McIntosh Availability

McIntosh has been back ordered like crazy in the teeth of Covid 19. Any new McIntosh order will run six months or more.

Audio Emporium is a stocking dealer. That means, we order ahead. We don’t just order per sale. We have a fair amount of McIntosh IN STOCK right now, that we ordered more than six months ago. Hence, it’s here, NOW, and available to buy. Why wait six months?

We are typically long on popular integrated amps- among the best values in audio land. We likely will have other models on hand. Give us a call! 414-354-5082.

JL Audio F110v2 Powered Subwoofer, $4000

(15.64h, 12.92w, 17.27d, 71 lbs, 10” JL W-7 Woofer, 1100w amp, Gloss Black)

You already know that JL Audio of Florida makes among the very finest subwoofers in the world. They’re designed and BUILT in their own factory near Ft. Lauderdale.

During the height of C19 JL was so limited in production that we had to wait over six months for orders to arrive. That…is like being out of business. Now that we’re a couple years down the pike, JL is shipping subs in 30-60 days, which we can live with.

We now have F110v2 back on display for the first time in years! We’ve missed it. Here’s why.

First of all the 10” woofer used in F110v2 is JL’s top model, dubbed W7. It is a mountain of a cast driver that makes other subs look comparatively like Tinker Toys. The testosterone of this driver is the heart of JL’s top series, nicknamed the Fathom v2. W7 is broader and deeper than any competitor. Think molten steel instead of a flimsy can.

The massive driver is built in JL’s factory. So what, you say. It’s a big deal cuz virtually everyone else buys their drivers out of a bin from a vendor. The houses making bins of drivers can’t make them to the heft and quality of JL Audio.

F110v2’s cabinet isn’t ginormous. You can fit it pretty easily in your room. It is sealed, not ported. It plays taut, not fat. The 1100w RMS amp on board has a LINEAR power supply. This is a Mack truck of an amp, not a vendored out plate amp like the other guys use.

Don’t believe me? Go to Parts Express and look at the woofers and amps they sell. Then look at some brand names online. You’ll see the same parts!

JL’s crossover is elegantly sophisticated. It allows the sub to stay out of the road when you

want it to. You can even run preamp to sub, and sub to power amp, to save your wing speakers from seeing anything under the crossover point- and you’ll be delighted with no perceptible JL intrusion to the character of your wings.

I’ll save the secret sauce for last. JL employs its own DARO (Digital Automatic Room Optimization) room correction circuitry in its Fathom models. It’s easy to operate and works like a champ! DARO makes your bass integrate as seamlessly as possible with your main speakers- regardless of your room’s proclivity to bulge.

F110v2 is appropriate for most rooms where you want taut bass. But JL makes larger models for those who aren’t demure. It you wanna loosen the concrete of your foundation, go a bit higher in the line.

Another benefit of running an F110 or two is, your wing speakers don’t have to be prodigiously powerful. You can get speakers that sound great but don’t worry much about bass. The money you save with this game plan will allow you to get closer to buying the F110.

JL F112v2 $5000 (18.5h, 15.06w, 17.75d, 100 lbs)

This bigger brother has a 12 with 1800w. If you want a big kick in your system consider F112v2.

JL F113v2 $6000 (19.25h, 16.5w, 19.25d, 131 lbs)

They say bigger is better. In this case, it is. With 13.5” woof and 3000w amp, F113v2 has overtly muscular sound and is the best sub in its category.

JL F212v2 $10,000 (31.96h, 14.92w, 20.39d, 204 lbs)

Well, just get outta the way and let us have some fun! With a pair of 12s and a ferocious 3600w amp, F212v2 is really something special. We’ve sold a pile of these big boys and I have to tell you, they dominate. Yet with their sealed design and Daro, you still have a lot of control over the musical signature.

RIP Radu Lupu (1945-2022)

Internationally acclaimed Romanian pianist, Radu Lupu, has died at 77. Lupu was famously reclusive and wouldn’t grant interviews. He leaves behind a treasure trove of great recordings of the Romantic era, mostly on Decca. The box is already out, 10 CDs for only $47!

