Air Tight AL05 Bonsai Speakers $2500 Per Pair:
(10 3/4h, 6 3/4w, 8 3/4d)

Bonsai is designed for the SERIOUS near field listener. That is, you have a den or small room where you want the utmost in quality, but don’t need ferocious SPLs. Bonsai is designed to be the ULTIMATE speaker for precise articulation and imaging. When you want to squeeze every drop of nuance out of your music in a “personal” space, Bonsai is ideal.
Bonsai is a four inch one way design with alnico magnets and NO crossover in the road. There are no additional drivers to blend!
Finished in a luscious high gloss rosewood finish, Bonsai is made for small rooms where you want the most intimate, detailed sound. We have many customers who listen as much or more in “room #2” than they do the big living room rig. Bonsai is the last word in unearthing musical nuance
in that tight space.
Bonsai is fast like a planar or stat. The presentation of vocals is pristine. Guitars can be heard with each pluck, tap or squeak. Hammer attacks on the piano are lifelike and dynamic.
If you don’t mind spending a few bucks on a GREAT small speaker that won’t have to play at thunderous volume, please audition Bonsai.

McIntosh MT-2 Turntable $4000

Brand new from McIntosh is the gorgeous MT-2 table. Weighing in at 29 lbs the MT-2 is a serious belt drive table. Its arm is made of dural aluminum with added damping materials.
The Blue Point 2 cartridge with elliptical stylus is a high output moving coil, producing 2.5mV and will run into your MM phono input. With glowing base the MT-2 will make the other guys green with envy.

Brand New! NAD C-538 CD Player: $300
(2 13/16h, 17 3/16w, 9 13/16d)

NAD has long been the class leader in the $300 CD player range. Every five years or so NAD ups its game with an improved design. C-538 uses a new, heavier steel chassis and transport mechanism. It also uses a new Wolfson 24bit DAC, similar to what you’ll find the other guys using at a grand. With analog and digital outs, C-538 will be impossible to beat in an affordable CD player! Its style matches the slight corner changes on the new NAD integrateds.

Top Ten In American Album Sales

10 AC/DC 72m
9 Pink Floyd 75m
8 Elton John 77m
7 Michael Jackson 81m
6 Billy Joel 82.5m
5 Eagles 101m
4 Led Zeppelin 111.5m
3 Elvis 136m
2 Garth Brooks 148m
1 Beatles 178m

Mytek Liberty DAC With MQA! $995
Balanced And Single Ended Outputs!

We’ve sold boatloads of Bluesound Node 2s. Node 2 allows you to procure the signal and stream CD and MQA sound. We told you there would be a better sounding MQA decoding DAC one day. We said you could improve your sound by adding said DAC to your Node 2. That day is now!

Mytek is a company that is highly esteemed in the pro market. The Liberty is a great DAC that can straddle the pro and consumer fields. We are especially happy that Liberty doesn’t cost $5k!
To have a DAC this cutting edge, so early in the ballgame of MQA is a real prize.

Liberty can serve most any digital need. But the main reason I’m bragging it up here is to run with Node 2. Node 2 sends coax out to the Liberty. Liberty connects to your pre-amp with RCAs or BALANCED connections. Of course you should run BALANCED if you can. Please visit so we can
show off the differences.

For more detail on Liberty, visit the LATEST section of our site where we discuss it at length.
If you have a Node 2, or are streaming Tidal some other way, you need a Liberty DAC to get the best sound possible!

Finally In Stock! Quad S-2 Speakers: $1000 Per Pair
Sapele Mahogany or Black Ash (13h, 7 1/8w, 10 1/4d)

Quad submitted its marvelous S-2 speakers for review to Stereophile a couple months back. The lovely Sapele Mahogany version has been on back order ever since! Now they’re back on display and in stock.

S-2 uses a 5” Kevlar bass/mid, and a stunningly clear 2” ribbon tweeter. Quad uses a true ribbon- a contiguous diaphragm of metal controlled by push/pull magnets. The theory behind using a ribbon is- low mass equals better definition. When you listen to any of the Quads you can appreciate the speed of the ribbon in a nanosecond. They’re all lightning fast. The detail of attacked strings on a guitar for example, is as good as it gets.

Blending with a cone bass/mid requires TLC. We think you’ll like the S-2’s balance. All speakers are a matter of science meets art. With a driver that has the resolving capability of Quad’s ribbon, the designer has quite a palate of colors to work with.

S-2 exhibits a sound that is open and airy. You’ll find the vast majority of competitors are darker & duller. The mid definition is outstanding. You won’t hear much of the enclosure at work. The bass response is on the lean, detailed side, instead of being thicker and fatter.

S-2 can go in a myriad of configurations. They’re ideal for small rooms, condos and apartments. Near field applications are literally perfect for S-2!

Grado SR-325e Headphones $300

There are zillions of new headphones coming out every month it seems. If you’re in the $300 price range, don’t forget to audition the venerable Grado SR-325, which has been improved.
hence the “e” designation. “What Hi-Fi” magazine gave SR-325 a FIVE STAR review citing strengths such as tonal balance, transient speed, rugged build and “unbeaten at this price.”

Thomas Edison 1847-1931

While Edison designed the “talking machine” (1877) he knew his musical taste was poor. “When records were sent to me for approval I marked them, good, fair or rotten. The rotten records always made a hit with the public. Now all I have to do is condemn a bit of music and the factory works overtime to meet the demand.”