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

WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE • SENNHEISER ORPHEUS HE-1 ELECTROSTATIC HEADPHONES

HOMAGE TO THE FOUNDER • WILSON AUDIO CHRONOSONIC XVX

FUTURE AWARD-WINNER? • ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST DESIGNERS RELEASES THE FIRST PROGRESSION INTEGRATED

YOURS FOR $659,000 • AND WITH TWIN DIAMOND TWEETERS…

BOULDER 866 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

YAMAHA GT-5000 TURNTABLE

INTERVIEW • Kiyohiko Goto is Chief Engineer of the Hi-Fi Department AV Division at Yamaha. We asked him about the development and concepts behind the GT-5000 turntable.

METRONOME AQWO SACD/CD PLAYER/DAC

WILSON BENESCH & NIRVANA SOUND

Wilson Benesch – Origins & Beyond • Wilson Benesch is owned and directed today by husband-and-wife team Craig and Christina Milnes, with son Luke Milnes as International Sales and Marketing Director. Audio Esoterica spoke with Craig and Christina about its earliest days, what has changed… and what remains the same.

DELIVERING MUSICAL NIRVANA

KYRON KRONOS ‘BRABHAM EDITION’ LOUDSPEAKERS

KYRON: THE ORIGIN STORY • Leon Suter is the sound technology guy, Lee Gray is the designer and mechanic, and both are musicians. We asked how their paths led to Kyron and how they work together.

VIVID AUDIO KAYA 25 LOUDSPEAKERS

THE B&W CONNECTION

Q ACOUSTICS CONCEPT 300 LOUDSPEAKERS

McINTOSH C53/MC462 PRE/POWER AMPLIFIERS

AUDIONEC EVO #2LOUDSPEAKERS

KLIPSCH CORNWALL IV LOUDSPEAKERS

STILL MADE IN THE USA

KRELL K-300i DIGITAL INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

DYNAUDIO CONFIDENCE 60 LOUDSPEAKERS

TESTING WITH JUPITER