Auditioning with Emotion

Discover the exceptional sound quality and craftsmanship of our carefully curated product selection, ready to be auditioned in our listening rooms.

Our Selection

Our recommended products are available for you to audition in our recommended systems or get in touch with one of our experts today.

Aavik U180

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Aavik U180

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Features advanced UMAC™ amplifier technology, delivering precise audio control and ultra-low noise. The integrated amplifier and DAC are housed in a natural-based composite material to minimise mechanical resonance, enhancing warmth and detail. The device is equipped with multiple Tesla coils for resonance control, ensuring a clear and dynamic soundstage.

Price $12,000

AMP VI

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

AMP VI

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

This stereo power amplifier provides exceptional clarity and dynamics, using a high-current toroidal transformer and selected components for superior sound. The circuit design ensures low distortion and high damping factor, contributing to its precise and powerful audio reproduction.

Price $99,000

Power III

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Power III

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Built for high performance and reliability, it features 12 bipolar output transistors and a high damping factor, ensuring tight bass control and clarity across the frequency spectrum. The amplifier’s robust design includes advanced heat dissipation, making it a reliable choice for demanding audio setups.

Price $29,000

PREAMP V

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

PREAMP V

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Offers versatile connectivity with balanced and unbalanced inputs, and precise volume control through a microprocessor-controlled potentiometer. The preamplifier is designed for signal integrity and minimal interference, providing a transparent and detailed audio signal path.

Price $52,000

Arne

Engström

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Arne

Engström

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

This tube-based integrated amplifier combines Engström’s meticulous design with rich, natural sound characteristics. It features a robust build with carefully selected components to ensure a warm, musical presentation with exceptional harmonic detail.

Price $68,000

HAL 350

Heschl Audio Labs

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

HAL 350

Heschl Audio Labs

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

This innovative DAC/PRE/POWER integrated amplifier is reminiscent of classic valve amplification in the way it enlivens the sound while remaining full-bodied. This together with high resolution and large reserves of power make the HAL 350 compelling at this price level.

Price $25,000

Absolute DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Absolute DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A flagship DAC offering extreme precision and transparency, with advanced jitter reduction and custom-designed power supplies. It is engineered for ultra-low noise and distortion, delivering highly accurate digital-to-analog conversion that preserves the integrity of the original signal.

Price $92,000

EOS DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

EOS DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A high-performance DAC designed for clean and accurate sound reproduction, incorporating advanced jitter elimination and a dedicated linear power supply. Its detailed design focuses on maintaining the purity of the audio signal from digital input to analog output.

Price $20,000

ION DAC/PRE

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

ION DAC/PRE

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Combines high-resolution DAC with preamplifier capabilities, featuring ultra-low noise floors and advanced clocking technology for precise signal timing. The device supports multiple digital inputs, ensuring versatile integration into modern audio systems.

Price $41,000

EOS TIME

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

EOS TIME

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A precision clocking device that enhances the timing accuracy of digital audio signals, significantly reducing jitter. It integrates seamlessly into high-end systems, providing a more coherent and natural sound by stabilising the digital signal flow.

Price $13,000

DAC1 Mk II

Merason

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

DAC1 Mk II

Merason

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Offers a smooth and analog-like sound, with a focus on delivering a natural and engaging listening experience. The DAC employs a minimalist design with high-quality components, ensuring accurate digital-to-analog conversion with a rich tonal balance.

Price $17,000

S500

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

S500

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Provides immense power and precision, capable of driving demanding speakers with ease. Its design incorporates advanced thermal management and a high-current output stage, ensuring consistent performance with minimal distortion.

Price $130,000

Reference DAC

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Reference DAC

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A top-tier DAC with modular design, allowing for future upgrades and customisation. It features a robust power supply and discrete ladder DAC modules, delivering exceptional resolution, dynamic range, and soundstage depth.

