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
The Gershman Black Swans deliver scale, weight and refinement in large rooms, and we have teamed them with the enormous power of the Accustic Arts AMP VI to ensure outstanding rhythmical grip, natural timbre and top-to-bottom coherence. The source is an Oladra with the Ideon Absolute DAC, ensuring a vanishingly low noise floor and stunning realism.
We currently have an ex-demo pair of Black Swans available at an attractive price only available to our Subscribers
TOTAL Price $414,000 (eXCL ACCESSORIES)
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
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
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
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 Marten Mingus Quintet is perfect for delivering a full-range performance in a medium-sized room, with the ultimate in refinement and precision. The Mingus loudspeakers are powered by the stupendous MSB S500 Amp, and the source is an Oladra paired with an MSB Reference DAC. This setup gels to provide a powerful and rhythmical delivery with stunning transparency to the recorded event.
TOTAL Price $413,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
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
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
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
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 Tobian SYSTEM
The Tobian 12FH is a pure thoroughbred, described by one critic as the best loudspeaker under USD350,000. With high efficiency horns and gorgeous 300B amplification, this system delivers all of the sheer beauty of being in the presence of the real instruments and real voices.
Like any thoroughbred, this system needs to be used within its performance envelope and with suitable material, but is the personal favourite of our most ‘golden-eared’ staff-member.
TOTAL Price $212,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
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
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
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
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
THE Parker SYSTEM
The Marten Parker Trios have the versatility to do any music justice. Our matching of these very engaging speakers with the fast, precise and incredibly refined Nagra Classic electronics delivers a system that is much greater than the sum of its parts. The Parker room will surprise in the way it makes music ‘fun’ and effortlessly conveys the essence of any musical style.
TOTAL Price $209,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
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, and matte black finishes, it offers both superior audio performance and aesthetic appeal.
Price $40,000
Classic DAC ii
Nagra audio
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
The Nagra Classic DAC offers high-resolution conversion with support for DSD 2x and PCM up to 384 kHz/24-bit. Designed with a Class A discrete transistor output stage, featuring nine matched transistors per channel, it delivers rich, musical sound. An internal power supply achieves high performance, with the option to be powered by the Classic PSU for even greater audio fidelity.
Price $35,000
Classic Preamp
Nagra Audio
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
Built for those seeking refined audio, the Classic Preamp combines the warmth of two 12AX7 tubes and one 12AT7 tube with precise control over a 10 Hz to 50 kHz frequency range. Total harmonic distortion is kept to just 0.01%, and with 1 XLR and 4 RCA inputs, plus 2 XLR and 1 RCA outputs, it offers flexible connectivity. The optional Classic PSU can be added for enhanced signal purity and stability.
Price $36,000
Classic PSU
Nagra Audio
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
The Classic PSU is an external power source designed to elevate Nagra’s Classic components by providing consistent, noise-free power. Engineered to support multiple devices simultaneously, it stabilises power across setups, ensuring each component operates at peak performance for an exceptional audio experience.
Price $30,000
Classic Amp
Nagra Audio
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
This solid-state power amplifier delivers 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, with a pure Class A operation transitioning smoothly to AB for high-output demands. Equipped with 12 bipolar transistors per channel and a high damping factor, it ensures tight bass control and clarity. Advanced heat dissipation keeps the amplifier stable and reliable, ideal for demanding high-end audio systems. The Classic Amp can be easily configured for conventional stereo operation, or bridged-mono or bi-amped mono.
Price $33,000
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
THE AVANT GARDE SYSTEM
The Gershmann Grand Avant Garde loudspeakers are considered by many people to be the best loudspeakers at any price for a medium to small-ish room.
They are ideal for Jazz-lovers, due to their full-range, speed, refinement and tonal purity. With relatively small drivers, maximum volume is limited, but a high quality 100W amplifier is sufficient to deliver stunning performance.
TOTAL Price $101,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
grand avant garde
gershman acoustics
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand & australia
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, and matte black finishes, it offers both superior audio performance and aesthetic appeal.
Price $37,000
Classic Int
Nagra
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
The Nagra CLASSIC INT is a 100W solid-state integrated amplifier that merges the power stage of the CLASSIC AMP with a newly developed preamplifier for exceptional musicality. Designed for versatility and ease of use, it features balanced and unbalanced inputs, input sensitivity adjustment, and Nagra’s iconic modulometer. Compact yet powerful, it offers the performance of separate components in a single elegant unit.
Price $40,000
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
BARTOK Apex
DCS Audio
The dCS Bartók APEX is a high-performance DAC, streamer, preamp, and optional headphone amplifier in one. Featuring the latest Ring DAC APEX technology, it delivers exceptional resolution, dynamics, and musicality for both stereo and headphone listening.
THE ERZETICH SYSTEM
The Erzetich Charybdis open-back headphones deliver a soundstage with depth, precision, and natural tonality, offering a listening experience that rivals traditional speaker setups. Listeners are often amazed by the scale and realism these headphones produce, making them ideal for those seeking a personal, engrossing encounter with their favourite music.
TOTAL Price $51,000 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
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
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
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
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
THE oscar SYSTEM
The Oscar Room is our most modestly-priced recommended system, and yet its sound characteristics succeed in getting out of the way of the music as convincingly as any of our systems. It has a lyrical quality that you will be immediately captivated by. In a bigger room, the floor-standing Oscar trio is recommended.
Teaming the Oscars with the powerful Accustic Arts Power III DAC/Pre/Power delivers a tight and near-full-range performance that utterly defies the diminutive size of the Marten Oscar Duos.
TOTAL Price $79,500 (EXCL ACCESSORIES)
oscar duo
marten
Exclusive Distributor – New Zealand
This standmount speaker features custom-made ceramic drivers, including a 7″ woofer and 1″ tweeter, delivering smooth timbral balance and impressive spatial imaging. The cabinet is available in matte walnut, piano white, and piano black finishes. High-quality internal components like copper foil air core coils and silver/gold capacitors ensure top performance. Its elegant design and premium components make it ideal for those seeking both style and high-level sound performance in a compact form.
Price $15,500
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
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
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