Crafted in Australia with French flair
Shows and listening rooms
AUSTRALIAN HIFI SHOW | OUR FIRST SHOW IN SYDNEY | APRIL 2024
Microphase Audio Design’s stable of unique Australian speaker designs has been in constant expansion by prolific designer and company founder Jean-Marie Lière. Lière has recently added three slimline floorstanders to the company’s portfolio, which maintain their svelte fascia by having their woofers mounted on the side panels. The new Tower 1, Tower 3 and Tower 4 speakers feature Lière’s beloved Audax drivers which are made to specification. The woofers come from SB Acoustics. A team of CD player, streamer and a gorgeous vintage Stellavox reel-to-reel player provided the tunes. Lière is a master at wringing dynamic expression and detail from his designs and, despite the limitations of the room acoustics, the sound reaffirmed those qualities. Look out for the upcoming review of the SAT Mk III standmounts in the very near future.
Soundstage Australia | Edgar Kramer
Soundstage Australia | Edgar Kramer
M.A.D. speakers are renowned for their extraordinary clean midrange, certainly demonstrated up in Room 903 but newly supplemented by the more significant bass performance of the latest Tower 4 design (left of picture), now the highest level of the brand’s iteratively expanded speakers. This is the first to introduce an MTM arranged pair of 13cm midrange drivers flanking the tweeter, while below are twin active 10-inch bass drivers in a push-pull arrangement, each powered by a 150W MosFet amplifier. From an eclectic collection of electronics on hand, MAD’s Jean-Marie Liere was using a classic Quad 606 amplifier to drive the Tower 4s, which were most definitely on song, our favourite being a thrilling delivery of London Grammar’s Hey Now.
WHATHIFI and Australian Hifi Magazine
WHATHIFI and Australian Hifi Magazine
INTERNATIONAL HIFI SHOW | MELBOURNE OCTOBER 2023
First show after COVID | New logo | COMPLETE NEW RANGE!
SoundStage Australia said:
I’ve heard Microphase Audio Design’s Jean-Marie Lière’s diminutive speaker designs on many occasions and have been pleased with a sonic presentation which always defies stature. Talking to JM at the show about my even more heightened opinion of what I was hearing, I found out that he had conducted extensive crossover refinements in the current generation. I enjoyed the toe-tapping musicality, the controlled bass, the expressive dynamic contrast and the precise imaging. The latter in total denial of the very near field and cramped room arrangement. Those comments applied to both the SAT-MK3 3-way standmount (rear mounted 170 mm 'subwoofer' crossed at 200Hz) and the slimline Tower One floorstanders. Supporting equipment came via Microphase Audio Design’s own CSW-A subwoofer, Perreaux iX300 integrated amplifier, Holton Audio 101 power amplifier, Accento Dynamica valve amplifier (used through its valve preamplifier stage feeding the subwoofer), Musical Fidelity Bluetooth Receiver and inakustik cable loom. On casual play was a Rega P3 sporting the new-ish Les Davis Audio 33 1/3D record platter slip mat.
I’ve heard Microphase Audio Design’s Jean-Marie Lière’s diminutive speaker designs on many occasions and have been pleased with a sonic presentation which always defies stature. Talking to JM at the show about my even more heightened opinion of what I was hearing, I found out that he had conducted extensive crossover refinements in the current generation. I enjoyed the toe-tapping musicality, the controlled bass, the expressive dynamic contrast and the precise imaging. The latter in total denial of the very near field and cramped room arrangement. Those comments applied to both the SAT-MK3 3-way standmount (rear mounted 170 mm 'subwoofer' crossed at 200Hz) and the slimline Tower One floorstanders. Supporting equipment came via Microphase Audio Design’s own CSW-A subwoofer, Perreaux iX300 integrated amplifier, Holton Audio 101 power amplifier, Accento Dynamica valve amplifier (used through its valve preamplifier stage feeding the subwoofer), Musical Fidelity Bluetooth Receiver and inakustik cable loom. On casual play was a Rega P3 sporting the new-ish Les Davis Audio 33 1/3D record platter slip mat.
INTERNATIONAL HIFI SHOW | MELBOURNE OCTOBER 2018
We had our first Australian public presentation at the International Hifi Show in Melbourne on 12-14 October 2018 at the Pullman Mercure Hotel Albert Park.
In its third year this show organised by StereoNet and Marc Rushton was a great success driving almost 400 visitors to our small room. See some of the comments from visitors and journalists alike on our Testimonials page
In its third year this show organised by StereoNet and Marc Rushton was a great success driving almost 400 visitors to our small room. See some of the comments from visitors and journalists alike on our Testimonials page
SALON DE LA HAUTE FIDELITE | PARIS | NOVEMBER 2016
WHERE CAN ONE LISTEN TO THESE INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS?
At this stage, you can only listen to them at these locations:
FRANCE and the EEC
Point Musiques - 25 rue de l'Eglise - Warluis - FRANCE
Please call Jean-Jacques Capello on +33 (0) 6 26 79 46 84 to make an appointment
or email: [email protected]
www.pointmusiques.fr
FRANCE and the EEC
Point Musiques - 25 rue de l'Eglise - Warluis - FRANCE
Please call Jean-Jacques Capello on +33 (0) 6 26 79 46 84 to make an appointment
or email: [email protected]
www.pointmusiques.fr
New Showroom in Downtown Paris!
La Maison du Haut-Parleur - 138 Avenue Parmentier - 75011 Paris
Phone: +33 1 43 57 80 55
Email: [email protected]
www.lamaisonduhautparleur.com
Phone: +33 1 43 57 80 55
Email: [email protected]
www.lamaisonduhautparleur.com
Great Britain
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We have recently appointed a new listening room in Kent, England.
After Brexit, we were keen to find a partner for covering the UK market. Enter Val Hifi in Ashford, Kent, a boutique importer/dealer and its principal extraordinaire, Greg Chapman! www.valhifi.co.uk +443335772005 [email protected] |
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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Microphase Audio Design - Sydney - Australia
Please call Jean-Marie LIERE on +61 (0) 40 41 070 42 to make an appointment
or email:
[email protected]
www.microphaseaudiodesign.com
Microphase Audio Design - Sydney - Australia
Please call Jean-Marie LIERE on +61 (0) 40 41 070 42 to make an appointment
or email:
[email protected]
www.microphaseaudiodesign.com
Our Sydney listening room
REST OF THE WORLD
Contact us: [email protected]
Contact us: [email protected]
Crafted in Australia with French flair
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