Price $100,000

Charybdis

Erzetich

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Charybdis Headphones

Erzetich

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

These flagship planar magnetic headphones feature full-range drivers in CNC-milled aluminum ear cups. They offer a wide soundstage and high comfort with velvet ear pads and a carbon fiber headband, ensuring a clear and immersive listening experience.

Price $6,000

Scylla Headphone Amplifier

Erzetich

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Scylla Headphone Amplifier

Erzetich

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

A fully balanced dual-mono class-A amplifier, designed to deliver expansive and detailed sound. It includes a relay-based volume control and high-quality components, making it an ideal match for premium headphones like the Charybdis.

Price $12,000

Oladra

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

Oladra

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A flagship music server-streamer, the Oladra employs a dual-computer design optimised for server and player functions, with multiple cascaded processing stages. This setup delivers a highly precise digital signal, ensuring ultra-stable clocking and minimal noise for an exceptionally natural and immersive sound​.

Price $53,000

Kala 50

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

Kala 50

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A high-power server-streamer that separates server and player tasks into distinct components, each powered by dedicated, low-noise supplies. The K50 generates various digital outputs, including USB and S/PDIF, with ultra-precise clocking for enhanced audio fidelity​

Price $35,000

Kala 41

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

Kala 41

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A high-power server-only device designed for network and direct streaming. It converts stored or streamed data into a well-timed digital audio signal, offering an upgrade path to the K50 level by adding a player unit like the Kala 22 or Kala 21​.

Price $18,000

Kala 22

Antipodes Audio

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Kala 22

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A medium-power server-streamer that handles both server and player functions. It outputs digital signals via USB, S/PDIF, and AES3, and can be upgraded to match the K50’s performance by integrating additional units​.

Price $17,000

Kala 21

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

Kala 21

Antipodes Audio

Worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A medium-power server-streamer focused on USB output, ideal for those seeking high-quality digital audio on a budget. It can be paired with the Kala 41 to upgrade performance to the K50’s level over USB​.

Price $13,000

Axxess L3

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Axxess L3

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A budget-friendly floorstanding speaker featuring a 7″ woofer and 1″ Kapton ribbon tweeter, delivering clear, dynamic sound. Its composite cabinet minimises distortion, providing an immersive listening experience with advanced driver technology and optimised crossovers. Ideal for high-quality audio at a lower price.

Price $10,000

Black Swans

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Black Swans

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Premium speakers with separate enclosures for the woofer and midrange/tweeter, reducing interference and enhancing clarity. They deliver rich, natural sound with deep bass and precise imaging, excelling with classical and jazz music. The innovative design ensures precise time alignment and minimal cabinet resonance for a pure, immersive experience.

Price $170,000

Børresen X3

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Børresen X3

Audio Group Denmark

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Featuring advanced driver technology, including planar ribbon tweeters and carbon fiber midrange and bass drivers, these speakers deliver superior audio accuracy and low distortion. The heavily braced wood composite cabinets with carbon fiber inserts minimise resonance, while six rear bass reflex ports and a vented tweeter ensure clear, dynamic, and detailed sound. Their minimalist design and sophisticated engineering make them ideal for high-fidelity sound enthusiasts.

Price $23,000

Grande Avant Garde

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Grande Avant Garde

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

The Gershman Acoustics Grande Avant Garde is a high-performance speaker with an innovative cabinet design that enhances bass response. Featuring a 1″ soft-dome tweeter, a 5.25″ carbon-fiber midrange, and an 8″ dual-coil aluminum woofer, it delivers a balanced sound with deep bass and excellent imaging. Its compact size and unique design make it perfect for those seeking a powerful and immersive audio experience in a space-efficient form​.

Price $37,000

Mingus QUINTET 2

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Mingus QUINTET 2

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

The Mingus Quintet 2 by Marten is a high-end four-way speaker featuring five drivers, including diamond tweeters and ceramic midrange drivers. With aluminum honeycomb woofers, it delivers deep bass, wide dynamics, and natural sound. The advanced crossover and Jorma internal wiring ensure precise audio reproduction, making it ideal for those seeking top-tier technology and exceptional performance in a visually striking design.

