Australian HiFi — May-June 2017

OUR FRONT COVER

The Questyle Reference System Golden

Edition is unique. We put the system

through its paces on page 38.

REVIEWED

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Krix EpicentrixSpeakerTorus AVR

Power ConditionerDenon DCD-2500NESACD Player

Harbeth Monitor 30.1Loudspeakers+LƓPDQ(GWLRQ;9

Headphones

SYSTEM GOLDEN EDITIONQUESTYLE REFERENCE

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!Demetris Backlavas ofYpsilon Electronics LOUDNESS CONTROLSWhy they’re just wrong...

‘Thene plus ultraof desktop headphone audio!’

Australian Hi-Fi 5

62 ROCK ON

Kate Bush has come out of hiding with a

fabulous live 4LP set (also on CD) that’s

available at an unbelievably low price!

64 SUPER FIDELITY

ďǒǔʊȧɁȭǜǒƙŘǜʁˁǚ˿ǞȭƬʊƬǚƬƋǜǔɁȭɁnjȭƬ˹ƙʁŘʁƬ

and very listenable hi-res recordings.

66 JAZZ TRACK

The clarinet has faded from favour as a front-line

jazz instrument, but John Shand has found a rare

CD release that shows what music lost...

68 BLU-RAY MUSIC

Stephen Dawson reveals his real feelings about

Shania Twain and Alice Cooper, based on two

fabulously good Blu-ray releases....

DEPARTMENTS

Audio News 6

Audiophile Recordings 64

Blu-ray Reviews 68

,ɁȧɡŘȭ˿ñʁɁǞǚƬ 58

Dealer Directory 70

Editor’s Lead-In 3

Esoterica 47

Jazz Track 66

Hi-Fi Marketplace 71

High End 50

Interview 58

Personal Audio 14

Rock On 62

SoundSites 53

Sound Travels 48

Subscriptions 61

Super Fidelity 64

6 SOUND BITES

Klipsch Wireless Audio, Cyrus One App, Sugden
Grande, Densen Cast, IsoAcoustics Aperta,
Audio Research DAC8 Upgrade, KEF Space One,
Pioneer XDP-300R, Benchmark DAC3, Amina
Edge, NAD M50.2, Marten Mingus Quintet, and
more...

16 LOUDNESS CONTROLS

Why they’re wrong... just plain wrong... even
though the circuit implementations have
improved dramatically over the years.

58 INTERVIEW

Demetris Backlavas of Yypsilon, the company
where ‘Greek austerity ends at the factory door’
according to Michael Fremer.

03 EDITOR’S LEAD-IN

A sad and sorry but ultimately educational tale
about how not to buy a pair of ear-buds.

48 SOUND TRAVELS

We meet one of the founders of the

Melbourne Audio Club, who owns some

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88th Linn Sondek ever made, complete

with original Decca tonearm.

50 TORUS AV2 POWER

CONDITIONER

There are many very obvious reasons

you might want to use a power

conditioner, but there are also some

that are not quite so obvious!

MUSIC