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Your Journey into High End Audio and What to Expect

Your Journey into High End Audio and What to Expect

Summary Music is a tool for humans to express emotion.  The accessibility of music is a double-edged sword - greater access is good, but it also means people are playing music on all sorts of sy...

Audiophile Terms and Why We Love to Hate Them

Audiophile Terms and Why We Love to Hate Them

Summary The audiophile industry have developed a set of adjectives to describe the sonic quality of hifi systems.  The objective of hifi systems are to reproduce the original artists, but most of...

Cabasse Akoya pearl at Audio Connection

Cabasse Pearl Audio Range in Detail | By Anthony from Cabasse

We were lucky enough to have Anthony from Cabasse come by the store today, and we thought we'd take the opportunity to put together an instructional video on the fantastic Cabasse Pearl range. We'...

KEF LS50 Meta vs KEF LS50 Wireless 2 | Which one sounds better?

KEF LS50 Meta vs KEF LS50 Wireless 2 | Which one sounds better?

We compare the KEF LS50 Meta and the LS50 Wireless 2 speakers. Which one is right for you? Which one sounds better? We dive into the features and benefits of both and reveal our opinion on which on...

Arcam SA30 vs Hegel H120 - Which Streaming Amplifier is Right For You?

Arcam SA30 vs Hegel H120 - Which Streaming Amplifier is Right For You?

 We compare the HEGEL H120 and the ARCAM SA30 streaming amplifiers using KEF LS50 Meta speakers. We often get asked which one you should buy, so we decided to compare both and hope this will help y...

What is Damping Factor?

What is Damping Factor?

Summary Damping factor is the ability of an amplifier's ability to control the woofers in your speaker, and is one part of the system damping factor. The higher the damping factor, the more neutra...

"The Rabbit" by Vicki Grozdanovski

"The Rabbit" by Vicki Grozdanovski

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Audio Connection commissioned Vicki Grozdanovski, a Sydney-based Resin artist to create a unique piece of artwork. Audio Connection is proud to have strong roots in t...

Munich High End Show 2022 | Our Visit and Recap

Munich High End Show 2022 | Our Visit and Recap

The Audio Connection team all flew over to Munich in May 2022 to see the Munich High End Show - the first one since the lockdowns lifted, so we were obviously very excited.  We were thrilled to be ...

Linn Arko vs Linn Akito | A side by side comparison

Linn Arko vs Linn Akito | A side by side comparison

There's been a lot of buzz and interest in Linn's new Arko tonearm, which replaces the much loved Linn Akito. We take a closer look at the differences in this video. The Arko features several impro...

The Tale of the Tweeter - Wilson Audio Factory Tour

The Tale of the Tweeter - Wilson Audio Factory Tour

We visited Wilson Audio in November 2022, and Daryl Wilson himself was kind enough to lead us on a factory tour.  We made this short video showing how incredible the Wilson Audio Factory is, and ho...

Setting up Bluesound Powernode (2021 Edition)

How To Setup Your Bluesound Powernode

The Bluesound Powernode 2021 edition is one of the most affordable means of playing high resolution music. We take a closer look at the 2021 revision of the Powernode and set it up with a set of t...