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….

Why You Need A JL Audio E-110 Subwoofer $1650 black ash, $1850 gloss black {1200W Amplifier, 14.24h, 13.5w, 16.51d, 53 lbs} Massively built 10”, DOUBLE SPIDER woofer in sealed cabinet config! My heading starts “Why you need…” That’s because… JL Audio’s E-110 subwoofer provides DEEPER, STRONGER & TIGHTER bass than you can get from any pair of towers. You simply cannot get…

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…

Hegel H-590 Integrated Amp $11,000 (301×2) (6.75h, 17w, 17.6d, 50 lbs) Good gravy, is this integrated a STAR or what?! Rated at 301×2 into 8 ohms, double into 4, and double that into 2, H-590 has a frighteningly fine & powerful amplifier section. 300/600/1200! You also get a state of the art DAC and preamp in the same box. It has Ethernet…

Marantz MM-7055 Power Amp $1500 5×140 Power Amp (7 3/16h, 17 3/8w, 15/18d, 36lbs) Marantz’s MM-7055 is a beautiful sounding 5 channel amplifier! Marantz looked at the topic of home theater and decided not to cut corners. 7055 is a full blown, class AB design with linear power supply and bipolar transistors. Think Black Velvet- a black background with smooth overtones. Most…

Welcome Audiolab! Audiolab’s new 6000 Series features a dynamite Integrated Amp, CD Transport & Streamer. The sonic performance matches the brand’s elegant build quality. Available in black or silver, the fit and finish of Audiolab would make you think it’s twice as expensive as it is! Visit the tab near the bottom of our home page for greater detail. Here’s your appetizer….

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…

Klipsch Heresy IV Speakers, $3600 per pair (24.81h, 15.5w, 13.25d, 45 lbs, 99dB SPL) Heresy 4 is significantly improved in several areas. The tweeter now comes in at 4.5k. In H3, it crossed over at 5k, which is more traditional. H4 has a bit less bite, or brightness, than its predecessor. Hence H4 is more extended in the bass and smoother on…

Ortofon Blue MM Cartridge $189 Ortofon is a REAL MANUFACTURER, based in Denmark. Ortofon builds its own cartridges in its own house with Danish TENDER LOVING CARE. Cartridge manufacturing is tedious, precision work. Ortofon is the most reliable REAL MANUFACTURER of carts out there! Consistency and excellence are Ortofon hallmarks regardless of price. We can’t say that about other cartridge manufacturers. We’ve…

Ortofon MC Quintet Black S $1100 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…

Ortofon Bronze MM Cartridge $429 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…

CV It’s unfathomable that when I was writing the March newsletter about Bryston speakers and Rega turntables, CV was barely on our radar. As I’m writing this newsletter in late March, CV is dominating our lives. We will have a Coronavirus statement at the top of our LATEST page. Keep up to speed with us there. It will be updated as needed….

Bryston A2 Loudspeakers $3810 Per Pair (39.5h, 9.25w, 17d, 62 lbs!) Just in is the latest version of the mighty Bryston A2 speakers. For openers, A2 is made in Canada. Here’s a warning though, the warranty is only 20 years. A2 has been a DYNAMITE speaker since its inception not quite a decade ago. Using DUAL sets of tweets/mids/woofs, A2 is a…

Hegel H-120 Integrated Amp ($3000, 75×2) (4h, 17.25w, 11.75d, 28 lbs of DYNAMITE!) Hegel’s new integrated will flat out BLOW YOU AWAY for its price point! H-120 is soooo stinkin’ good that I don’t know exactly how to describe it. But try, I will. First of all, I want to make clear that I think the new H-120 achieves a new plateau…

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…