Wharfedale returns to South Africa

December 4, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Famed British loudspeaker maker Wharfedale is making a comeback in South Africa. The brand, which celebrated is 75th anniversary last year, is now being imported and distributed by Balanced Audio, which is also responsible for the Yamaha AV brand locally. […]

Paradigm Premier 600C: Making movie magic

November 27, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Paradigm’s Premier 600C centre channel is not only the perfect partner to the 800F floorstanders in a home theatre system, but a key role player in achieving movie sound magic. In home theatre terms, the centre channel is arguably the […]

Black Swan is Ascendo’s top-flight speaker

November 20, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Ascendo Immersive Audio (AIA), the Germany-based hi-fi and cinema sound speaker manufacturer, has released its new Black Swan flagship loudspeaker system. The Black Swan is a horn-based speaker system designed specifically for home theatre applications, and promising what Ascendo describes […]

Yamaha NS-SW050: Small box, big bass

November 13, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Yamaha’s diminutive NS-SW050 is so unassuming that it’s easy to consider it inferior to those big, bad-ass subs. After, all bigger should be better in subwoofer terms, right? Well, the little Yamaha might surprise you … By Deon Schoeman In […]

Quick review: Ascendo Immersive Audio System

November 6, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Ascendo Immersive Audio might be a relatively unknown brand in South Africa, but that’s set to change with The Audio Visual Boutique now representing the German marque locally. A recent demonstration of a dedicated Ascendo Immersive Audio (AIA) installation at […]

Paradigm 800F: Reaching for the sonic stars

October 9, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Paradigm’s latest Premier range draws from the advanced technology applied to the Canadian marque’s high-end Persona line-up, even though it’s a few rungs lower on the seniority ladder. Now wonder then that the flagship Premier 800F is a sonically splendid […]

Purists will love the Rotel RSP-1576

October 9, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

Rotel’s latest surround sound processor is bang up to date with all the latest surround sound formats, codecs and technologies. But the RSP-1576 also pays particular attention to audio and video signal routing and integrity to ensure superior performance. Thus, […]

KEF introduces new R-Series

September 25, 2018 Deon Schoeman 0

An all-new R-Series speaker range has been launched by KEF. The R-Series still slots in above the recently updated Q-Series and the high-end Reference models, but has been completely redesigned, with more than a thousand changes. Among the most notable […]