Digital
There are 10 types of people in this world, lets hope your the one that gets that joke. Digital is the default setting for our music collections these days, but our ears aren't digital. There's a range of products out there to help make the 1's and 0's into sweet, smooth, silky sound. From smart speakers to DACs to the humble CD player, theres plenty of sources for your music out there.
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Heos Amp HS2
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.
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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. -
Marantz CD6007
A beautiful CD player with serious resolution for the sub $1000. Musically alive and even at this price point, you can discern it's Marantz heritage. Marantz have been makingCD players for decades now and their expertise really shines through.
This is also a very versatile unit able to play all of your favourite formats off a USB on the front panel. Additionally, it has a killer Headphone amplifier built in!
This is a run out model now and this price is only valid for the last remaining Black unit we have in stock. New in a Box
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Chord 2yu
A high quality interface that enables you to connect your 2go streamer to other devices that are not the Hugo 2. Essentially it acts as a network bridge when connected to a Hugo2.
Allowing you to enjoy the best in class streamer on a multitude of different devices.
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Bluesound Powernode Edge (N230), Compact Wireless Streaming Amplifier
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.
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Advance Paris X-CD9
Again Advance Paris has produced a high quality CD player that out does its competitors with some very cool features for its price point.
This CD9 is a modest $1299 and for that you get an analogue tube output stage....oooohhh la la.
Advance Paris is the refashioned French brand, Advance Acoustic. They have changed their name and completely redesigned their units. They sound a lot more musical than they did previously.
Come have a listen to the new range at Carlton Audio Visual now.
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Bluesound Node X streamer, Special Edition
A limited edition streamer from streaming heavyweights, Bluesound.
Celebrating 10 years making streaming products, Bluesound has released the Node X that has some major upgrades on the standard Node (N130).
- Higher quality Hi-Fi Sabre DAC instead of the standard Burr-Brown DAC
- Better Headphone amplifier with a full-size 1/4 inch jack output.
- Super smart silver finish
And then the inclusions that the Node (N130) has as well:
- HDMI eARC
- Top panel controls with Presets
- Both receiver and transmitter of Bluetooth apt X HD. That is you can send its signal to a set of wireless headphones or it can accept a bluetooth signal from any personal device.
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Rotel RCD-1572MKII
We've always loved the ease of use, reliability of Rotel CD players. But the RCD-1572MKII is more than that. It's detail and musicality within a very cool retro-esque chassis. You can't help but fall in love with this unit!
Not much has changed from the RCD-1572 to the MKII version except for the DAC. They are now using Texas instrument DACs. This was born out of practicality because sourcing DACs in the post COVID world has become problematic. However, the Texas instrument DACs are anything but a downgrade in sound quality!
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Marantz CR612 All-in-one Amp, CD, Heos, Radio, Bluetooth
A fantastic compact unit with everything all in the one box and great sound quality to boot. 60W per channel is nothing to sneeze at. It does particularly well paired with some Acoustic Energy AE100 bookshelf speakers.
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Musical Fidelity MX-DAC
The MX DAC has been around for a while now (since 2016) and it still surprises. For such a little box, 220mm x 220mm, and a relatively affordable price, this unit ticks boxes that much bigger and pricier units don't manage.
It has XLR outputs so future system upgrades will be well catered for. It also has all the digital inputs you could possibly what in this modern age: 2 x coax (up to 24bit 192 kHz PCM), 2 x optical (up to 24bit 192kHz PCM) and asynchronous USB up to 24bit 192 kHz PCM as well as DSD 64 and DSD 128.
Also, all inputs whether from coax, optical or USB, are processed in the DSD domain. This desirable feature gives a warmth and humanity to the sound that simple digital conversion doesn’t achieve.
And its the sound of this unit that really surprises. Rich and detailed, musical and nuanced. Stuff that units double its price can struggle with, sound sublime.
Come give this beauty a try, you won't be dissapointed.
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Bluesound Powernode N330
A streaming amplifier that will give you wireless capability with existing speakers.
Bluesound operating system is easy to use making this a hassle free, great sounding product.
