Finished in Satin Black Ash, American Walnut & Natural Cherry I’ve been at many an audio demonstration, that no matter how impressive, when it ended, the audiophiles were sitting on their hands in stone silence – as if they were in church. There is something about the nature of being a card carrying audiophile that makes these guys afraid to express an…

Klipsch Pro-200A Power Amp $750 (80×2 or 200 mono; 5.5h, 5.69w, 12.75d) Klipsch is now shipping Pro-200A. The Pro-200A is a solid power amp to run with any speakers, but please consider Klipsch speakers as they’re designed to work together. Pro-200A is an AB amp with discrete, high current output transistors. The heat sinks are extensive, not flimsy. Pro-200A has an overload…

Now On Display! Klipschorn AK-6, $15,000 Per Pair Take a look! Marantz Reference Series Marantz Reference Series products have always been among the finest products you can buy. They have been designed by Marantz’s renowned engineer, Ken Ishiwata. Ken has just created a new integrated amp and SACD/CD player dubbed KI RUBY series to mark his 40th anniversary with Marantz. Ken is…

Klipsch Forte III: $4000 Per Pair36h, 16 1/2w, 13d, 72lbs, 99 dB Forte III is the newest, most advanced Forte ever. Forte III incorporates 70 years of speaker building expertise! At 99dB SPL, Forte III can be driven by the most modest of amplifiers. No matter what you have, or what it cost, it can drive the Forte III louder than you’ll…

Just In! McIntosh MAC-7200 Stereo Receiver $7000 (200×2) Mac’s new stereo receiver is a welcome addition to their line up. In addition to FULL BORE Mac power performance, MAC-7200 has a fine preamp, DAC and AM-FM tuner on board! Many of our customers have a high end stereo system in the living room and want to hear the Packers’ announcers while watching…

Magnepan MMGi $650 Per Pair (48h, 14 1/2w, 1 1/4d) Magnepan has improved its entry speaker to MMGi. Maggie has always had an entry speaker that is designed to hook you. It is sheer entrapment! They make this model at an absurdly low price so you’ll take a chance on trying Magnepan. We’re happy to warn you that once you get a…

Klipsch LaScalla II Now In! $8000 Per Pair (35 1/2h, 23 3/4w, 24 1/2d, 175 lbs) Now that LaScalla II has arrived, we have all four models of the current Klipsch Heritage line on display. K has modernized four absolutely iconic speakers from yesteryear! Current Models: Heresy III $2000 Per Pair Forte III $3600 Per Pair Cornwall III $4400 Per Pair LaScalla…

Classical Piano There are many reasons we listen to music. Whatever floats your boat is fine with me. Born in 1953… I enjoyed the same pop/rock music as everybody else growing up during these years. It’s impossible to beat a pretty girl (from Jo Stafford & Dusty Springfield to Diana Ross & Marilyn McCoo to Shelby Lynne & Grace Potter) singing she…

Most speakers in the kingdom of audiophilia sound best well away from the walls. Virtually all esoteric speakers sound best at the 50 yard line. Ideally you would hear the sound of your speakers ONLY. Any and all reflections, or bounces, off walls, ceilings and floors, take away from the purity of your speakers. Room treatments can help quite a bit. Please…

Klipsch Heritage Series Speakers We all know about Klipsch and its iconic line of horn speakers. K has redesigned its entire line of Heritage speakers and most of the new models are here. There are four models in the Heritage Series. Each is a new design with modern components, housed in classic, vintage looking cabinets. Klipsch still makes its top dogs, the…

Klipsch Cornwall 4 Speakers, $6600 per pair(38h, 25 3/8w, 15 1/2d, 100 lbs, 102dB SPL) Black, Walnut & Cherry Real Wood Finishes Most of our customers are on a short leash from the wife. She’ll accept speakers in the living room so long as they don’t take over the room. Depending on your negotiating skills, you might get sleek towers, maybe some…

Air Tight AL05 Bonsai Speakers $2500 Per Pair: (10 3/4h, 6 3/4w, 8 3/4d) Bonsai is designed for the SERIOUS near field listener. That is, you have a den or small room where you want the utmost in quality, but don’t need ferocious SPLs. Bonsai is designed to be the ULTIMATE speaker for precise articulation and imaging. When you want to squeeze…

Harry Pearson started The Absolute Sound Magazine in 1973. He became THE go to reviewer for audio gear for many years. HP virtually invented the language we use to describe the sound of audio gear. HP helped propel the improvement of audio gear with his criticism. In 2009 HP was speaking at an audio show and was asked where he thought the…

Mytek Liberty DAC With MQA! $995 Balanced And Single Ended Outputs! We’ve sold boatloads of Bluesound Node 2s. Node 2 allows you to procure the signal and stream CD and MQA sound. We told you there would be a better sounding MQA decoding DAC one day. We said you could improve your sound by adding said DAC to your Node 2. That…

The signal coming out of your wall looks like this. When we measure distortion with our Mains Noise Analyser, the typical number we read is 800.  The signal coming out of an Isotek Aquarius looks like this.The typical number we read from Aquarius is ZERO! Purpose The main reason you want an Isotek Mains Conditioner in your system is that it improves…

McIntosh MA-252 Integrated Amp: $3500 (100×2) Tube Preamp Section, Solid State Power Amp Section. Mac has introduced this new retro looking, luscious sounding, integrated amp! It is a pure analog unit. It features two high level RCA inputs & one set of XLR inputs. It also supports MM phono. It even has a subwoofer out. It has a 1/4” headphone jack on…