Vintage gear sure looks cool. Classic looks are fun. But good performance, ah, NO. The problem with vintage gear is, that it’s OLD! So am I. I started selling audio gear in 1971 in college. The electronics of that era ran hot and broke frequently, even when new. The truth is, cool as it was, the gear we sold back in the…

Kimber Kable, Hero Interconnects, Ultraplate RCAs or XLRs .5m $253, 1m $318, 1.5m $383, 2m $448 Kimber makes cables from modest to esoteric. The sweet spot for most of our customers is the iconic Kimber Hero. It is used in some of the highest end systems going, yet is still reasonably priced. Hero consists of a four wire, Varistrand, braided geometry, interlink…

Bryston Mini T Speakers: $4075 Per Pair (22.5h, 10.5w, 10d, 42 lbs, Black Ash, Boston Cherry or Walnut)Matching Stands, 20.5” High: $600 Per Pair C-19 has delayed the delivery of many products. Bryston’s Mini T has been on back order since early in the year. The dam has just broken and we’ve gotten a few pairs in black. If you’ve never heard…

15.5h, 8.5w, 8.25d, 12 lbs, 87dB, 4 ohms To get more background on Bryston speakers please take a minute to read “Bryston Speakers”. The background story and speaker technology is described there. This entry is specific to the Mini A. The warranty on all Bryston speakers is 20 years! Mini A: 3-Way Design Bryston’s Mini A is a special mini as it…

C-19 has been brutal on many of our manufacturers. Supply has been sparse on a lot of inventory, most notably Bryston speakers. You know, the speakers that have a 20 year warranty and sound GREAT! We’ve just gotten our first shipment of Brystons since March. This first batch includes some of our best sellers. Mini A. A3. And A2. Just to remind…

As you plan your music system, which product is the FIRST IN LINE? Yep, the Mains Conditioner. If you do NOT have a major league mains conditioner at the head of your system, you’re leaving dynamics and definition on the table. Even if you have $100k worth of great gear… without a great mains conditioner, you’ve already lost the battle for resolution….

Byston A3 $3290 Per Pair {37.5h, 9.25w, 15d, 53 lbs, 87 SPL, 6 ohms} Walnut, Black Ash, Boston Cherry Bryston’s A3 is the FIRST great tower speaker. I say FIRST, because anything less than it, just doesn’t have the testosterone, smoothness or reliability of Bryston. Bryston’s warranty is 20 years! Bryston A3 is designed and built in Bryston’s own factory in Canada….

Please consider doing business with Audio Emporium. We sell cost effective AV gear. We look at the investment/performance ratio with what we offer. We concentrate our interest and demos in products you can actually buy- instead of gear in never-never land. We can help you navigate the enormous landscape of audio gear and provide remarkable value for the dollar you spend. By…

Should you run a subwoofer? Should you run two subwoofers? In the vast majority of the cases the answers are yes, and yes. Why?   It starts with the reality that you will be hard pressed to find a tower that delivers bass comparable to a great subwoofer. Notice the sneaky catch line there, great subwoofer. That means JL Audio. When you…

I like to read a bunch of audio mags. You always manage to learn something from them. Let’s check the lineup. First up this month… Phono Cartridge $9k Tested on tables for tens of thousands. Give me a MoFi UltraDeck table with MasterTracker Cart for $2000, thank you very much. The MoFi combo will challenge virtually anything out there at its reasonable…

Ortofon Bronze MM Cartridge $460 Ortofon First of all, Ortofon is a REAL MANUFACTURER, based in Denmark. Yup, Ortofon builds its own cartridges in its own house with Danish TENDER LOVING CARE. I’m not saying what comes out of Asia is no good. I AM saying NOBODY has Ortofon’s dedication to detail throughout its product line. Make no mistake, cartridge manufacturing is…

Iconic Marantz engineer-designer, Ken Ishiwata, has died at age 72. Ken was among the classiest of men. He always had a pleasant, friendly demeanor. I have to tell you that MOST designers would rather not mingle with sales people, the public or the press. Ken liked everybody. He dressed to the nines in Euro Japanese attire. He took his personal presentation, music…

Isotek’s Aquarius ($2k) has won hearts and ears of many of our customers. It will improve the sound of literally any system by filtering out the electrical haze coming out of your wall. Transients become more distinct. Vocals cut through the grill cloths of your speakers. Most noticeably, bass sludge disappears.It starts with a visit to Audio Emporium. We can show you…

Kimber Kable Tonik Interconnects .5m $121, 1m $134, 1.5m $147, 2m $160 While Kimber is known primarily for very high end cables like the new Carbon interconnects, don’t forget about the best value at the other end of the price scale, the affordable Kimber Tonik interconnects. Tonik begins life as a three wire, Varistrand, braided geometry, interlink cable. With high purity copper…

At Audio Emporium we’re all about the point of diminishing returns. State of the art is invariably UBER priced. We try to attain EDGE of the art performance for affordable money. We would like to get close to the best performance, at significantly less dinero. Kimber has hit the nail on the head with its new Carbon speaker and interconnect cables! Ray…

Carbon Speaker Cables Carbon 8: 1m $1100pr, 2m $1320pr, 3m $1760pr, 4m $2200pr, 5m $2640pr Carbon 16: 1m $1640pr, 2m $2520pr, 3m $3400pr, 4m $4280pr, 5m $5160pr Carbon 18XL: 1m $3140pr, 2m $4300pr, 3m $5460pr, 4m $6620pr, 5m $7780pr Kimber recently introduced my favorite interconnect cable for the money, the Kimber Carbon.While more than entry level coin ($510 .5m) the Carbon performs…