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This is an unusual and rare offering! 

The Big Red loudspeakers are some of the most respected, highly lauded Australian made loudspeakers available in the market today. They are the reference set of loudspeakers from Rod Crawford at Legend Acoustics.

Normally they retail for $10K but normally they are an active set of speakers with built-in amplifiers. These particular units, however, have been modified to be passive and to work with a whole slew of separate amplifiers.

They are the height of definition, precision and tonal control going for a very reasonable $4K!

Most people who buy Big Reds keep them for a lifetime. Rarely do any come on the secondhand market and certainly not in this passive configuration.

They do not come with their boxes and shipping long distances interstate unfortunately won't be possible for these beauties. However talk to us if you live in NSW. Sometimes we travel up the Hume for deliveries, we could potentially work something out. That goes for rural VIC as well.

Inspection and a listen is most welcome in our Lygon st showroom!

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Don't be fooled by the unassuming looks of the Kama's. They are packed with features that enable them to easily compete with the best in their class. And, like all Legend loudspeakers, they are still designed and built in Australia. 

Simply put Dr Rod Crawford is one of the very best loudspeaker designers in the world and the Kama 12 is right on the crux point of quality and value. Just come and touch these speakers ... then hit them hard with your knuckles ... and you will see that their constructional quality is way ahead of anything else at this price point by a huge margin.

These are ridiculously cheap for their quality ... lets not beat around the bush, we have speakers from overseas that retail for $10,000 that are still not as sonically accurate or as well engineered as these.

Legend Kama homepage. 

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In Leema's words this is a 'hot rod' model of the Tucana II with low resistance double weight copper circuit boards, Nichicon muse capacitors, Noratel extra quiet transformers and hand matched transistors.

What looks the same from the outside (besides the little Anniversary badge) is actually a souped up version under the hood.

Made in Wales, Leema are a fastidious true audiophile company proud of their Welshness and passionate about audio.

"The Speaker Shack" on the Leema Tucana Anniversary

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Leema Acoustics are a very established HiFi brand from Wales. A small factory with boutique appeal that's been making high end HiFi for decades. They've been a mainstay at Carlton Audio Visual and people particularly love them for their warmth and controlled presentation. 

This new version of the Pulse comes with such modern niceties as APTX bluetooth, great phono stage and a highly capable DAC.

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This unit was opened and played at the recent Melbourne HiFi show, then packed up and left in its box. It is in perfect condition and will be sold with its full warranty.

A streamer and high quality CD player combined into the one convenient box. 

Leema has been a boutique, well respected HiFi brand from Wales for decades. The Stream IV combines the Quasar's streamer module with their superior CD mechanism for an ultra functional, premium streamer/cd combination.

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The Kantu 14 loudspeakers are elegant, world-class instruments designed and built in Australia to give you maximum enjoyment when you listen to your music or watch home movies. 

Probably the most tonally correct speaker we have in our range. Dr Rod Crawford who designs these is meticulous with his speaker design. He's been a top speaker designer with leading 'big brand' manufacturers for years and has brought his passion and experience to his own boutique brand of speaker made here in Australia.

The Kantu 14 only differs from the 12 in that the mid range 3" ceramic coated driver has been replaced by a 4" ceramic coated driver. These ceramic coated drivers merge the best of the detail of a metal dome tweeter and a softer ceramic coating for warmth and delicacy.

In Rod's own words the 14 is very similar to the 12 and the change was necessitated by manufacturer changes. The midrange is ever so slightly bigger sounding but the tonality and all other metrics remain the same.

Rod listens to and adjusts every crossover to make sure it's perfectly accurate and to make sure your speakers are as good if not better than the last set.

Because they're made and designed in Australia, they are exceptional value as well.

A truly remarkable speaker. Must be listened to!

They are also available as a upgraded "Be" model with even better speaker drivers and cross-over for $6990

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The Kantu Be speakers are a new and improved version of Legend Acoustic's reference passive speaker. A full 3.5 way speaker design which boasts a new beryllium tweeter.

Beryllium is extremely strong, light and stiff. Rod explains that this makes it a perfect material to make tweeters from however, it is expensive. Hence the modest increase in price as compared to the standard Kantu 14.

What you get though is more detail and naturalness in the sound. The beryllium material is able to react faster and more precisely giving the listener more detail and it's 'breakup frequency' is above 40kHz therefore it does not distort at high frequencies like other drivers. 

To note, these Kantu Be are only available in the Jarrah finish.

We try to have both the Kantu 14 and Kantu Be on the floor ready for demonstration in Carlton. Just ask and we will hook them both up for you for your very own Kantu shoot-out!

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A streamer and high quality CD player combined into the one convenient box. 

Leema has been a boutique, well respected HiFi brand from Wales for decades. The Stream IV combines the Quasar's streamer module with their superior CD mechanism for an ultra functional, premium streamer/cd combination.

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This unit was used for a couple of days at the HiFi show and then packed up back into its box. It is in perfect condition and comes with full warranty.

A lovely amplifier from Welsh high-end electronics manufacturer, Leema. It offers incredible sonic performance ticking many boxes for functionality as well.

