Amplifiers

This is the amplifier to buy that is actually a lot better than  "if you need something to get you by" or "you're just starting out"" with a system. It's $399 so it is hard to go wrong but don't mistake it as just being a cheap  device by any means. 

This is the lineal descendant of the original NAD 3020 amplifier and is out of the original factory that made that product in the 1970s ... the green powerr button is still retained from that original design icon.

Plus it's got some very handy features and rather good sound:

• Phono stage on board with MM AND MC option!
• 30W per chanel (not huge, but enough for efficient speakers)
• Tone Controls
• Headphone out

This is a powerful yet amplifier that delivers a great deal for its modest price point.

A dedicated Phono input for connection to a turntable, 2 x 60W class AB amplification, optical and coax digital inputs as well as subwoofer out.

This unit is perfect to build a vinyl system around.

Pair it with a set of AE100s or Monitor Audio Bronze 50s and a Rega Planar 1 Turntable and you'll have yourself some fabulous HiFi.

A new baby amplifier from Rotel to sit under the current Rotel A10 MkII. 

We've just plugged this in to a pair of brand new Monitor Audio Bronze 200s and even without a proper run-in it sounds rich and clear. This is a great pairing that won't break the bank and will get you that more HiFi sound than some of the nastier, cheaper options.

It comes with a phono stage and a remote control as well making it perfect for those starting their HiFi journeys.

A very useful little streaming amplifier. Perfect for general use in the home with all your streaming audio needs built on board and in a lovely little form factor.

This amplifier has been around for decades in one form or another, and like James Bond's favourite pocket accesory it is deeply functional, effective, well finished, long lasting, and hits the target for musicality vs price.

Stereonet on the A10

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 brand new Rotel A10 Mkii is the evolution of the ever popular Rotel A10.

Now with 50 Watts as opposed to 40 Watts. This is a marked improvement!

I had a Rotel A10 as my first amp and loved it but it would get overwhelmed playing loud music at house parties. The extra power certainly would've helped my house parties! 

Please call to check availability of each colour.

For $799 this is excellent value. In fact there is not another heart and soul amplifier that combines such convenient and contemporary features at such a sensible price.

Encel, a Melbourne company, have toiled for months and months to perfect the design and construction of this unit on which they have collaborated with  one of the worlds greatest amplifier manufacturers, Rotel.

You will buy this amp and simply be happy! The only hard part will be deciding which gen z colour option to go with.

Available in charcoal or white, the Brains amplifier has a moving magnet phono stage for connecting a turntable, optical and coaxial options for digital sources such as a CD player or TV, and an aptX HD Bluetooth receiver to enable streaming from mobile devices. A pair of line-level auxiliary inputs also allows for the connection of analogue components, while a dedicated 3.5mm headphone output is included for listening in private.

Encel have a pair of loudspeakers to match. They have also closely collaborated on these with an established major speaker manufacturer. They are surprisingly good and again are available in an unusual range of colours .... for $1300 odd you can exploit the audio synergy of the two together to make for a reallly cohesive stereo system. With good kit like this that you can hook up to a record player, via bluetooth, or even a television, you really should never buy a soundbar or plastic wireless loudspeakers.

Encel Gelati loudspeakers

We really really like the way that Rega do things. As a small family business with particular ... and peculiar ... proclivities we believe that Hi Fi should be as good as possible at making music and last you a healthy lifespan and be as inexpensive as possible.

The Rega Io is exactly those things.

"Tone Audio" reckon the Rega Io is a future classic 

"What Hi-Fi?" on the Rega Io 

Official manufacturer's site for the Rega Io 

The HEOS Amp is designed to add HEOS multi-room audio functionality to a pair of stereo speakers, and features the same wireless ease of use as our self-powered HEOS speaker models.

Featuring advanced Class D digital amplification, the HEOS Amp delivers 100 watts maximum power per channel, with lowest distortion and high current capability that provides reliable and stable operation with lower impedance speakers, including 4 ohms models.

