Audio Esoterica is a spectacular new high quality publication for the discerning audiophile. Only the very best high-end components are featured, in dramatic photographic layouts that emphasise product design and engineering excellence while the industry’s leaders provide insider insights to Australia’s most experienced audio journalists. Audio Esoterica is all about the very best that the high-end audio world has to offer.
Audio Esoterica • No 2, 2021
HAND-CRAFTED IN MINNESOTA
IMPROVING THE BEST!
WELCOME No. 2!
B&W 804 D4 • LOUDSPEAKERS
MARK LEVINSON No. 5101 & No. 5805 • STREAMING SACD PLAYER/DAC & INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER/DAC
WILSON AUDIO SabrinaX • LOUDSPEAKERS
A NEW ERA FOR MULTICHANNEL MUSIC • ATMOS AND SURROUND MUSIC LISTENING WITH YAMAHA’S AVENTAGE RX-A8A
NORWEGIAN PURE: 2L
POWER & PLUGGERY
MEANWHILE, IN MERE 5.1…
MARTEN OSCAR DUO • LOUDSPEAKERS
MARANTZ PM-12SE & SA-12SE • INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER & SACD PLAYER
REVEL F226Be • LOUDSPEAKERS
AURENDER A30 • MUSIC SERVER/STREAMER/CD RIPPER/HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER
WEISS DAC502 • DSP D/A CONVERTER AND NETWORK RENDERER
GRYPHON ESSENCE • PREAMPLIFIER & STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER
STAX SR-X9000 • ELECTROSTATIC EARSPEAKERS
AUDIO SOLUTIONS MASCOT, SYDNEY • INTERVIEW