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The latest edition of The Absolute Sound (Nov 2017) features the “50 Greatest Bargains in High End Audio” for which we have many of the featured products on hand and ready to demo. In the “Entry Level” section, it covers the Rega Planar 1 turntable, and the NAD D3020 Integrated Amplifier. The NAD Integrated Amplifiers have a long history of providing great value. No other Portland, Oregon store carries these great values. We currently have this system set up with a Rega Fono Mini phono stage. If you’re ready to get started in great high end sound without breaking the bank, start here at Stereotypes Audio, where we have components and systems at EVERY price point.

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A quick update: Moon by Simaudio well regarded Neo ACE all-in-one Music Player is here. This is a great value with their best in class 10 year warranty. The all-in-one market has gotten very competitive and this unit is a great value. Check out the specs on the ACE here. Reviews here (a perfect 5 stars from What HiFi?), here and here. We also just got in the battery pack add ons for the BlueSound Mini Flex speaker, making them truly wireless/portable with this add on battery. Come and get them!

The heavily anticipated Naim Audio Uniti Nova is here!!! And it is GORGEOUS! And it sounds AMAZING!!! This is a welcome edition in to our Naim Audio Unit Atom that is already garnering oohs and aaahhhhs from everyone that sees it and hears it in our bamboo room. This flagship Naim Audio Uniti is truly a remarkable all-in-one product. You have to see it and hear it to believe it!

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!

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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 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.

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.

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!

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We now have Naim Audio’s best selling separates in stock and ready to demo! The new Naim Audio NAC-N 272 Preamplifier/DAC, and the Naim Audio NAP 250 DR Amplifier, combined with the Naim Audio XP5 XS Power Supply. This is quite an amazing combo! The NAC-N 272 combines a high quality Preamplifier, along with a high quality UPnP-enabled streaming DAC, allowing you to stream up to 24/192 resolution from Naim servers, a NAS, or a home computer. There is both an iOS and Android Naim Audio app to control music selection, with built in Spotify and native support for TIDAL. The NAP 250 DR amplifier, is another modern Naim classic. Conservatively rated at 80W per channel into 8 ohms. We have added the XP5 XS power supply to further the performance of this winning combo! This is Naim Audio’s best selling separates combo! Read the reviews of the NAC-N 272 here, the NAP 250 DR here, and the XP5 XS here (pdf).

Some quick news… We got the new Moon by Simaudio ACE that everyone has been waiting for in stock now, and it’s sounding great right now! We also just got a bunch of brand new Rega Planar 3 turntables in. They have returned to the original Planar moniker.

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If you’ve been following the news from CES this spring, you probably saw news that Naim Audio had developed a smaller/less expensive version of it’s much lauded Mu-so speaker music player, the Naim Audio Mu-So Qb. This perfect sized cube is actually larger in person than it looks in the photos, and it produces music equally as big. It’s amazing how much tech they’ve crammed into such a small unit with this level of musical quality. The same great volume knob and functionality as it’s bigger sibling, the Qb is sure to be a great solution for filling your room with music in an easy to move package. Check it out on our showroom now, where you can audition it with the full Mu-So, as well as similar products from BlueSound, Cambridge and Sonos. You can find out all of it’s specs here. And some early reviews here and here.

CES this year brought several great announcements, but no so amazing as the new Moon by Simaudio Neo ACE! This is a true quality all-in-one product, that can do nearly anything… just add speakers and a source (could even be just a smart phone). It will come with the usual amazing Simaudio house sound and quality Neo casework, and has the following specs: 50 watts of A/B power, 2 line level inputs, 5 digital inputs (including an asyncronous USB for DSD256 and 32-bit/384 decoding by the built in DAC), WiFi and Ethernet with inbuilt network streamer driven by MiND app, aptX compatible Bluetooth input, MM phono input (bring your turntable and vinyl to the party!), front panel 1/8″ input for portable players, 1/4″ headphone output on front, OLED display, and Home Theater bypass. ACE = A Complete Experience. For a very reasonable price, you get it all! Only speaker wire needed. This unit will join our other all-in-one offerings, from our Cambridge Minx Xi to the Devialet, etc. If you want great sound in a simple package, we have one in your price range. You can read the press release info here, here, and here. Otherwise… stay tuned! We’ll be posting when we get them in!