engineering and driver excellence. It's a fantasy. Bourdain would've called it tourist thinking, ordering a Big Mac in Hanoi. The room is the dish. The speaker is your knife. Get that wrong and nothing else matters. So, how finely sharpened is Harbeth’s NLE-1 active loudspeaker? ☞ Read full review

Some hi-fi manufacturers like to launch a new series as a fait accompli, all models primed and ready to roll out to retailers at the same time. The 8 series from Ayre Acoustics, on the other hand, has arrived in stages after being first teased in 2018. The EX-8 integrated amplifier and QX-8 ‘digital hub’ (streamer/DAC) sneaked through the gate before the Covid pandemic pulled up the drawbridge, while the KX-8 preamplifier and VX-8 power amp on test here, plus the PX-8 phono p