Australian HiFi — May-June 2017

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BESPOKE DESIGN

FROM CREATION

Sydney-based company Creation Audio has specialised in

bespoke horn systems for more than 15 years, building

designs based on classic drivers from manufacturers such as

Altec, Tannoy, Lowther and JBL.

The company’s latest creation is a radical three-way

design in an active bass/passive midrange and tweeter

confi guration that features professional components from

Beyma and Faital Pro. Creation Audio owner and designer

Andrew Tilsley said it took him twelve months to design

and build.

The system, which stands 1.4 metres high, uses 457mm

diameter (18-inch) Faital Pro woofers in heavily-braced

sealed cabinets crafted from high-grade European Birch ply

and fi nished in a satin two-pack polyurethane. The woofers

are powered by an 800-watt per channel MiniDSP amp,

housed in a matching Birch ply enclosure.

Midrange is delivered by an Italian-made 305mm (12-

inch) Beyma driver that takes response from the driver’s

natural bass roll-off out to 1.8kHz. The tweeter is an Air Mo-

tion Transducer that’s also made by Beyma. It’s fi tted into a

CNC’d and hand-built custom horn. ‘This tweeter extends the

response to beyond twenty thousand hertz and provides natural

yet sparkling highs,’ said Tilsley. ‘The system marries profes-

sional gear with highly attractive cabinetry to create a world-

class product, with massive scale. And with a sensitivity of close

to 97dBSPL, it’s a great match for Class-A valve amplifiers.’

For more information, call Creation Audio on

(04) 1186 5553 or visit http://www.creationaudio.com.au

PIONEER XDP-300R

RELEASED

Powermove has released Pioneer’s newest high-resolu-
tion personal audio player, the XDP-300R, which uses
dual DACs and has fully-balanced audio circuitry. ‘In
recent years, music has become a very personal experience, so
instead of listening to music via hi-fi systems and speakers,
they’re instead listening on portable devices using headphones
and earphones,’ said Shelden Walker, of Powermove
Distribution. ‘The new Pioneer XDP-300R is the answer for
users who want the ability to handle the variety of music fi les
now available, so it’s capable of handling all of them, right
up to 11.2MHz DSD, 384kHz/24-bit FLAC/WAV and the
newest high-res technology, MQA.’
The XDP-300R comes with 32GB of internal storage
and dual microSD card slots that support up to 200GB
each, making the total available storage 432GB. Playback
is via dual ESS Technology Sabre ES9018K2M DACs that
drive Sabre9601K amplifi ers that can be confi gured with
either balanced or unbalanced outputs to suit every
application. The player uses an Android OS which gives
access to GooglePlay so you can stream video and music, and has both WiFi and Bluetooth,
eliminating the need for wires. The 12cm HD front panel display is fi tted with Gorilla Glass.
Available now, the Pioneer XDP-300R sells for $1,299 (RRP).

For further information, please contact Powermove Distribution
on (08) 8338 5540 or visit the website at http://www.powermove.com.au