Leema Acoustics are a very established HiFi brand from Wales. A small factory with boutique appeal that's been making high end HiFi for decades. They've been a mainstay at Carlton Audio Visual and people particularly love them for their warmth and controlled presentation. 

This new version of the Pulse comes with such modern niceties as APTX bluetooth, great phono stage and a highly capable DAC.

 

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We have a set of these new Legend Acoustic speakers on our shelves. Designed and manufactured in Australia by Rod Crawford, former head speaker designer for Linn Acoustics. Like all of Rod speakers, they emphasise clarity and purity of musical reproduction. There's no colouration allowed in the signal path here...in fact colouration is a bad word to say in Rod's presence.

The flat frequency response graph of these Tripos is something that other, larger speaker manufacturers can only admire.

Legend acoustics is the epitome of boutique australian loudspeaker design.

Read more about the Tripos here.

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Print Module face with any colour or image add $150. SoundWall provides a glorious appearance with the ability to reproduce premium music or movie sound, equivalent to the finest loudspeakers. It is also so simple and easy to drive it can be powered from any normal hi-fi or home theatre sound system. More than merely reproducing recorded sounds, SoundWall additionally improves the acoustics of your room, even when sound is not being reproduced. SoundWall makes it simple to bring high quality music and movie sound into your room or through your entire home. Without clutter. Without complexity. Without compromise.

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The Big Reds are a no compromise design by Dr Rod Crawford. With amplifiers built in that perfectly match not only the speaker but each individual driver. Normally, when we build up HiFi systems that use a separate amplifier to power each driver, you're looking at a price tag of 10s of thousands of dollars. In this case you can get all of those benefits and more.

These Big Reds also boast an active crossover design that is handled by a separate box, the DEQX. This smart little box also adjusts for any discrepancies of each individual driver as well as those inherent in your listening room.

In whatever situation these end up in, they are sure to astound!

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The Joey bookshelf speakers have been a favourite of Carlton AUdio Visual since Dr Rod Crawford made his first set many years ago. For a speaker that is just under $1000 per pair, they have a clarity of tone and precision that is simply unrivalled.

Adding to that, these are hand crafted here in Australia and finished off with real hard wood Aussie veneers.

Rod, not only uses the best parts available in his speakers, he also knows HOW to use them. He was Linn Acoustics head speaker designer for many years and has degrees upon degrees from the best universities in the world. On top of that he has a deep passion for sound and music. You'll often catch Rod at classical music concerts up and down the East coast of Australia or chatting about the intricacies of speaker design to anyone who is interested. 

His passion results in a speaker that is much better than it's meagre price point.

You'll need a good amplifier to bring out the most of these. But when you give them the kind of power they deserve, they will reward!

 These are available in Jarrah, Light Oak and Black

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This is Phantom II, a new breed of wireless speaker. By stretching size and performance beyond reasonable limits, Devialet engineers have brought to life the only ultra-compact home sound system capable of delivering high fidelity and physical impact, whatever volume you listen at. Insanely powerful. Defiantly small. You won’t know what hit you.

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The MOUNTAIN is the mightiest of our 3T balanced interconnect range. No less than two .8 mm conductors, a thick L.S.C. layer, double screening and a dense Hulliflex jacket make this 11.3 mm thick cable a must-have for serious audio enthusiasts. Once connected you will never want to change to any other cable. This is True Transmission Technology at its best!

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

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Another pair of $500ish Earbuds to come onto the market. Clearer in sound than the Klipsches the emphasis is on good sound quality with the noise cancelling turned on. 

We love the little design touches and the simple sliding case that doubles as the charger.

Read more about the Devialet Gemini Earbuds here at Devialet's official Site

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The TWIN is an entry level twin-lead AWG 16 loudspeaker cable with a good sonic quality despite its friendly price. Originally designed for install purposes, due to high demand The TWIN is now also available for consumer applications. Learn More

A compact powerhouse - Rega's latest version of the Brio lives up to it's fine lineage. This is an extremely special Amplifier that is simply unique in it construction and sound quality. No bells, no whistles, no Bluetooth. But an outstanding phono stage built in. Learn More

One of the most anticipated pairs of speakers of recent times. The promise of that "trickle down" Platinum range technology at a much more inclusive price point had a good chunk of potential MA newbies and Silver/older Gold upgraders very excited.

There's no doubting the potential of these speakers, give them a bit of consideration when setting up, choose the right amp and speaker cable and they are beyond what would be considered high-end esoterica just 10 years ago.

As a previous "Gold" owner (GR20s, equally giant-slaying in their day), I was more excited than most to hear these and they did not disappoint. I'm a massive fan of the MPD high frequency driver, an A.M.T./Heil driver always stands out to me but can dominate a speaker design if the rest of the drive units and crossover cant keep up. Its a balance that MA demonstrated with the current Platinum range and could easily have "dropped the ball" here trying to impliment the array into a cheaper package. To MA's credit they've done a fantastic job, the little C-Cam mid-range I think is the secret to this speaker working so well.

I urge you to come and hear these speakers play back a well recorded acoustic instrument or small ensemble to really get an idea of what a modern design can acheive when it comes to nuanced reproduction.

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