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Michell's new entry-level turntable, taking the low-noise DC motor and the impedance-matched platter of the GyroDec, along with an advanced bearing on an elegant solid-plinth design with damped feet. The Michell TecnoDec requires no user-setup or maintenance. Learn More

A Tube Driver designed to perfectly complement Stax Earphones. 

An upgrade from the SRM 006tS, it now offers increarsed efficiency equating to better sound quality.

 

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Belt Drive fully automatic turntable ... 

Drunkeness or narcolepsy are no obstacle to playing records with the Denon DP300. With full automatic needle on and needle off the record, and front mounted controls that can be used with the lid down, this will get you through the night.
This is the classic mid priced Japanese turntable that to be honest was always outpointed on sound quality by Rega and Thorens but has its niche because of fully automatic operation allied to a reasonable tonearm and cartridge with a good acoustic plinth design. This is actually a surprisingly competent vinyl replay machine that age has wearied and is of fundamentally good quality and value.

 

Denon Homepage on the DP300F turntable 

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With a BBC heritage and exceptional build quality, these speakers are a warm hug of British HiFi nostalgia.

A bit like Harbeth in their soudn quality but giving tightness and articulation in the bass. These are a very easy to listen to speaker. 

We think they pair well with a glass of Port or Sherry and a Tweed Jacket!

For the Cherry and Oak finishes $9749

For Walnut, Rosewood $10,499 

For Ebony $10,999

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The perfect centre speaker designed specifically to match Monitor Audio Bronze Front Left & Right speakers. Also in a small form factor so as not to detract from the actual screen. Learn More

We have managed to source a 100m roll of Oval 9 speaker cable. As such we will be the only retailer in Vic able to cut oval 9 by the meter. The savings from this rather than a factory terminated pair is incredible. This cable normally retails for $1680 for a 3m pair.

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If you love a sense of space, lightness and refinement in your music, you can't go past the Starling cartridge from Sumiko. 

With the Starling, you get a naked cartridge body like the slightly cheaper Songbird. But here the cantilever is upgraded to Boron for faster transmission of the vibrations through the cantilever.

The micro ridge stylus of the Starling is also a step up from the Songbird rendering even more precision and detail with transparency and musicality.

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The GyroDec has been an iconic Turntable since the 1980s and not just because of its looks but it sure does help! English Engineer John Michell used to work for Transcriptor Turntables making parts for their decks. Michell and Transcriptors had a very close working relationship and Transcriptors actually moved into the factory where Michell was working. When Transcriptors then moved most of their manufacturing to Ireland, Michell took on the sole license and manufacturing of their high end Hydraulic Reference turntable.

Around the same time Michell knew and worked with Stanley Kubrik. John Michell built the spaceship 'Discovery' for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. His relationship with Kubrik also led to the Hydraulic Reference Turntable's appearance in 'Clockwork Orange' 

Things like the inverted oil-pumping bearing ensure near frictionless bearing performance. I really beleive this is why the Turntable does so well in the lower frequencies. The low indeterminate rumbles you get from other turntables result in a product that has a fuzzy bass. The GyroDec's bass is tight and controlled and the edges of the notes are devastatingly well defined.

There have been other improvements over the years as well. Upgrades to the motor design being the main one coming with a standalone high quality DC motor. Although this deck looks like the classic of the 70s make no mistake, it doesn't perform like it.

The full GyroDec version unlike the GyroDec SE comes with the single Acrylic chassis. A high quality Acrylic material that is incredibly inert to stop environmental vibrations getting to your cartridge. 

Michell, don't spend money of advertising let alone paying people to write reviews. Regardless there are plenty of awesome reviews out there of this deck. Here are some of them.

Black or Gold version of the GyroDec is $7495 ($6995 is for the standard Silver)

A review from Techradar on the SE version from 2011

And here's a page of owners real world experiences of the GyroDec on VinylEngine

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The Q Up is a precision device that safely lifts your tonearm at the end of the record. It can be installed in minutes, without tools, and is designed to fit on most manual turntables. Based upon a trigger and lift design, now reborn and modernised to work with either classic or contemporary turntable / tonearm combinations.