Klipsch Cornwall 4 Speakers, $6600 Per Pair (Cherry, Black or Walnut)

(38H, 25.3W, 15.5D, 96 lbs, 8 ohms, 105dB SPL)

Klipsch’s famous Cornwall speaker has been updated and is now dubbed Cornwall 4. The new Cornwall has an improved Mylar midrange driver to go with its Titanium tweeter and 15” Pulp Fiber woofer. The cabinet size/shape has been improved, as have the horn dispersion flares. The crossover has been upgraded with improved parts and connections. Cornwall has been back ordered for months during C19, but now it’s back in da house!

Cornwall is built first and foremost to give you LIVE dynamic impact in your music. To play at similar to LIVE SPLs you need a speaker of significant size- that is also very efficient so you don’t need an uber expensive amp to drive them.

There are plenty of large, HUNGRY, audiophile speakers that won’t wake up until you hit them with massive power. Cornwall will work well with LOW power. Cornwall rewards you for the quality of your amp. Large amounts of horsepower aren’t necessary.

Cornwall is a beefy speaker but it CAN go near the back wall. While it is wider than your average tower, it isn’t any taller and because it is happy near the back wall, it’s actually easy to PLACE this big boy.

For a lot of people music is polite and in the background. Cornwalls are for music fans who want lifelike scale sound in their living rooms.

In crazy audiophile systems you see racks of gear including ginormous monoblock amps on stands out by the speakers- which usurp a power plant of wattage. Cornwalls can be driven beautifully by an affordable integrated amp.

If you want the sound in your room to be as big and bold as the Real McCoy, have a listen to the Cornwalls on your favorite music. Make no apologies about the size. Let ‘er rip!

NAD M28 Power Amp $5500 (7×200)

(6 1/4h, 17 1/8w, 17 1/8d, 48 lbs)

NAD’s M28 power amp is a versatile power house! It runs seven channels times 200 watts of Ferrari like power due to its Eigentacht amplifier design. It is 7 channels of NAD’s killer M23 stereo power amp, for not a lot more- if the extra channels make sense for you.

Because of its 7 channel design you would be forgiven for thinking this is only a home theater amp. Well, it is indeed usually used for home theater. But… it is also a magnificent, cost effective solution for a state of the art STEREO system as well.

First of all, NAD doesn’t cheat with its 200×7 rating. Most multi-channel amps deal sleight of hand when they claim specs. NAD is honest. M28 runs 200w times 7, 20-20k, all channels driven, with THD of .003%.

Most theater amps claiming 200×7 actually only do 200×1, at 1Khz, at 1% THD. If the other guys claimed their specs honestly as NAD does, they would spec at under 100×7!

You can read extensively about the Eigentakt design at Dave’s Faves, NAD M33 integrated amp. M33 runs $6000. It’s a wonderful integrated amp! M28 is actually 7 channels of M33’s power amp on one chassis! That’s a lotta octane that runs clean, quiet and cool under the hood.

In addition to home theater, you would do well to consider M28 in a multi-amped stereo system. Many speakers have bi-amp capability. If you run the mid & top drivers with a stereo amp, and the woofer section with a different stereo amp, the speakers have more dynamics and control. They sound significantly more lively.

Right now you might be running your preamp into a stereo power amp. That’s fine. Yet your speakers would WAKE UP quite a bit more if you could run a bi-amped config- which would require you buy an additional power amp.

This topic is complicated by the fact that it’s often better to buy one GREAT stereo amp instead of two lesser amps. Well, in M28 that’s not an issue. ALL of its channels are pushing the best stereo amps out there.

Please consider buying M28. Two channels of M28 are likely to sound better than whatever your stereo amp is now. And with M28 you’re ready bi, or even tri-amp! Many speakers are ready to accommodate bi-amping. A few, will even allow tri-amping.

NAD’s brand new M23 is the stereo version of this amp. It runs $3750 and is quite possibly all you’ll need in a state of the art stereo system. Yet if you bought a pair, to bi-amp, you’d spend $7500. You might consider taking advantage of the fact that M28 is built on one chassis. You are paying for just one chassis and bank of connections. Once you’ve paid for that, the cost of additional channel modules is less than you’d expect.

I’ve had customers say, “But I’m wasting 3ch if I’m using 4.” Not really. M28 is built on one chassis, it is tremendously more cost effective than any multi amp arrangements. It is cheaper to buy one M28 than two M23s. Unless you need to bridge, the M28 is a better choice.

Stevie Wonder

Did you know he’s a talented DRUMMER?!