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Acoustic Treatment - What You Need to Know

Acoustic Treatment - What You Need to Know

The Frustration with Acoustics If you've ever looked into acoustic treatment, you'll likely be frustrated. You'll dive into a world of absorption and diffusion panels, frequency absorption charts, ...

Review: One Week with the KEF Mu7 Headphones

Review: One Week with the KEF Mu7 Headphones

KEF Mu7 Review KEF's Mu7 headphones have been extremely popular since their launch late last year - one of the highest selling headphones we've seen in recent times.  We thought we'd spend one week...

Everything You Need To Know About Projectors and Screens - Home Theatre 101

Everything You Need To Know About Projectors and Screens - Home Theatre 101

In this chapter of our Home Theatre 101 series, we invited Claver Harper, the Australia representative for many flagship cinema manufacturers including Barco projectors, Wisdom Audio cinema speaker...

Is A Home Theatre Worth It? - Home Theatre 101

Is A Home Theatre Worth It? - Home Theatre 101

Is A Home Theatre Worth It The demand for home theatre has never been stronger. Off the back of cinemas being more than just movies, but a Netflix hub, a gaming centre and a sporting arena, more p...

Your Guide to Trading in HiFi

Your Guide to Trading in HiFi

Summary Well preserved hifi from reputable manufacturers will retain value over time. Trading in your hifi can be an enjoyable and affordable way to improve your system over time. Just like car...

Add Music and Lighting in an Innovative Way | Gallo Acoustics Review

Add Music and Lighting in an Innovative Way | Gallo Acoustics Review

Gallo Acoustics have been producing speakers for decades. Building upon the core foundation that Anthony Gallo started with his  spherical cabinet design, the modern take on Gallo Acoustics incorpo...

Are Cable Upgrades A Crock Of S*#%? (Here's The Truth)

Are Cable Upgrades A Crock Of S*#%? (Here's The Truth)

Cables are a contentious topic. So contentious that I’d wager you’re either (A) genuinely curious and want to find out if it’s worth upgrading your system’s cables, or (B) gripping a cricket bat, ...

KEF LSX 2 | Simplicity, Performance, Beauty

KEF LSX 2 | Simplicity, Performance, Beauty

We've been around for a long time. 36 years this year! And being in the business of hifi for that long, we've seen first-hand how hifi has evolved. What was once a hyper-niche, enthusiasts-only mar...

Visiting Accuphase at the Tokyo Hifi Show 2022

Visiting Accuphase at the Tokyo Hifi Show 2022

Tokyo, Japan, October 2022.  One of our favourite places to visit - not just Tokyo, but Japan in general. Few cultures in this world have the level of singular focus, determination in excellence, a...

Why (almost) every system needs a Subwoofer

Why (almost) every system needs a Subwoofer

Why (almost) every system needs a subwoofer Speaker and subwoofer placement in a room is crucial to performance. If you've just dumped your speakers in a room without tuning, you aren't really li...

This Is What “High-End Audio” Actually Means

This Is What “High-End Audio” Actually Means

This Is What “High-End Audio” Actually Means Hi-fi systems, like anything in the luxury sector— wines, cars, boats, watches— come at all price points. The cost of a pair of speakers can be as low...

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...