Audio Emporium Welcomes Elac America Speakers! Elac America is a new branch of a company that has been in business since 1926. Elac, a German company, has been in different businesses over the years but first was seen on the hi-fi radar making turntables for consumer use, Elac Benjamin Miracord. Elac has made high end speakers and electronics in Europe. It’s exciting that Elac has a new branch of its company now, Elac America. Elac did it right by hiring internationally acclaimed speaker designer, Andrew Jones, to design its new Debut Series of speakers! Jones had been with TAD for
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Thorens TD-295 MK IV $1200 Thorens is a Swiss company that makes its turntables in Germany. Thorens continues to have high stakes in the record playing business. The Thorens TD-295 is the company’s first true audiophile table. It does have an auto shutoff mechanism. But there is no linkage between the arm and automation. When the LP is over, TD-295 just stops spinning. Hence it is an auto shut off model. Tempting!! It’s a serious table that you don’t have to tend. TD-295 is a third heavier than lesser Thorens models. It uses a heavy wood base and steel platter
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NAD Electronics NAD continues its emphasis on modestly priced, muscular integrated amps. The bass, dynamics and power of NAD integrateds are legendary. The CD players are simple and clean. There are two D products stealing thunder throughout our industry as they interface with computers and other audio gear. As always, the prices are extremely competitive! Integrated Amps: Analog These first three integrateds are classic, thunder and lightning products. They’re analog in design and feature the strongest amp sections in the integrated world for the money. These sound warm on top and thick on the bottom! The designation BEE stands for
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GoldenEar SuperSub XXL $2000 (15 3/4h, 18 7/8w, 15 1/4d) With dual opposing 12” drivers and a 1600w amp with DSP, XXL reaches a new level of performance from GoldenEar. While the sound is prodigious, this Dual-Plane technology controls resonance like never before. You can run the sub to strong levels and still see a nickel sit on its edge without tipping over. This is no one note wonder. There’s ample detail and texture in its sound. Yet the output is WAUMPUS! If you want big time power yet control, SuperSub XXL sets new standards. We’ve seen dual-plane subs before
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Hegel H-360 Integrated Amp, $5700 (250×2) Is it fair that the best gets better? Hegel’s new H-360 raises the bar from its vaunted predecessor. The power rating is the same, 250×2. The improvement comes in a new, beefed up version of Hegel’s patented Sound Engine technology. Damping factor has been improved to an industry crushing spec of 4000! H-360 has a higher voltage transformer. Noise floor has been lowered due to separate transformer for preamp and DAC. New balanced inputs from the P30 reference preamp are employed for lower noise floor than ever. H-360 uses Apple AirPlay. Hegel’s master clock
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