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NO OPEN RETAIL HOURS
We no longer have open retail hours to audition equipment. We do have some remaining gear to sell off. While we are preparing our building for the new owners … You can call to purchase remaining pieces and schedule a time to pick it up. Check out the list at our SALE button and scroll down further, also check out the RED…
Observations Down The Home Stretch
Hi-Fi Mags The hi-fi mags of the 70s were written from the point of view of consumer advocacy. That’s long gone. I’m really sad about that. I still remember an early TAS where Harry Pearson was saying he had to go through a handful of ADC XLM cartridges, to find one where the cantilever didn’t collapse. He also pointed out that they…
Audio Emporium Is Closing December 27, 2025, @3PM
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 thousands of customers who have chosen to…
TAS Issue 10-25 (#364)
I always tear open new issues of audio mags with enthusiasm. Let’s see what TAS writes about in October. I don’t mind that they have advertisements from companies who sell speakers, amps etc for zillions of dollars. Those ads are paid for by those companies. I don’t like when magazines waste time and space reviewing ridiculously unaffordable products. If there is one…
More On CD Players
Herb Reichert of Stereophile has been an anti CD guy for 40 years. That has disappointed me because he should have known better. Often his writing on music and other gear is in line with my perceptions. Why has he been so OFF on CDs? I almost fell off my chair a few months ago when he said CDs have now come…
Tariff Talk 9-12-2025
The entire tariff situation remains a confusing mess. DT threatens tariffs of a wide range of percentages – on varying countries per his whim. What’s real? What isn’t? What is posturing? What actually is assessed? How can an importer PLAN AND PRICE? Europe This missive is specifically about the situation with Europe. The tariff is 15% now. To be clear, the American…
Bryston Trim T10 Rave
Review on Bryston Trim T10 speaker: I was absolutely ‘BLOWN AWAY’ by so many things. The ability to hear each instrument and actually have the system place it in a rock solid non wavering place on the stage was absolutely incredible James.