Posted on November 29, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Audio Emporium Is Closing December 30, 2025 With this year’s tariff insanity and subsequent market confusion, I put the building up for sale to see if there would be any interest. It sold right away. I opened Audio Emporium in 1977 and have always enjoyed doing demos as well as talking music and equipment with you. Many thanks go out to our…
Category: Newsletters
Posted on October 31, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Bryston / Axiom Speaker Promos At Pre Tariff Pricing We are running promos on Bryston and Axiom (Canadian) demo speakers that we purchased before the tariff pain was inflicted. Below are the MSRPs. Stop in or call for special demo pricing. Bryston/Axiom Speakers From Canada Bryston A2: $4k Per Pair (Walnut Expresso) Bryston Model T: $12k Per Pair (Black Oak) Bryston Middle…
Category: Newsletters Tags: Axiom, Bryston, Castle Speakers, Made in Canada
Posted on October 2, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
A Comparison Of Two Great Amplifiers A wonderful power amp needs to have: *A good sized toroidal transformer, or even better, TWO. These transformers can’t just be pulled out of a parts bin. They need to be made to a cleaner, quieter standard than generic. *A large value of filter capacitance for its power supply. These caps should be low loss ESR…
Category: Newsletters Tags: Atoll AM300, Atoll stereo amp, Recording 100 years ago
Posted on August 30, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Atohm Sirocco Speakers, New Models! We’ve been selling the French built Atohm GT Series speakers for a few years. All of our customers are impressed by the beauty of the finish and the power of sound from relatively small cabinets with a 7 year warranty. To be clear, Atohm builds its own drivers and cabinets in house in France. They don’t buy…
Category: Newsletters Tags: ATOHM, Atohm speakers, Made in France, Sirocco 1.24, Sirocco 2.24
Posted on July 24, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Tariffs Every day we are asked about tariffs. Trump tariffs are being assigned with the percentages changing per his whim. In July he hit Canada with a 25% tariff. On August 1 he ramped it up to 35%. We sell Bryston and Axiom from Canada. The general public seems to think Canada pays the tariff charge. They don’t. Americans pay it. Bryston…
Category: Newsletters Tags: Castle Speakers, tariffs
Posted on July 1, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Isotek Mains Conditioners Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, pre 2010, every “power” company in the world knocked on our door. They all promised their gear would make a sonic improvement and protect our gear from storm related damage. While they did protect gear from power outages, they only hurt the sound quality. THAT was the case with Furman, Panamax, Monster etc….
Category: Newsletters Tags: IsoTek, Isotek Corvus, Isotek Electra, Isotek Polaris
Posted on June 3, 2025 by The Audio Emporium
Atoll MS120 Streamer/DAC, $1600 We have been looking for a CUT ABOVE streamer with built in DAC for years. We’ve finally found something SPECIAL that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. It’s made by Atoll in France with a 3 year warranty, as opposed to something made in China, that has a one year with fingers crossed warranty. Before discussing the…
Category: Newsletters Tags: Atoll MS120, Atoll music streamer, Music Streaming
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