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The reference Aura MC stage is the culmination of decades of electronic design development. We have created the ultimate, fully adjustable, three stage, all symmetrical pre-amplifier designed purely to extract the very best performance from your moving coil cartridge and vinyl playback system.

Built into a completely re-designed custom case, the Aura is dedicated to moving coil cartridges and stays clear of any compromises. We have avoided including any superfluous functions as they obstruct the signal path and degrade the sound quality. The Aura phono pre-amp incorporates remarkable and innovative design ideas. If you are a vinyl connoisseur, then the Aura MC is an absolute must for demonstration.

Perfect as rear speakers for a home theatre or as clsasy yet unobtrusive speakers in a small room or a space that requires speakers to be up off the floor (away from small children and pets!)

These are everything you'd expect from Sonus Faber - rich and detailed sound with an aesthetic elegance - in a slightly different form factor.

These are available in Wood and Black. Wenge and White finishes are available for special order. 

(Sold individually)

Aurender has just recently joined our ever expanding group of digital streamers. Quickly establishing themselves as one of the very best digital front end offerings in the world, Aurender was Founded in 2011 by Harry Lee. Made in South Korea, it has at it's core a team of people passionate about producing the very best in music.

The ACS10 is a streamer, CD ripper, hard drive storage & caching server. A veritable do-it-all unit for your digital front end. When your source material is dealt with from start to finish in an audio sensitive manner, the music is simply better.

See the official Aurender website here

Alex Encel is a towering figure in the Australian Hi Hi scene and although his retail stores have closed many people do not realise that the distribution agency he founded over fifty years ago is still going from strength to strength, and indeed, is a dominant force in the specialist Hi Fi marketplace with brands like Rotel, PMC, Monitor Audio and Project under their umbrella.

The company has launched its first own brand loudspeaker product being this sweet little pair of bookshelf loudspeakers available in a profusion of finishes to meet the likes of Q Acoustics and Monitor Audio on the shop floor and have appeal to those highly discriminating new generation stereo clients that are in our urban heartland.

Please call us to make sure we have the colour you would like.

This centre channel will be the heart of a theatre on a professional scale but with the authentic presence, detail and texture that only very finest high-end audio design can conjure.

The PLC350 II’s system of twin 8" RDT II bass drivers, 4" RDT II midrange and MPD high frequency transducer will personalise the nuance of each whisper. When at least sixty per cent of the film’s emotional content is directed through the centre channel, the PLC350 II provides the extraordinary focus that transports you, exhilarated, to the end of every performance.

Available for audition instore. Our reference Digital cable.

If you’re lucky enough to own one of the new generation of mid-price DACs, then the Signature Digital would be a very good cable to try. The Signature Super ARAY Digital uses the same Super ARAY conductor geometry as Sarum and our flagship ChordMusic digital cables.  It replaces the previous Signature Tuned ARAY.

BNC to RCA and BNC to BNC terminations are available but usually for special order only. Please call us to discuss specific terminations.

The English brand Chord Electronics have taken the HiFi world by storm in the last couple of decades. Their new Pre 3 and matching Ultima 5 embodies their progress over that time.

It was emblematic to see Chord Electronics Pre and Powers on a whole range of systems at the most recent Munich Hi-End HiFi show. Most notably Monitor Audio chose Chord to power their brand new Concept 50 Loudspeakers even though they own a not to shabby amplifier brand, Roksan.

Chord produces equipment on another level. There is no trial and error, snake oil or guesswork that goes into Chord. It's cold hard engineering, knowledge and a dedication to simply producing exceptional quality units - with no compromise.

Our most popular phono cartridge. The 2M Red is just such a sensible buy. It a great sounding diamond with buckets of detail and it won't break the wallet.

You may notice we are not always necessarily the cheapest retailer of cartridges but we will ALWAYS include a free professional fitting with all our cartridges. Along with any routine check-ups on your turntable.

A warm and rich sounding 5 channel power amplifier. A beast to rule over any home theatre setup. 

This unit is a current model. We have new and demo stock available.

Do you need some POW WOW to go with your little speakers?!

Maybe you need a sub in your life...

The Bronze W10 has been designed to perfectly match the ever popular Monitor Audio Bronze range of speakers. Pair this guy with a set of Bronze 50s and you'll be ready to sit down to thump out some Dr Dre or watch a James Bond marathon...

This unit comes in White, Walnut (with black/grey front) and Black.

Introducing the UB-9000, Panasonic’s flagship 4K Blu-ray player. Building on their years of experience, the UB-9000 is ready to set new standards for video and audio quality in home cinema.

