01.2021

01.2021

December 31, 2020 | No Comments

McIntosh XR-100 Speakers, $10,000 Per Pair (Red Walnut Gloss, Piano Black Gloss, Pear Maple: 51h, 8w, 18.5d, 69 lbs, 87dB SPL) McIntosh is known first and foremost for its world class power amps. They make so many variations that even we dealers can’t keep them all straight! Next in line, Mac is known for magnificent matching preamps, integrated amps and CD players/transports. This brings us to SPEAKERS. Yep, just in are the SLEEK, super impressive XR-100s. Ours are finished in a stunningly gorgeous Gloss Red Walnut. Mac wanted these speakers to fit into a normal living room. They’re only 8”
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12.2020

12.2020

November 28, 2020 | Comments Off on 12.2020

Leak Audio Leak is an iconic British brand of audio gear, founded 1934. Leak has introduced a short line of modern gear, in vintage clothing. You can use Leak with its lovely real walnut cabinet. Or, remove the cabinet for a classic STEEL look. Either way, you’re back in the 70s with contemporary performance! We get calls every week looking for vintage gear. The problem, dear reader, is the vast majority of old gear wasn’t that great to begin with and flat out doesn’t work 40-50 years later. Please consider Leak. It will give you the iconic look you’ll love,
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11.2020

11.2020

October 31, 2020 | Comments Off on 11.2020

NAD M-33 $5000: 200×2 Integrated Amp With Built In Streamer NAD has been touting its new M-33 Integrated Amp. It’s now here and I can tell you it DOES live up to NAD’s BODACIOUS claims! M-33 can be the heart of an elaborate system, it can also be a “just add speakers” system- because of its on board streamer. The streamer is a higher end version of NAD’s Bluesound platform. It has full MQA decoding! M-33 features NAD’s version of the new Eigentakt amplifier design. In short, Eigentakt is impedance invariant and the lowest distortion amplifying design you can measure.
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10.2020

10.2020

October 1, 2020 | No Comments

NAD C-298 Power Amp: $2000 (185×2 or 620w monoblock) NAD has launched a new power amp with updated technology. NAD’s Hybrid Digital amps have been better than other D designs for a host of reasons, not the least of which is its use of an analog power supply. C-298 is a cut above in that it will use NAD’s new Purifi Eigentakt amp technology. Purifi is a company in Denmark that has brought on a host of engineering talent to revisit all aspects of amplifier design. Purifi has created a new D module technology it has dubbed “Eigentakt.” NAD has
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09.2020

09.2020

September 1, 2020 | Comments Off on 09.2020

Hegel H95 Integrated Amp $2000 (60×2) (3.94h, 16.93w, 13.78d) Hegel Music Systems will be shipping its new entry level integrated any day. Employing Hegel’s SoundEngine 2 circuitry, H95 will be able to drive the vast majority of speakers out there. While I haven’t heard H95 yet, the amp section is an upgrade to H90, its predecessor. That means H95 will be a conspicuously fine mate for Wharfedale Lintons, GoldenEars, Magnepans & Brystons. For those of you with keen perception, yep, H95 is plenty stable to drive not just one pair of Lintons, but will even run DOUBLE Lintons! H95 has
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08.2020

08.2020

August 1, 2020 | No Comments

Wharfedale Elysian 4 Speakers $9995 Per Pair Luscious Walnut, Piano Black, Piano White (46.8h, 15.8w, 17d, 100 lbs ea, 92 dB SPL) Wharfedale is about to ship its stunningly gorgeous flagship speaker- Elysian 4. Elysian means blissful. It’s gotta be great- right?! E-4 is a beautiful BATTLESHIP that provides an enormously lifelike size & quality image. Built like a musical instrument instead of a speaker, E-4 is the whole package for your home. E-4’s veneer is comprised by a sandwich of different woods. The veneer is then finished by 6 layers of hand crafted piano lacquer. The front edges are
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