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02.09.10
Arcam were the first in the world to introduce the concept of an outboard DAC and were very successful in the late 80's and early 90's and with the advent of the PC and external music storage once again the need for a quality external DAC is paramount.
The R-DAC comes in a clean design die-cast case with both SPDIF co-axial and optical inputs. It supports a USB input. There are many different USB devices and supported music servers on the market and with quality in mind, the Arcam unit uses; Asynchronous Transfer Protocol, whereby the master clock on the R-DAC calls off the data from the PC or device when needed, ensuring accurate signal reproduction. When decoded with the onboard Wolfson 96kHz/24bit DAC and high quality audio stage the resulting quality of sound is second to none.
Many devices on the market do not use this method, thereby decoding signals with high jitter and data error resulting in poor sound.
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We have just received our first unit and will be discovering the rDAC potential in the coming weeks; having sold the Black Box One back in the day we are expecting greatness!
The Arcam rDAC will be $599.00 each |
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23.07.10
Acoustic Images is excited to announce the opening of our second store in Brighton to service our customers in the Bayside area and beyond.
The new store is located at 217 Bay St. in Brighton. We have a modern shop that has been set up to showcase the latest technologies in the audio/visual industry. We have a large showroom to demonstrate hi-fi stereo and a dedicated cinema room to demonstrate state of the art home automation that includes projection, flat screen TV’s, Blu-ray disc players, processors, lighting controllers, Personal Video Recorders, digital radios, one touch remote control solutions, cinema seating and we have a design team to fully design and construct your home cinema.
We have selected brands to deliver the best performance in your home. If you would like to make an appointment with us we can individually set up the specific brands and products you are interested in.
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12.08.09
Sonus Faber.
We are truly excited by the new range of Sonus Faber speakers that have arrived at Acoustic Images.
As previously mentioned we have had the TOY range of Sonus Faber speakers for a few months. We now have the next two ranges. The magnificent Sonus Faber Liuto range and the absolutely gorgeous Sonus Faber Cremona range. These speakers are the most exceptional speakers we have ever heard or seen.
We dare you to withstand the urge to rub your hands over each speaker. The finishes on these speakers are perfection. From totally leather wrapped to high gloss Piano black to the most amazing timber finish you will ever see on any piece of furniture.
We urge you to come in and audition these hand- made masterpieces. We believe you will not hear better at any price point.
 
Keep your eye on our website over the next few weeks as we are planning a Sonus Faber music evening. You will be able to come in and enjoy an evening of the finest audio products to come out of Italy. We may even have some surprises in store for you.
Places will be strictly limited so you will have to RSVP to secure a seat.
This night follows on from our recent Sugden LS21 speaker launch. A packed house was treated to a fantastic evening of food, wine and most importantly a superb music repertoire chosen by George Neophytou of Neophonics. The evening was a huge success and enjoyed by all who attended.
Visit our PRODUCTS Section to view more information on the Sonus Faber and Sugden LS21 speakers .
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23.06.09
Acoustic Images is proud to announce the inclusion of the following new products to its already impressive line-up of audio and visual products.
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 We are now the retailers of the most famous brand of Hand made Italian speakers-Sonus Faber. We are starting with the new and impressive TOY range. These speakers let the music lover into the world of Sonus Faber at a very reasonable cost. What the Italians do to extract this level of performance from these beautiful boxes is amazing.
And the boxes truly are a work of art. The whole speaker enclosure is fully wrapped in leather-absolutely stunning!
Please come in for an audition. More info in our Products section.
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 We now also have the new range of Spendor speakers just released in England.
The new models are the SA1, the A5 and A6.
These speakers are still fully hand made in England including the drivers and boxes..
Speaking of which, the highly polished gloss finish of the SA1 rivals the Sonus Fabers for beauty, finish and build quality.
Unbelievably the new Spendor speakers sound amazing right out of the box as we have just discovered and also show vast improvements over the previous, much acclaimed range.