The Q Up can be configured for a variety of tonearm heights, thicknesses and shapes. It only interacts with the tonearm at the end of record and does not adversely affect the tonal quality of your system. No need to worry about falling asleep with your record playing or forgetting it's playing if you get distracted.

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SVS has reimagined their most popular line of subwoofers, the 2000 series. Their lows are lower and they just got even tighter. These were already some of the most accolade endowed subwoofers around, and they're even better now.

Plus they offer Volume, DSP control and preset control all via an app!

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A great way to get into a high quality silver plated speaker cable for a very reasonable price. The Clearwater has detail and
clarity to spare combined with a natural appealing warmth. The cable has 2 groups of strands with a conductor size of AWG 14,
made with 2 x 98 strands of a dense very pure silver coated Matched Crystal (MC) Oxygen Free Copper, wrapped in a jacket
that is made of transparent HULLIFLEX®. Sonically this cable is a great product with a very balanced overall quality, there is
no harshness and the spatial reproduction is superior.

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This is where the Acoustic Signature Tonearms start to get really really good. We jump up to an anti-skating knob which is capable of much more precise adjustments in anti-skate. And don't underestimate the importance of anti-skate with any reasonable quality cartridge. It can clean up woolyness in the sound. This little feature gets the tonearm to a point where those differences are very noticeable.

The TA-2000 NEO also has better bearings than the TA-500 NEO and the TA-1000 NEO. Acoustic Signature say they are 'almost frictionless ball bearings' and they're not ones to over exaggerate.

The TA-2000 NEO is on display at Carlton Audio Visual.

Also Available in a 12" version $6300

Black add $1900 (extra)

Gold add $4700 (extra)

Black and Gold are special orders. Other prices quoted are for Silver.  

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Introducing the 212/SX, 1000W of goodness with a rear firing, down firing and two active 12" front firing. Upgraded with carbon fibre blades behind the drivers to stiffen yet in doing so adding nominal weight to the drivers.

This means more control, faster, even more agile and extended low bass.

Official Rel 212 site

"Home Theatre Hi Fi Secrets on the Rel 212SX

 

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Not a traditional speaker. Something a little bit different. It is an active speaker with an amplifier on board and it is easy to pair with other Loewe speakers to turn into a multi-room system. 

This is a little speaker and if you're after a big sound it is worthwhile to go up in the range to something like mr3 or the mr5.

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This is an interesting unit designed to drop the price of the subwoofers just a bit . It doesn't have the smarts of the Pro version with the EQing abilities of the App nor does it have the upgraded drivers and tweaks to the componentry.

It still has a 12" driver and a high powered D class amplifier.

Excellent value for money.

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Rip it. Download it. Store it. The VAULT 2i lets you rip all your CDs in bit-perfect, high-resolution formats or copy your existing music library to the VAULT 2i’s hard drive. Hook it up the to your existing sound system, or pair it with a set of powered speakers and stream your digital music collection in studio-quality.

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This brand new NAP 250 is something to behold! Fast and pacey with extra ordinary bass response. I had a customer ask me twice whether I was sure there weren't any subwoofers attached to the system.

We've had this playing for a couple of days on a set of Spendor D9.2s along with the matching Naim NSC 222 and NPX 300 and it is a standout. Crisp, fresh, pace and rythym.

We just put it on some Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage speakers and we think it may be a match made in HiFi Heaven.

Naim products bought from us, a genuine approved Naim dealer, include the full 2 year warranty.

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A very classy speaker available at a bargain price. These are still a popular model of speaker and we get people who still ask us whether we have any of these. 

A big luscious sound. Lots of bass and a cabinet that looks fantastic.

These units are in perfect condition. Not a scratch or a mark on them.

They do not come with boxes but have all their accessories.

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The 2M Blue is a general improvement to everything offered by the 2M Red below it. It's the ultimate upgrade to almost any mid level turn table. Attach it to the end of your tone arm to see what your 'table is really capable of. The Blue steps up to a nude eliptical diamond (not as rude as it sounds) and split pole pin motor.

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.

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