New! Marantz Surround Receivers Every couple of years Marantz revises its line of surround receivers. The time has come and the new models are now on hand. Before going on to specific models and features, why should you buy a Marantz surround receiver vs something else? Virtually all surround receivers have plenty of features now. What makes Marantz better is technology that provides better audio/video performance than the other guys. For openers, Marantz receivers use high current amplifiers, as opposed to voltage amplifiers. The high current amps sound more gutsy. They don’t distort as quickly. They sound more controlled within
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GoldenEar Triton 7 Speakers, $1400pr In our August Newsletter we crowed about GE bringing out the new Triton 1 speakers. At $5k per pair they’re generating massive interest in the hifi world. Now that we’ve had them close to a month and have heard them with a variety of different amps, we can corroborate that they are living up to advance billing. That is, they are super clear and detailed- with plenty of muscle. So why are we returning to T-7 this month? When you tear apart T-1, you see two 5.25” mid woofers and a ribbon tweeter- in D’Appolito
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Now On Display! GoldenEar Triton One Speakers, $5000pr GoldenEar has introduced one tremendously successful speaker after another. There’s a new alpha lion! It all started a few years back with the Triton 2 tower with powered subs, $3000pr. Using its version of the vaunted Heil Ribbon Tweeter, GoldenEar set new standards of smoothness and imaging in the world of affordable towers with integral subs. Before GoldenEar, such speakers were basically thought of as theater speakers where the wife wouldn’t tolerate a stand alone subwoofer. Triton 2 served that purpose as well. But mostly T-2 won audiophiles who wanted detail, kick,
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    New! PeachTree Nova 125SE $1500 (125×2) PeachTree’s Nova 125 has been an excellent integrated amp! PeachTree has just upped its game a notch with the new Nova 125SE. First of all, Nova 125SE still has a SABRE DAC on board, and a tube that you can activate or not. Your choice! Horsepower runs 125×2 with the heart of a Bang & Olufsen ASX-2 IceModule. Most audiophiles feel this is the best of Ice designs, yielding big time power and musical message with no heat. The main improvement with this new model is that the preamp section of the
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    PeachTree Nova 220SE $2000, 220×2 integrated amp While we did mention Nova 220SE in a prior newsletter, we didn’t get a batch to SELL. Now we have them. My prediction is that this will be the most revered new piece of audio electronics our business has seen in many years. That’s strong to say. Why am I so sure? I’m sure because we’ve had our demo over a month. We’ve driven many speakers with it, including hungry Magnepans. I’m still amazed at the clarity and muscle this guy has. It brings out bass you didn’t think the speakers
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    Rogue Pharoah Integrated Amp, $3500, 185×2 Designed/Built in Pennsylvania Rogue’s new Pharoah integrated amp was not created JUST to be a steal of a deal. But it is! Integrated amps offer the best electronic value in high end audio. Pharoah gives you a one box solution for very serious audio performance. By pairing a marvelous preamp and amp on a single chassis, it just happens to land at a great price. But please, don’t think the Pharoah isn’t an upper echelon product just because it’s quite the bargain. It’s a combination of tube refinement and big solid state
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