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Yamaha RN800A stereo receiver with streaming
This is part of a new wave of retro practical good sounding stereo receivers that are finding a place in homes as practical high fidelity devices. In a way they are a riposte to the exuberant age of surround sound amplifiers that have dissapointed purchasers by offering features over quality.
This new model RN800A ticks a lot of boxes with a decent phono input and a range of practical analogue and digital inputs, including that contemporary cherry being the HDMI EARC input. It is a very substantial device with classic Yamaha build quality and represents excellent value for money.
Yamaha RN800A official website
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Advance Paris X-Stream 9, CD player and Streamer
This is a really nice combination in one unit. Touted as the only source you'll ever need. This unit combine a CD player, Tuner, Streamer and DAC.
Like all of the Advance Paris gear, it ticks the boxes for convenience and in-one-box simplification.
On display now at Carlton Audio Visual.
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Rotel DT-6000 DAC CD Transport
CD Players are considered an endangered species in the market so it might appear that Rotel are slightly brave to be releasing a new high end model at the moment. However in our part of the market CD layers are alive and thriving as they are purchased by people who have advanced and numerous CD collections that cannot be qualitatively matched by streaming sources. The Rotel 1572 CD Player is a good example of this ... although a plain jane disc spinner product it has intrinsic good sound and build quality that just keeps selling steadily. The DT6000 improves on that engineering for sound and longevity even further and in fact sets a new standard for a Rotel product in this category. The DT6000 is also a state of art Digital to Analogue converter that allows you to use a full range of digital sources as inputs without the redundancy of another external DAC component.
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Marantz CD60
The new CD player from Marantz continues the classic Maratnz line and Japanese manufacturing. A beautiful unit perfect for those who have a cherised collection of CDs.
Of course it's been engineered to be paired with a Marantz amplifier but that's not a necessity, this will be a competitive unit to be matched with arange of good quality amplifiers.
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Magnetar UDP800 Disc Player of everything
Available from End of September in this specification. These players are made in the old Oppo factory and are very capable disc spinners. 4K UHDR Blue Ray Playback along with the esteemed SACD audio format. This new distribution of these products in Australia is also offering the players in full multi zone version. Nice ...
https://magnetar-audio.com/bluray-player-udp-800/
https://www.insideci.co.uk/reviews/magnetar-udp800-uhd-blu-ray-player-review.aspx
https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/magnetar-udp800
https://www.techhive.com/article/1793436/magnetar-udp800-disc-player-review.html
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Chord Electronics 2go
The Chord Electronics streamer that pairs perfectly and conveniently with a Hugo 2 so that it's portable and delectable just like the whole Chord range.
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Musical Fidelity MX-STREAM
Super excited about this little product from Musical Fidelity. A small footprint but serious Streaming Transport.
Roon Ready, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, TuneIn, Airplay, UPNP/DLNA, DSD and Bluetooth!
Be aware you will need a USB input on your DAC or integrated amplifier to pair with this unit. But pair it up with the MX-DAC and you'll be grand!
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Musical Fidelity M2s CD Player
Like the matching M2si integrated amplifier, the M2scd is designed as serious hi-fi available at a modest price. From the fine fit and finish of its metal casework to the unique technology sitting inside, the M2scd exceeds expectations. The M2scd builds on our years of engineering expertise, uniquely featuring both a mains choke filter and a high-tech digitalstream noise filter. Such innovations enable the player to deliver technical performance; it boasts low distortion and a virtually flat frequency response, plus minimal noise and jitter.
The M2scd's DAC design also draws from its high-end siblings, using cutting-edge technology to ensure excellent data recovery from your discs. Simply put, that means you'll hear more from your music. Reviews say "a very mature and polished performer", which "sounds refined and elegant".
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Bluesound Vault 2i
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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Chord Qutest. Advanced compact DAC, a tiny bit of gorgeous ...
Qutest is the latest evolution of Chord Electronics’ most affordable standalone DAC, the multi-award-winning 2Qute, which it directly replaces. Qutest is uniquely equipped to bring the benefits of Chord Electronics’ acclaimed proprietary hardware and software technology to a wide range of connected devices. Learn More