ArthurDent Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Melbourne Audio Club monthly meeting - A QualiFi night: NAD, JAMO, PSB 8pm Wednesday 15th April, visitors welcome.Willis Room, City of Whitehorse OfficesMaroondah Highway (Whitehorse Road), NunawadingMelway Map 48 Ref G9Contact: 9437 1249 This month's meeting we have the pleasure of QualiFi presenting to the club two hi fi systems. NAD electronics with JAMO speakers and MARANTZ with PSB speakers. These quality brand names will be familiar to most. System one will comprise of NAD's flagship electronics, the M12 Digital Preamp DAC with the M22 Stereo Power Amplifier. The M12 isn't a typical DAC and it isn't a typical preamplifier. Built for the future, the M12 is an ultra-high resolution digital audio hub with audiophile grade features. NAD's Direct Digital processing and class-A buffer guarantee real time 24-bit accuracy. The M12 interfaces with all digital or analogue musical sources, 24/192 Asynchronous USB, coaxial or optical, balanced and single ended line level inputs. The matching power amp, the M22 uses the latest nCore amplifier technology licensed from Hypex. Employing the latest generation of digital Power Drive, the M22 is capable of 300W dynamic power per channel into 8 ohms, and 600W into 2 ohms. Partnering this system will be JAMO's Concert Series speakers, the C109. This new model was introduced to the Australian market, at the Melbourne Hi Fi Show in October 2014. The C 109 features a 3-way bass reflex design. This floor standing speaker uses two 7-inch woofers, a 7-inch midrange driver and a 1-inch decoupled tweeter. The silk dome tweeter is surrounded with an Anti-Diffraction Waveguide to improve off-axis response. The 7 inch drivers use a Hybrid Composition Conical Cone, providing the stiffness and strength of aluminium, with the transient response and smoothness of wood fibre. The meeting will continue with a second system comprising of Marantz electronics and PSB speakers from Canada. At the time of this article, the components for this second system were still to be finalised. I'm hoping to have the SA 8005 SACD player with the matching amplifier, as well as the PSB Imagine T2 speakers. I'm sure QualiFi will have two excellent systems for us all to appreciate. Nick KarayanisCARETAKER Program Co-ordinator Ken TrippWise and Wonderful WebmasterMelbourne Audio Club, Inc. http://www.melbourneaudioclub.org.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 9, 2015 Administrator Share Posted April 9, 2015 I was certainly impressed with NAD's current lineup of electronics. Here's some background reading (hope that's OK @@KenTripp ) for anyone interested: http://www.stereo.net.au/news/exclusive-the-nad-masterstroke/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 I don't mind at all @@Marc and thanks for adding the link. Should be a good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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