This is a Very small amplifier that packs a lot into it's small chassis. It's one of those units that walks out the door because it ticks all the boxes!

Will squeeze into this tiny space - yes

Bluetooth - yes

phono input for Turntable - why, of course!

digital inputs - yes, yes!

If you're after a mesmerising HiFi experience, I would point you in another direction but if you're after decent sound, little and functional, this one's perfect.

This unit also forms part of Pro-Ject's Colourful Audio System. You can check that out here

A powerful integrated amplifier with a clean, clear tonality and digital connections for easy connection to a Television and other digital media.

Those knobs and dials on this unit are the thing of dreams for many HiFi lover. And they adjust the Bass, Treble, Balance and 'Loudness' like any traditional Japanese amplifier should.

Read more about this cool at the official Yamaha website here

The PM6007 delivers Marantz’ most musical sound and is an ideal choice for those ready to take the next step in their 2-channel Hi-Fi system. Powered by a Toroidal power transformer and customized block capacitors, the PM6007 integrated amplifier delivers 45 watts (8ohm, 20Hz-20kHz) of power-per-channel. You can easily connect both analogue and digital sources or connect your turntable to the built-in phono pre-amplifier. Listen to your favourite Hi-Res audio content through the 192-kHz/24-bit D/A converter and experience enhanced bass with a subwoofer-out option.

One unit left. New in a box. 100W in a half-sized chassis. The perfect amp for a harder to drive set of bookshelves.

We saw this first at the Munich Hi Fi show where it was being used to drive something unlikely and very difficult in loudspeakers, it was a quiet little session in the demo room at Munich with a definite tension in the air as the wolves were circling each other in the Distribution Arena. The smell of blood was in the water and the knives were out.

The Cyrus One had raised the interest level in the product and what had been a quiescent and polite gentleman's agreement to purvey in Australia was attracting a new level of interest.

This is a really strong product for us ... finally a rival for the Rega Brio?

Cyrus One Official website.

A small amplifier with many functions. This unit has HDMI eARC so it can hook up easily to a TV, Heos streaming built-in to stream wirelessly from all your streaming services, easy to multi-room this unit with others in the Heos family.

All of this functionality in an amplifier that has Denon premium sound.

With slightly more power than the standard Powernode, you'll have more control over your speakers for a better sound.

Also in the case that you have lightly harder to drive speakers, this will give you the extra headroom to drive them nicely.

Bluesound have been making streaming equipment now for 10 years and their products sound clean and musical without having to pay through the nose. 

Their app and software is very easy to use and they are being used more and more in serious HiFi components. Cyrus and Roksan are two of the handful of HiFi brands that are now part of the Bluesound ecosystem. 

This means it's now easier to build a whole home system with Bluesound products dotted throughout the house and all controllable via the one user friendly app.

This is a true do-it-all unit. DAB, streaming, phono stage and a plethora of digital and analogue inputs. Not the power and authority of the other units in the Yamaha RN range but still relatively grunty for the price point. 

This unit finds itself in a price point with the Rotel A11 which is as highly featured but is another Japanese designed work horse stereo amp. The Yamaha gets a real vintage look to it though with all its knobs and dials. 

Come in and test out the RN600A today. We are happy to plug it in with a couple of sets of speakers as well.

Advance Paris have a new name (previously Advance Acoustic) and redesigned insides, giving them a completely new birth in the industry.

They're using class AB amplification but there's a special "Hi Bias" mode which will ensure the first few Watts are pure Class A. This means a richer, more defined sound. More like what you'd expect from a Tube amplifier.

This is the third version of this very capable amplifier to be released and it is exceptionally innovative. To our knowledge this is the first piece of proper Hi-Fi to have a Google Cast built into it.

So it has all the Cyrus One attributes of clean midrange articulation with excellent spatial rendition. The Cyrus techs have engineered a Google Chromecast into the digital preamplifier section that allows for broad spectrum access of all the streaming services.

Cyrus One Cast official website