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The brand new Naim Audio Uniti Atom is now in stock and ready to demo! This is highly anticipated compact high-end all-in-one Uniti line product, that is both gorgeous in sight and sound. Its a 40-watt integrated amplifier and full featured high-resolution music streamer that will fill your home with stunning high-fidelity sound. Just add speakers, and download the latest Naim app for iOS or Android, and you’re ready to bring all of your music/music sources into one location. More information to come soon!

We have the newer Yumi YU4 and YU6 powered speakers up front in a very simple vinyl set up, ready to audition the moment you walk in! These powered speakers have Bluetooth 4.0, a subwoofer output, a built-in DAC and the YU4s have a built-in Phono stage to play your favorite vinyl. Just add a turntable! You can’t get any more simple and cost effective to get into vinyl from zero gear to listening now! Add a Yumi sub and adding digital music from your phone, tablet or computer… you can have the best of both world with digital and analog! Whether for a small listening space, second listening space, shop or vacation home… Yumi really spells YUMMY!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Mytek DACs and products that we carry)

We have several Mytek Brooklyn DACs in stock and on demo in both black and silver. This is a great DAC that also does MQA natively, and comes with a well regarded built-in phono stage. It also has a quality headphone amp, and allows for up to DSD 256 and 32/384K playback. On the back it’s inputs/outputs allow for balanced stereo out, unbalanced stereo RCA out and in, 2 SPDIF in, USB, Optical/Toslink, and a built-in attenuator. You can read the reviews here, here, here and here (pdf).

We also have new Shunyata Product on it’s way! More info soon.

Naim Audio makes hard disks sexy! Ok, no… not in the way you think. But it’s true, that it’s what’s inside that counts (not that the case work is not Naim Audio level quality. It is.). And we don’t necessarily mean the actual ‘guts’ (although those are very nice as well), but… it’s how it performs. We know that many of you have been sitting on the sidelines of the digital music file front, waiting for the best solution to serve up your music without a lot of hassle. Well, that day has finally arrived. Enter the Naim Audio Uniti Core Reference Hard-Disk Server. Forget all of the computer complications, Naim Audio has you covered.

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We have the new Spendor A6R speakers are here and ready to demo. The new 2-way Spendor speakers feature a 18cm main drive unit with technology developed for the D7 speakers. We also have those Spendor D7s on display in Rosewood finish and are ready to demo now.

We now have a wonderful pair of Dali Opticon 6 speakers in our Bamboo listening room. These speakers offer a lot and represent a great value for the quality of music they produce. We’ve been enjoying them thoroughly with several different Integrated Amplifiers in our bamboo room, including our new NAD Hybrid Digital DAC Integrated Amplifier C368. The Option 6s have twin 6.5″ low-loss Wood Fibre Woofer, and combine a soft dome and Ribbon Tweeter module. We carry quite an extensive line of Dali speakers across all price ranges, including the Rubicon line (we have Rubicon 6s and Rubicon 8s on our showroom floor ready to demo). Here are reviews for the Opticon 6s here and here. (more…)

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Pro-ject turntables that we carry)

We recently received the new Pro-Ject Classic turntable and have one in Walnut finish out on display and ready to demo. It comes with the Ortofon 2M Silver moving magnet cartridge. This is one of those classic turntables that you have to see in person to appreciate, and is certainly a fitting way to mark their 25th anniversary! Come check it out in our bamboo room! More information here and here.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Moon by Simaudio MiND products that we carry)

We have the brand new Moon by Simaudio Neo MiND Network Streaming Music Player in stock and ready to audition. This is an upgrade to the previous MiND unit with new Neo casework and an upgraded power supply. In addition to all of it’s original capabilities, they’ve added Bluetooth aptX audio support, as well as a new LED indicator front display to indicate both the current track’s sampling rate as well as the active input type. It comes in Simaudio’s half sized chassis. You can read more about it here.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest ProAc speakers that we carry)

We have a fresh new supply of the wonderful ProAc D20R floor standing speakers in stock and in our listening room ready to audition. The D20R is a nice complement to the D30Rs that we carry. If you love the natural mid-range that ProAcs get so ‘right’, then you’ll love the D20R and D30R, with their ribbon tweeters that blend seamlessly with the 6.5″ bass driver. The sound and the look of these speakers are simply gorgeous. D30R review here.

Stereotypes Audio of Portland, OR is excited to be carrying NAD Electronics, including the brand new NAD Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier C368! This is another wonderful All-in-one unit that can also be run with the BluOS app on your mobile device or tablet. It’s an integrated amplifier with a built in DAC, and the ability to expand its capabilities with add on internal modules (including the optional BluOS module). The unit we are demoing in our bamboo room is already sounding great. They offer a lot of value. We will have more NAD products coming in soon and will post about them as they come in.

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The latest line of Naim Audio Uniti models are starting to come in, and we have the brand new Naim Audio Uniti Core. An Industry-Reference hard-disk server with the ability to rip CDs. We have a full line up of Shunyata Power Cables (Alpha/Sigma). And if you haven’t gotten a chance to check out the Bluesound Pulse Soundbar yet, you really need to. Use it for Home Theater, use it as an MQA capable wireless powered speaker for music… this speaker is really getting a lot of attention from the press!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Rega products that we carry)

We’ve got the completely re-done Rega Brio Integrated Amplifier, and it’s another charmer! Some are calling this the Best Brio ever! That’s a tall order, but once again we’re willing to put it through the paces and find out. It’s clean new case design, comes packed with 50 watts per channel, a high-spec MM turntable input, 4 line level inputs, high-spec headphone amplifier on the front, remote control, improved power supplies, and much much more! Check out the press release with photos here.

Featured Product: Moon by Simaudio Neo ACE

Technology has made an entirely ‘Brave New World’ in HiFi audio these days… and mostly for the better. But with it comes the potential for a lot of complications and learning curve… At least… that’s how many perceive this brave new world. DACs, downloads, streaming, WiFi, Bluetooth, ethernet, hard drives, etc. Not to mention AIFF, WAV, MP3, DSD, 16/44, 24/96, 24/88, 24/192, 32/384, DSD, double DSD, Quad DSD… oh my!!!!! How can you get the best sound and modern advances, but without all of the potential headache and complications? And what about price? Well… Moon by SImaudio has been thinking about you.

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We have the new Focal Elear headphones on our floor and ready to demo! (and we can order the Utopia headphones  for you as well). We also have the IsoAcoustics Gaia I speaker isolation. Their stand mount products have already done amazing things for our stand mount speakers, these will be great for floor standers!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest headphones that we carry)

There’s a great new headphone company out of Japan, called Radius… and they have a lines of Hi-Rez Audio in-ear high performance headphones. We carry the HP-NHR11 and HP-NHR21 models. They come with a Lightening Adaptor and an app for your mobile device. Come in to audition a pair today!