Another triumph for the English audio industry!
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Martin Logan
We have just taken delivery of the Martin Logan Purity loudspeaker. This is an active speaker from ML and can be played using a high end amplifier or you can use just an ipod as a source! The most amazing ipod speakers on Earth!
The Vista from ML is also here as part of our product line up as well as the in-wall and on-wall Martin Logan speakers.
Please come in and bring some of your own CD’s for an audition of these special speakers. |
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Metz
They’re back! After a little while off the Australian market, the world’s best TV’s are back. Metz new range of LCD screens are genuinely the first LCD screen we have seen that are better than the best of the plasma screens that were on the market until recently and way ahead of any other LCD screen we have ever seen. Their picture must be seen to be believed.
With a built in PVR with a 250Gb hard drive and twin HD tuners you never need to miss a TV show again.
The other amazing feature that places these TV’s above any other on the market is the sound quality of the speakers in the unit. They rival some of the HI FI
speakers we have heard in the past- Excellent for using as a centre speaker in a surround sound system if there is no room for a centre speaker.
The list of features goes on for Metz, but only with a demonstration in store will you be able to fully comprehend the advantages a Metz screen has to offer.
The other things we love about Metz- Made by Metz and Made in Germany for over 70 years! |
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Schaub Lorenz
 To complement our range of premium screens from Metz, we also now have Schaub Lorenz back and running hard!
These screens will be the most cost effective screens on the market. They have all the latest technology on board including HD tuner, 1080p, HDMI inputs, discrete codes, Individual input Optimisation and much more.
The list of test procedures is impressive, the list includes: Circuit Integrity test
X-ray Scans Test, Shock test, Temperature Test, Humidity test, Thermal shock test, Current Leakage test, resistance tests and more!
Again come on in and view these screens, you will be impressed by what you see. |
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Olive
Every once in a while an audio product comes along that is particularly significant in that it is really the first of its kind.
This product is the all-new Opus No 4 from Olive
Without question, the all-new Olive Opus No4 is a strikingly beautiful device.
But its real beauty goes beyond what it looks like. The Opus No 4 is the easiest to use, most convenient way to enjoy high quality music, in any room of your home.
The Opus No4 delivers exceptional sound quality and all the benefits you’d expect from superior digital technology.
Stores up to 3000 CD’s in lossless quality.
Please go to our section on Products- Electronics- Olive to read more about this amazing product. |
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25.03.09
You may think we have been relatively quiet, but we have actually been doing more research and listening and increasing our product range. We have added more brands to give you a greater choice of quality hi fi components.
We now carry the Pioneer surround sound receivers and Blu-ray players as well as other Pioneer products. We have their 2 channel hi fi products as well. When paired with the right set of speakers from Dali or KEF they make the perfect entry level system for the budding hi fi enthusiast. |
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 We have added the famous Creek brand of electronics to our line up as well.
This English designed product is one of the best value for money products going around at the moment. The Evolution series is here for you to audition.
The EVO CD player has been judged to be the best player at under 1,000 Euro, an exceptional performance given the number of products in that particular category.
The EVO amplifier received a third place award for amplifiers below 2,000 Euro, again a remarkable achievement.
Featured Product: Evolution Series
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 We have also added another Italian beauty to our product range. Audio Analogue is Italian from start to finish.
The Primo series is the perfect solution for high technology products in a typical living space. The design provides the right proportions of width and depth to allow easy placement on shelf or rack. The elegance of natural brushed or black aluminium perfectly suit any décor.
Featured Product: Enigma
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 And now for another speaker solution- KEF
'Of all art, music is the most indefinable and the most expressive, the most insubstantial and the most immediate, the most transitory and the most imperishable. Transformed to a dance of electrons along a wire, its ghost lives on.
