RIP Brian Wilson (1942-2025) Most of us grew up appreciating Brian’s musical creativity. Given his tortured personality it’s amazing that his musical genius could shine through. Fortunately for us… it did. I won’t list a pile of Beach Boys hits. If you love music, you know them. I DO want to point out that the most fascinating musical bio movie I’ve ever…
Al visited from out of town recently. He looked around the store and saw a lot of Bryston speakers. He asked with a confused look, “With all the speakers on the market, why do you sell Bryston? I know they make great amps with a 20 year warranty. But why do you sell their speakers? I didn’t even know they made speakers.”…
BRYSTON – Family Of Curves, Defy the Ordinary, Designed for Goosebumps
Here’s a reminder for you, or a friend, that you can get a very impressive pair of N American built towers for only $1400 Per Pair. The Axiom M50s hit the spot for many aspiring audiophiles. Virtually all the competition in a tower of this price range comes from China. They use flimsy cabinets and drivers. Our point is, you can DO…
Atoll AM200, $2300, {120×2} There are literally thousands of power amps on the market. When you consider the law of diminishing returns, price vs performance, the Atoll AM200 is my favorite value. Some amps are built to look good on the spec sheet. Atoll amps are made to sound great. Their specs are excellent, but the performance goes far deeper than what…
Your surround sound receiver does many tasks. It’s a LOTTA things in one box. *It starts as a preamp with HDMI, digital and analog inputs *The preamp allows you to configure channel range and amplitude *There’s a built in computer to handle immense audio & Hi-res video switching *There’s a surround sound decoding system *There’s a video processing circuit *It processes HDR10,…
Atoll AM300, $3900 150×2 stereo or 500w Monoblock Atoll designs and builds its products, in its own house in France, with a 3 year warranty. They actually populate their own PCBs and do the real work of manufacturing in house. Atoll’s circuit boards are a work of art. There’s a small amount of wire from the transformers to the PCB and THAT’S…