Once upon a time I came to Australia and found myself suddenly mortgaged, married and in an imminent condition of fatherhood. my previous ambitions of travel and science were promptly subjugated in order to make a sensible living.

And that's where Yamaha became my bread and butter as commissioned hi Fi salesperson in early eighties Melbourne.Those Yamaha stereo systems were so solid and sweet in comparison to the competing Pioneer and Sansui rack assembelages that they were an ethical sell to the blank canvas of the Middle Australian client base of that business I was working in.'Alas the speakers that were sold as matching the height and style of the cabinet were so very awful as to largely obviate any performance advantage in the source electronics.

This Yamaha AS501 is a sensory throwback to old Yamaha eighties style . It is clean and crisp and delightfully constructed and is just obviously sensible. Good inputs, good controls, good sound, good construction, good value.

I hereby appoint the AS501 to be the evolutionary successor to the 1984 Yamaha A500 integrated ampilfier.

What Hi-Fi? on the Yamaha AS501

The new Silver Apex is our top silver cable.  It has our most advanced geometry with a hollow oval cable inside a hollow oval cable inside a hollow oval cable for a double shielded design for a noise floor so low you can hear your amp breath.  Constructed of pure silver over a stabilizing strand of oxygen-free copper, woven into our patented hollow oval geometry.  These interconnects maintain the high frequency components of your source.

Available single ended with Locking RCA connectors or balanced with Neutrik XLR connectors.

The perfect little subwoofer to match with your other Bluesound units. 

Adds a deep bass that's tight and controlled and a bit more audiophile than other offerings in this category.

The PowerLine Axis provides an innovative cure to the problem of DC on the mains supply. In theory the mains waveform should be pure AC: a perfect, symmetrical sine wave. In practice the waveform can arrive at the end user clipped, distorted and asymmetrical with a significant DC voltage component. The AC transformers commonly found in equipment power supplies cannot, by nature, tolerate significant DC without being compromised. The PowerLine Axis has five high quality outlets served by a network that re-centres the voltage axis of the mains waveform. This eliminates any DC voltage on the mains power supply, suppressing mechanical hum and liberating performance. Surge protection provides peace of mind too.

These are an alien shape in a shared showroom of MDF based loudspeakers. They are actually swooping and elegant with their design heart of sound quality worn proudly on their aesthetic sleeve.

Every speaker we open in Carlton Audio Visual has to pass an extreme tactility test. If the speakers were people we would be up for all sorts of workplace harrassment cases.

These Rega Aya devices feel like nothing else. Their encasement is prenaturally cold and solid to the touch, making all other speakers at their price range feel light and warm and vulnerable.  

The Rega engineers have put to the side MDF real wood veneers as a material that is cost prohibitive for the sound quality that it produces and gone on a search for the best bang for buck alternative material. They have come up with Glass Reinforced Concrete or GRC as they call it.

This uses real pieces of glass in the construction to make a superbly rigid structure. 

The material emulates an organic material with slight imperfections in surface texture and shading. Important not only for aethestic appeal but also acoustic performance.

The aim of this process wasn't to reinvent how Rega speakers sound, rather to find a material that sounds like their old MDF/veneer designs at a fraction of the cost.

In this way, the Aya's sound remarkably...Rega!  A tight refined treble that isn't ever bright and a sound that is more 'forward' than the typical English speaker sound. 

Read more about these wonderful speakers on the Rega website here

Or this excellent review here

We are very excited to have these unique speakers in our midst!

The Gravis II Subwoofer is a gorgeous looking subwoofer that also has some very cool features including high level input making it ideal for a consistent and musical performance, a class AB amplifier for a smooth yet punchy sound and a 10" passive driver to give extra extension in the bass.

This unit goes lower than its baby brother, the Gravis I and more than doubles the power handling of the amplifier meaning a faster driver response and more detail!

Priced Per m. Due to the many options of Single-wire, Bi-wire & Bi-Amp please call if you would like a quote for a terminated pair. The 8.3mm or 13.2mm Berri Bus connectors are used on the factory terminated sets and we can install these for you. The Cost of the Berri Bus Connectors are $35 each.High quality 4 lead gold coloured outer jacket loudspeaker cable in Fusion Technology. The four internal conductors have separate L.S.C.® layers and an extra centre lead for grounding. This cable gives an excellent sound quality. Can be used as stereo 2-2, bi-wire 2-4 and bi-amp 4-4 cable.

Please call us to make sure we have the length and termination you require in stock.