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Focal XS Book Speakers and Focal Headphones make a big splash at T.H.E. Show Newport

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Repost from Stereophile.com: One of my favorite displays of T.H.E. Show Newport: Focal’s sleek XS Book multimedia speaker system was making big sound, playing music from a laptop (through plain-old iTunes, I think) and connected to Cambridge Audio’s smart DacMagic Plus (Also sold at Stereotypes Audio). My mind raced, counting all the friends who could use a system like this. (more…)


Marantz M-CR603 Receiver with Networking in stock now

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We recently got the new Marantz M-CR603 Receiver in, and we’re still finding out new things that it can do. It’s even AirPlay compatible with a system update. Think of it as a compact swiss army knife of audio, streaming and networking audio, and it STILL has a CD drive. How rare are physical disc transports getting these days? It will play CDs, CD-Rs, MP3s and WMAs. It’s also able to network via Ethernet using DLNA. It streams Pandora, Rhapsody and Napster, all while driving up to four speakers. Come in to find out all that this overachiever can do! Read the review.


New Focal’s foray into headphones are here!

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Focal of France has decided to get into the headphone business, and have created an amazing set of headphones called the Spirit One that our own Teri got a chance to audition at last fall’s Rocky Mountain AudioFest. She was impressed enough to add them to our growing collection of headphones. They are in now. They are a closed ear style, with a comfortable fit. You can read a preview of them here. It comes ready to use with your home audio or on your iPhone/iPod/Android.


New Cambridge Audio Azur 651 Integrated Amp and 651 CD Player are in.

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We have the new Cambridge Audio Azur 651 Integrated Amplifier and the Azur 651 CD Player are in and ready to demo. Adding to the list of great new Cambridge Audio Gear, are the Cambridge Audio Minx speakersDAC Magic Plus, and the NP30 Network Player! If you have grown to love the great sound and value that Cambridge Audio brings, you owe it to yourself to come and check out their latest offerings! (more…)


New Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus is here! (an update to the original)

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When Cambridge Audio released the first DAC Magic, it became quite the instant sensation for it’s amazing sound and high value. Since then, the DAC landscape has become increasingly more competitive. To counter this, Cambridge Audio has just unleashed it’s update, the DAC Magic Plus! Adding to an already impressive original release, it now comes with: a reworked USB input that now supports 24-bit transfer for ‘better than CD quality’ playback of digital music files of up to 24/192kH, a dedicated headphone amplifier with headphone control, enchanced Anagram upsampling, a new digital preamp function to connect directly to a power amplifier or powered speakers, and much much more! It is available in both silver and black, and their is an optional BT1000 wireless audio receiver to handle wifi streaming as well, coming soon. Come audition one today! You can read some of the early information here.


Focal XS Book speakers are here. Great for a computer set up and more!

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It’s hard to believe that Focal could come out with another simple solution as good as The Bird 2.1 setup, but they’ve released another compact winner! The Focal XS Book is the ultimate computer 2.0 system, a true mini-monitor equipped with Focal speaker technologies and able to reveal the richness and dynamics of your multimedia audio contents. (wow, that was a mouthful, but that’s the best way to put it!) Compact but high-performance, XS Book can also become an active solution around a flat panel, or bring quality sound into a small room once connected to a music player. (more…)


Rocky Mountain AudioFest: Recap

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We had a great time at this year’s Rocky Mountain AudioFest Show. This was our first trip to the show in Denver, and apparently it was one of the biggest ones yet. A great time was had by all, good music, great audio, amazing food, and even our hotel had over 15 amazing microbrews on tap. Does it get any better? We really enjoyed hooking up with several of our favorite distributors and brands. (more…)