When KEF returns music to its rightful habituation, your ears and mind, they aim to do so in the most natural way they can … without drama, without exaggeration, without artifice’ - Raymond Cooke, KEF founder
The company was founded in 1961 by Raymond Cooke MBE (1925–1995) and was initially headquartered in a Nissan Hut on the premises of Kent Engineering & Foundry (from where the name KEF is derived) – a metal-working company on the banks of the River Medway, near Maidstone in Kent. Cooke, an ex-BBC Electrical Engineer, was keen to experiment with new materials and technologies in order to create products with superior acoustic quality that could reproduce recordings as natural as the original performance. From the very beginning, the pioneering inventiveness of KEF loudspeakers was undeniable and now for several decades, audiophiles around the world have revered KEF for its innovative, high-performance loudspeakers.
Featured Product: C Series & Q Series
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08.08.08
As promised, Acoustic Images is adding more quality products to its line up.
Only after extensive listening and testing, we have found two more brands that have impressed us enough to add to our stable of products. Spendor speakers (made in England) and Synthesis CD players and amplifiers (made in Italy). Read a little about them on our website but more importantly, do yourself a favour and come and listen to them to hear why they impressed us so much!
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 With the introduction of the Viso Two and Viso Five DVD/CD Receivers, NAD now offers the level of performance associated with its highly acclaimed full-size separates in an elegant, compact design. Designed to complement today’s advanced video displays, its graceful proportions and fine details make a sophisticated design statement. And unlike most other “all-in-one” systems, the NAD performs like an award winning NAD separate component. NAD has not made any performance compromises in their quest for convenience and style.
The units come with NAD’s HTR7 remote control that has the ability to learn the codes of up to 8 different devices, thus eliminating the clutter of multiple remotes.
All we need to do is add two or five speakers to give you cinema quality sound in any room of your home. The NAD allows complete freedom to choose speakers that fit your décor and suite your taste in sound.
Their compact dimensions make them great for apartments, yet there is no compromise when it comes to performance.
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 Acoustic Images is proud to announce it now has the famous “Spendor” Brand of Loudspeakers.
Spendor loudspeakers are still hand built using their own drive units made on the premises at the Spendor factory Halisham, East Sussex, England.
All Spendor speakers carry a full five year parts and labour warranty.
All ‘S’ series speakers are available in five luxurious real wood veneers finishes. Cherry, Light Oak, Walnut, Rosenut and Black Ash.
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30.05.08
Pauline R. Kezer once said, "Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights."
...And that’s exactly what Acoustic Images is set on achieving.
It is official! As of 15th May 2008 Audio Video Excellence has changed its name to Acoustic Images, or should I say, back to Acoustic Images. Many of you will recognise that name from many years ago when we started in 1993 in a little shop in Glenferrie Road, Malvern. Since then, in 1999 we merged with another company, changed our name to Audio Video Excellence and moved to our much larger present location in Mt.Waverley. Now it is time for another re-vamp of the business. We have changed our name back to Acoustic Images. We are in the middle of renovating the shop. We are going to stock a lot more new and exciting ranges of audio and visual products and speakers. We will continue to offer exceptional service. We will keep offering a range of high quality equipment. You will continue to see the same friendly faces, Andrew, John and Anthony are still here to share their knowledge and expertise with you.
We will have a broader range of better-equipped showrooms and auditioning rooms for you.
Some new two channel or stereo brands already in stock include CD players and amplifiers from Astin Trew from England, and CD players and amplifiers from Ayre Acoustics from the USA.
We now have Lexicon receivers from the USA for an addition to our home cinema range of products.
As far as speakers go we now have the full range of Ikon, Mentor and Helicon speakers from DALI. We haven’t seen a speaker brand with as many awards as DALI (well maybe they are rivaled by Definitive Technology), which we also stock. Speaking of Definitive Technology, we also have their new range of Mythos speakers. All these new products look stunning as well as being class leaders in performance.
Also now that our new dynamic website is up and running, please do not forget to regularly visit our News and Announcements page as we are planning some exciting events for you to take part in and also visit our Specials page. You never know what you may find! |
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