09.2015

Due in any day! Bryston A Series Subwoofer, $2000 (17h, 17.75w, 15.25d) While announced a couple months back, Bryston’s new, A Series sub will ship “any day.” The A Sub is a unique animal configured to be super tight- to do justice to music as well as movies. The A Sub is a rear ported cube. The forward portion of what you see is wood. In the cabinet are dual, opposing ten inch, long throw, vibration canceling subwoofers. Bryston includes a sophisticated crossover and 400w RMS amp with linear power supply. This is a different design from everyone else who
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08.2015

Emotiva Amplifiers Last month we announced that the Emotiva gear was arriving any day. It’s here, in the flesh. What I want to introduce now is the line of power amps. If you’re not familiar with Emo amps… wow! You’re getting so much hardware for your money that it makes “the other guys” look a bit wimpy for the dollar. These brawny amps muscle up in a number of configurations to help you run stereo or home theater. If you’re a two channel guy, you might be running a receiver or integrated amp. It may have all the inputs you
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07.2015

Welcome Emotiva Audio Emotiva of Franklin, Tenn has offered very affordable, high end separate electronics, most notably gutsy power amps, since 2003. You can link to their page for the full offering, but I want to point out a particularly strong Emo product here. XPA-2 Power Amp, $900, 300×2, 73 pounds. 1.2 KVA transformer, 24 output transistors. AND… Emo is running a summer promo, $810. Are you serious?! This is INSANE! Oh, there’s more. You can buy a second one, run them bridged and have 1000w per amp! This is crazy cheap! Spend $1620 and get 1000×2?! These are Class
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06.2015

Visit To Hear Our Dolby Atmos Theater! I can hear you saying, “Atmos, fatmos, who cares? It’s just Dolby with more letters.” I forgive you for that assumption. Sometimes, that is the case, much ado about very little. But this time… the update provides a real benefit. I don’t expect you to take my word for it. I am hopeful you will visit to hear it for yourself. I’m sure you’re going to be impressed, because I am! I’m a music nut. I enjoy concerts more than movies. When I heard about Atmos coming down the pike, I felt as
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05.2015

Bryston Mini T Speakers, $2880pr (Laminate) or $3200pr (Real Wood) Bryston’s Mini T speakers are trending up in a big way these days. The Mini T fills a much overlooked category. That is, a large “bookshelf” speaker. For many years the large bookshelf speaker dominated our industry. That changed in the 80s when everyone and his brother came out with dinky satellites and a subwoofer that was pretty much just a boom box. The mass marketers pitched our wives on aesthetics. You should replace your old Advents or JBLs with our three little trinkets. We have to say, they were
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04.2015

Bryston BDP-1 USB, $1800   Bryston offers a new model from its Music Player line. The task of BDP-1 USB is to connect to your USB source and strafe out all the computer debris. BDP-1 USB features four USB A style inputs. BDP-1 USB connects to your DAC with a USB A out- running a cable with USB A on one end and USB B into your DAC at the other. The BDP-1 USB will also access your network drive that has music stored on it. Bryston continues its dedication to improve your sound from stored music!     GoldenEar
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