Inside the MOON 371 Compass Collection Arrival
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If you have ever wondered what happens when a Canadian audio giant decides to take everything it has learnt over decades and pack it into something that looks like it belongs in a Bond villain’s lounge room, the answer has finally arrived in Australia. It is called the MOON 371 Compass Collection, and it has just landed at Addicted To Audio, the place where every audiophile eventually ends up after pretending they can stop upgrading.
This is the first model in Simaudio’s brand new Compass line, and if you think “entry level” means “compromise”, then you have not met Simaudio. This thing is built with the sort of engineering confidence that makes you wonder whether they accidentally made it too good and have now spent several weeks in a meeting room deciding how to explain themselves.
The MOON 371 Compass Collection follows the brand’s North Collection, the high priests of Simaudio’s sonic temple. Compass sits just underneath it, guiding newcomers into the world of high-end audio with a gentle hand, or as gentle as anything can be when it costs twelve grand and looks like it could power a small aircraft.
Engineering that feels slightly unfair
At the heart of the MOON 371 Compass Collection are technologies dragged straight from the brand’s top shelf. The MOON Hybrid Power supply is here, offering a level of stability that makes the national electricity grid look embarrassed by comparison. Then you have the MOON Distortion Cancelling Amplifier, a piece of tech that exists purely to remove distortion so cleanly you would think it was never there.
This is engineering done by people who looked at physics, shrugged, and decided to do better anyway.
Control that actually feels modern
You can run the 371 with the front controls, the MOON MiND app, or the new CRM 4 aluminium remote. It is a lovely slab of metal that feels like Simaudio sat down, looked at the pile of flimsy plastic remotes plaguing modern consumer tech, and said “absolutely not”.
If you want the fanciest option, the BRM 1 remote from the North Collection connects as well. It has a full colour display and a proper weighted volume knob, which alone might be worth buying it for. Everyone loves a good volume knob, particularly one that feels like it might be machined from an old V8 piston.
A design that does not age
The Compass Collection is all about merging premium materials, clean lines, and that smug confidence high end audio gear always has. It looks expensive, which is handy because it is. But it also looks timeless, which is more than you can say for most audio gear pretending to be futuristic.
Every unit is backed by a ten year warranty, because Simaudio remains one of the few brands on Earth that still builds things as if they expect them to work properly for the next decade instead of dying the moment the warranty expires.
The Australian arrival
The MOON 371 is on sale now, exclusively at Addicted To Audio, both online and in store, for $11,999. Yes, it is a lot of money. But high end audio is not about money. It is about chasing that moment when a familiar song suddenly feels brand new. It is about detail, nuance, and the sort of sonic clarity that makes you question why you ever wasted time listening to compressed files on cheap earbuds.
The MOON 371 Compass Collection is not here to be subtle. It is here to show you exactly what Simaudio can do when it decides to make high end accessible without making it ordinary.
And frankly, it does a very good job of proving the point.
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