Price $130,000

Oscar Duo

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Oscar Duo

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

The Oscar Duo is a high-end standmount speaker featuring custom ceramic drivers, including a 7″ bass/midrange driver and a 1″ tweeter, designed for smooth timbral balance and excellent spatial imaging. Its cabinet is available in matte walnut, piano white, and piano black finishes, offering a stylish aesthetic. Internally, high-quality components, such as air core coils and silver/gold capacitors, contribute to its impressive sound performance.

Price $15,500

Parker Trio

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Parker Trio

Marten

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

This versatile floorstanding speaker features a 2.5-way design with ceramic drivers, including two 7.5″ woofers, a 1″ tweeter, and passive radiators for enhanced bass. The M-board cabinet reduces resonance, and Jorma Design cables ensure dynamic sound. Available in matte walnut, piano black, piano white, and matte black finishes, it offers both superior audio performance and aesthetic appeal.

Price $40,000

12FH Speaker

Tobian Sound Systems

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

12FH Speaker

Tobian Sound Systems

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A full-range horn speaker with a 12-inch bass driver and 4-inch mid-high compression driver, delivering detailed and dynamic sound from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Handcrafted in Switzerland, it features real-wood cabinets and an advanced horn design for minimal distortion. This speaker offers a smooth, authoritative listening experience, ideal for audiophiles seeking top-tier sound reproduction.

Price $68,000

Cables & Accessories

Ansuz Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Ansuz Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Ansuz offers speaker, interconnect, and power cables featuring advanced technologies like double inverted helix design and active shielding. Crafted with high-purity conductors and precision connectors, they reduce noise and enhance signal purity.

Jorma Design

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Jorma Design

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Jorma provides speaker, interconnect, and digital cables made with ultra-pure copper and advanced insulation. Handcrafted to minimise signal loss and distortion, these cables deliver transparent, natural sound, maintaining audio system purity.

Puritan Laboratories

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Puritan Laboratories

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Built for high performance and reliability, it features 12 bipolar output transistors and a high damping factor, ensuring tight bass control and clarity across the frequency spectrum. The amplifier’s robust design includes advanced heat dissipation, making it a reliable choice for demanding audio setups.

Mad Scientist Cabels

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Mad Scientist Cabels

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Mad Scientist produces interconnect, speaker, and power cables using innovative materials like carbon fiber. Engineered for high-resolution sound with a natural tone, these cables reduce noise and distortion, offering unique solutions for superior audio quality.

Racks & Isolation Accessories

AG Lifter

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

AG Lifter

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

AG Lifter racks are precision-engineered for vibration control, utilising advanced materials like carbon fiber and aluminum. These racks offer adjustable isolation and damping features to reduce resonance, ensuring your audio components perform at their best. With a modular design, they provide flexibility in configuration, making them ideal for high-end audio setups.

Solid Tech

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Solid Tech

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Solid Tech Racks of Silence use an innovative suspension system to isolate audio components from external vibrations. Constructed with high-quality materials like aluminum and stainless steel, these racks minimise resonance and acoustic interference. The modular design allows for customisable configurations, making them suitable for optimising sound quality in high-performance audio systems.

Power Distribution

Ansuz Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Ansuz Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Ansuz power distribution systems by Audio Group Denmark deliver clean, stable power for high-end audio setups. Utilising advanced technologies like Tesla coils and active cable shielding, they minimise electrical noise and interference, ensuring optimal audio performance. Built with robust construction and premium materials, these units enhance clarity and detail, making them a top choice for achieving superior sound quality.

Puritan Laboratories

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Puritan Laboratories

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Puritan Audio Laboratories power conditioners provide ultra-clean power to audio systems by filtering out noise and interference from the mains supply. Utilising advanced filtering technology, they reduce harmonic distortion and eliminate high-frequency noise, ensuring clear and detailed sound. With robust construction and high-quality components, these units enhance soundstage and dynamic range, making them essential for achieving superior audio performance.

