Australian HiFi – May 2019

DALI EVOKE 10 (p11)

Australian Hi-Fi 5

68 JAZZ TRACK

John Shand reviews new albums from Barney

McAll, Paul Grabowsky, Silke Eberhard and Sandy

Evans, Kamasi Washington, Andy Zimmerman

and James Muller

69 ROCK ON

Jez Ford thrills to two ‘new’ Yardbirds releases and

wonders at the staying power of Susi Quatro, who

says she’s going to retire when ‘there’s silence

when I shake my ass on stage.’

70 SUPER FIDELITY

Speakers Corner is doing a great job releasing

180g vinyl re-issues of classic LPs. This issue,

Robbie Gerson looks at The Mahavishnu

Orchestra’s Birds of Fire, David Lindley’s El Rayo-X

and Milt Jackson’s Ballads & Blues.

71 TOP PICKS

The Smashing Pumpkins, Alex Lahey, Bec Stevens,

Dear Seattle, Pup and Hozier... and Matt Doria

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FEATURES

06 AUDIO NEWS
Audio Research Ref CD9SE, Onkyo A-9130,
D’Agostino Momentum HD, Audiolab 8300CDQ,
SVS Prime Pinnacle, Monitor Audio Gold 300,
Bryston Qobuz, Dali Evoke 10, ParaSound New-
Classic 200Pre, Wisdom Audio P4M, JBL Charge 4,
Ayon S-10II, Questyle Wireless Eco, Metaxas T-RX,
Altec-Lansing True Evo, GoldenEar Triton One.R,
YG Acoustics Hailey 2, TechDas Air Force Zero, and
the B&W Formation Suite.

54 INTERVIEW: BRIAN ZOLNER
Brian Zolner of Bricasti Design, talks to Jez Ford
about his new M5, streaming, and why USB
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60 PRO-JECT VC-S, SPIN-CLEAN,
VCRS & KIRMUSS KA-RC-
Stephen Dawson tests four different systems for
cleaning LP records, one of them all-Australian and
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82 HI-FI DECONSTRUCTED
Rod Easdown reminds us about some of the most
remarkable devices in audio history... and why
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58 OBITUARY
Alan Robert Pearlman, rocket scientist, musician,
audiophile, graphic arts developer and musical
instrument designer has died, aged 93.

03 EDITOR’S LEAD-IN
Music festivals, amongst the last bastions of live
music in Australia, look like being no more in NSW,
thanks to new regulations recently introduced by
the Berejiklian government.

DEPARTMENTS

AudioNews 006

AudiophileRecordings 070

DealerDirectory 072

Editor’sLead-In 003

Esoterica 043

Hi-FiDeconstructed 082

Hi-FiMarketplace 073

HighEnd 050

Humour 082

JazzTrack 068

Obituary 058

PersonalAudio 018

Rock On 069

SoundSites 041

Sound Travels 044

Subscriptions 042

Super Fidelity 070

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44 SOUND TRAVELS
In this issue, we visit a British
audiophile, ex-Hong Kong, domiciled
in Australia, whose home is like an
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