JayVee Technologies and HeyNow! HiFi
Our March meeting will welcome Toby Taylor from JayVee Technologies and Geoff Haynes for HeyNow! HiFi.
JayVee are distributors for several hi-fi, home cinema and audio component brands. The hi-fi brands they distrubute are Aragon, KLH, Revival Audio and SPL. They also distribute home cinema brands such as Acurus, Ascendo, Avit Lighting and Screens, Elite Screens, Epson projectors and JVC projectors. Toby will be bringing along a number of hi-fi components for us to audition however the final equipment selections have not been made as of 9th March 2025.
See https://www.jayvee.com.au for further information on all the equipment Jayvee distribute.
Geoff Haynes is a good friend of the Melbourne Audio Club and has supported us for many years. He hosted a day in January 2025 to demonstrate the Kirmuss record cleaning machine and had a great turnout of MAC members eager to see this machine in action. It was very impressive and well worth thinking about.
For more information on the Kirmuss machine and a number of reviews please go to https://www.heynowhifi.com.au/collections/kirmuss-audio
Record cleaning devices can be a bit controversial at times so come along to the GM and judge for yourself the performance of the Kirmuss machine.
Dave Polanske
Programme Coordinator
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Historical Radio Society of Australia
Our February meeting will welcome Ric Clarke and Tim Robbins who will demonstrate the Williamson amplifier. Ric and Tim are part of the Historical Radio Society of Australia's Hi- Fi and Audio Special Interest Group.
The Williamson is mono and pre-dates stereo by about a decade, and pre-dates speakers with cross-over networks similarly. We will also have a stereo version presented.
The mono amplifier to be demonstrated is an early Australian made version by Sydney based company Audio Engineers and using transformers made in Australia and has an accompanying original Williamson preamp (which is not common to find). Tim has other Williamson amps, in various stages of restoration, and some made in England, but he believes this example is best shown off for its local origin and its preamp.
The amp only puts out about 10-15W before being overdriven, so the meeting will not be ear piercing but will have adequate volume to listen to music. I will be bringing along my Technics SL-G700M2 streamer and Leak Sandwich speakers for both ends of the sound chain.
The Williamson amp design soon became plagiarised and modified, so many amps from the 1950's were referred to as Williamson but typically had significant differences.
I will be taking music requests for this meeting, so if you wish to have a track played please email me your selections. Two selections maximum and each track must be less than 5 minutes and if greater it will not be included. As we will be having a mono setup for part of the presentation preference will be given to those tracks that were recorded in mono. I will not be playing CDs on the night; all tracks will be streamed from Qobuz.
Dave Polanske
Programme Coordinator