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NO OPEN RETAIL HOURS
We no longer have open retail hours to audition equipment. I opened Audio Emporium in February of 1977. My ethos has always been to sell the best gear at a given price- with a special focus on the law of diminishing returns. I don’t care that a company offers fancy speakers or electronics (or now cables!) for $50-100k on up. People that…
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…
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.
Bryston Sub Tower – Taking Bass Testing to New Heights
Behind the Scenes at BRYSTON. Even bass testing gets taken to new heights. Our design team uses a 90-foot outdoor tower to measure subwoofers. Since ultra-low frequencies have wavelengths too long for even our large factory anechoic chamber to capture accurately.
TAKING BASS TESTING TO NEW HEIGHTS By hoisting prototypes into the open air, we can measure bass response without reflections or interference. It’s a unique part of our research process that helps us understand exactly how those deep notes behave in the real world.
Product Highlight – Atoll CD50 CD Player
Atoll CD50 CD Player, $1650 Atoll’s magnificent CD50 is a Red Book CD player. It has been designed SPECIFICALLY to play CDs. It doesn’t play SACDs, Blu-rays, DVDs or BetaMax tapes. It was built specifically to play CDs and incorporates many choices that make it IDEAL for that task. I want to put CD50 on your radar because you’re probably hearing a…