Recommended Systems

System performance has a lot to do with the synergy between the components, the room and the accessories. So we have assembled our product selection into nine recommended synergistic systems for you to experience.

Our Systems

Our recommended systems are available for you to audition in our recommended systems or get in touch with one of our experts today.

THE SWAN SYSTEM

Gershman Acoustics loudspeakers are all about refinement and naturalness combined with power and dynamics. The top-of-the-line Black Swans also deliver realistic scale and impact when required, even in a very large room. The focus here is on realistic scale combined with grace. Give this system space to breathe and you will hear what a Tympani or a drumkit really sounds like. Naturalness and soundstaging will be outstanding. Musical truth is ensured by the choice of electronics with this system.

TOTAL Price $466,000 (eXCL ACCESSORIES)

BLACK SWAN

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

BLACK SWAN

Gershman Acoustics

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Premium speakers with separate enclosures for the woofer and midrange/tweeter, reducing interference and enhancing clarity. They deliver rich, natural sound with deep bass and precise imaging, excelling with classical and jazz music. The innovative design ensures precise time alignment and minimal cabinet resonance for a pure, immersive experience.

Price $170,000

AMP VI

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

AMP VI

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

This stereo power amplifier provides exceptional clarity and dynamics, using a high-current toroidal transformer and selected components for superior sound. The circuit design ensures low distortion and high damping factor, contributing to its precise and powerful audio reproduction.

Price $99,000

PREAMP V

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

PREAMP V

Accustic Arts

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia

Offers versatile connectivity with balanced and unbalanced inputs, and precise volume control through a microprocessor-controlled potentiometer. The preamplifier is designed for signal integrity and minimal interference, providing a transparent and detailed audio signal path.

Price $52,000

Absolute DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Absolute DAC

Ideon Audio

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A flagship DAC offering extreme precision and transparency, with advanced jitter reduction and custom-designed power supplies. It is engineered for ultra-low noise and distortion, delivering highly accurate digital-to-analog conversion that preserves the integrity of the original signal.

Price $92,000

Oladra

Antipodes Audio

worldwide DISTRIBUTION

Oladra

Antipodes Audio

worldwide DISTRIBUTION

A flagship music server-streamer, the Oladra employs a dual-computer design optimised for server and player functions, with multiple cascaded processing stages. This setup delivers a highly precise digital signal, ensuring ultra-stable clocking and minimal noise for an exceptionally natural and immersive sound​.

Price $53,000

The Mingus System

The Mingus system excels in dynamics, refinement, precision, speed and clarity to deliver an exhilarating musical experience. The Marten Mingus Quintet 2 Loudspeakers are also easy to position for optimum performance in almost any size of room.

TOTAL Price $413,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)

Mingus QUINTET 2

MARTEN

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Mingus QUINTET 2

MARTEN

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

The Mingus Quintet 2 by Marten is a high-end four-way speaker featuring five drivers, including diamond tweeters and ceramic midrange drivers. With aluminum honeycomb woofers, it delivers deep bass, wide dynamics, and natural sound. The advanced crossover and Jorma internal wiring ensure precise audio reproduction, making it ideal for those seeking top-tier technology and exceptional performance in a visually striking design.

Price $130,000

S500

MSB TECHNOLOGY

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

S500

MSB TECHNOLOGY

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

Provides immense power and precision, capable of driving demanding speakers with ease. Its design incorporates advanced thermal management and a high-current output stage, ensuring consistent performance with minimal distortion.

Price $130,000

reference dac/pre

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

reference dac/pre

MSB Technology

Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand

A top-tier DAC with modular design, allowing for future upgrades and customisation. It features a robust power supply and discrete ladder DAC modules, delivering exceptional resolution, dynamic range, and soundstage depth.

Price $100,000

Oladra

Antipodes Audio