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Goldmund released the 25th anniversary model of its Apologue speaker system at the recently-concluded Hong Kong Audio Fair. The exterior design is identical to previous Apologues, but not the internal components. Whereas the original version of the Goldmund Apologue, released in 1987, was a three-way passive design, the new Apologue Anniversary has twice as many drivers and built-in amplification (claimed power output of the in-built amplifiers is 1,800-watts per speaker). Only 50 pairs of the original Apologue were ever produced, one of which was displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Only 25 of the 25th Anniversary Goldmund Apologue will ever be made according to Rodolphe Boulanger, Goldmund’s Sales Manager. As for the cost, he says it will be: ‘ Over half a million US dollars’… not least because it includes the cost of Goldmund’s technical team flying from Switzerland to your home to install them. Boulanger told Australian Hi-Fi Magazine: ‘ while it would be technically correct to say the Apologue Anniversary is 100 per-cent amplitude and phase correct, providing for the first time a perfect response from a pair of speakers, we do not develop technologies or manufacture equipment just for the sake of it. Instead our ultimate objective and reward is to create emotions and we believe that the more perfect the sound reproduction, the more intense these emotions will be. So we focus on the results the technologies we develop can provide in this sense, which include incredible spaciousness, each instrument positioned at its correct place, complete stability of the image, perfect well-defined treble, extremely neat bass, ultrahigh definition and precision in the voices, high playback levels without distortion and no fatigue to the listener, even at extremely high levels.’ For further information, please contact Kedcorp on (02) 9561 0799 or visit the website at www.kedcorp.com.au