Isotek’s Aquarius ($2k) has won hearts and ears of many of our customers. It will improve the sound of literally any system by filtering out the electrical haze coming out of your wall. Transients become more distinct. Vocals cut through the grill cloths of your speakers. Most noticeably, bass sludge disappears.It starts with a visit to Audio Emporium. We can show you…
At Audio Emporium we’re all about the point of diminishing returns. State of the art is invariably UBER priced. We try to attain EDGE of the art performance for affordable money. We would like to get close to the best performance, at significantly less dinero. Kimber has hit the nail on the head with its new Carbon speaker and interconnect cables! Ray…
Audiophiles rage on this debate till all hours on the Internet. Let’s go! Room Treatment Yep. Number one, if you don’t treat your walls with some absorbing materials, the sound will bounce around like a gymnasium. I’m not intending to get into esoteric and expensive solutions here. Those certainly abound. I’m recommending you at least PAY ATTENTION to the problem and deal…
Isotek Polaris Mains Conditioner $500 The price includes one Initium, which is a high end power cable that connects Polaris to the wall. You can buy additional Initiums for $100 each. They should replace the cheapy black cables that came with your nice hi-fi gear. Polaris has been on the market now for several years and has earned a reputation for improving…
Ortofon Bronze MM Cartridge $440 Best Bang For Your Buck! There are zillions of cartridge choices out there. Which cart, out of all of them, hits the point of diminishing returns? I’m here to tell you, it’s the Ortofon Bronze 2M Moving Magnet cartridge. It will give you the biggest slice of very high end vinyl at an attainable price point. Why?…
Streaming is lots of fun. The option to choose a song with a light touch of your tablet is pretty tempting. We are so spoiled! Yet for those of us who listen to entire works, or ALBUMS (can you imagine?!), please don’t lose track of your silver discs. That would include Red Book CD, and of course SACD. I for one, still…
“The speaker’s upper cabinet contains the new tweeter, which sports a lightweight polyimide diaphragm loaded by Klipsch’s Tractrix horn.” Like no other. “This is a striking sounding design, in an almost entirely positive way. It’s the aural equivalent of a bright, fresh autumn morning with an azure-blue sky and a chill in the air through which the sunshine blazes a path. Listening…